Dr. Charles Schad
Jan 8, 2016
Dr. Charles Schad, 84 of Spearfish, passed away on January 8, 2016 at Spearfish Regional Hospital. Visitation will be from 5-7 PM on Monday, January 11, 2016 at Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapel in Spearfish. Funeral services will be at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at the United Church of Christ Church in Spearfish. Burial will follow at Black Hills...
Jessie Marie Nelson
Jan 7, 2016
Jessie Marie Nelson, 80 of Spearfish died Thursday, January 07, 2016 at the David M. Dorsett Healthcare Center. At Jessie's request cremation has taken place and her ashes will be placed with her parents at Bell Park Cemetery near Rochford at a later date. Jessie was born October 26, 1935 to Lyle and Beatrice (Walker) Barker at Rochford, South Dakota....
Richard "Hoppy" H. Engelhaupt
Jan 5, 2016
Richard Henry Engelhaupt was born on February 2, 1932 in Newcastle, WY to Henry Casper and Laura Irene (Stanton) Engelhaupt. He passed away in Belle Fourche, SD on January 5, 2016. His early years growing up were on Cold Creek, near Buckhorn, WY and also on the "Horton" place south of Four Corners, WY. At the age of 11, his...
Bessie Hahn
Jan 4, 2016
Bessie May Hahn 93, passed away January 4, 2016 in Rapid City, SD. She was born to Everett and Sophia (Rathburn) Woods October 12, 1922 in Moorcroft, WY. Doctor C.K. Stevens was the attending physician. Bessie attended the Hahn rural school and graduated from the Campbell County High School in 1941. She married Juel Hahn, June 18, 1941 and they...
Deloras Heinrich
Jan 2, 2016
Deloras Rachel Heinrich, 93 of Spearfish went home to her Lord on Saturday, January 2, 2016 at her residence at Tuk R Inn Assisted Living where she as resided for the past six years. Visitation will be from 5:30-7 PM on Thursday, January 7 at Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapel in Spearfish. Funeral services will be at 11:00am, Friday, January 8, 2016...
Mary "Katie" Weiser
Jan 1, 2016
Mary Kathleen McDermott-Weiser, 92, passed away on New Year's Day in her Spearfish childhood home. Katie was born August 31, 1923 to Spearfish pioneers James Patrick and Rose Marie (Carney) McDermott. She married Rudolph Joseph Weiser of Odin, Kansas during World War II and settled in Casper, Wyoming after the war. She returned to her Spearfish home in 1984. Katie...
Jerry Jeffery
Dec 31, 2015
Jerry George Jeffery, 77 of Spearfish, went to our Heavenly Father on December 31, 2015. Jerry was born on January 5, 1938 to Albert and Kathleen (Anderson) Jeffery and lived on the family farm north of Spearfish while growing up. He was in the National Guard in South Dakota and Wyoming. While in the National Guard he achieved sharp shooter...
Imogene Somers
Dec 29, 2015
Imogene L. Somers, 86, passed away quietly December 29, 2015 at her home in Spearfish, SD. Visitation will be from 2pm to 4pm on Sunday, January 3, 2016 at Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapel in Spearfish. Funeral services will be at 1pm, Monday, January 4, 2016 at the funeral home, with burial to follow at Rose Hill Cemetery. A memorial has been...
Kenneth Weiss
Dec 29, 2015
Kenneth Lucas Weiss died Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at his home in Lead. Kenny was born on January 21, 1945 in Mandan, North Dakota to Fred and Leocadia (Hoffman) Weiss. Kenny grew up on a farm by Center, North Dakota, where he graduated from high school in 1963. He joined the Army in 1965, serving his country in the Vietnam...
Benjamin Jones
Dec 28, 2015
Benjamin R Jones, 92 of Spearfish, passed away on December 28, 2015 at Spearfish Regional Hospital. The youngest of six children born to George C. Jones and Ella Mae Jones at Rocky Point, Wyoming. He was inducted into the Army in February, 1943 serving in Africa, the Philippines and Italy. In 1946, he met Lois Evelyn Gray and married her...
Leatta K. Mathis
Dec 27, 2015
Leatta "Lea" K. Mathis, 66, Lead, SD died unexpectedly Sunday, December 27, 2015 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Lea was born to the late Doris (Uphoff) and Carol Johnson on December 29, 1948 in Mitchell, SD. Lea grew up on a farm where she loved to ride horses and read books, especially those with a horse in it. Lea attended...
Sandra Lee Williams
Dec 26, 2015
Sandra Lee Williams, 70 of Spearfish, South Dakota died Saturday, December 26, 2015 at her home in Spearfish. Sandra Lee Williams was born May 13, 1945, the second of three daughters to Maurice and Byrnice (Luse) Williams in Deadwood, South Dakota. She attended school in Sundance, Wyoming and graduated with honors in 1963. She continued her schooling in Billings, Montana...
Naomi "Alice" Shaykett
Dec 25, 2015
Naomi "Alice" Shaykett, 92, of Whitewood, SD, passed from this life on December 25, 2015, after a short illness. Alice was born in Flasher, N.D. on March 27, 1923, the tenth child of Owen Charles Dennis and Olive Elizabeth (Wing) Dennis. On May 3, 1946 she married Ralph "Bud" Shaykett. To this union were born three children: Judy Shaykett (Bruce...
Mildred Christensen
Dec 25, 2015
Mildred I. Christensen (Millie) passed away peacefully early Christmas morning at Garden Hills Assisted Living Care Center in Spearfish, SD. Millie's faith and love for Jesus was evident in everything she said and did and the timing of her passing seems appropriate. Every Christmas, Millie would write a Christmas poem which would always highlight loving one another as Christ does,...
George Henderson
Dec 23, 2015
George W. Henderson, 85 of Aladdin, WY passed away peacefully in his sleep on December 23, 2015 at the David M. Dorsett Healthcare Center in Spearfish, SD. His family is honoring his wishes that he be cremated, no services or memorials be held and his ashes scattered on the Henderson Ranch near Aladdin. Survivors include his wife, Nancy; son, George...
Carolyn Hockett
Dec 21, 2015
Carolyn D Hockett, of Newcastle, WY, passed away on December 21, 2015 at the Weston County Health Services at the age of 79. Carolyn was born April 4, 1936. She was a devoted wife of 60 years, a loving mother to her six children, 12 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Carolyn always enjoyed working with people in arts and crafts, and...
Kenneth Williams
Dec 18, 2015
Kenneth "Ken" James Williams left peacefully in his sleep with his family by his side in his home on December 18th, 2015 in Saint Onge. Ken was born in Rapid City on January 30, 1957. He was born to Keith and Marilyn (Roberts) Williams. He graduated from Stevens High School in 1975. After graduation Ken enrolled in college at South...
Clarence Pridgeon
Dec 15, 2015
Clarence John Pridgeon, 65, and his beloved dog Huit, died at his home in Beulah "God's Country" Wyoming on December 15, 2015. A Celebration of Life will be held at 1:30 PM on December 20, 2015 at the First Presbyterian Church in Moorcroft, Wyoming with numerous friends and relatives in attendance. Clarence John Pridgeon was born on December 27, 1949,...
Zhongyi Lu
Dec 14, 2015
Zhongyi Lu, 51, slipped gently from this life into eternity at Rapid City Regional Hospice House early Monday morning, December 14, 2015. Zhongyi Lu was born October 19, 1964 in Fushun, China to her father, Changui Lu and mother Suzhen Liu. Zhongyi immigrated to the United States on September 2, 2008 to marry her husband Ken Mernaugh. They were married...
Doris E Gross
Dec 10, 2015
Doris E. Gross, 96, Deadwood, SD, died Thursday, December 10, 2015, at the Lead-Deadwood Regional Hospital. Doris was born May 9, 1919 to Edward and Emma (Zeeck) Kludt at Yale, SD. She resided here until she married Peter Gross December 21, 1936 at Salem, SD. To this union was born Donald, Karen and Eileen. The couple made their home in...
