Feb 8th, 2010
by Craig Wenzel.
William (Bill) Lewis Jacomet passed away peacefully on February 3, 2010 at Weskota Manor Avera in Wessington Springs, SD.
Bill was born in Sioux Falls to Heinie and Daisy (Corbin) Jacomet on June 4, 1931 and graduated from Washington Senior High School in Sioux Falls.
Bill was employed at Sunshine Grocery when he met his wife of almost 49 years, Dolores Jellema. They were married on November 22, 1949. During their years together, they lived in Sioux Falls, Mitchell, Wessington Springs, Pierre, and back to Wessington Springs. Bill worked selling insurance, delivering Langenfeld Ice Cream (including to the Northside Grocery in Wessington Springs)and Sunbeam Bakeries.
Feb 8th, 2010
by Craig Wenzel.
Viola Magdelene Barton passed away peacefully on Saturday morning, January 30, 2010. She was nearing her 108th birthday on March 11 – a time when friends and relatives always gathered to celebrate. She lived at Elms Convalescent Hospital in Glendale since 2001.
Viola was born in Wessington Springs, South Dakota on March 11, 1902 to Peter and Carolina Shultz, immigrants of Germany. She was the youngest member of a family of 12.
She started her life on the family farm in Viola Township, Jerauld County, South Dakota, but often said she did not have to do much work since she was the baby of the family.
Feb 8th, 2010
by Craig Wenzel.
Bet ya’ didn’t know that Baker’s Design in Wessington Springs now has fresh flowers — JUST IN TIME FOR VALENTINE’S DAY!
Call them at 605-539-9800 for FREE DELIVERY over Valentine’s Day. Fresh flowers, candy bouquets, silk flowers, balloons.
Of course they still have all of your silk screening needs, too!
Feb 8th, 2010
by Craig Wenzel.
ELECTRIC TROLLEY IN SPRINGS? Myron Kleppin brought in this old picture postcard that shows an electric trolley going straight through Main Street in Wessington Springs. The lack of automobiles on the street mean it was in the late 1800s or early 1900s. The photographer probably was having fun with people of the time by cutting and pasting in the trolley.
Feb 8th, 2010
by Craig Wenzel.
PIERRE – Two South Dakota electric cooperatives were able to restore power to the last of their members Thursday while an estimated 2,500 rural households at six other cooperatives will remain without power for several more days.
Power failed across a large portion of eastern South Dakotan, and especially in the western Jerauld County (Wessington Springs) area when freezing rain turned to ice on Friday afternoon, January 22.
Cooperatives throughout the state made steady progress in today’s single-digit temps. More than 700 workers are working to restore power at the affected cooperatives.
