Obituary Listings in Spearfish, Lead, & Sundance

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Clifford Sigdestad

Clifford Sigdestad

Dec 2, 2014

Clifford Sigdestad, 93, Spearfish, died on Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at his home. Clifford was born on January 23, 1921 in Galena, SD to Ivor and Emma (Oland) Sigdestad. He was raised in the Deadwood/Galena area and graduated from Lead High School in 1939. He grew up on the ranch, having various jobs until he went to work for Black...

Anthony "Tony" Sentovich

Anthony "Tony" Sentovich

Nov 30, 2014

Tony Sentovich, 86, Lead, SD On Sunday morning, November 30, Tony left this world for his next great adventure. He had his golf clubs, fly rod, gold pan and cribbage board with him, ready for all takers. Tony was born in Lead, South Dakota on December 20, 1927 to Mike and Nike Sentovich and grew up on Gwinn Ave., known...

Roger Jay Rathbun

Roger Jay Rathbun

Nov 30, 2014

ROGER JAY RATHBUN, Gillette, WY 1948-2014 Roger Jay Rathbun, 66, passed away November 30, 2014 of natural causes. He was born August 26, 1948, to Dale and Lenore (Fowlkes) Rathbun. He lived on and attended school at the family ranch west of Hulett until the fourth grade. The family then moved to Hulett where he graduated from Hulett High School...

Shaine Selfe

Shaine Selfe

Nov 28, 2014

Shaine L. Selfe 44, of Moorcroft, WY passed away on Friday 28th, 2014. Memorial Services will be held 11:00 am on Friday December 5th, 2014 at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis. Shaine was born July 4th, 1970 in Provo Utah to Earl and Terry Selfe. Shaine and his family moved to Moorcroft in 1980 and he graduated from Moorcroft...

Jack R. Welch

Jack R. Welch

Nov 28, 2014

Jack Racine Welch, 79, a long-time resident of Moorcroft, passed away Friday, the 28th of November 2014 at home of a heart attack. Born on May, 1935 in Dearborn, Michigan, he grew up in a rural area near Detroit with his sister. Jack joined the Marines in 1951, where he was educated as an electronics technician. After the Marines, he...

Walter J, Franstook

Walter J, Franstook

Nov 28, 2014

Walter J. Franstook, 92, Spearfish died Friday, November 28, 2014 at Fort Meade Veterans Affairs Hospital. Walter was a World War II Veteran, member of the VFW and loved fishing and baseball. He is survived by his wife, Jane Franstook, children; Benjamin Franstook, Daniel Franstook and Deborah Fortier and four grandchildren. At his request cremation has taken place and there...

Jeni M. Barraclough

Jeni M. Barraclough

Nov 25, 2014

On Tuesday, November 25th, 2014, we lost a shining star; a daughter, sister, aunt, and beloved friend. Jeni Barraclough, 42, Spearfish, has rejoined Our Lord God and her father, Toby, in Heaven, where they are no doubt planning their first adventure together in a long time. Jeni was born on June 19, 1972 to Toby and Barbara (Kobza) Barraclough. It...

Deacon Vernon Rath

Deacon Vernon Rath

Nov 25, 2014

Deacon Vernon Rath, 82 of Spearfish passed away on Tuesday, November 25, 2014 at his home. Vern was born October 9, 1932 at Reeder, ND to Emil and Leona (Bartholmy) Rath. He graduated from Assumption Abbey in Richardton, ND. He was drafted into the Army and served overseas in the Korean War. He attended one year of college in Fargo,...

Doris Oliver

Doris Oliver

Nov 24, 2014

Doris Darleen Oliver, 90, of Spearfish and formerly of Upton, WY passed away peacefully on Monday, November 24, 2014 at the David M. Dorsett Healthcare Center in Spearfish. Doris had a long struggle with Dementia and was surrounded in her last years by her loving family and the wonderful, caring and loving caregivers at Dorsett. Doris Darleen Hardisty was born...

Barbara R. Mason

Barbara R. Mason

Nov 18, 2014

Barbara R. Mason 84 of Lead passed away Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at the Lead-Deadwood Regional Hospital. Barbara Rose Mason was born August 8, 1930 to Florence Richards in St. Paul, MN. She was married to Dorian Donald Mason on December 11, 1947. They lived in Lead and raised four children-Margaret, Bill, Norman, and Doreen. Barb worked as a nurse's...

William "Reverend Keio" Bukovac Iii

William "Reverend Keio" Bukovac Iii

Nov 14, 2014

William Joseph "Reverend Keio" Bukovac III, 52, of the Black Hills, died Friday, November 14, 2014 at his home. William known as "Reverend Keio" and "Guardian of the Black Hills" by his friends and family is survived by his wife Molly, Lead, daughter, Tara Nicole Sturgis Bukovac, Belle Fourche and brother, Kokamoe (Kim) Pavelka, Belle Fourche. There are no services...

Marilyn Rusch

Marilyn Rusch

Nov 13, 2014

Marilyn Fae Rusch 87, of Spearfish, was called to her eternal home on November 13, 2014. Marilyn was born on December 6, 1926, the daughter of Ernest B. and Queenie (Felton) Kast. While attending grade school and high school in Seneca, SD, Marilyn was very active in declam, music, theatre and basketball. She attended college at Macalester College in St....

Edward "Mike" Bushnell

Edward "Mike" Bushnell

Nov 10, 2014

Edward Evans "Mike" Bushnell, 89, of Whitewood, was born on February 27, 1925 and passed away on Monday, November 10, 2014 at his home. Mike, as he was known by everyone, spent his younger years in Newell and graduated from Lead High School. The Lead High School Championship football team of which Mike played tackle still holds the undefeated and...

Sandra Stalling

Sandra Stalling

Nov 9, 2014

Sandra Marie (Forshey) Stallings, 78, of Deadwood, passed away on Sunday, November 9, 2014 at Lead-Deadwood Regional Hospital. Sandra was raised in Ocean Beach, California, and graduated from West Point Loma High School. She married her husband Jack in 1977, and spent a roaming life with him, enjoying life in California, Arizona, North Carolina, Colorado, and finally the past 10...

Randy Morris

Randy Morris

Nov 8, 2014

Randall K. Morris, 65 of Spearfish, SD was born on October 11, 1949 in Minot, ND. He passed away on November 08, 2014 in Mesa, AZ. Randy graduated from NDSU in 1971. Upon graduation, Randy worked for the Northwest Area Schools in Lemmon, SD for one year. Randy married Phyllis (Hoffert) Morris in 1972. To this union two children were...

Jean Matson

Jean Matson

Nov 5, 2014

Jean Patricia Matson, Spearfish, SD Our beloved Grams passed away November 5, 2014 at her home surrounded by her family after having a massive stroke. Jean Patricia Matson was born September 16th 1927 in Buffalo, SD to Claude and Inez Olson. She spent most of her life In Harding County. During her school years growing up she lived with her...

Shirley Douglas

Shirley Douglas

Nov 5, 2014

Shirley Douglas, 91, died in Spearfish at Edgewood Vista peacefully in her sleep. She is survived by two daughters, Susan (Loren) Steenson, Omaha, NE and Mary Lisa Goetschel, Austin, TX; four grandchildren, Sarah Steenson, Kansas City, MO, Rachel Steenson, St. Paul, MN and John and Peter Goetschel, Houston, TX; a sister, Patricia (Wayne) Peters, Sioux Falls; a brother, Bob (JoAnne)...

Richard Walter Peterson

Richard Walter Peterson

Nov 5, 2014

Richard Walter Peterson, 87, formerly of Lead), died November 5, 2014 at his home in Spearfish, South Dakota. Richard was born in Lead, South Dakota to Richard P. and Cornelia S. Peterson. He grew up in the Park Avenue area of Lead. Following his graduation from Lead High School in 1943, he enlisted in the Marine Corp and served from...

Louella Anderson

Louella Anderson

Nov 3, 2014

Louella Lindsay Anderson, 97, of Derry, PA (previously Spearfish, SD) died November 3, 2014 at her daughter's home in PA. Born on a farm near Wayne, NE on July 2, 1917 to Stella and John Lindsay, Louella attended several rural schools and graduated from Wayne High School in 1935. She attended Wayne State Teachers College and received a one-year certificate...

Annemarie Eisner

Annemarie Eisner

Oct 28, 2014

Annemarie Ermler was born in 1935 in Wiesbaden, Germany to Ernst and Anna Ermler. Following her were her siblings Ursula, Hanne and Otto. Her Vatti did not survive the war and her mother endured to provide for the children. In 1954 she gave birth to her first son, Walter. With her mother, brother Otto and son she crossed the ocean...

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