IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Joseph Cyrus
Hargraves
January 17, 1916 – October 11, 2007
Obituary
Joseph Cyrus Hargraves, 91, of Spearfish, SD, died Thursday, October 11, 2007 at Sturgis Regional Senior Care.
Visitation will be from 3:00 P.M.-7:00 P.M., Monday, October 15, 2007 at Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapel in Spearfish.
Funeral Services will be at 10:00 A.M., Tuesday, October 16, 2007 at Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapel with Pastor Gordon Higgins officiating, burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery with Full Military Honors provided by the Spearfish Honor Guard.
A memorial has been established to benefit the Spearfish Area Historical Society.
Joe was born January 17th 1916 to Benjamin and Nellie Hargraves on their Chicken Creek Farm near Spearfish. He was a member of the first Boy Scout Troop in Spearfish and graduated from Spearfish High School. He worked for his father until joining the United States Army. He was stationed in the Pacific and took part in the retaking of the Philippines, and was with the first ground troops in Nagasaki after the atomic bomb.
After the war ended he worked as a pilot for Clyde Ice. Joe returned to the family farm to help his ailing father. After moving to Lower Valley in Spearfish, Joe continued his father's custom farming business for over forty years, and became known as "Tractor Joe". Joe enjoyed bowling, square dancing, horse shoes and was a self appointed Jeep tour guide for the Northern Black Hills. He enjoyed sharing his vast knowledge of the area with the Spearfish Historical Society. Joe was a member of VFW, a past Post Commander of the American Legion and a frequent volunteer at Fort Meade V.A. Medical Facility in Sturgis. He also volunteered as an actor at the Black Hills Passion Play, missing only a couple of performances in fifty years of service. He claimed to have portrayed every non-speaking part over the years.
Joseph is survived by his niece, Barbara and Dennis Nail of Wellington, KS and nephew, Sam and Dee Ruzick, of Millbrook, IL, and their children, Chris and April Nail, Ben and Liz Ruzick and Jim and Lily (Ruzick) Sheehan
Joe was preceded in death by his father, Ben Hargraves, his mother, Nellie Hargraves, step-mother, Ida Lena Hargraves and sister, Frances (Hargraves) Ruzick.
Arrangements are under the care of Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapel of Spearfish, SD. Online condolences may be left at fidler-isburgfuneralchapels.com
Visitation will be from 3:00 P.M.-7:00 P.M., Monday, October 15, 2007 at Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapel in Spearfish.
Funeral Services will be at 10:00 A.M., Tuesday, October 16, 2007 at Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapel with Pastor Gordon Higgins officiating, burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery with Full Military Honors provided by the Spearfish Honor Guard.
A memorial has been established to benefit the Spearfish Area Historical Society.
Joe was born January 17th 1916 to Benjamin and Nellie Hargraves on their Chicken Creek Farm near Spearfish. He was a member of the first Boy Scout Troop in Spearfish and graduated from Spearfish High School. He worked for his father until joining the United States Army. He was stationed in the Pacific and took part in the retaking of the Philippines, and was with the first ground troops in Nagasaki after the atomic bomb.
After the war ended he worked as a pilot for Clyde Ice. Joe returned to the family farm to help his ailing father. After moving to Lower Valley in Spearfish, Joe continued his father's custom farming business for over forty years, and became known as "Tractor Joe". Joe enjoyed bowling, square dancing, horse shoes and was a self appointed Jeep tour guide for the Northern Black Hills. He enjoyed sharing his vast knowledge of the area with the Spearfish Historical Society. Joe was a member of VFW, a past Post Commander of the American Legion and a frequent volunteer at Fort Meade V.A. Medical Facility in Sturgis. He also volunteered as an actor at the Black Hills Passion Play, missing only a couple of performances in fifty years of service. He claimed to have portrayed every non-speaking part over the years.
Joseph is survived by his niece, Barbara and Dennis Nail of Wellington, KS and nephew, Sam and Dee Ruzick, of Millbrook, IL, and their children, Chris and April Nail, Ben and Liz Ruzick and Jim and Lily (Ruzick) Sheehan
Joe was preceded in death by his father, Ben Hargraves, his mother, Nellie Hargraves, step-mother, Ida Lena Hargraves and sister, Frances (Hargraves) Ruzick.
Arrangements are under the care of Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapel of Spearfish, SD. Online condolences may be left at fidler-isburgfuneralchapels.com
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