Obituary Listings in Spearfish, Lead, & Sundance
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William "Bill" Anderson
Jul 22, 2014
William E. "Bill" Anderson, 81, Spearfish, SD, died on Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Bill was born on July 23, 1932 to Edward M. and Muriel R. (Lewison) Anderson at Elk Point, SD and was the elder of two children born to that union. While growing up, his family moved throughout the northern plains providing him with many stories and fond...
Milton Mitchell
Jul 21, 2014
Milton Mitchell, 84 of the St. Onge area, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, July 21, 2014 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Visitation will be from 5-7 P.M. on Wednesday, July 23, 2014 at Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapel in Spearfish. Funeral services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Thursday, July 24, 2014 at the United Church of Christ in St. Onge, burial...
Terry Biel
Jul 20, 2014
Terry Biel, 63 of Summerset and long time resident of Lead, passed away on Sunday, July 20, 2014 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Terry was born on February 22, 1951 to George and Freda (Zimmerman) Biel in Mobridge, SD. He was raised in the Selby area and graduated from high school there in 1969. Terry frequently visited the Lead area...
Jason Hoard
Jul 19, 2014
Jason Ryan Hoard, 34 of Belle Fourche, SD passed away on July 19, 2014 at Rapid City Regional Hospital following a motorcycle accident. Memorial services will be at 1:00pm, Friday, July 25, 2014 at Mountain View Baptist Church in Spearfish. Inurnment with full military rites will be held at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis, SD. In lieu of flowers,...
Lucille Kramer
Jul 17, 2014
Lucille Kramer, 92 of Spearfish passed away on July 17, 2014 at the Belle Fourche Healthcare Center. Survivors include her daughter, Jane Walker of Spearfish; son, Allan Kramer of Bancroft IA; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Memorial services are planned at a later date in Bancroft, IA.
Guyson "Guy" Norton
Jul 15, 2014
Guyson Charles Norton, 75, of St. Onge, died suddenly at his home of a massive heart attack on Tuesday, July 15, 2014. Guy was born on October 16, 1938 in Niagara Falls, New York to Clarence and Estella Norton. He attended high school in Emporium, Pennsylvania and later enlisted in the U.S. Navy serving in the Submarine Corp on the...
Wayne Hamilton
Jul 13, 2014
Wayne Hamilton, 82 of Sundance, died on Sunday, July 13, 2014 at Fort Meade VA Medical Center in Sturgis, SD. He was born on August 29, 1931 in Sundance to Oliver and Margaret (Barrett) Hamilton. He was raised in Beulah, WY. His mother died in 1943 and Wayne and his father moved to Oregon for a short time before returning...
Linda Maxwell
Jul 12, 2014
Linda (Keehn) Maxwell, 66, passed away July 12, 2014 at Belle Fourche Health Care Center. Linda was born May 1, 1948 in Flandreau, SD to Lew and Marion Keehn. Linda grew up in Deadwood, graduating from Deadwood High School and then attending Black Hills State College. One of her fondest life adventures away from the Black Hills was living in...
Lila Rose
Jul 11, 2014
Lila M. Haar Rose 74, of Sundance, WY passed peacefully on July 11 2014. Lila was fighting a second round of cancer at the time of her death. She was born to Gustave and Christina (Gugel) Job on April 25, 1940 and was the 11th child of a family of 14. Lila grew up and graduated from Ipswich, SD in...
Helen Mae Hubbard
Jul 9, 2014
Helen Mae (Hoge) Hubbard, 76, of Sundance, WY passed away peacefully with her family at her side, at Edgewood Vista in Spearfish, SD on Wednesday, July 9, 2014 after a courageous battle with cancer. Helen Hubbard was born on May 22, 1938 in Bismarck, ND, to Paul T. and Ida M. Hoge. She graduated Bismarck High School and Valley City...
Monica J Beer
Jul 5, 2014
Monica Jan Beer, PhD, died Saturday, July 5, 2014, in an accident on her property in Deadwood, South Dakota. Monica devoted her life and career to supporting the mental health of active duty and former military members. She was a passionate advocate for animal welfare and supported programs to provide therapy dogs to wounded veterans. Monica was born June 10,...
Theodore "Ted" Glover
Jul 4, 2014
Theodore (Ted) Kehler Glover, 96, passed away July 4, 2014 at the Crook County Long Term Care Facility, Sundance, WY. Ted was born September 19, 1917 in Moorcroft WY to Theodore and Bertha Glover, the sixth of eleven children. Ted attended school in Moorcroft, where he met Bonnie Thelma Etheridge. He decided this was the girl for him and they...
Dorothy L. Pawlowski
Jul 4, 2014
Dorothy Pawlowski, 84, Spearfish, SD died Friday, July 4, 2014, surrounded by her loving family. She passed away at Rapid City Regional Hospital as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Survivors include her loving husband of 66 years, Leroy R. Pawlowski, Spearfish, children; Richard (Marilyn) Pawlowski, Dallas, GA, Shirley Hecht, Gillette, WY, Calvin (Teri) Pawlowski, Rapid City,...
Rose Marie Harrison
Jul 3, 2014
Rose (Rosie) Marie Harrison, 68, Hulett, WY In the early morning hours of July 3, 2014 Rosie passed away in her sleep of natural causes. Rosie was born on October 24, 1945 in Hot Springs SD to Roy and Rose (DuBray) Virtue. She was raised in Custer, SD and attended grade school and high school there. On February 9,...
Edna Mae Ward
Jun 29, 2014
Our loving matriarch, Edna Mae Ward, 90, of Spearfish, passed away at Edgewood Vista Senior Living surrounded by family on June 29, 2014. She was born January 24, 1924, in her family's homestead home near Hulett, Crook County, Wyoming, and was the daughter of Lon C. and Ina (Eaton) Russell. Mom was our "pioneer" and attended a one room country...
Jimmy A Folkner
Jun 26, 2014
Jimmy A. Folkner, Sr. 63, Upton, WY, died Thursday, June 26, 2014 at Campbell County Memorial Hospital in Gillette. He was born September 21, 1948 in Southern California to Truman and Zelma (Jauregui) Folkner. He was raised in the Carlsbad, CA area, where he graduated from high school. He was the star football player there. After high school, he joined...
Lynn R Fox
Jun 24, 2014
Lynn Ray Fox, 58 of Spearfish touched the Face of God after a long, brutal but courageous battle with cancer spanning his last 11 years. He passed away on June 24, 2014 at Lead- Deadwood Regional Hospital in the same room he was born in. Lynn was born on April 8, 1956 to Delmont "Del" and Evelyn Mae (Stoda) Fox...
Kenneth "John" Swanson
Jun 23, 2014
Kenneth "John" Swanson, 89, of Spearfish and formerly of Newell, SD passed away on Monday, June 23, 2014 at the Belle Fourche Healthcare Center. He was born on December 18, 1924 to Ole and Ida Sofia (Hogstrom) Swanson in Rapid City, SD. He entered the US Army in 1950 and was Honorably Discharged in 1951. He was a farmer and...
Virginia L. Fuhrmann
Jun 21, 2014
Virginia Louise Fuhrmann, 86, of Spearfish, SD died Saturday, June 21, 2014 at Spearfish Regional Hospital. Virginia was born on March 7, 1928 to DeWitt and Wilma (Clark) Malvin in Belle Fourche, SD. Virginia grew up in Belle Fourche graduating from Belle Fourche High School in 1946. She attended one year at Monticello College in Alton, Illinois. Virginia married Donald...
Bert Messmer
Jun 21, 2014
Bert Messmer, 82 of Deadwood passed away on Saturday, June 21, 2014 at the Fort Meade VA Medical Center. Funeral Services for Bert, will be at 10:00 AM, Thursday, June 26, 2014 at Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapel in Spearfish. Burial will follow at Black Hills National Cemetery. Bert was born February 2, 1932 in Hirschville, North Dakota to George and Rosalia...
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