Mark Frahm Obituary
Mark S. Frahm, age 67, of Yankton, South Dakota, died Thursday, September 25, 2025, at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Funeral services will be 10:30 AM on Tuesday September 30, 2025, at the First United Methodist Church in Yankton with Reverend Katie Ricke officiating. The funeral will be live streamed and can be viewed at www.youtube.com/@firstunitedmethodistchurch848. Burial will be in the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Yankton. Visitation will be one hour prior to the funeral service on Tuesday at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of the Wintz & Ray Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Yankton.
The family requests in honor of Mark that you wear your favorite Nebraska Cornhusker attire or Red or White.
Mark S. Frahm was born August 25, 1958, in Wayne, Nebraska, to Allen and Phyllis (Wegner) Frahm. He grew up in Carroll, Nebraska where he attended school and later Wayne High School. He then went to work for Dennis Junck and farmed with him for a few years until taking a job with Nucor Steel in Norfolk, Nebraska, which he continued for the next 40 years. He married Dani Danielson on August 22, 1992 at the Little White Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada and together had three children: Lindsi, Cory and Kody.
Mark was an avid Nebraska Cornhusker fan and enjoyed watching sports, especially the Green Bay Packers, golf and NASCAR. He was a great cook and enjoyed gardening, going for rides with his German Shepherd, Pippa and spending time with his friends. He was known as “Bluzy” by his friends and “Shark” while at work. He was the #1 fan for his children in any sport or activity they had and loved spending time with his grandchildren.
Survivors include his wife, Dani Frahm of Yankton; three children: Lindsi (Nicholas) Pekas of Dayton, Ohio; Cory (Page) Frahm of Yankton; and Kody (Morgan) Frahm of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; six grandchildren: Lily and Kayleigh Pekas, Addie, Benny and Chloe Frahm and Rainey Jo Frahm; sister, Bonnie Hansen; brother, Roger (Pat) Frahm, and four nieces and one nephew.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Allen and Phyllis Frahm.
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