John Jarvis
Jun 19, 2016
John A. Jarvis went to meet his dad, Sam and his brother, Rich to go hunting and fishing on Father's Day, Sunday, June 19, 2016. Visitation will be from 5pm-7pm, Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at the Lead-Deadwood Memorial Chapel in Lead. Funeral services will be held at 1pm, Thursday, June 23, 2016 at the chapel. A memorial has been established....
Violet Kron
Jun 13, 2016
Violet Kron, 90 Spearfish, SD passed away on Monday, June 13, 2016 at Burr's Tender Care. Graveside services will be held on Saturday, July 2, 2016 at 4:00PM at Pine Slope Cemetery, Belle Fourche, SD. Cremation arrangements were under the care of Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapels and Crematory Service of Spearfish.
Carolyn Neal
Jun 13, 2016
Carolyn Ross Neal, 69 of Lead, SD passed away peacefully in her sleep at home, on Monday, June 13, 2016. She was born February 4, 1947 in Corte Madera, California; she was the daughter of the late Ross and Lois Miner. Carolyn had been a longtime resident of Lead, working at several places in Deadwood. She enjoyed dressing up in...
Marlynn Belmont
Jun 8, 2016
Marylynn Belmont, 70 of Spearfish, passed away on June 8, 2016 after living with the progressive disability MS. Marlynn Kay Belmont was born on May 9, 1946 in Deadwood, SD, to George Albert and Leola (Livona) Schieke. Graduating from Lead High School in 1964, she attended Black Hills State College where she majored in education. Marlynn taught 17 years at...
Arlendo "Casey" Lillehaug
Jun 8, 2016
Arlendo "Casey" Lillehaug, 89 of Spearfish died June 8, 2016 at the Lead-Deadwood Regional Hospital. Casey was born to John and Leona Inez (Bridge) Lillehaug on February 28, 1927 in Adams County, Township of South Fork, North Dakota on a homestead near the Cedar Creek. He attended schools for the first five years at Cedar Butte and sixth through eighth...
William Kraft
Jun 7, 2016
From June 10, 1940 to June 7, 2016 William "Bill" M. Kraft lived simply, worked hard, laughed often, found his greatest blessings through his family, his greatest satisfaction in providing for his family, and his greatest joy in a harmless prank (given or received). Bill lived two days shy of 76 years and he wouldn't have traded a single minute...
Delores Schuchardt
Jun 6, 2016
Delores Maxine Schuchardt, 90, of Spearfish, SD, wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother died Monday, June 6, 2016 at her home in Spearfish. Delores (Dalorsey) was born on the family farm near Leola, South Dakota, July 11, 1925 to Reinhold and Magdalena Buechler. She found the love of her life in high school when she met Leslie Schuchardt. On July 3,...
Arlene Schopen
Jun 4, 2016
Arlene Schopen, 84 of the Lead-Deadwood area, passed away on Saturday, June 4, 2016 at the Rapid City Hospice House. Arlene was born to Herman and Agnes (Fenner) Kettelhut in Deadwood, SD on April 20, 1932. In high school she attended Girl's State and graduated from Deadwood High School in 1950. She began the working phase of her life with...
Sarah Eleanor Johnson
Jun 2, 2016
Sarah Eleanor Johnson, 98 of Sturgis, passed away on June 2, 2016 at Sturgis Regional Senior Care. Eleanor was born on July 13, 1917 in Mountain Grove, Missouri to Roy and Ella (Lyon) Anderson. She attended school and graduated from high school in Mountain Grove. In 1942, she moved to California and worked in shipyards as a toll collector for...
Derek Snyder
May 24, 2016
Derek James Snyder, 29 of Spearfish passed away on May 24, 2016 as the result of a water well drilling accident near Woods Landing, Wyoming. Derek was born on April 24, 1987 to Charles "Chuck" and Barbara "Barb" (Bartels) Snyder in Wheatridge, CO. The family lived in Arvada Colorado for seven years, they then moved to the Bartels Family ranch...
Annalise Latimer
May 22, 2016
Annalise Latimer passed away on May 22, 2016 at the Crook County Memorial Hospital in Sundance, Wyoming. Annalise was born on September 21, 1924 at Steinheim, Westfalen Germany, the daughter of Heinrich and Anna (Beineke) Faber. Annalise was a self-declared tomboy during her youth, playing soccer, climbing trees, fishing, seeking out adventures and keeping up with the boys in general....
Wilma Gustafson
May 22, 2016
Wilma "Billie" Pranger Gustafson passed away peacefully on May 22, 2016 in Spearfish, SD at the age of 100. Billie's mother, Alice Van-der-Voort Pranger, was born in a sod house north of Platte, SD, and her father, John Pranger, traveled to South Dakota from Friesen in Holland as a one-year old. She greatly enjoyed history and studied her genealogy on...
Joseph Kane
May 21, 2016
Joseph "Joe" Kane Jr., 90 of Spearfish passed away May 21, 2016, at the Belle Fourche Healthcare Center. Joe Kane was born April 8, 1926, and raised in St. Paul, MN. When he was 17 he enlisted in the Navy during WWII. He served his country in the Pacific on a battleship, and was later stationed in Japan after the...
Muriel Seifert
May 18, 2016
Muriel Seifert, 95 of Spearfish died on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at Garden hills Assisted Living. Muriel was born on February 11, 1921 in Lidgerwood, ND to Benjamin and Amelia (Erickson) Millis. She was raised in Rutland, ND where she attended school and graduated in 1939. While attending State School of Science in Wahpeton, ND she met her future husband,...
Evelyn Terry
May 18, 2016
Evelyn Caroline Terry, 95, of Spearfish, SD, passed away Wednesday, May 18, 2016, surrounded by loved ones, at the Spearfish Regional Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, May 24 at the Spearfish United Methodist Church with visitation one hour prior to services. Burial will take place in Aberdeen, SD, on Wednesday at 12:00 p.m. (CST). The youngest...
David Wayne Marty
May 18, 2016
David Wayne Marty was born in Sacramento, CA on April 21, 1968 and passed away on May 18, 2016 at home in Spearfish, SD, surrounded by family, after a strong fight with bone cancer. He was a 4th generation Californian and moved to Spearfish, SD in 2013. An avid athlete, Dave was very involved in disc golf at the Shady...
Larry Slavin
May 14, 2016
Larry Slavin, 68, of Sundance, Wyoming passed away at his residence on May 14, 2016. Larry was born April 11, 1948 to Charles and Elsie (Rogers) Slavin in St. Louis Park, MN. He joined the United States Marines and proudly served his country from 1967-1971 during the Vietnam War. Larry attained the rank of sergeant and was honorably discharged. Larry...
Edwin Lester Johnson
May 13, 2016
Edwin "Ed" Lester Johnson, 95 of Spearfish passed away on May 13, 2016. Edwin was born on May 20, 1920 in a sod house just south of Bowman, North Dakota to William M. and Hilda (McGuffin) Johnson. Edwin told the story of the time when they moved out of the sod house and into their new house and the older...
Raymond Shepherd
May 13, 2016
Raymond Alf Shepherd, 85, passed away May 13, 2016, after a 29-year battle with cancer at his home a few yards from the family home where he and his twin brother, Roy, were born January 23, 1931 to Alf and Piney (Pollock) Shepherd near Oshoto, WY. He attended the Pollock school through the eighth grade. He said all the rest...
Dixie Richardson
May 5, 2016
Dixie Richardson, 16 days short of her 63rd birthday, died the 5th day of May as a result of a ruptured aneurism in her brain. She died peacefully with attentive witnesses including her husband, dear friends and supportive hospital personnel. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ruth and Sever Eubank and her, brother Perry Reed. Dixie is survived...
