Obituaries

Mel Placek, 56

Melvin Baldwin Placek, 56, of Pierre, died Saturday, March 6, 2010, at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls.

Eleanor Bruening, 102

Eleanor Bruening, 102, died March 7, 2010, at the Good Samaritan Ambassador Nursing Home in New Hope, Minn.

Dorothy Bevers, 87

Dorothy Ann Bevers, 87, of Miller and formerly of Pierre, died Thursday, March 4, 2010, at the home of her son and daughter-in-law in Miller.

Shirley Auch, 81

Shirley Auch, 81, of Pierre, died Saturday, March 6, 2010, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Pierre.