Obituaries, Cemetery & Funeral Home Records
SVGS has collected over 170,000 obituaries and death notices from regional newspapers serving southeastern South Dakota, southwest Minnesota, and northwest Iowa. We also have many funeral programs and brochures that individuals have generously donated.
Cemetery Records
Our microfilm collection includes records from Hills of Rest, Mount Pleasant, Berg Cemetery, and St. Michael's in Sioux Falls; Graceland in Madison; Chancellor Baptist in Chancellor; First Baptist Church of Germantown Cemetery in Lennox; Summit Hill in Valley Springs; Dell Rapids Cemetery and St. Mary's Parish in Dell Rapids, Pleasant Ridge in Armour, and Mitchell area Cemeteries.
Funeral Home Records
Records from Miller, George Boom, and Barnett-Lewis Funeral Homes in Sioux Falls, Weiland Funeral Chapel and Ellsworth Funeral Home in Madison, Kaler Funeral Home in Dell Rapids, and Cool Funeral Home in Platte are available in our microfilm collection.
You can search our Index to see the information we have collected. Please click the eyeball to see the full record, which gives the code indicating where the obituary is filed in our library. You can come to the library to retrieve the obituary, or complete the request form and we will send you a copy. Please note there is a $5.00 fee for each obituary we send.