Ralph Manning
Mar 19, 2013
Ralph A. Manning, 73, Spearfish, SD, died March 19, 2013 at Spearfish Regional Hospital. Ralph was born on August 22, 1939 to Leo and Angel Marie (Branch) Manning at Rawlins, WY. He married Bonnie Davis on September 6, 1959 in Casper, WY. They moved to Las Vegas in 1963 where Ralph worked for the Greyhound Convention Services until his retirement...
Harry Pearson, Sr.
Mar 18, 2013
Harry W. Pearson, Sr, 64, Lead, SD died Monday, March 18, 2013 at his home. Harry was born on March 9, 1949, to James and Margene (Land) Pearson in Dayton , WA. His mother moved a short time after his birth to Phillip, SD where they lived until he was eleven. The family then moved to Pierre, before moving to...
Darlene Hagen
Mar 17, 2013
Darlene Joy (Renner) Hagen, 75 of Spearfish, passed away on March 17, 2013 at Spearfish Regional Hospital. Darlene was born on March 16, 1938 in Wall, SD to Richard and Ruth (Hinman) Renner. She graduated from Glenrock High School in Glenrock, WY. She had the opportunity to travel with her father building dams in South Dakota and enjoyed the freedom...
Charles Smith
Mar 17, 2013
Charles Smith, 47 of Pine Haven, WY passed away on Sunday, March 17, 2013 as a result of an automobile accident. Survivors include his parents, Dan and Charleen Smith of Douglas; son, Dylan Smith (Paige Pamminga) of Dickinson, N.D.; daughters Ashley Smith (Joe Davis) and Dreana Catron (Will) and grandson Gabe of Las Vegas; girlfriend Elizabeth Buck of Pine Haven...
Carroll Dean Anderson
Mar 16, 2013
Carroll Dean Anderson, 93, Spearfish, SD passed from this life to his eternal rest on Saturday, March 16, 2013, at David M. Dorsett Health Care Center. Visitation will be from 5-7pm, Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at the United Church of Christ, 920 North Main Street in Spearfish. Funeral services will be at 10:30am, Thursday, March 21, 2013 at the church...
James Elmore Corean
Mar 15, 2013
James E. Corean, 81, Spearfish, SD died Friday, March 15, 2013 at his home. He was born November 13, 1931 to Tom and Alice (Henwood) Corean. He was raised and attended school in Spearfish, where he spent his entire life. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean Conflict. James married Zola Ladson on February 11, 1956 in...
Anita Ray Gorder
Mar 15, 2013
Anita Ray Gorder, age 74, passed away Thursday, March 15, 2013, at DCH Regional Medical Center, near her home in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Anita loved life and will be remembered by all who knew her for her warm, caring, giving nature and for a sense a humor that always brought a smile to those who surrounded her. She was preceded in...
Seth Toshi England
Mar 14, 2013
Seth Toshi England, 11 of Spearfish, South Dakota, went to be with our sweet Lord Jesus on Thursday, March 14, 2013. Seth was born on February 23, 2002 in Spearfish to John and Crystal England. Seth is loved and adored by everyone that came in contact with him. So many people said that when they would come to pray or...
Howard Palmer
Mar 14, 2013
Howard Palmer, 92, of Lead passed away on Thursday, March 14, 2013 at Lead-Deadwood Regional Hospital. Howard was born in Mansfield, SD on October 5, 1920. The family moved to Lead in 1933. He graduated from Lead High School in 1939. In 1941, he joined the Army with the 109th Engineers. He participated in campaigns in North Africa and Italy....
Hulda Michel
Mar 14, 2013
Hulda Michel, 86 of Spearfish died Thursday, March 14, 2013 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be at 1:00 P.M., Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapel in Spearfish, burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery. Hulda was born June 10, 1926 in Romania to Johannes and Christina (Bauer) Zehmer. During World War II she was relocated...
Guido Della Vecchia
Mar 13, 2013
Guido Della Vecchia, 82 of Spearfish, passed away in the Rapid City Regional Hospital on Wednesday, March 13, with complications from pneumonia. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1930, Guido was well known in Spearfish and the Black Hills area, he and his wife, Johanna Meier Della Vecchia, had moved to Spearfish permanently in 1984. From 1991 until 2008 he acted...
Sara Ruth Nikont
Mar 12, 2013
Sara Ruth (Kane) Nikont, 94, of Deadwood, passed away on March 12, 2013 at the Lead-Deadwood Regional Hospital. Sara Ruth was born on October 12, 1918, in Bowman, ND, one of seven children to Robert and Charlotte (Etheridge) Kane. The family moved to Lead, SD when she was eight years old, and she lived in the Lead-Deadwood area all of...
Dean Leger
Mar 11, 2013
Dean Leger, 67, of New Ulm, died Monday, March 11, 2013 at the Fairfax Community Home in Fairfax, MN. Visitation will be from 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. on Friday, March 15, 2013 at the Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapel in Spearfish. Funeral service will follow at 2:00 p.m. at the chapel with Rev. Stephan Sandness officiating. Burial will take place at a...
Charles William Trentz
Mar 10, 2013
Charles William Trentz, 78, died March 10, 2013 at his home in Deadwood, SD. He was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma Cancer in 2001. He fought a long, tough battle and will be greatly missed. Charles was born the only child of Clarence "Pete" and Martyne Trentz in Randolph, NE. At age one, the Trentz family moved to Lead, SD. Charles...
Shirley Plath
Mar 10, 2013
Shirley Plath, 94 of Spearfish died Sunday, March 10, 2013 at Belle Fourche Healthcare Center. Funeral services will be at 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapel in Spearfish. Following the funeral services she requested her body to be donated to the University of South Dakota for anatomical study. A memorial has been established to the Northern...
Richard "Grumpy" Carl Sohm
Mar 9, 2013
Richard "Grumpy" Carl Sohm, 74 of Lead, passed away on March 9, 2013 at his home with his loving wife at his side, after a long battle with COPD; his family will dearly miss him. Richard was born on July 7, 1938 in Danbury, Iowa to Carl and Margarett (Harrigan) Sohm. He grew up on the family farm near Danbury....
Ronald Rosenau, Sr,
Mar 7, 2013
Ronald Butler Rosenau Sr., 86, longtime resident of Spearfish, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on March 7, 2013 at Fort Meade VA Medical Center. Ron was born on April 18, 1926 in Geneva Nebraska to Dr Harold and Blanche (Butler) Rosenau. He spent his childhood years in Geneva and graduated from Geneva High School in 1944. Shortly after...
Allen Selmer Johnson
Mar 6, 2013
Allen Selmer Johnson, 85, Sturgis, SD died Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at his home. Allen was born May 30, 1927 at Hettinger, ND to Selmer and Clara (Jacobson) Johnson. They moved soon thereafter to Saco, MT, where he grew up and attended school. He entered into the U.S. Navy in 1945 at the end of World War II. After serving...
Francis "Andy" D. Anderson
Mar 5, 2013
Francis "Andy" D. Anderson, 84 of Spearfish, passed away at the David M. Dorsett Health Care Center on March 5th 2013. Francis "Andy" was born of a Danish family in 1928 on a farm in Montrose, SD. He was fifth in the line of ten children. His brothers being Vernon (deceased), Glenn (deceased), and Charles. His six sisters being Edna...
Leo Mcguigan
Mar 5, 2013
Leo William McGuigan, 92, of Spearfish, died Tuesday March 5, 2013. Leo was born on the McGuigan farm near Spearfish, SD on May 1,1920 to Charles and Mamie (Kerwin) McGuigan. Leo spent his entire 92 years on the "home" place. He attended Spearfish Schools, graduating from high school in 1938. On October 21, 1946 he married the love of his...
