Christina Torres
Nov 25, 2015
Christina M. Torres, 46, Spearfish, SD died Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at her home. Christina is survived by her daughter, Megan Snow, Deadwood; parents, Javier and Arvella Torres, Lead; sisters, Jaylene Capps, Rapid City and Angela Young, AK and niece, Olivia Young, AK . She was preceded in death by her grandmother, Dolores Torres; grandfather, Candido Torres, Sr.; uncles, Ted...
Jeanne Higgins
Nov 21, 2015
Jeanne (DeVries) Higgins, 72 of Spearfish passed away, November 21, 2015, at her home in Spearfish. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, November 24, 2015, at the United Church of Christ in Spearfish. Inurnment will take place at Black Hills National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers a memorial has been established to benefit the music department at Black...
Joseph "Joe" Lien
Nov 20, 2015
Joe Lien, 78, Spearfish, SD (formerly of Aberdeen, SD) passed away suddenly on Friday, November 20, 2015 in Fountain Hills, AZ. Joe was born on March 30th, 1937 in Veblen, SD to Emil and Josephine (Fernbaugh) Lien. He married Edith Austin on September 5th, 1960. Joe is survived by his wife, Edith; their five sons, Jason (Mary); Todd (Barb); Spencer...
Edna Strong
Nov 18, 2015
Edna Grace Joens Strong 90, of Spearfish passed away on November 18, 2015 at her home at Garden Hills Assisted Living in Spearfish. Edna was born to Hans and Alvena (Schlie) Joens on July 9, 1925. She was the 12th of 13 children. She was the first in her family to graduate from high school and inspired her father to...
Jeanette Mathis
Nov 16, 2015
Jeanette Deon Mathis, 76 of Sundance, deeply loved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend too many, went home to the Lord on Monday, November 16, 2015 after a fierce eight year battle with cancer. She was able to end her earth journey at home with family. Jeanette was born on December 8, 1938 in Corsica, SD to Hans and Martha (Moke)...
David Brown
Nov 15, 2015
David Kirkland Brown, 72 of Deadwood, died in Fort Mead, SD on November 15, 2015 from lung cancer. David was born on November 10, 1943 in Holtville, CA. He was a decorated, retired member of the Navy and served bravely in the Vietnam War. He married Mary Anne Pipkins in Reno, NV and they lived in Anaheim, CA until they...
Rose "Polly" Smith
Nov 11, 2015
Rose Pauline "Polly" Dansel Smith, 61 of Beulah, WY passed away at her home on November 11, 2015. Polly was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming on April 3, 1954 to James and Bonnie (Gustafson) Dansel. They moved to Rawlins, Wyoming when her father got a job with Nueman Transport. Polly went to Rawlins High School, graduating in 1972 and was active...
Clyde "Bob" Roadifer
Nov 11, 2015
Clyde "Bob" Robert Roadifer, 88 of Sundance, Wyoming, passed away at the Crook County Long Term Care Center in Sundance on Wednesday, November 11, 2015. Bob was born on June 1, 1927 in Sundance to Clyde & Nettie (Humphrey) Roadifer at the family homestead. He attended local country schools and "Old Stoney" in Sundance. He was inducted into the Army...
Clyde R. Mccue
Nov 7, 2015
Clyde Ray McCue, 86, passed away peacefully and surrounded by family on Saturday, November 7, 2015, at the VA Hospice at Fort Meade. He faced his passing with dignity, grace and courage, which was how he lived his life. Clyde was born September 9, 1929 in Fairfield, NE, to Cecil and Frances (Sigman) McCue. He was third in the family...
John I. Heberling
Oct 29, 2015
John Heberling, 65, Spearfish, SD died Thursday, October 29, 2015 at his home. Survivors include his wife, Marie Heberling, Spearfish, son, Casey Heberling and daughter, Klondy (Mark) Phillipi. Private family inurnment will be held at Black Hills National Cemetery.
Elma Wendel
Oct 27, 2015
Life-long Lawrence County resident, Elma Wendel, passed away at the David M Dorsett Healthcare Center on October 27, 2015. Born near Lucky Strike Mine (close to Benchmark, SD) on May 11, 1917, Elma moved with her family to Nemo, where she grew up and attended elementary school and high school through the eleventh grade, when she moved to Lead and...
John Arthur Bigney
Oct 26, 2015
John Arthur Bigney, 52, answered his last alarm 04:00 on October, 26, 2015, he was a patient at Rapid City Regional Hospital. John served both communities of Lead and Deadwood as volunteer firefighter for the past 34 years. John served as a firefighter Captain and received the Charlie Hill Firefighter of the Year Award for his dedication to the fire...
Esther M. Ackerman
Oct 24, 2015
Esther (Mauch) Ackerman, 95 of Spearfish, SD passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 24, 2015 in Belle Fourche, SD. Esther was born on March 28, 1920 in Moorcroft, WY to Alfred and Inez (Williamson) Mauch. She graduated from Sundance High School in1938 and later married Dickie B. Ackerman on August 17, 1941 in Hysham, MT. The couple returned to the...
Dee Smith
Oct 24, 2015
Emma "Dee" (Brost) Smith Dee passed away on October 24, 2015, in Buffalo SD, after optimistically living with cancer for two years. The cancer destroyed her body but never her spirit. She was born to Herman and Mabel Brost on November 9, 1939, in Alliance NE. Shortly after her birth she and her mother joined her father and brother on...
Dorothy Keil
Oct 23, 2015
Dorothy Keil, 90 of Lead, passed away on October 23, 2015 at the David M Dorsett Healthcare Center. Dorothy was born April 22, 1925 to Eino and Dagmar (Tuuro) Niemi at Lead, SD. She was raised and attended school in Lead, graduating from Lead High School. After high school, she attended National School of Business in Rapid City, earning a...
Lura Vernon
Oct 15, 2015
Lura Mae Vernon was born July 16, 1938, in the town of Gregory, SD to Ferdinand and Joyce (Christensen) Keith. "Lari", as she is known to friends and family, passed away on October 15, 2015. As a young girl, she ran track and loved to ice skate. She dreamed of becoming a stewardess and attended airline school in Omaha, NE...
George James Rankin
Oct 10, 2015
George J. "Jug" Rankin, 88 of Spearfish, South Dakota died Saturday, October 10, 2015 at Hospice House in Rapid City, South Dakota. Funeral services will be at 9:30am, Friday, October 16, 2015 at the United Methodist Church in Spearfish. Burial with military honors will take place at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis, South Dakota. It would be difficult to...
Timothy J. Barrett
Oct 10, 2015
Timothy Barrett, 54, Spearfish, died Saturday, October 10, 2015 at his home. Tim was born December 3, 1960 to George and Mary Jane (Drury) Barrett in Kadoka, SD. His family moved to Lead, where he grew up and grudgingly attended school at his mother's urging. Graduating from Lead High School in 1979, he maintained numerous friendships. After high school, he...
Vivian Thomas
Oct 6, 2015
Vivian A. Thomas, 86, slipped gently from this life into eternity at Rapid City Regional Hospice House early Tuesday morning, October 6, 2015. The youngest of eight children born to Ole and Myrtle Olson, Vivian was born in Portland, North Dakota, September 26, 1929, and later moved to Lantry, SD. She married her favorite dance partner and best friend, Dennis...
Bernice Cepak
Oct 6, 2015
Bernice I. Cepak, 89 of Spearfish died Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at the David m. Dorsett Healthcare Center in Spearfish. Visitation will be from 3pm-6pm, Monday, October 12, 2015 at Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapel in Spearfish. Funeral services will be at 10am, Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Spearfish with burial to follow at Rose Hill Cemetery.A...
