Elfriede "Pat" Engravallo
May 24, 2013
Elfriede "Pat" Engravallo, 79 of Spearfish died Friday, May 24, 2013 at the Belle Fourche Regional Health Care. No services are planned at this time. Survivors include her children; Trish Christopherson of Spearfish, Alan Durnin, Holly Durnin and Christine Durnin all of Aberdeen.
Henrietta "Hank" Heppler
May 21, 2013
Henrietta "Hank" Heppler, 78 of Lead, SD passed away on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at the Lead-Deadwood Regional Hospital. Hank was born on September 1, 1934 to Edward and Elizabeth (Lingmann) Heppler on a farm near Zell, SD. She was raised in that area, attending Redfield schools through her junior year. Her family moved to Lead in June of 1951,...
Delores Johnstone
May 19, 2013
Delores "Deets" Johnstone, 82 of Spearfish and formerly of Kennebec died Sunday, May 19, 2013 at the David M. Dorsett Healthcare Center in Spearfish. Delores was born on November 17th 1930 to Charles and Leila (Karst) Flint in Hurley S.D. The family moved from Hurley to Hartford in 1938 where she attended school until her junior year when they moved...
Rhonda Sandness
May 19, 2013
Rhonda L. (Mechling) Sandness, 53, Newcastle, WY, formerly of Wellsburg, WV, died Sunday, May 19, 2013 at her home. Rhonda was born December 5, 1959 to Andy and Kathleen (Crago) Mechling at Steubenville, OH. She was raised in the Wellsburg area, graduating from Brooke High School. Shortly after graduation she moved to Newcastle, WY, where she held various jobs over...
Grace Martin
May 18, 2013
Grace Martin, 82, of Spearfish, and former longtime resident of Newell, SD, passed away on May 18, 2013 after a short illness. Survivors include her three children, Greg, Shelly and Cynthia; sisters, Violet and MaryAnn; brother, Allen; and grandsons, Jarrod, Greg, Erik, Shawn, Brian and Brett. In accordance with Grace's wishes cremation has taken place. Private family services will be...
Terry Wiechert
May 17, 2013
Terry Wiechert, 66, of Sundance died peacefully due to a health related illness on Friday, May 17, 2013 at Crook Country Memorial Hospital. Terry came into this world on March 9, 1947 in East St. Louis, Illinois and was raised by William and Helen M. (Bowers) Ellard. He grew up in Washington where he attended several schools and later graduated...
Marylou Tschetter
May 16, 2013
Marylou Tschetter, 70 of Sundance, WY passed away on Thursday, May 16, 2013 at the Crook County Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be from 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM on Sunday, May 19, 2013 at Fidler-Roberts & Isburg Funeral Chapel in Sundance. Funeral Services will be at 1:00 PM on Monday, May 20, at the Sundance United Methodist Church with Pastor...
Theresa Colvin
May 14, 2013
Theresa A. Colvin, 81, Spearfish, SD died Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at Spearfish Regional Hospital. Memorial Services for Theresa will be at 2:00 PM, Saturday, May 18 at Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapel in Spearfish, with Reverend Gordon Higgins, officiating. Inurnment will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery in Spearfish. A memorial has been established to benefit the Western Hills Humane Society. Survivors...
Inga Edwards
May 12, 2013
Inga T. Edwards, 97, of Spearfish, passed away May 12, 2013 at home surrounded by family and in the care of hospice. Inga Tysdal was born on their family's homestead, near Deerfield, on March 20, 1916. She was the second child of Lars and Martha Tysdal. Lars skied to Rochford, SD to register her birth after the spring storm broke....
Vera Peterson
May 12, 2013
Vera Peterson, 71 of Boise, ID passed away on Sunday, May 12, 2013 at her home. Graveside services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Friday, May 17, 2013 at the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Lead. Vera was born to Walter & Zita (McMann) Peterson on May 19, 1941. Survivors include her sisters, Lillian McGrath of Boise, Betty Carter of Lead...
Niels A Nelson
May 10, 2013
On May 10, 2013, the Lord took Niels Anton Nelson by the hand on his final journey, his loving wife by his side, after spending two and a half years at the David M. Dorsett Healthcare Center. Niels was born July 14, 1922 in Dupree, SD to Anton and Hansine (Sorensen) Nelson and grew up on a ranch south of...
Florence Stagemeyer
May 9, 2013
Florence M, Stagemeyer, 75, Sundance, WY, died Thursday, May 9, 2013 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Florence was born on November 5, 1937 to Walter and Vera (Hultenschimdt) Davis in Belle Fourche, SD. She was raised and attended school in Belle Fourche. She married Charles "Bud" Stagemeyer on March 2, 1955 in Belle Fourche. They moved to Sundance, where they...
Jackie Louise Eatherton
May 8, 2013
Jackie L. Eatherton, 69, of Sundance, Wyoming, passed away May 8, 2013, at her home. Jackie Louise Stolhand was born to Lloyd "Red" and Florence (Bebe) Stolhand on June 17, 1943 in Ponca City, Oklahoma. Jackie was the oldest child of four. Her three younger brother's, Jerry Stolhand, Michael Stolhand and Allen Stolhand were her life-long friends, sharing countless childhood...
Albert Charles Carmichael
May 2, 2013
Albert "Chuck" Carmichael Jr. was born on December 30, 1932 in Emmetsburg, Iowa to Albert and Madora Carmichael. He was the eldest of two children, and has a younger brother named William. He died May 2, 2013 at the Belle Fourche Healthcare Center, Belle Fourche, South Dakota. Chuck attended Pocahontas community schools throughout grade school and high school, and received...
Mary Papka
Apr 27, 2013
Mary Papka, 71, left the Black Hills with her loving father on April 27, 2013. Mary was born on December 22, 1941 in Deadwood, SD to Herman and Helmi (Rajamaki) Smith. She married the love of her life, Orval Papka on December 31, 1960 and had three children Ronnie, Carol and Dan. Mary worked at Twin City Fruit in Deadwood...
Colleen Nevin
Apr 27, 2013
Longtime Lead resident Colleen Nevin, 82, died Saturday, April 27, 2013, at Lead-Deadwood Regional Hospital in Deadwood following a recent illness. Bettie Colleen Burt rum was born July 23, 1930, at Galena, Kan., to Harry and Wanda (Cure) Burtrum. She grew up in Lead, where she attended Lead High School. During her high school years she worked at the Franklin...
Nicholas J. "Nick" Sukstorf
Apr 26, 2013
Nicholas Jeffery "Nick" Sukstorf died Friday, April 26, 2013, near Spearfish. Nick, the only son of Jeffery and Rebecca (Thomas) Sukstorf, was born Oct. 4, 1988 in Spearfish, SD. He grew up in Spearfish with the best backyard an active boy could wish for. Nick was a 2007 graduate of Spearfish High School. He was a soccer player and played...
Michael Hauck
Apr 25, 2013
Michael John Hauck of Spearfish, South Dakota, passed away peacefully in Hospice Care of the Northern Hills at Edgewood Vista in Spearfish, South Dakota on Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 3:13 PM. He was 71 years, 2 months, and 5 days. Michael "Mike", the oldest of seven children was preceded in death by his parents, Rudolph and Marie; one brother,...
Doris Scott
Apr 23, 2013
Doris J. Scott, 101, Lead, died, April 23, 2013 at the David M Dorsett Healthcare Center in Spearfish. Doris J. Johnson was born April 21, 1912, Marsland, NE to Cary and Florence (Benham) Johnson. She married Lyle C. Scott on June 25, 1931. Four children were born to this union, Jeanette (Leonard) Latuseck, Lead, Robert (Mavis) Scott, Moses Lake, WA,...
Eileen Dittus
Apr 21, 2013
Eileen Dittus, 77, Lead, SD died Sunday, April 21, 2013 at Spearfish Regional Hospital. Eileen was born at Monango, ND to Karl and Johanna (Gebhardt) Griesbach. She was raised and attended school in the Monango area. While living in that area, she met and married Leonard Dittus. They moved to Lead, after Leonard got a job at the Homestake Gold...
