Vernelle Armstrong
Jan 2, 2014
Vernelle F. "Sam" Armstrong, of Spearfish died January 2, 2014 in the loving care of the staff at Belle Fourche Healthcare. She lost the long battle with dementia. Vernelle Fay Ice was born in Belle Fourche, South Dakota, on September 14, 1938, to Larue Martha Leitner Ice and Jesse Randall Ice. Five years later Vernelle was joined by a little...
Michael "Mike" Worischeck
Dec 30, 2013
Michael "Mike" Worischeck, 55 of Rapid City, passed away on Monday, December 30, 2013 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Mike was born on July 13, 1958 in Hampton Hills, NJ to Charles and Kathryn (Kronberger) Worischeck. He graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in Civil Engineering. He married Moxa Durgin on May 21, 1994 in Salt Lake...
Becky Rush
Dec 25, 2013
Becky L. Rush, 57, of Hulett, passed away Christmas morning at her home in Hulett, Wyoming from complications of a long fought illness with MS. Becky was born November, 18, 1956 in Belle Fourche, SD to E. Elvin Rush and Betty J. (Stoddard) Rush. Becky graduated from Hulett High School in 1975 and graduated from the National College of Business...
Stanley Wooten
Dec 24, 2013
Stanley Wooten, 72 of Newcastle, WY died Tuesday, December 24, 2013 at his home. Survivors include his sons, Claude Wooten of Elizabethton, TN and Timothy Wooten of Purgatory, UT, and four sisters; Shirley Demerritt of Newcastle, WY, Carol Fawcett of Casper, WY, Donna Dubsky of Sioux Falls, SD and Kay Sturdevant of Gillette, WY. Memorial services will be held at...
Calvin Petersen
Dec 22, 2013
Calvin DeRoyce Petersen, 90, of Upton, Wyoming passed on Sunday, December 22, 2013 at his home. Calvin was born on August 27, 1923 in Buffalo, Wyoming and was the 4th son of Peter and Frances (Baker) Petersen of Moorcroft. Calvin mentioned several times that he and his brothers, all five of them were named after presidents. In 1937, when Calvin...
Loren Altaffer
Dec 21, 2013
Loren Altaffer, 81, of Moorcroft, passed away on December 21st 2013, at the Crook County Long Term Care Center. Loren James Altaffer was born on June 18, 1932 to James Harry and Larena Ella (Blake) Altaffer, and was the eldest of 5 children. Loren was married to Carol Schleichardt on March 25,1962 and to this union two sons were born;...
Jessie Renner
Dec 16, 2013
Jessie Laura Renner, 87, passed away Monday, December 16, 2013, at Fountain Springs Healthcare in Rapid City. She was born January 31, 1926, in a sod house on the family farm in Hay Springs, NE, to Wilsie and Mary Divan. Jessie attended high school in Hay Springs and went to college in Chadron, after which she taught school in the...
Lillian Shea
Dec 12, 2013
Lillian E. Shea was a life-long resident of the Deadwood-Lead area. She passed away peacefully on December 12, 2013, surrounded by family and friends, at the Lead-Deadwood Regional Hospital. Lillian was born May 25, 1913, at the family farm near Custer Peak to John Henry and Anna Senja (Hautamaki) Salmo. Lillian attended rural school in Polson School District and graduated...
Brenda Maynard Walters
Dec 11, 2013
Brenda Rae Maynard Walters, 46, of Boise, ID, and formerly of Sundance, WY, passed December 11, 2013, after complications from knee surgery. Brenda was born June 2, 1967, to Bob and Arley (Hespe) Maynard in Belle Fourche, South Dakota. She later moved with her parents to Sturgis, South Dakota, and finally to Sundance, Wyoming, where she graduated from high school...
Gloria Shields
Dec 11, 2013
Gloria Moreno Shields, 62, peacefully passed away on the morning of Wednesday, December 11, 2013, at her Spearfish home. She fearlessly battled pancreatic cancer for the last two years. Gloria was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA, where she spent most of her life before moving to the Black Hills area 13 years ago. She worked for First Premier...
Billy Durfee
Dec 11, 2013
Billy Bert Durfee, 92 of Sundance, Wyoming passed away at the Crook County Memorial Hospital on December 11, 2013. Bill was born May 26, 1921 to Joseph Charles and Nina Belle (Warren) Durfee. He was born on his Grandparent Warren's ranch south of Upton, Wyoming and had one older brother, Jay. Bill graduated from Upton High School in 1939 and...
Deanna Baumberger
Dec 9, 2013
Deanna Mae Baumberger, 75, Moorcroft, WY died Monday, December 9, 2013 at her home. Deanna was born April 25, 1938 in Westmoreland, Kansas to Earl and Rachel (Rogers) Southard. As a young child she moved with her family to Big Springs, NE, where she attended school. She married Gerald Baumberger on February 5, 1955 in Rapid City, SD. The couple...
Erwin O. Brandt
Dec 7, 2013
Erwin O. Brandt, 74, Spearfish, SD died Saturday, December 7, 2013 at his home. Erwin was born on August 25, 1939 to Otto and Caroline (Lutteke) Brandt in Fairbault, MN. Erwin owned and operated Brandt Construction Company of Gillette, WY and spent many years in the construction business. He married Laurel Hobson on June 24, 1995 in Casper, WY. After...
James Mattson
Dec 5, 2013
James A. Mattson, 90 of Spearfish, passed away on December 5, 2013. Jim was born in Lead, along with his twin sister, Jane, on February 11, l923 on their mother's twenty-second birthday. His parents were John Alfred Mattson and Hilda (Hermanson) Mattson. He attended school in Lead and graduated from Lead High School in l94l. He was baptized and confirmed...
Denise Welch
Dec 5, 2013
Denise Welch, 51 of Deadwood, passed away at the Lead- Deadwood Regional Hospital on December 5, 2013. Denise was born on February 9, 1962 to Denny and Mick Welch. She grew up in Lead and graduated from Lead High School in 1980. She attended college in Spearfish and Casper. She was currently living in Deadwood and worked at McKenna's Gold...
Irma Klock
Dec 4, 2013
Irma Klock, 93 of Lead, passed away peacefully on December 4th, 2013 at the Belle Fourche Healthcare Center. She was the last of her generation. She was a lifelong South Dakota citizen, born on Owl Creek Feb 1st, 1920, and lived most of her adult life in Lead. Irma attended school in Nisland and graduated from BHSU. She married Earl...
Dale Mills
Nov 27, 2013
Dale Mills, 96 of Sundance, WY, went to be with his Lord Jesus Christ, Wednesday, November 27, 2013, from his home on the family ranch 1313 State Highway 116, Sundance WY. Dale Mills was born March 29, 1917 in Sterling CO, to Ralph E. and Laura J. Mills. When Dale was three weeks old the family arrived by immigrant car,...
Ethel Blindert
Nov 24, 2013
Ethel Emma (Even) Blindert, 94, died Sunday, November 24, 2013 at the David M. Dorsett Healthcare Center in Spearfish. Ethel was born April 13, 1919 along with her twin brother, Edward, to George and Mary (Reecy) Even. She was raised on the family farm and received her education at Thunder Hawk, SD. She worked in Lemmon, SD and Missoula, MT...
Matilda "Betty" Brunner
Nov 24, 2013
Matilda Elizabeth "Betty" Brunner, 92 of Las Vegas, NV and formerly of Nisland, SD went home to be with the Lord she loved and served for so many years. Betty was born in Chicago, Illinois on April 24, 1921 to Adam and Elizabeth Harvey. Betty was one of eight children raised during the Great Depression. Like many of her generation,...
Angel Duvall
Nov 21, 2013
Angel Louise Hope Duvall, Gillette, WY, was born and passed away, November 21, 2013 at Spearfish Regional Hospital in Spearfish, SD. Angel is survived by her parents, Stacy Duvall and Lance Bergstrom; siblings, Kylin, Ashlie and Jaicee Whitcher, Gillette; Grandparents, Judy Cayton, Sundance, Dan Duvall, Newcastle, Dean and Lorna Bergstrom, Newcastle and great-grandmothers, Marie Domina and Lee Bergstrom, Newcastle. Funeral...
