Adeline JansPARKER — Adeline Jans,

88, died Wednesday, January1, 2014 at the Tieszen Memo-rial Home, Marion.

Funeralservices willbe at 1:00p.m. Friday,January 10,2014 at GraceLutheranChurch,Parker withburial inRosehillCemetery, Parker.

Visitation with familypresent will be from 6-8:00p.m. Thursday evening atHofmeister Jones FuneralHome, Parker.

Adeline J. Wibben wasborn on November 27, 1925near Utica, SD to Eben andTina (Bolkema) Wibben.After growing up near Mis-sion Hill, SD she moved toSioux Falls where she wasunited in marriage to EdwardJans on August 14, 1945.They moved near Parkerwhere they farmed. Her hus-band died in 1966. In 1968she moved into Parker. Aftergraduating from StewartsSchool of Hair Styling sheowned and operated Ade-line's Beauty Salon for manyyears in her home. She was amember of Church of Godand Rustic Hills CommunityChurch since 1945 where shetaught Sunday School, mem-ber of VFW Auxiliary, ParkerSenior Citizens, and chartermember of the SD State Quil-ters.

Grateful for havingshared her life are her 2sons, Kennith (Penny) Jans,Beaver Crossing, NE and Dar-rel Jans, Parker; 6 grandchil-dren and greatgrandchildren; and a sisterLois Fystro, St. Charles, IL.

She was preceded indeath by her husband, agrandson Aaron, a daughterin infancy, and 10 brothersand sisters.

Visit www.hofmeister-jones.com/.

Yankton Press & Dakotan

January 6, 2014

Michael KennedySIOUX FALLS — Michael

E. Kennedy, 58, formerly ofNutley, N.J., died January 3,2014, at Dougherty HospiceHouse in Sioux Falls after acourageous battle with pan-creatic cancer.

Mass of Christian Burialwill be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday,January 7, 2014 at Holy SpiritCatholic Church, Sioux Falls.

Visitation begins at 4:00p.m. Monday January 6th atGeorge Boom Funeral Home& Cremation Services inSioux Falls. The family willgreet friends beginning at5:00 p.m. followed by a Litur-gical Wake Service at 6:00p.m.

Survivors include his par-ents, Bernard and MarjorieKennedy, Sioux Falls; sib-lings, John Kennedy, CedarRapids, IA, Mary (Jerry)Johnston, Mesa, AZ, Sheila(Kevin) Storbakken, Sibley,IA, Teresa (David) Kokesh,Yankton, SD, Helen Kennedy,Sioux Falls, Jean (Kyle)White, Sioux Falls; and manynieces and nephews.

Visitwww.georgeboom.com/.

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January 6, 2014

Daniel KremerDaniel Henry Kremer, 76,

of Omaha, Neb., and for-merly of Crofton, Neb., died

Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014, at hisresidence.

Mass of Christian Burial isat 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 9,at St. Joseph’s CatholicChurch in Constance, Neb.,with the Rev. David Fulton of-ficiating. Burial will be in theparish cemetery.

Visitation is 4-7 p.m.Wednesday with the familypresent at the Wintz FuneralHome, Crofton. Visitationwill resume one hour priorto services on Thursday atthe church.

To view the video tribute,or to send online condo-lences, visit www.wintzrayfu-neralhome.com/.

Margaret LaPointe Margaret R. LaPointe, 38,

of Delmont died Friday, Jan.3, 2014, at the Wagner Memo-rial Community Hospital inWagner.

Her funeral service is at10 a.m. today (Monday) at

the American Legion Hall inWagner, with burial in thePresbyterian Cemetery, ruralGreenwood.

Crosby-Jaeger FuneralHome of Wagner is in chargeof the arrangements.

Tommy Hudson Tommy Lee Hudson, 25,

of Wagner died unexpectedlynear Sioux City, Iowa, on Fri-day, Jan. 3, 2014.

His funeral service is at 2p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8, atthe Crosby-Jaeger FuneralHome, Wagner, with burial inthe ZCBJ Cemetery.

Don Fredrich Donald Fredrich, 81 of

Wagner died unexpectedlySunday, Jan. 5, 2014, at theWagner Memorial Commu-nity Hospital in Wagner.

His funeral services arepending with Crosby-JaegerFuneral Home in Wagner.

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Jerome SuingJerome John Suing, age

94 of Hartington, Nebraska,died on Thursday, January2, 2014 at the Avera SacredHeart Hospital in Yankton,South Dakota.

Mass of Christian Burialwill be on Tuesday, January7, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. at theHoly Trinity CatholicChurch in Hartington withRev. Jeffery Loseke officiat-ing. Burial will be in St.Michael’s Cemetery inHartington with militaryhonors provided by theHartington VFW Post 5283.

Visitation will be onMonday from 4:00 p.m. to7:00 p.m. with a Vigil Serv-ice at 6:00 p.m. at thechurch with the Wintz Fu-neral Home in Hartingtonin charge of arrangements.Visitation will begin onehour prior to services onTuesday at the church.

To send online condo-lences, or to view the videotribute, please visitwww.wintzrayfuneral-home.com/.

Pallbearers will be hisgrandchildren, David Suing,Chad Aune, Bryan Tweedy,Gregg Kathol, Nick Suing,Luke Witzel, Amy Mulloyand Ryan Suing. The rest ofhis grandchildren will beHonorary Pallbearers.

Jerome was born onSeptember 27, 1919 atFordyce, Nebraska to Zenoand Mathilda (Schmidt)Suing. He grew up on afarm near Fordyce andserved in the U.S. Armyduring WWII. He servedfrom January, 1942 to No-vember, 1945 primarily inthe Pacific Theatre and waspart of the Ghost MountainBoys. Jerome married ViolaE. Bonertz on January 21,1947 at St. Helena, Ne-braska. They farmed eastof Hartington for one yearand then moved to a farmnear Pleasant Valley, Ne-braska. In June of 1982 theymoved into Hartington andJerome then worked forFarmers Union Coop andJerry’s Service. He also wasa crop insurance adjuster.They moved to the Golden

Living Com-munity inHartingtonin June of2011.

Jeromewas a mem-ber of theHoly TrinityCatholic

Church and the HartingtonVFW Post 5283 where hewas a Past Post Com-mander. He was proud ofhis military service andwas an active part of thecolor guard for military fu-neral for many years. Heloved to mow and dowoodworking. He enjoyedplaying cards and beingwith his wife, children andgrandkids.

Jerome is survived byhis wife, Viola of Harting-ton; 8 children and theirspouses, Ron and JoannSuing of Crofton; Gary andPatricia Suing of Kearney,NE; Karen Aune of Volin,SD; Geralyn Otteman ofYankton; Mary Lou and Vir-gil Kathol of Hartington;Duane and Joan Suing ofCrofton; Michele and RayTweedy of Yankton; Tamiand Jerry Witzel of Madi-son, NE; 23 grandchildren,33 great grandchildren, 3sisters, Mathilda Suing ofHartington, Claire Yeaton ofDover, NH and LorineMiller of Sioux City, IA, 2sisters-in- law Alice Suing,Norfolk, NE and Lina Suing,Sioux Falls, SD.

He was preceded indeath by his parents, agranddaughter, TraciKathol, a son-in-law, SteveAune, 3 brothers, John,James and Daniel Suing, 6sisters, Madeline Cisney,Helen Suing, ElizabethSuing, Mary Smith, Cather-ine Koch and GertrudeLaux.Yankton Press & Dakotan

January 6, 2014

Dennis DuffekDennis G. Duffek age 70 of

Tabor passed away on Fri-day January 3, 2014, at theSanford USD Medical Centerin Sioux Falls, SD after ashort illness.

A Mass of Christian Bur-ial will be held for immediatefamily members only at St.Wenceslaus Catholic Churchin Tabor, SD. Burial of hiscremated remains will takeplace in the parish cemetery.

Dennis was the only childborn to George and Irene(Hale) Duffek on April 9, 1943in Yankton, SD. He grew up inthe Tabor area attending St.Wenceslaus Catholic gradeschool and graduating fromTabor High School in 1961.He married Dorothy Heirigson July 6, 1963 at St.Columba Catholic Church atMayfield, SD.

Dennis helped his par-ents run a trucking and cornshelling business in theTabor area for many years.He also worked many yearsfor the Bon Homme-YanktonRural Electric Association asa lineman and operationsmanager. After his retire-ment from B-Y Electric heowned Perk’s Pub in Taborand most recently was em-ployed by the Game, Fishand Parks at Lewis and ClarkLake up until his death. Hewas a member of St. Wences-laus Catholic Church and theCatholic Workman.

Dennis enjoyed followinghis grandchildren’s manyschool and sports activities.He was their biggest fan andwas very proud of all ofthem. “Papa” was always

around withhis handytool boxwhen a proj-ect wasneeded to bedone or su-pervised. Hehad a fasci-nation withall types of

trains and enjoyed workingwith his model trains. Hewas an avid Packer and Yan-kee fan and enjoyed his tripsto Lambeau Field.

He is survived by his wifeDorothy of Tabor, SD and histhree children: Mike(Stephanie) Duffek of Tabor,SD, Mark (Susan) Duffek ofSioux Falls, SD and Mary Ann(Colby) LaCompte of Winner,SD. Grandchildren: Emilyand Jenna Duffek of Tabor,SD, Brett, Matthew and AbbyDuffek of Sioux Falls SD andHanna, Maggie and LandonLaCompte of Winner, SD

He was preceded in deathby his parents George in1982 and Irene in 2007.

In lieu of flowers all dona-tions and memorials can bemade to the American HeartAssociation in Dennis’ mem-ory, American Heart Associa-tion/American StrokeAssociation, Greater Mid-west Affiliate, Memorials andTributes Lockbox, 3816 Pay-sphere Circle, Chicago, IL60674. Yankton Press & Dakotan

January 6, 2014

Ruth PermannFuneral services for

Ruth “Tootsie” Permann,84, of Tripp will be held at10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan-uary 7 at Frieden’s Re-formed Church in Trippwith Rev. Greg Way officiat-ing. Interment will follow inFrieden’s Reformed Ceme-tery, Tripp.

Visitation will be heldon Monday from 3:00 p.m.until a 7:00 p.m. prayerservice at the Goglin Fu-neral Home in Tripp.

Ruth died on Friday, Jan-uary 3, 2014 at Avera St.Benedict Health Center inParkston.

Online condolences maybe sent atwww.goglinfh.com/.

Online condolences at: www.opsahl-kostelfuneralhome.com

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YOU’RE NEWS! The Press & Dakotan

BY NICK HYTREKSioux City Journal

PONCA, Neb. — If yourode the bus to school whenyou were little, you mighthave met the bus driver be-fore you met your kinder-garten teacher.

As the years went by, youhad a different teacher everyyear. Chances are, the samebus driver picked you up inthe morning and droppedyou off in the afternoon.

Maybe you drove toschool yourself in highschool. But when youboarded the bus to go to agame, music contest or fieldtrip, there was your old busdriver.

For just short of 37 years,Nikki Carnell watched kidsget on the bus as kinder-garteners, grow up, gradu-ate, get married and havekids of their own. Then shedrove the next generation ofPonca students to and fromschool.

“That’s really been thefun part of it,” she told theSioux City Journal. “You seehow these kids grow up andform a bond, then you seetheir kids. It’s just the best.

“I’m gonna miss the kids.”And they’ll miss her, too.Carnell drove her last bus

route on Dec. 20. Feeling allthose years of bouncing overwashboarded gravel roadsand gripping the steeringwheel tightly while drivingover snowy and icy highways,she decided it was time topermanently park the bus.

A friend talked her intodriving a van for the schoolin the spring of 1977. After afew years, the school super-intendent talked her intodriving a bus. Ever since,she’d driven 70-100 milesdaily over the district’s hilly,curvy gravel roads andblacktops, making sure stu-dents arrived to and fromschool safely.

Carnell drove throughevery kind of weather. Shegot stuck in snowdrifts andmud. She hit deer and

turkeys. She drove buseswith manual and automatictransmissions. There weretrips early in the morningand late at night. State tour-naments in Lincoln andgames throughout northeastNebraska.

Carnell drove thousandsof miles — and never had anaccident.

It’s an amazing feat, con-sidering the distractionsgoing on in the rows of seatsbehind her. She laughs aboutthe noise, but also jokes thatshe ran a pretty tight ship.All she had to do was hit abutton cutting the noise onthe bus, look up into her mir-ror, and the children quicklyquieted down. Not that Car-nell minded the noise toomuch.

“I just enjoy the kids.That’s why I’ve worked atschool so long,” she said.

The kids have enjoyedher, too.

Out of tribute for her lastday, many high school stu-dents who live along herroute rode the bus ratherthan drive themselves, want-ing to be part of Carnell’s lastdrive. The school arrangedfor local police to escort herbus into town that last morn-ing. After giving each studenta hug as they got off her busat school, the whole studentbody, plus her family, greetedher inside the building, whereshe was presented with roses.

Fortunately, she said,she’ll continue to see her for-mer passengers. A libraryaide, Carnell will be back atschool when classes resumein January. Living four blocksfrom school, her trip will takea couple minutes, rather thanan hour or so out into thecountry and back via bus.

“It’s going to be differentwhen school starts back up. Iwon’t have to get up as early,”she said.

The wheels on Ponca’sbuses will continue to goround and round.

Carnell just won’t be theone going all around thetown and beyond.

Ponca Bus DriverClimbs Out From

Behind The Wheel

Pets Should Be Brought Inside During ColdOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Pet owners are being encouraged to

bring their animals inside during the bitter cold snap.Temperatures are predicted to fall to at least 15 degrees

below zero Sunday night and Monday morning in Nebraskaand Iowa. Then strong winds will make it feel 30-to-60 degreesbelow zero.

The Nebraska Humane Society says it’s best to bring petsinside during periods of extreme cold like this.

But if pets must remain outside, it’s important to makesure they have a solid structure to protect them with hay orstraw inside for insulation.

Dogs also need constant access to water, so pet ownersshould use heated bowls during freezing weather.