Robert Smith age 53 of Hayti, SD, passed away Wednesday, April 8, 2020, at his residence in Hayti.  Arrangements have been entrusted to the Crawford-Osthus Funeral Chapel and are pending.              

***THIS WILL BE LIVE-STREAMED***   Russell "Russ" D. Lowe age 87 of Milbank and formerly South Shore, SD, passed away Tuesday, April 7, 2020, at a care center in Milbank, SD.  Private family funeral services will at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, April 13, 2020, at Crawford-Osthus Funeral Chapel. Burial will be at Mt. Hope Cemetery. A full obituary will follow.              

Amya Amy Carleton, infant daughter of Mason and Clara Carleton, was born and passed away on Thursday, April 2, 2020, at Prairie Lakes Hospital in Watertown.  Private family graveside services will be at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 7, 2020, at Apostolic Lutheran Cemetery in rural Lake Norden.  Lorin Lehtola will officiate. Amya is loved by her parents, Mason and Clara Carleton of Bryant, SD; her maternal grandparents, Jason and Aimee Halme of Davenport, WA; her paternal...

  Audrey J. Harding, age 92, of Lake Norden, SD, formerly of Watertown, SD, passed away on Thursday, April 2, 2020, at Avantara Lake Norden. Private family graveside services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 4, 2020, at Mt. Hope Cemetery.   Audrey was born on October 30, 1927, to George and Martha (Grensberg) Nogelmeier, in Vienna, SD. She was united in marriage to Warren Harding on October 30, 1944 in Watertown. They lived on a farm near Elrod. They made their home...

  *****This will be Live-Streamed on our Website****     Helen de l’Etoile Cunningham, age 73, of Watertown, SD, passed away on Wednesday, April 1, 2020, at the local hospital. Private family funeral services will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 4, 2020, at Crawford-Osthus Funeral Chapel. Jodi Engels will officiate. This will be Live-Streamed on our website.   Honorary pallbearers are: Shawn LeVeque, Danny LeVeque, Ann LeVeque, Tracy LeVeque and...

  Ruby A. “Susie” Appelhof, age 78, of Sioux Falls, SD, formerly of Watertown, SD, passed away on Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Sioux Falls. She was the widow of Robert “Bob” Appelhof. Private Family Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, April 6, 2020, at Crawford-Osthus Funeral Chapel. Rev. Kent Stillson will officiate.   Burial will be at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Susie’s grandsons: Alex Gast, Nick Gast, Jack Davis, Nate...

  Melvin Appel, age 78, of Watertown, SD, passed away on Thursday, March 26, 2020, at home with his family by his side. Private Memorial services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 1, 2020, at Crawford-Osthus Funeral Chapel. Rev. Paul Janke will officiate. Music will be provided by Carla Lindhorst as organist with Pastor Paul Lindhorst as the soloist. This will be Live-Streamed on our website. The family is requested to meet at the chapel by 12:30 p.m. for a family...

Lois Marie Bateman, age 84, of Watertown, SD, passed away peacefully on March 24, 2020 under Hospice Care at Jenkins Living Center. She became a resident of Jenkins 5 years ago after a stroke left her paralyzed on her right side and able to speak only a few words.   Graveside memorial services will be held at a later date.   Lois was born on the family farm near Henry, SD on February, 13, 1936 to Henry and Marie Redmond Goodman. She attended school in Watertown and graduated...

Richard M.“Paddy” McNamara, age 92, passed away at Prairie Lakes Hospital, on Monday, March 23, 2020.  A Private family service will be at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, March 27, 2020, at Crawford Osthus Funeral Chapel. The event will be lived streamed and available at www.crawfordosthus.com.  Rev. Paul Janke will officiate. Music will be provided by Carol Janke. The family is requested to meet at the chapel on Friday by 10:00 a.m. for a prayer service. A public memorial will...

  Lynore I. Calder, age 82, of Watertown, SD, passed away on Saturday, March 21, 2020, at a local care center. Memorial services will be at a later date.   Lynore I. Calder was born on January 22, 1938, to Neldon and Viola (Endicott) Calder in Vernal, UT.  Lynore moved to Sacramento, CA, with her mother and adopted father, Jesse Isebel, where she attended school and graduated from Grant High School.   She was married to Charles F. Heustess from February 7, 1957 to...