Charles Deminck
Mar 8, 2015
Charles DeMinck, 81, Spearfish, SD died Sunday, March 08, 2015 at Close to Home Hospice House in Gillette, WY. Charles was born on May 25, 1933 in Aberdeen, SD to William and Mollie (Sporer) DeMinck. He was raised in Ipswich, SD and attended Catholic school there. Ipswich is where he met the love of his life, Shirley Oban and they...
Ruth Cain
Mar 7, 2015
Ruth Cain, 93 of Spearfish, died on Saturday, March 7, 2015 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Ruth Cain was born on February 12, 1922 in Garfield County, Montana to Conrad and Katherine Hummel. She grew up in Miles City, MT and married Edward Cain on July 20, 1942. She moved with her husband to Spearfish in March of 1946 when...
Mary Jane Armstrong
Mar 4, 2015
Mary Jane Armstrong, 69, of Spearfish went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 4, 2015, surrounded by family. Mary was born July 26, 1945, to Charley and Iva (Page) Thomason in Lexington, Oklahoma. She married Donald Armstrong on April 2, 1976. The couple made their home in Spearfish in 1978. Mary made her home welcome to everyone. She...
Jerrold Hansen
Mar 3, 2015
Jerrold Alfred Hansen, 83, of Spearfish, SD passed away March 3rd, 2015 at the Belle Fourche Regional Health Care Facility. His wife and children used words like fearless, patient, and steady to describe him as a husband a father and a man. Jerrold was born on April 23rd, 1931 in Interior, South Dakota to Alfred and Sylvia (Paulson) Hansen. He...
Kathleen F Elliott
Mar 2, 2015
Kathleen Stroud-Elliott, 62, of Lead, SD passed peacefully in her home Monday March 2nd, 2015 due to long-standing illness. Kathy was born in Sacramento, California on July 16th 1952 to Sheila and George Reider. Kathy was fifth of ten siblings, Kevin Reider, Gerre Arnold, Bob Reider, Rich Reider, Colleen Rosen, Christine Grows, Maureen O'Dea, George Reider and Eileen Reider, all...
Leslie "Les" Schuchardt
Mar 1, 2015
Leslie Wayne Schuchardt, 90, of Spearfish, SD, husband, father, grandfather, and collector of antique autos – died on Sunday, March 1, 2015. Les was born on the family farm near Leola, South Dakota, February 28, 1925 to Wayne and Vina Schuchardt. He found the love of his life in high school when he met Delores Buechler. On July 3, 1944...
James "Mike" Madden
Mar 1, 2015
James Michael "Mike" Madden, age 83 of Hudson WI and Moorcroft WY, died on Sunday, March 1, 2015 at the Pine Ridge Assisted Living in Hudson WI. Mike was born January 15, 1932 in Glendale WI to parents H. Leo and Josephine (Zappa) Madden. Mike graduated high school in Elroy, WI. Mike enlisted and served his country in the United...
Lola "Irene" Willey
Feb 28, 2015
No stranger, whether 2-legged or 4-legged, ever crossed the threshold at the Willey Ranch. No one ever left hungry. Your favorite pie was your birthday present and she remembered all the birthdays. Grandchildren were angels, the best and dearest joy and blessing. Irene Willey left an enduring legacy of family, love, cooking, gardening, hunting, and ranching that continues on through...
Georgia Lubisher
Feb 28, 2015
Georgia Lubisher, 94 of Spearfish, passed away on Saturday, February 28, 2015 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Georgia was born on February 22, 1921 to Philip and Mary (Kosch) Lubisher in Madison, NE. The family moved to the Black Hills in 1936. She graduated from Deadwood High School in 1939. Following her graduation she became the receptionist for Dr. F....
Gary Geffre
Feb 27, 2015
Gary Lee Geffre, 64 of Lead, passed away on February 27, 2015 at Rapid City Regional Hospital, surrounded by his family after a brief courageous battle with cancer. Gary was born on December 31, 1950 in Leola, SD to Puis and Alma (Stoecker) Geffre. He graduated from Lead High School in 1969 and went to SDSU to study Journalism and...
Kathryn Wermers
Feb 27, 2015
Kathryn "Kay" Wermers, 76 of Spearfish, passed away February 27, 2015 at Rapid City Regional Hospital with family by her side. Her unexpected death was a tremendous shock to her family and all her many friends. Kay's life journey started on June 26, 1938 in Deadwood SD. She was the first born daughter to John and Edith (Egidi) Harkness. During...
Cora Kerwin-Verhulst
Feb 27, 2015
Cora Verhulst, 74, of Spearfish, SD passed away on Friday, February 27, 2015 at her home. Cora Amy Stringham Kerwin Verhulst was born on June 12, 1940, in St. George, Utah to George Ammon and Vilate (Eddards) Stringham. She was the youngest of six children of a sheep herder/shearer/fence builder. Her family moved to Casper, Wyoming when she was a...
Kurt Hosselkus
Feb 24, 2015
Kurt Hosselkus, 61, of Spearfish passed away February 24, 2015. Kurt was born in Del Norte, CO to Allen and Margie Hosselkus on October 23, 1953. Kurt lived in Creede, CO before moving to Spearfish in 1988 with his family. He worked for Homestake from 1971 until 1998, and then went to work at M&M Sanitation until his death. Kurt's...
Burdette Thompson
Feb 22, 2015
Burdette "Ben" Thompson, 93 of Spearfish, passed away on February 22, 2015 in Spearfish. Ben was born in 1921, in Doland, SD. He married Evelyn Long on February 12, 1944 in Timber Lake, SD. Ben was a member of several military organizations. He served in four branches of the military, serving during WWII and the Korean Conflict. Ben retired in...
James Stewart
Feb 22, 2015
James Paul Stewart, 73, passed away on February 22, 2015 in Rapid City after a short illness. James was born on December 18, 1941 in Bridgewater, SD to Albert and Edna (Weiland) Stewart. The family moved to Lead, SD where he grew up and graduated from High School. In 1960, Jim joined the Navy and was honorably discharged in 1964....
Joyce Wagaman
Feb 21, 2015
Joyce LaVonne (Weldin) Wagaman, 79 of Sundance, WY passed away on Saturday, February 21, 20415 at her home. Joyce was born on October 18, 1935 to Burnette "Babe" and Erma (Hansen) Weldin in Academy, SD. She attended school in Platte, SD. On March 10, 1954 she married Dean Hoffer at Fort Benning, GA. To this union four children were born...
John C. Wolf
Feb 21, 2015
John C. Wolf, 87 of Hulett, Wyoming died Saturday, February 21, 2015 at the Crook County Memorial Nursing home in Sundance, WY. John Calvin Wolf was born on the family ranch north of Hulett, Wyoming on December 12, 1927 to Anselm and Elsie (Leeson) Wolf. Except for his last two months, he resided there his entire life. John attended the...
Lannie Varns
Feb 20, 2015
Lannie O. Varns, 43, Gig Harbor, WA formerly of Lead, SD died Friday February 20, 2015. Lannie was born on April 6, 1971 in Deadwood, SD to Gary and Roberta Varns. He graduated from Lead High School in 1989 and joined the Navy in July of that year. He served nine years on submarines for the Navy and worked Top...
Shirley Buckman
Feb 16, 2015
Shirley J. Buckman, age 92, a longtime resident of Sundance, passed away peacefully Monday, February 16th, 2015 surrounded by family. Shirley was born on February 1st, 1923 to Roy and Cora Stemm in Hinchman, MI. She married William "Ray" Buckman on May 9th, 1942, in West Palm Beach, FL. They accidentally bumped heads in high school and were forever bonded....
Robert Rozman
Feb 15, 2015
Robert John Rozman, 83, Spearfish, SD died Sunday, February 15, 2015 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Robert was born in Duluth, MN on December 23, 1931 to Katherine Rozman. He graduated from Ely Memorial High School in Ely, MN in 1950. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1950 – 1954 and is a Veteran of the Korean War. He...
