Gerald Byrd
Feb 2, 2015
Gerald "Jerry" Chumley Byrd, 72, of Spearfish, SD passed away peacefully on Monday, February 2nd, 2015 at his home. Jerry was born on April 28th, 1942 in Port Arthur, TX the only child of R.C. & Frances Byrd. During his lifetime he enjoyed spending time with his family, hunting & fishing, and woodworking. Throughout his teen years Jerry was an...
Georgine Forester
Feb 1, 2015
Georgine L. Foerster, 73, Lead, SD died Sunday, February 1, 2015 at her home. Georgine was born July 17, 1941 at Sisseton, SD to August and Veronica (Gockowski) Gruba. She is survived by daughters, Christi Block, Fargo, ND and Darcy Ollerich, Salem, SD, four grandchildren, two, great-grandchildren, eight siblings, Leonard Gruba, Eden, SD, Edward Gruba, Grenville, SD, Patricia Miller, Battle...
Charley A Conger
Jan 31, 2015
Charley A. Conger, 81, passed on to Heaven, Saturday, January 31, 2015 from his home in Spearfish, South Dakota. Charley was born September 11, 1933 to Theron and Lura (Parks) Conger. He graduated from Custer High School in Custer, SD in 1952, then attended and completed four semesters at Northern State Teachers College, Aberdeen, SD. He interrupted his college to...
Lois Widdoss-Malvin
Jan 27, 2015
Lois Widdoss-Malvin, 88 of Spearfish was born September 9, 1926, in Belle Fourche, SD to Melvin and Eunice (Hubbard) McIntire. She passed away January 27, 2015. Lois grew up in Fruitdale, SD, where most of the residents were her relatives. She graduated from Belle Fourche High School. Lois married Lon Widdoss in 1944 and they raised their children on a...
Geraldine B. Bergman
Jan 26, 2015
Geraldine B. Bergman, 92 of Spearfish died January 26, 2015 at the David M. Dorsett Healthcare Center. Visitation will be from 5pm-7pm, Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapel in Spearfish. Funeral services will be at 10am, Thursday, January 29, 2015 at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Spearfish, burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery. A memorial has been...
Thomas R. Voorhis
Jan 25, 2015
Thomas R. Voorhis died peacefully at home in Spearfish, South Dakota, surrounded by family on January 25th, 2015. He was born in Terre Haute, Indiana on August 29th, 1945. He was a graduate of Chamberlain High School (1963) in Chamberlain, South Dakota. He attended Black Hills State College in Spearfish, South Dakota where he received his Bachelors Degree in Education....
Jerry Bryant
Jan 24, 2015
Jerry Lynn Bryant, 69, Deadwood, SD died January 24, 2015 at Rapid City Regional Hospital with his family by his side. Jerry and his wife Linda had been residents of Deadwood for the past 15 years. He was born in Muscatine, IA on October 22, 1945 to Lysle and Norma (Cotton) Bryant, he was an only child. He married Linda...
Harold Gallagher
Jan 24, 2015
Harold David Gallagher, 82, Lieutenant Colonel, USA, Retired, passed away on January 24, 2015, at Spearfish Regional Hospital. Harold was born November 6, 1932, to David and Lillie (Johnson) Gallagher in Ardmore, SD. He was the youngest of five children. He was raised in Hot Springs, graduating from Hot Springs High School in 1950. He attended the University of Nebraska...
Dean Aschenbrenner
Jan 24, 2015
Dean F. Aschenbrenner, 67 of Denver, CO passed away on Saturday, January 24, 2015 at his home after a lengthy battle with respiratory problems following throat cancer. Dean was born in Rapid City, SD on June 20, 1947 to Carl and Evelyn (Wilson) Aschenbrenner. He was raised in Lead where he attended school and graduated from Lead High School in...
Jean Ann Johnson
Jan 22, 2015
Jean Ann Johnson was born in Spokane, Washington on February 4, 1939. She and her family moved to Tacoma, Washington, where she graduated from high school. Shortly after graduating she moved to Deadwood. In 1969 she married Everet Johnson and became a mother to three beautiful and loving children; Cindy, Adriane and Michael. While in the Deadwood, Jean worked for...
Donald D. Sackett
Jan 22, 2015
Donald Dale Sackett of Alcova, WY 74, passed away of natural causes on Thursday, January 22, 2015. He passed peacefully at his home. Mr. Sackett was born to Claude Morris Sackett and Edith Elizabeth (Toth) Sackett on December 23, 1940 in Sundance, Wyoming. He married Meredith Kay Coleman on March 19, 1961 in Guernsey, Wyoming. He is preceded in death...
Jane Nelson
Jan 22, 2015
Jane Nelson, 83 of Spearfish died Thursday, January 22, 2015 at Spearfish Regional Hospital. Services will be held at a later date. Survivors include her husband, William Nelson of Spearfish, son, Tom Nelson of Spearfish, daughter, Nancy Portz of Pasadena of MD, six grandchildren, five grandchildren, two sisters, Doris Moye of AZ and Dorothy Jarka of IL and one brother,...
Kenneth R. Bartels
Jan 20, 2015
Kenneth R. Bartels, 59, Spearfish died January 20, 2015. Memorial services will be held at 1:30pm Saturday, February 7, 2015 at the United Church of Christ in Spearfish. Kenneth was born August 23, 1955 in Pierre, SD to James and Doris (Speer) Bartels. He was raised on his family's ranch near Ft. Pierre. Kenneth always had a love for animals,...
Wini Geis
Jan 19, 2015
Wini S. Geis, 86, Belle Fourche, SD passed away on January 19, 2015 at Rapid City Regional Hospice House. She was born on March 5, 1928 in Osaka Japan. She married Sherry Geis and lived in various states while he was in the military, they later divorced. Wini and her son Robert returned to Belle Fourche and lived with Clarence...
Meryle Zubrod
Jan 16, 2015
Meryle Zubrod, 79, of Spearfish, passed away peacefully on January 16, 2015 at Rapid City Regional Hospital with his family by his side. Meryle began his life on June 22, 1935 in Watauga, SD with parents, Jerome and Ann (Bleth) Zubrod. On September 11, 1954 Meryle married the love of his life Yvonne in Watauga, SD. In 1956, he was...
Charlotte Schuttler
Jan 14, 2015
Charlotte M Schuttler, 85, of Spearfish passed away on Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at Spearfish Regional Hospital. Charlotte was born on June 22, 1929 in Lead, SD to Robert M and Marian (Moses) Bryant of Central City. Charlotte's mother passed away in Central City in 1934 and at that time her Aunt Mary Bryant Walton, who was her father's older...
Margaret Peterson
Jan 12, 2015
Margaret K. Peterson, 103, died Monday, January 12, 2015 at her daughter's home in Spearfish, SD. Emma Margaret Kittelson was born to Charles J. and Clara J. (Berg) Kittelson December 31, 1911 at home in Lake Park, MN, the third of ten children. She moved with her family to Ballantine, MT in 1916. She graduated from Huntley High School in...
Marc Haynes
Jan 12, 2015
Marc Allen Haynes, 69 of Upton, WY passed away Monday, January 12, 2015 at 1:05am at his home. Marc was born on October 4th 1945 in Chamberlain, SD to Marjorie Beach and Henry Allen Haynes. He moved to Knoxville, TN upon his father's return, from his wartime duty station in Guam during WWII. At the age of ten, Marc returned...
Elissa R. Willuweit
Jan 11, 2015
Elissa Renee Willuweit 35, Spearfish, passed away on January 11, 2015 at her home. Elissa was born on Thanksgiving Day, November 22, 1979. From the minute she was born her smile made everyone love her. As she grew her sense of humor and dry wit endeared her to all. From the time she started school she started taking care of...
Evan Maddison
Jan 10, 2015
Evan Maddison, 73, Beulah, WY died Saturday, January 10, 2015 at Spearfish Regional Hospital. Evan was born in Belle Fourche, SD to Milton and Helen (Dillavou) Maddison on January 3, 1942. He grew up in Aladdin, WY near Cook Lake on the family homestead. He started working in the logging industry at the age of 18, where he fell in...
