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...
Mavis A. Kyllonen
Jun 20, 2014
Mavis A. Kyllonen, 84 of Spearfish died Friday, June 20, 2014 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Mavis Kyllonen was born December 31, 1929, on a farm near Pelto, (near Devils Lake) North Dakota, where her grandparents homesteaded, to John and Lillian (Raketti) Kyllonen. After graduating high school at Augustana Academy, Canton, SD, in 1947, she completed nursing education at Lutheran...
Swan L Loften
Jun 19, 2014
Swan L. Loften, 80, Deadwood, SD died Thursday, June 19, 2014 at his home. Swan is survived by his wife, Helen, Deadwood; children, Lana (Raul) Coriano, Omaha, NE, Swan Loften, Jamestown, ND, Sharon (Eric) Maunus, Powers, MI, Karen Nichols, Deadwood, Lisa (Mike) Bieniek, Big Lake, MN; sister, Virginia Murray, Lead, 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. In keeping with Swan's wishes,...
Donald "Don" Howe
Jun 19, 2014
Donald W. "Don" Howe, 75 of Spearfish, passed away on Thursday, June 19, 2014 at his home. Don was born to Donald and Carrie (Kraft) Howe on October 31, 1938 in Mobridge, SD. Having a Halloween birthday allowed for a lot of jokes and pranks. He was the oldest of five children which brought many responsibilities on the family farm....
Ronald Gengler
Jun 17, 2014
The Spirit of Ronald Gengler, 82 of Spearfish, left his earthly body June 17, 2014. He was born April 29, 1932 at home in Lead, SD to Rose (Carroll) and Joseph Gengler. He attended St. Patrick's Catholic School and graduated from Lead High School. His first job at age 8 was a post-peeler in Pluma for 5 cents a post....
John Sullivan
Jun 17, 2014
John L. Sullivan 72, of Spearfish, died Tuesday, June 17, 2014 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. John was born July 17, 1941 at Rapid City, SD to Harry and Calla (Ross) Sullivan. John attended Black Hills State University, before entering the US Army in 1960. He married Beverly Gilbert in 1961and to this union they had two children, Wendy and...
Taylor Robert Nixon
Jun 16, 2014
Taylor Robert Nixon Taylor Robert Nixon, 19, of Sundance, Wyoming was killed in an accident in the Texas Panhandle on June 16, 2014. Taylor was born on May 8, 1995 into the loving arms of his mother Shannon (Frolander) Nixon and father Dallas Nixon in Spearfish, SD. He was raised in the Sundance area and graduated from Sundance High School...
