Bruce CowellBruce Craig Cowell, PhD., 75, of

Lutz, Florida, passed away onMarch 13, 2013.

He is survivedby his wife Marilyn,his sons Kevin(Denise) of Naples,FL, Christopher, ofSanford and De-land, FL, andbrother Jon Cowell,of Wimauma, FL.Bruce came toTampa in 1967, andwas a professor ofbiology at the University of SouthFlorida for 36 years. He was also anactive member of St. Andrews Epis-copal Church in Tampa, where hewas in the choir for over 20 years.

A service celebrating the life ofBruce will be held Saturday, March23, 2013 at 11 a.m., at St. AndrewsEpiscopal Church, 509 North Mar-ion Street, Tampa, FL 33602. In lieuof flowers, donations can be madeto the St. Andrews EpiscopalChurch Foundation, or the St. An-drews Episcopal Church Friends ofMusic.

Adams & Jennings FuneralHome, 813.237.3345, www.adams-jennings.com

Yankton Press & Dakotan

March 19, 2013

Darleen AndersonApril 23, 1929-March 15, 2013Funeral services for Darleen An-

derson, 83, of Presho, SD will beheld at 10:30 a.m.Friday, March 22,2013, at the Ameri-can LuthernChurch, Presho, SD,with Pastor JeffSwanson officiating.

Burial will followat the Presho CityCemetery with alunch following theinternment atPresho American Luthern Church.

Visitation will be held Thursday,March 21, from 4-6 p.m., the familywill be present, and the prayerservice from 6-7 p.m. with a lunchfollowing.

Darleen Ilene (Bergquist) Ander-son of Presho, SD and formally ofViborg, SD went home to her Lordand Savior at the Sanford Care Cen-ter in Chamberlain, SD after an al-most 6 year courageous battle withcancer on March, 18 2013.

Darleen was born to David andIda (Haugen) Bergquist on April 23,1929 in Yankton, SD. She attendedseveral country schools and toldstories to her children about walk-ing to school in the dark and therewere no jeans of pants allowed,only skirts. This usually was told tous when we were complainingabout walking to the end of thedriveway to meet the school bus.

Being raised during the depres-sion times were very hard she saidher treat was a half of a stick ofgum when they went to town.

On October 1, 1950 Darleenmarried the love of her life, Ray FAnderson at the Bethlehem Luth-ern Church, near Midway, SD. Afterthey were married they lived northof Yankton until they moved to thefarm near Viborg in 1959. Theyresided there until 1986 when theyrelocated to Presho, SD.

All of her kids, grandchildrenand great-grandkids received quiltsshe made. Darleen made 100’s ofquilts throughout her life, thesequilts are a treasure to this day.

Darleen worked as a NursesAide in Centerville, SD and manyother odd jobs. She was always thecaretaker for anyone in need. For26 years Ray and Darleen cleanedpheasants at the Medicine CreekPheasant Ranch near Vivian. Manyfamily members helped and "Whathappened at the shack stayed inthe pheasant shack."

She will be dearly missed andnever forgotten. She is survived byher husband of 62 years, Ray ofPresho, 2 sons, Russell, (Jeannee)of Gettysburg, SD, Ivan (Ginny) ofViborg, SD. 3 daughters Ida (Jim)Lefort, Yankton, SD, Mary (Larry)

Hendrickson, Sheridan, WY andCleo Anderson, Chamberlain, SD.Fifteen grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. She was precededin death by her parents, a daughter,Ruth and a grandson, David.

Kotrba-Smith Funeral Home inGregory is in charge of the arrange-ments.

Yankton Press & Dakotan

March 19, 2013

Betty SladeBetty Lee (Hungate) Slade, 85,

of Springfield and formerly of Ar-mour, died Thursday, March 14,2013, in Sioux Falls.

Memorial services are tenta-tively scheduled for May 3 inSpringfield.

Ferd SpennerFerd Spenner, 93, of Hartington,

Neb., died Saturday, March 16,2013, at the Avera Sister JamesCare Center, Yankton.

Mass of Christian Burial is at10:30 a.m. Friday, March 22, at theHoly Trinity Catholic Church inHartington with Father JefferyLoseke officiating. Burial will be inSt. Michael’s Cemetery in Harting-

ton with military honors providedby the Hartington VFW Post 5283.

Visitation will be on Thursdayfrom 5-8 p.m. with a Vigil Service at7 p.m. at the Wintz Funeral Homein Hartington. Visitation will beginone hour prior to services on Fri-day at the church.

To send online condolences,visitwww.wintzrayfuneralhome.com.

Tuesday, 3.19.13ON THE WEB: www.yankton.net

NEWS DEPARTMENT: news@yankton.net 3PRESS DAKOTANthe regionO B I T UA R I E S

The family of Adeline Frick would like to thank everyone for the love and support shown to us after the loss of our wife, mother, grandmother and great- grandmother. The family appreciated and will always remember the personal visits, cards, food, flowers, plants, memorials, prayers and caring words provided during this difficult time. We would like to especially extend our gratitude to the following groups and individuals: Karen Jensen from Home Instead Senior Care for her care while Adeline was at home and everyone at Sister James Nursing

Home who helped and supported Adeline and our family while she resided there. Dr. Lori Hansen for her medical care, Father Mark Lichter and Father Ken Lulf for presiding at the Funeral Mass. Kevin and the staff at Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Home for helping us plan the funeral and say our good-byes, the Sacred Heart Funeral Luncheon Committee, Tim Cone and the Sacred Heart Funeral Choir, and the Retired Yankton Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary for making the celebration of Adelineʼs life so special. Adeline will be missed by her family and friends. We have heard many stories about how she made a difference in someoneʼs life just by sharing her smile. She is now smiling in Heaven!

Jerry Frick Dave & Brenda Frick & family Steve & Linda Frick & family

Dan Frick Brian & Susie Frick & family

Tom & Roxanne Frick & family Rob & Lori Stephenson & family

AMBER LARSON

325 Douglas Ave., Yankton, SD 57078 Office (605) 664-0980 • 1-800-658-2294 Cell (605) 610-6992 • www.gibsonmonuments.com

YANKTON ARE A

MINERVAS BAR & GRILL

All profits are spent locally.

SPRING BANQUE T April 6 th

Saturday, The Habitat Organization

Doors Open at 4:45pm ! Tickets available at the door

2216 Broadway, Yankton

�������������� ��������� ����������

�

MORNING COFFE E WEEKDAYS 7:40 AM MONDAY

THRU FRIDAY Yankton’s Home Team!

Westy’s Electric “Big or small we handle it all!”

Residential Wiring Thermal Imagery

Commercial Wiring Repair Work

605-261-5753 Jake Westrum

Yankton, SD

W INTZ & R AY FUNERAL HOME and Cremation Service, Inc. 605-665-3644

W INTZ FUNERAL HOME INC.

Hartington, Coleridge, Crofton 402-254-6547 www.wintzrayfuneralhome.com

IN REMEMBRANCE James A. Guenther

10:30 AM, Tuesday Wintz Funeral Home

Hartington

Georgia C. Speiss 10:30 AM, Wednesday

Wintz & Ray Funeral Home Yankton

Ferdinand W. Spenner 10:30 AM, Friday

Holy Trinity Catholic Church Hartington

Joan OswaldJoan I. Oswald, 82, of Yankton,

passed away Friday morning,March 15, 2013 at her residence.

Mass of Christian Burial willbe 10:30 a.m., Thursday, March21, 2013 at Sacred Heart CatholicChurch, Yankton, with Rev. JohnRutten officiating. Burial will be inthe Sacred Heart Cemetery, Yank-ton.

Visitations will be begin at 5p.m., Wednesday, at the Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Home & Crema-tory, Yankton, with a rosary at 7p.m. followed by a Scripture serv-ice at 7:30 p.m. Visitations will re-sume one hour prior to theservice at the church.

Pallbearers are David Oswald,Drew Oswald, Barry Glanzer,Quinn Van Treeck, Travis Van

Treeck andCharley VanTreeck.

Joan was bornFebruary 16, 1931in Sioux City, IA toRalph & Eunice(Anderson)Becker. She mar-ried Donald J. Os-wald on February18, 1949 in Sioux

Falls. Joan worked in the YanktonCounty Treasurer’s office for amajor portion of her working ca-reer. She was promoted to the po-sition of Deputy Treasurer, beforebeing elected as Yankton CountyTreasurer. Joan served in that po-sition for many years. She and herhusband Don purchased a gro-cery store on Main Street in Yank-ton. Don and Joan ran Don’s

Super Saver until their retirement. She is survived by her hus-

band of 64 years, Donald of Yank-ton; sons, Dennis Oswald ofYankton and Donald (Jennifer) Os-wald, Jr. of Omaha. daughters,Cheryl (John) Van Treeck of Den-ver, CO and Deborah Johnson ofNewport Beach, CA; 10 grandchil-dren and 8 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death byher parents, brothers: GeneBecker, Dick Becker, Jack Becker,and sister, Ruth Becker.

Yankton Press & Dakotan

March 19, 2013

Dolores (Dee) HoracekDolores (Dee) Jean (Almond)

Horacek, 84, of Yankton, diedpeacefully in her home on March15, 2013 after a year battle withcancer. She was surrounded byher loving family.

Memorial Mass of ChristianBurial will be 11 a.m. Wednesday,March 20, 2013 at Sacred HeartCatholic Church, Yankton, withRev. Mark Lichter officiating. Bur-ial of her cremated remains willbe in the Sacred Heart Cemetery,Yankton, SD.

Visitations will begin at 5 p.m.,Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at theOpsahl-Kostel Funeral Home &Crematory, Yankton, with a rosaryat 7 p.m. followed by a Scriptureservice at 7:30 p.m. Visitationswill resume one hour prior to theservice at the church.

Dee was born in Miller, SD toCarl and Georgia Almond on April28,1928. She lived in Miller untilgraduating high school. Aftergraduating she went out east tobe a nanny and attend art school.Shortly she returned home toSouth Dakota State Universitywhere she met the love of her life,Fran Horacek.

They weremarried on No-vember 11, 1950in Miller, SD. Theymoved to Yank-ton where theybegan raisingtheir family. Afterover 20 years inYankton theymoved to Kadoka,

SD where they opened up TheMercantile Store. They lived inKadoka for 14 years where theymade many friends and enjoyedwestern South Dakota life. Uponreturning to Yankton they openeda men’s clothing store, The Out-rigger, where they both workeduntil deciding to retire.

For the remaining years of herlife, Dee enjoyed watching andplaying with her grandchildrenand great grandchildren, playingbridge with all her friends, partici-pating with the ladies of the RedHat Society, sewing, painting, gar-dening, and making anyone shemet laugh.

She was a strong and activeperson that lived life to thefullest. In her last year of life shegave the advice for everyone tolife and their family and to not

sweat the small things.Dee is survived by her hus-

band Fran Horacek (Yankton), herchildren: Lynne(Doug)Nelson ofYankton; Matt Horacek of Hart-ford, SD; Luke Horacek of Yank-ton; Mary(Andy) Echtermeyer ofSteamboat Springs, CO; Lisa Ho-racek of Steamboat Springs, CO;Margaret Stewart of Yankton; andJamie Horacek of Browns Park,UT. Grandchildren: Jason(JillSternquist) Nelson, Heather(Justin) Olson, Sarah Horacek,Mason Horacek, Derrik Nelson,Jacob Stewart, Sam Stewart,Emma Stewart, and James Stew-art all of Yankton. And great-grandchildren: Easton and XavierNelson; Burkley and MatheaOlson.

She was preceded in death byher mother, father, and infantbrother and sister.

Yankton Press & Dakotan

March 19, 2013

Oswald

Online condolences at: www.opsahl-kostelfuneralhome.com

Horacek

Online condolences at: www.opsahl-kostelfuneralhome.com

Cowell

Anderson

Georgia SpiessGeorgia C. Spiess, 68, of Yank-

ton, died Saturday, March 16, 2013at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital inYankton.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. onWednesday March 20, 2013 at theWintz & Ray Funeral Home inYankton with Reverend Dani JoNinke officiating. Visitation isfrom 5-8 p.m. on Tuesday at theWintz & Ray Funeral Home inYankton.

Honorary pallbearers areJanelle Tacke, Jolene Mondragon,Jackie LaCroix, Jana Sell, Joe Vitekand Jessie Test.

Georgia C. Spiess was bornJune 10, 1944 in Gallipolis, Ohio,to George Ralph and Ella Mae(Burgess) Hornbake. Her happiesttimes were in St. George Reef inCrescent City, Calif. She spent herteenage years in Virginia Beach,Virginia. She met John Charles

Spiess while livingin Virginia Beachand they werelater married inDecember of 1962in South Carolina.John later died in1967 serving hiscountry in Viet-nam. He was thelove of her life.

Georgia latermoved to Yankton where sheworked very hard obtaining herGED and then a Biotech Degreefrom USD in 1985. She worked atExperience Works in Yankton andtook a lot of pride in helping peo-ple find employment.

She loved gardening, movies,and traveling. She traveled to sev-eral places including variousplaces in the continental US,Hawaii, China, Jordan, and theCaribbean Islands, but her fa-vorite place to visit was Egypt.

Before her vacations, she wouldspend her time learning about thedifferent cultures of the placesshe was going to visit.

She will be greatly missed byher loving daughter, TammySpiess of Sioux Falls; beloveddogs, Devi and Wadi; and closefriends Pam and the Vitek family.

She was preceded in death byher parents and husband, John.

To send an online sympathycard, please visit wintzrayfuneral-home.com.

Yankton Press & Dakotan

March 19, 2013

Spiess

Online condolences at: www.wintzrayfuneralhome.com

thought the district has done a fan-tastic job educating students. How-ever, he said the budget needsmore work.

“We need to determine what wecan take on and what we can’t takeon,” he said. “How many things canwe take from the community whilestill providing a good education forstudents?”

Wurth said the district has donea poor job by forcing issues on thepublic and trying to have opt-outspassed.

Fitzgerald said he feels as if thedistrict has done a good job edu-cating its students, but addedboard members should communi-cate with the public better on is-sues, including the budget.

One Interchange member askedboard candidates what the role ofeducation is with regards to foster-ing student achievement.

Wurth said one of the firstthings he would do, if elected,would be to demand individualismfrom students.

“Students should be judged ontheir own merit,” he said. “They’renot just a number, they’re individu-als.”

Becker said he would concen-trate on the academic portion, andsaid that No Child Left Behind(NCLB) attempted to foster studentachievement, but failed to do so.

Fitzgerald talked about the im-portance of education not justbeing a role for schools.

“A lot of education happens athome for kids,” he said. “Thisbrings up the values of communitymembers.”

He also cited NCLB making edu-cators teach to the test, and not tostudents.

Carda said she would be open-minded about the issues of educa-tion at YSD.

“I would try to get the best in-formation I can, and I’d be honestabout the things that must bedone,” she said. “I’ll also bethoughtful about what we’re tryingto do to best educate students.”

The candidates were also askedabout the top three things theywould focus on if elected.

Becker said he would focusheavily on the budget, analyzingand reviewing programs and look-ing at the Common Core standards.

Likewise, Fitzgerald cited fi-nances as a main concern. He alsosaid he would like to focus onmaintaining high academic stan-dards at YSD and keeping up withthe changes in education.

Carda talked about addressingthe academics offered for students,providing leadership for budget is-sues and said the purpose of the

district, first and foremost, is to ed-ucate students.

On the other hand, Wurth saidhe would be focused on who worksfor whom.

“School Board members havean allegiance to the public, be-cause they’re the ones who putyou there,” he said. “I’ll also focuson who we hire, and getting educa-tion back into the teachers’hands.”

Another question dealt with thecandidates’ experiences managinga budget.

“I’ve dealt with doing a budgetfor my business, as well as whileserving on the Hillcrest GolfCourse board,” Fitzgerald said.“The school budget is a very tightrope we have to walk on.”

Carda said she offers unique ex-perience, having served on non-profit boards and serving onMount Marty’s executive team.

“I’ve worked on the budgetsthere, and it’s the same concept,even though Mount Marty’sbudget is tuition-based,” she said.“There are complicating fundingissues with the YSD budget aswell.”

One of the things Wurth saidhe’s most concerned about is thegovernment throwing money ateducation. He said money doesnot make kids smart.

Becker said if he is elected, hewould continue to watch thehealthcare program, as that is asignificant cost for the district.

Along with the budget issue, aquestion was raised on ideas can-didates have to balance thebudget, while maintaining a lowaverage class size.

Carda said she’s concernedwith the class size now, and said itputs the district at risk.

“We have been increasing theclass sizes in order to meet thebudget,” she said. “We need tofocus priorities with the budgeton what’s most important.”

Wurth said he would discussthe budget properly, openly andhonestly if he is elected.

“Officials need to make harddecisions on the budget,” he said.“You need to have confidence inwho you have making those deci-sions.”

Becker and Fitzgerald bothcited increasing healthcare costsas something they would monitorin upcoming years.

The school board election willbe held April 9, with absentee vot-ing available beginning on Mon-day in the YSD AdministrationBuilding and city finance office.

Another school board forumwill be held tonight (Tuesday) at 7p.m. at the Technical EducationCenter.

You can follow Andrew Atwal onTwitter at twitter.com/andrewatwal

SchoolFrom Page 1

Yankton Interchange and theYankton Area Chamber of Com-merce have joined forces tosponsor a forum for Yankton CityCommission candidates on Mon-day, March 25, at Minervas, 1607E. Hwy. 50.

The forum will begin at noonfollowing lunch served at 11:45a.m. Doors will open at 11:30 a.m.Lunch is optional.

The forum will give attendeesan opportunity to meet and ques-

tion the seven candidates run-ning for the three openings onthe Yankton City Commission.

Candidates appearing will beThomas Bixler, Brooke Blaalid,Chris Ferdig, Edward Gleich,Charlie Gross, Michael Schu-macher and Brad Woerner.

An RSVP is requested byMarch 21 due to limited seatingat www.yanktonsd.com/candi-date.

Interchange, Chamber To HostCity Commission Forum March 25