Patrick E Coffield
Aug 9, 2014
Pat Coffield, 81 of Spearfish, passed away on August 9, 2014 at the Ft. Meade Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center after a battle with cancer. Patrick Edgar Coffield was born on October 4, 1932 in Reeder, ND to Hubert and Lucille (Larson) Coffield. Pat grew up in Reva, SD, attended school in Brookings, SD, and lived various places, returning...
Ray Peck
Aug 7, 2014
Ray Peck, 104 of Spearfish, passed away on August 7, 2014 at the Belle Fourche Healthcare Center in Belle Fourche. Ray was born on March 9, 1910 to Fred and Anna (Baney) Peck in Perkins County, SD. He grew up on the farm in Perkins County. He worked on farms until 1934 when he came to Deadwood. He worked in...
Verna Clark
Aug 5, 2014
Verna Mae Clark, 90 of Sundance, passed away on Tuesday, August 5, 2014 at the Crook County Memorial Hospital. Verna was born on September 11, 1923 at Williams Divide near Sundance to Leslie Earl and Frances (Beck) Jones. She grew up there and attended rural schools, graduating from Sundance High School in 1941. She then attended Black Hills State College...
Muriel J. Goetsch
Aug 2, 2014
Muriel Goetsch, 81, Spearfish, passed away at her home on August 2, 2014 after a courageous battle with cancer. Muriel was born on May 30, 1933 to George and Magaline (Yantzi) Bednar at Ogalvie, MN. Muriel grew up in various areas of Minnesota and South Dakota. While attending High School in Goodwin, SD, Muriel met her lifelong mate, Roland Goetsch....
Addei Marie Knaup-Novak
Jul 29, 2014
Addei Marie Knaup-Novak, infant of Michael Knaup and Courtney Novak was born and passed away on July 29, 2014. She is survived by her parents; grandparents, Marla and Fran Knaup and Matt and Michelle Novak; great-grandparents; Lavern Luptak, Beverly Novak, Emil and Gladys Schell, Tom and Rosemary Belden; aunts and uncle, Melodie Knaup, Jolynn Novak, Brandon Novak and cousins, Alanis...
Jason Hood
Jul 29, 2014
Jason Hood, 41, passed away unexpectedly in his sleep on July 29, 2014 at his home in Vernal, Utah. Jason James Hood was born on September 17, 1972, to Earl James "Jim" Hood and Judie Hood in Spearfish, SD. He resided in Spearfish until his parent's divorce in 1975 when he, his mother and brother moved to Casper, WY. Jason...
Bonnie Cooper
Jul 29, 2014
Bonnie Cooper, 72, Sundance, Wyoming died Tuesday, July 29, 2014 at Crook County Long Term Care. Bonnie was born on June 5, 1942 to Steven and Mary (Kadrmas) Ficek in Dickinson, ND. Steven died at a young age and her step-father, Charles Ralston helped raise her. She was raised in Dickinson, where she attended school. She moved to Wyoming in...
Theodore "Ted" Miles
Jul 28, 2014
Ted L. "Papa" Miles, 78, of Spearfish passed away on Monday, July 28th, 2014, at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota from a brief and aggressive illness. Ted was born on November 7th, 1935, in Gettysburg, SD to Patrick and Maria (Loding) Miles. Ted married the love of his life, Darlene Darling, in December of 1962. They shared this union...
Welchie Oscar Patterson
Jul 27, 2014
Welchie O. Patterson, 80, Hulette, WY, died Sunday, July 27, 2014 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Welchie Oscar Patterson was born October 12, 1933 in Lusk, Wyoming to Welchie E. and Pearl (Westerman) Patterson. Growing up in Van Tassel, Wyoming, Welchie continued through school until he left for the military. Welchie dedicated 20 years of his life to protecting his...
Robert Ray Jensen
Jul 27, 2014
Robert Ray Jensen, Sr. 75, of Deadwood, SD, Meza, AZ and Gatlinburg, TN, passed peacefully on July 27, 2014. Robert was born April 19, 1939 in Alliance, Nebraska. He graduated from Lead High School in 1957, attended South Dakota State University in Brookings, SD and graduated from Black Hills State University, Spearfish, SD with a bachelor's degree. On April 7,...
Timothy Louis Sipe
Jul 26, 2014
Timothy Sipe, 57, Spearfish, SD died Saturday, July 26, 2014. Survivors include his partner, Denise Boblett; daughter, Celese Smith; brother, Fred (Joan) Sipe; sisters, Mary (Gary) Field, Reggie (Dave) Kinghorn and Edith Hooper. He is preceded in death by his parents, Jess and Edith Sipe; brother, Mike Sipe and brother-in-law, Wayne Hooper. Tim worked with his dad plumbing, worked with...
Nyla Jean Schad
Jul 26, 2014
Nyla Jean Schad, 79, Spearfish, SD, was called to Heaven Saturday, July 26, 2014; two days shy of her 80th birthday, with her family by her side. The daughter of Ross and Esther (Fuller) Wince was born in rural Dupree, SD. She graduated from Dupree High School in 1952. She married Charles Schad on March 10, 1954. To this union...
Katharine "Kathy" Nelson
Jul 25, 2014
Katharine E. Nelson, 64, Spearfish, died Friday, July 25th, 2014 at the Dorsett Home in Spearfish following a lengthy battle with cancer and multiple scleroses. Memorial Services for Kathy will be held Tuesday, July 29th at 11:00 a.m. at Lead- Deadwood Memorial Chapel in Lead with Father Mike Johnson officiating. Katharine Elizabeth Huhtala was born July 24, 1950, in Seattle,...
Florence Feterl
Jul 22, 2014
Florence (Jensen) Feterl, 91, Lead, died on July 22, 2014. Florence was born on March 3, 1923 in Sioux Falls to Hans and Mary Jensen. At age two her mother passed and she was raised by Gregor and Susie Roling in Salem. Florence married Leonard "Butch" Feterl on April 15, 1947. To this union ten children were born: Bill (Roxie)...
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...
