Gary Frick
Jan 29, 2014
Gary "Woody" Raymond Frick, 60, of Spearfish, died January 29, 2014, at the Dorsett Health Care Center. Gary was born July 30, 1953, in Sioux Falls, SD, to Dale and Dorothy (Espeland) Frick, he was the younger of two brothers. He graduated high school in Sioux Falls, and enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. He received an honorable discharge in...
Doris Shipley
Jan 27, 2014
Doris Eaton Shipley, 100, Spearfish, SD died January 27, 2014 at Sturgis Regional Senior Care. Doris was born January 7, 1914 in Belle Fourche, SD, daughter of Thomas W. and Rosa (Hall) Eaton. She was the oldest of three children, one sister having died in infancy and one brother, Lloyd Eaton. She grew up on the family farm six miles...
Jean Miller
Jan 24, 2014
Jean Miller, 81 of Spearfish passed away Friday, January 24, 2014 at the David Dorsett Nursing Home in Spearfish, with her family by her side. Jean was born to Les and Maxine Tippey on November 17, 1932 in Aberdeen, South Dakota. They moved to Deadwood when she was a small child. Later her family moved to Whitewood, where she was...
Wendell Rawlings
Jan 22, 2014
Wendell Lowell Rawlings, 77 of Spearfish, passed away at the David M Dorsett Healthcare Center in Spearfish on Wednesday, January 21, 2014. Wendell was born to Cecil and Mildred Rawlings on October 8, 1936, near the small farming community of Archer, Nebraska. He spent most of his childhood on the farm; it was there that his strong work ethic and...
Shirley Ziemer
Jan 21, 2014
Long time Crook County resident, Shirley Ziemer, passed away on January 21, 2014 at the age of 72 in Sundance. She was loved greatly and will be missed dearly by all those that knew her. Most would remember her having a smile on her face and her ear was always open and up for a grand visit. She was most...
John A Deibert
Jan 18, 2014
John August Deibert, 89 of Spearfish, entered this earthly world on May 31, 1924 and went to his heavenly home on January 18, 2014. John was the eighth child of thirteen born to Augustin Frank and Mary Eva (Schmaltz) Deibert in a two-room wooden house on their family homestead in Drew, South Dakota. Both of John's parents were Germans from...
Jolene Rantapaa
Jan 15, 2014
Jolene (Percevich) Rantapaa, 52, Deadwood, SD passed away unexpectedly in the early morning hours of January 15, 2014 at her home in Deadwood, SD. Jolene was born March 20, 1961 to John and Helen (Blaschko) Percevich in Deadwood, where she was raised and was proud to call it her home. She was a graduate of Lead High School and received...
Leonard Weber
Jan 15, 2014
Leonard Matthew Weber, 87, of Spearfish, passed away on Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at the Belle Fourche Healthcare Center. Len was born to Joseph & Josephine (Wermers) Weber on June 15, 1926 in Dimock SD. He attended and received his diploma of completion from SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Elementary School. Leonard then helped with the many chores on the...
Richard A. Harris
Jan 11, 2014
Richard Allen Harris, 72 of Belle Fourche and formerly of Lead entered his eternal home on Saturday, January 11, 2014 at his home. Rich was born on September 4, 1941 to Alfred and Marie Harris in Deadwood, SD. On September 26, 1964 Rich was united to the love of his life Valetta Delahoyde and to this union two children were...
Jo Lea Metz
Jan 9, 2014
Jo Lea Metz, 75 of Spearfish, passed away on Thursday, January 9, 2014 at her home. Jo Lea was born to Duward C and Iola (Scott) Evans on November 19, 1938 in Fargo, ND and grew up primarily in Fargo. She married Robert G. Metz on July 15, 1960. They lived in Fargo all of their married life. Together they...
Marlene Oliver
Jan 9, 2014
Marlene Adele Oliver, 76 of Rapid City, died peacefully on Thursday, January 9, 2014.at Golden Living Center-Meadowbrook in Rapid City. Marlene was born on November 23, 1937 to Harold Gray and Erma (Budmayr) Gray-Winkelman and raised in Deadwood, SD. She loved her family and friends, enjoyed writing and sending letters and spent her whole life in South Dakota. Marlene is...
Virginia Louise Hlavka
Jan 9, 2014
Virginia Louise (Erland) Hlavka, 39 of Sundance, WY passed away unexpectedly at home on January 9, 2014. Visitation will be from 4-7pm, Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at Fidler-Roberts & Isburg Funeral Chapel in Sundance. Funeral services will be at 1:30pm, Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at the Old High School Gymnasium in Sundance, with Pastor Dave Jageman officiating. Burial will take...
Elsie Materi
Jan 8, 2014
Elsie Materi died Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at Weston County Health Services in Newcastle, Wyoming. Elsie Elizabeth Butcher was born April 17, 1926 in Warrensburg, Missouri to parents, James and Myrtle (Darrah) Butcher. She grew up in the Osage area and graduated from Upton High School in 1944. She married Herbert Peck, Jr. in 1944 and lived in California where...
Ida Marie Lewis
Jan 5, 2014
Ida Marie Lewis, 100, of Lead died peacefully on Sunday, January 5, 2014 at the David M. Dorsett Healthcare Center in Spearfish, SD. Ida Marie Howey was born on December 11, 1913 in Belle Fourche, SD to Charles and Ida Mae (McCumsey) Howey. She was raised with her five younger siblings on the family homestead along Thompson Creek in Carter...
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;...
