Obituaries

GORDON F. ABELS

GORDON F. ABELS

Gordon Abels died August 14, 2021, at Prairie Heights HealthCare in Aberdeen, South Dakota. He was born on November 20, 1937, to John and Mabel (Eisenlohr) Abels in Britton, South Dakota. Gordon graduated from Britton High School in 1955. He attended Wahpeton School of Science for one year and then graduated from the University of Jamestown in 1959, majoring in Physics and Math. He served in the Navy for 3 years. Gordon worked at government weapon testing labs in Aberdeen, Maryland and in Ridgecrest, California.

PEARL ANN (WANOUS) BERTSCH

PEARL ANN (WANOUS) BERTSCH

Born October 10th, 1938 in Britton, SD, Pearl was the youngest of five Bohemian/ German decedents to Nobert and Velva (Siebel) Wanous. Pearl attended and graduated from Kidder High in 1956 in a class of four. She was active in basketball, girl’s state and choir. “Go Tigers!” As time passed, Pearl was instrumental in organizing class reunions for Kidder High. Following graduation, she attended Valley City State University for two years.

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