Florence Papka
Jul 2, 2016
Florence Papka, 98, passed away July 2, 2016 at Sturgis Regional Senior Care. Florence Anna Peck was born in rural Perkins County, east of Strool on August 7, 1917, along with her twin brother Floyd. She was the eighth child born to Fred and Anna Peck. She grew up in Perkins County and attended country schools through the eighth grade....
Jeffery Homola
Jun 29, 2016
Jeffery James Homola, 17 of Belle Fourche, SD passed away at home in his sleep on June 29, 2016. Jeffery was born on January 26, 1999, in Portland OR to David and Mindy Homola. Jeffery was a special needs child and attended school at Black Hills Special Services. He lived his first seven years of life in Battle Ground, WA...
Walter Humphrey
Jun 25, 2016
Walter Keith Humphrey, 76, of Gillette, Wyoming, formerly of Casper, passed quietly Saturday, June 25, 2016, after a short illness. Walter was born on September 4, 1939, in Douglas, Wyoming, to Chester and Frances Humphrey. He is survived by his children, Cathleen Carley, Mesquite, Texas; Richard (Stephanie) Humphrey, Gillette, Wyoming; Robert Humphrey, Casper, Wyoming; and Andrew Humphrey, Florence, Alabama. He...
Nels "Bud" Simpson
Jun 23, 2016
Nels L. "Bud" Simpson 89, passed away at the Crook County Long Term Care Facility in Sundance June 23, 2016. He was born on August 1, 1926 to Nels "Lesley" and Mary (Toth) Simpson on the family ranch near Four Corners, Wyoming. Bud was drafted into the Army during his senior year in high school, and was assigned to various...
Nancy Madsen
Jun 23, 2016
Nancy Madsen, 77 of Deadwood, passed away on Thursday, June 23, 2016 at the Lead- Deadwood Regional Hospital. Nancy Lee Madsen was the second child born in 1939 to Howard and Beulah (Bryant) Bridenstine. She attended and graduated from Lead High School in 1957 after which she married Thomas Madsen in December 1958. After Nancy raised her three boys, she...
Barbara Paulus
Jun 22, 2016
Barbara Ann Paulus, 67 of Belle Fourche, passed away on Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at Spearfish Regional Hospital. Barbara was born June 21, 1949 to Royce C. and Mary (Anderson) Snook in Sioux Falls, SD. She was united in marriage to David Paulus, the couple made their home in Belle Fourche. Barbara enjoyed cribbage with friends and always remembered birthdays...
James Berkley Cobb
Jun 20, 2016
James Cobb, 74 of Belle Fourche, South Dakota passed away peacefully surrounded by family at his home on June 20, 2016, from complications of a long courageous battle with cancer. James Berkley Cobb was born July 29, 1941 in Spearfish, SD to Tyrus and Thelma (Anthony) Cobb. Jim spent his early childhood in Spearfish and in 1950, the family moved...
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...
