Dorris WyniaHer funeral service will be

10:30 a.m. Friday, September 28,2012 at the Emmanuel ReformedChurch, Springfieldwith burial in theEmanuel Cemetery,rural Springfield.Visitation will be atthe church Thurs-day from 5-7 p.m.,with the familypresent, followedby a prayer serv-ice. Crosby-JaegerFuneral Home inSpringfield is in charge of thearrangements.

Dorris Lucille Burr Wynia,daughter of Harvey Colton andLenna Mae (Graves) Burr, wasborn October 27, 1921 in BijouHills, SD. She was called to heavenon Monday, September 24, 2012 atAvera Sacred Heart Hospital inYankton.

Dorris graduated from PlatteHigh School and then receivedher teacher’s certificate fromSouthern State Normal School inSpringfield.

Dorris married Howard Wyniaon February 8, 1946 at Vermillion.Seven children were born to theirunion. Besides raising her family,Dorris was a rural school teacherin Bon Homme, Charles Mix andBrule Counties, farm wife and wasemployed at the Springfield PostOffice for 23 1/2 years. She also

served as Election Boards super-intendent and assisted in severalcity events.

Dorris was a member of theBijou Hills Community and Em-manuel Reformed Churches. Shewas active in the ERC Guild andWilling Workers where she heldoffices for many years. Dorris alsowas a member of Dacota Club for51 years and all activities, until illhealth intervened.

Dorris collected lighted SnowVillage houses. She loved attend-ing and being so very proud ofher family’s activities and specialfamily events. Dorris was a mem-ber of several Neighborhood Biblestudy groups. She will be remem-bered also for her poetry compo-sitions, reading to her family andgrandchildren, cookie baking withher grandchildren, and readingfor her own enjoyment.

Howard and Dorris enteredthe Springfield Assisted LivingCenter in June of 2010 and shejoined Howard at the Good Samar-itan Society in Tyndall the end ofJuly 2012.

Thankful for having sharedher life are her husband, Howard;her children and spouses: Larryand wife Carole A., Yankton; Dr.Virgil and wife Joyce, Raleigh, NC;Dennis and wife Marie, Greencas-tle, IN; Gale and wife Nancy, SiouxFalls; Paul and wife Julie, Free-man; and Kimberly and husbandSteve Carnes, Buffalo, WY; 18grandchildren; 12 great grandchil-

dren; and many nieces, nephewsand friends.

Dorris was preceded in deathby her parents; 3-month-old infantson, Garold; sister, LeilaTjeerdsma; two sisters-in-law; andfour brothers-in-law.

Yankton Press & Dakotan

September 26, 2012

Corrine EisenbeissCENTER, Neb. — Graveside

services for Corrine Eisenbeiss,age 75 of Center, Nebraska, will be2 p.m. Thursday, September 27,2012, at Bloomfield City Cemeteryin Bloomfield, Nebraska. ReverendBeverly Lanzendorf will officiate.

Visitation will be Wednesdayfrom 4-7 p.m. at the Center UCCChurch in Center, Nebraska, with a7 p.m. Prayer Service.

Brockhaus Funeral Home ofCreighton is in charge of arrange-ments.

Corrine died Saturday, Septem-ber 22, 2012, at Faith RegionalHealth Services in Norfolk, Ne-braska.

Corrine (Clarence) Eisenbeiss,daughter of Howard and Marie(Luce) Clarence, was born April 2,1937 on a farm east of Bloomfield,Nebraska. Corrine attended coun-try school through the eighthgrade and Trinity LutheranParochial, graduating from Bloom-field High School. On July 2, 1955,she was married to Wes Eisen-beiss at Bloomfield. Three chil-

dren were born to them: Brenda,Lori, and Debra.

Corrine worked for Region IV,cooked for County Prisoners, anddispatched for Knox County Sher-iffs Office. She enjoyed cooking,crocheting, knitting, gardening,fishing, spending time with family,and having coffee with herfriends. Corrine was a member ofCenter UCC.

Corrine is survived by herdaughters, Brenda (Dan) Sage,and Lori Sackville and friend RickBackhaus; son-in-law, LeonSchroeder; family friend, Don Hen-ery and family; 10 grandchildren;great-grandchildren; sisters, PatThiele and Connie Kaster; brother,Jim Clarence; brother-in-law, Stan(JoAnn) Eisenbeiss; Great-Aunt,Dorothy Porter; and many niecesand nephews.

Corrine was preceded in deathby her husband of 55 years, WesEisenbeiss; daughter, DebraSchroeder; parents, Howard andMarie Clarence; and parents-in-law, Ruth and Carl Eisenbeiss.

Yankton Press & Dakotan

September 26, 2012

Danny MerchenMAYFIELD — Danny Lee

Merchen, 53 of Mayfield diedTuesday, Sept. 25, 2012 at his resi-dence.

Arrangements are pendingwith Wintz & Ray Funeral Homeand Cremation Service, Yankton.

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Brandon NelsonTECUMSEH, Neb. — Bran-

don LeRoy Nelson, age 24 ofTecumseh, Nebraska and for-merly of Crofton, Nebraska,died on Sunday, Sept 23, 2012 ina car accident near PawneeCity, Nebraska.

Funeral Services will be onFriday, September 28, 2012 at10:30 a.m. at the St. Rose ofLima Church in Crofton withPastor Les Parmenter officiat-ing. Burial will be in the CroftonCity Cemetery.

Visitation will be on Thurs-day from 4-8 p.m. with a PrayerService at 7 p.m. at the church.Visitation will begin one hourprior to services on Friday atthe church. The Wintz FuneralHome in Crofton is in charge ofarrangements.

Pallbearers will be JordanNelson, Morgan Nelson, LauraHuff, Colby Huff, Johnnie Huff,Matt Sage, D.J. Sage, CodyLaCroix and Jared Schuster.Honorary Pallbearers will beChance Eckmann, Weston Sage,Greg Plager, John Sage, MitchSage, Austin Sage, Katie Sage,Adam Sage, Josh Sage, MeganSage, Christal Plager, KellySchuster, all the other cousinsand the Class of 2006.

Brandon was born on No-vember 21, 1987 at Osmond, NEto Jerry and Tammy (Hieter)Nelson. He grew up in Croftonand attended school at CroftonCommunity Schools graduatingin 2006. He was involved inwrestling, football, track, FFAand baseball. He played on the2003 state runner-up footballteam and qualified for statewrestling his junior and senioryears. Throughout high schoolBrandon worked for Pete Bram-schreiber, Jim Boelter, ECI, andGreat Plains Communicationand was presently employed atCJ Foods in Pawnee City, NE.Brandon married Jill Rears onAugust 29, 2009 at Pawnee Cityand they were blessed with 4children, Brady, Ashton, Madi-son and Robbie. Brandon was amember of the Tecumseh Vol-unteer Fire Department and

coached littlekid wrestling forJohnson CountySchools. Heloved Nebraskafootball andNASCAR racingand was able toattend his firstNASCAR race inKansas on April

22, 2012 with his wife Jill andhis dad, Jerry. He also attendeda Nebraska football game withhis sister, Laura. Brandon lovedhunting, fishing, camping andplaying video games with hisfriends. His biggest pastime wasfollowing his brothers withtheir sports and giving broth-erly advice to his sisters. Butmost of all Brandon lovedspending time with his childrenand family.

Brandon is survived by hiswife, Jill and his 4 children,Brady, Ashton, Madison andRobbie all of Tecumseh; par-ents, Jerry and Marilyn (Sage)Nelson of Crofton and Tammyand Chris Huff of Pierce, NE; 5siblings, Jordan Nelson of Yank-ton; Morgan Nelson of Crofton;Laura Huff, Colby Huff andJohnnie Huff all of Pierce;mother-in-law, Kristi Rears ofTecumseh; grandparents, Jimand Delores Nelson of Plain-view, Max Hieter of Royal, NE;John and Lila Huff of Randolphand many uncles, especiallyUncle Bill Sage, aunts, cousinsand friends.

He was preceded in death byhis grandmother, Linda Hieter,grandparents, George and Bev-erly Sage, great grandmother,Genevieve Nelson and an aunt,Missy Eckmann.

Yankton Press & Dakotan

September 26, 2012

Betty GrowA memorial service for Betty

Lou Grow, 84, will be held Satur-day, September 29, at 1:30 p.m., atthe United Church of Christ (Con-gregational), 5th& Walnut, Yank-ton, with theRev. Paul Op-sahl officiating.

Family willbe present atthe church from12:15-1:15 p.m.and during atime of fellow-ship and re-freshments following the service.

Burial of both Betty and herhusband, Rev. Roger Grow (1921-2007), will take place at 11 a.m.that same day in the Yankton CityCemetery, with the assistance ofOpsahl-Kostel Funeral Home.

Betty Lou Grow, a native ofWinner, SD, was a graduate ofYankton College and lived in Yank-ton in 1970-1974 and 1985-1995.She died of cancer on Sunday, Au-gust 19, 2012, in Iowa City, IA.

She is survived by four chil-dren: Kathy Grow, Yankton, SD;Susan McConnell, Iowa City, IA;Carol Johnk, Coralville, IA; Roger(Cairn) Grow, Duxbury, VT; sixgrandchildren and two great-grandsons; several special friendsincluding Lea Ann Schramm (her“tall daughter”), Yankton, SD;many nieces and nephews andtheir families; and other friends.

A full obituary may be foundat www.opsahl-kostelfuneral-home.com and memorials may bedirected to Iowa City Hospice,1025 Wade Street, Iowa City, IA52240(www.iowacityhospice.org), or acharity of the giver’s choice.

Yankton Press & Dakotan

September 26, 2012

Roy BlakeRoy Blake, age 78 of Yankton,

SD died Sunday, September 23,2012 at Avera McKennan Hospi-tal, Sioux Falls, SD.

Funeral Services will be 10:30a.m. Thursday, September 27,2012, at the Opsahl-Kostel Fu-neral Chapel, Yankton with Rev.Paul Opsahl officiating. Burialwill be in the Yankton Cemetery.

Visitations will begin at 5p.m., Wednesday, September 26,2012, at the Opsahl-Kostel Fu-neral Home & Crematory, Yank-ton, with a Scripture service at 7p.m. Visitations will resume onehour prior to the service at thefuneral chapel. Pallbearers willbe Ross Goetz, Jay Nelson,

Jason Reck, MikePenning, RichardKennedy, StevenGoetz, HughLuark, TannerPenning andDavid Blake.

Roy was bornin Maxwell, NE onApril 7, 1934 toJess and Nina

(Barten) Blake. Roy married thelate Patricia Arabelle. On May14, 1997 Roy married Peg (Cuka)Blake. He worked various jobsincluding construction, carpen-try, brick work and ranching.

Roy enjoyed refinishing an-tique furniture, gardening, fish-ing, caring for animals,

especially his special dog,Missy. He enjoyed planting agarden every year, and he espe-cially liked his tomato plants.Roy loved to tinker with autosand loved to tell stories andjokes with his family andfriends.

His memory will be cher-ished by his wife, Peg, and hischildren: Jerry Peterson of Yank-ton, SD, Cindy Kennedy of Volin,SD, Rita Peterson of Yankton,SD, and Phyllis Luark of Yank-ton, SD, Marvin Peterson ofPhoenix, AZ, Richard Petersonof Tucson, AR; numerous grand-children and great-grandchil-dren; sisters: Rita (Duane) Blakeof Springfield, MO, Judy

(Everett) Elsey of Fresno, CA,Evelyn King of Springfield, MO;brother, Donald (Charlotte)Blake of Towner, ND.

He was preceded in death byhis late wife, Patricia, his par-ents, and his brothers; Harold“Bud” Blake, Allen “Tiny” Blakeand Edward “Ed” Blake.

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the six public institutions across thestate this year, with total head count en-rollment up nearly 1 percent fromwhere it was in 2011.

“Having enrollment levels up is apositive development in a time wherewe are exiting a recession,” he said.“Our students tend to forgo schoolingand go to work as the economic condi-tions improve and the employment mar-ket improves.”

Statewide, full-time enrollment fig-ures are down nearly 1 percent fromlast year, which is attributed to aslightly greater number of students tak-ing fewer credits than in years prior.

Warner said that this could be due tostudents working jobs in college andneeding to take fewer credits in order toaccommodate their work schedules.

Distance education courses in thestate saw an increased enrollment of1,277 students from 2011. The publicuniversity system across the stategained a total of 327 students comparedto the previous year.

“I am pleased in that the head countenrollment has increased and we areserving even more students,” Warnersaid. “The modest decrease in full-timeenrolled students can be attributedpartly to adult learners enrolling in theuniversity system to finish or start theirdegrees while still working full-time.Those students do not carry a largecredit load.”

He added that the universities acrossthe state are doing a great job fulfilling

the needs of students enrolled.Abbott said he is happy with where

enrollment levels are at USD.“The increase in enrollment speaks

volumes to USD’s exceptional faculty,programs and resources we provide tostudents and we can’t overlook the sig-nificance of the generous scholarshipsupport provided by the USD founda-tion,” he said.

Overall, USD was one of only twopublic universities in the state to postincreases in full-time equivalent studentenrollment.

In addition, the freshman class atUSD had an average ACT score of 23.18,which was above the state and nationalaverage of 21.8.

Other universities in the state hadmixed enrollment results.

• Black Hills State University saw adecrease of eight students, and a de-

crease in full-time students as well. • Dakota State saw an increase of

eight students enrolled, but saw a de-creasing number of full-time students.

• Northern State experienced an in-creased enrollment of 42 students,while its full-time enrollment alsodecreased.

• The School of Mines and Technol-ogy saw 113 more students enrolled ascompared to 2011, and saw a 4.43 per-cent increase in full-time studentsenrolled.

• South Dakota State University hada decreased enrollment of 142 studentsand saw a decreased full-time studentenrollment.

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Dakota communities compared to 2011were:

• 7.6 percent higher for Aberdeen;• 3.5 percent higher for Brookings• 7.3 percent higher for Huron;• 9.9 percent higher for Mitchell;• 8.4 percent higher for Pierre;• 8.8 percent higher for Rapid City;• 6.9 percent higher for Sioux Falls;• 2.5 percent higher for Spearfish;• 1.3 percent higher for Vermillion;

and• 6.7 percent higher for Watertown;

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