Kenneth Niemi
Jul 25, 2013
Kenneth Niemi, 81 of Spearfish, passed away on July 25, 2013 at his home. Memorial services will be at 10:30 A.M. on Monday, August 19, 2013 at Our Saviors Lutheran Church. Burial will follow at the South Lead Cemetery in Lead. A memorial has been established to the Northern Hills Training Center. Kenneth was born on September 11, 1931 to...
Buster Vopat
Jul 22, 2013
Buster Charles Henry Vopat, 88 of Spearfish, passed away on Monday, July 22, 2013 at Spearfish Regional Hospital. Buster was born on March 4, 1925 in Deadwood, SD to Ed and Beulah (Torrence) Vopat. He grew up in Spearfish attending Spearfish High School graduating in 1943. His father ran a truck farm and he worked on the farm until he...
Robin Bury
Jul 20, 2013
Robin Bury, 48 of Spearfish, passed away on Saturday June 20, 2013 in Spokane, WA. Survivors include her husband Larry of Spearfish; children Tyler and Alyssa; and granddaughter, Grace. Arrangements are pending with Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapels and Crematory Service of Spearfish.
Terry Mckillip
Jul 17, 2013
Terence (Terry) O. McKillip was the eleventh child born to James and Ruth McKillip on January 9, 1939 in Pierre, S.D. His family lived in Belvedere, S.D. until Terry was in 1st grade when they moved to Midland, S.D. where he remained until he was a sophomore in high school. He finished high school in Edgemont, S.D. where he lived...
Lucille White
Jul 15, 2013
Lucille White, 89, Spearfish, SD died Monday, July 15, 2013 at Rapid City Regional Hospital, surrounded by her loving family. Lucille was born January 17, 1924 at Swampton, PA to Andro and Stella (Kozloski) Kopczynskie. She attended school in Jeddo, PA. In the early 1940's, she left school to become a riveter in the shipyards at Baltimore. She then joined...
Mick Dowdy, Sr.
Jul 14, 2013
Mick Dowdy, Sr, 82, of Spearfish, SD passed away on July 14, 2013 with his wife of 60 years by his side. Mick was born July 3, 1931 in Hudson, CO to Will and Ada Dowdy, 10th of 12 children. On September 14, 1952 he married Jane Ames in Sundance, WY. Mick served in the Korean War, being honorably discharged...
Paul R Cross
Jul 11, 2013
Paul Russell Cross, 96, one of Lead's elder "gentleman" died July 11, 2013 at the David M. Dorsett Healthcare Center in Spearfish. Born in Chicago, Illinois on October 19, 1916, he was the son of John W. and Minnie (Doty) Cross. The family lived on a farm in northwestern Iowa for a few years and then moved to Hastings, Nebraska...
Arlene Nicholas
Jul 10, 2013
Arlene Nicholas, 92, of Spearfish, passed away on July 10, 2013 at the Rapid City Regional Hospice House. Arlene Dorothy Roth Nicholas was born May 13, 1921 at Lake Mary Township, near Alexandria, MN to Edward & Clara Roth. The family moved to Bison, SD in the 1930's. The Roth's then moved to Rapid City, and subsequently to Spearfish (Upper...
Patrick Clark
Jul 9, 2013
Patrick Clark, 67, of Aladdin, WY passed away on July 9, 2013 at the Fort Meade VA Medical Center. Patrick was born in Newark, NJ on April 29, 1946 to William and Edith (Tassinaro) Clark. He married Dolores "Dee" Arteaga and to this union a daughter Christina was born. He was an avid hunter of elk, deer and antelope for...
Mary Lou Bernard
Jul 5, 2013
Mary Lou Bernard, 69 passed away on July 5th 2013, in Fort Collins, CO. Mary Lou was born on July 1, 1944 to Chancey and Alice Hansen on the farm in Carter, SD, she was the 9th of 10 children. She married Larry Bernard on January 13, 1967 and together had 6 children, Tom, Tim, Marsha, Misti, Dusti and Brittnie....
Delores Wagner
Jul 5, 2013
Dolores Wagner, 81, Sundance, WY, died at her home July 5, 2013. She was born on December 16, 1931 in Monarch, Wyoming to John and Eva (Boyak) Drobish. After residing in the Monarch area the family moved to Sheridan Wyoming where she attended and graduated from Sheridan High School. It was in Sheridan that she met and married her husband...
Wayne Mayer
Jul 4, 2013
Wayne Mayer, 66, Lead, SD died on Thursday, July 4, 2013 at the Lead-Deadwood Regional Hospital in Deadwood. Wayne is survived by his son, Luke, Rapid City; sister, Jenika Mayer, New Mexico; grandsons, Jesse and Ethan of Rapid City; and numerous family and friends. Memorial Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Thursday, July 11, 2013 at the Lead-Deadwood Memorial...
Richard Lee Dodson
Jul 3, 2013
Richard Lee Dodson, 49 of Sundance, WY, passed away on July 4, 2013 at his home. Richard was born to Robert John and Bernice Catherine (Slusarski) Dodson on October 12, 1963 in Berlin, Germany. Richard was a lover and giver of life. He was daily developing his relationship with Jesus Christ and was always willing to give a helping hand....
Robert "Bob" Foster
Jun 30, 2013
Robert "Bob" Foster. 61, Johnstown, CO passed away June 30, 2013 in Colorado. Foster is the son of the late Johni and Bill Foster, Sr., husband of Cathi Foster, and brother of Bill Foster and JoAnn Claggett. Services will be at Rosehill Cemetery, Saturday, July 6 at 4:00 p.m. A gathering to follow at Bill and Carol Foster's home: 1423...
Leroy Butts
Jun 25, 2013
LeRoy Butts, 76, Sundance, WY, passed away with his family by his side at Crook County Memorial Hospital on June 25, 2013. He was born on February 7, 1937, to Ross and Clara (Miller) Butts in Belle Fourche, SD. He attended rural schools in Crook County and at an early age, he started working for wages, as a ranch hand...
Aili Mitchell
Jun 24, 2013
Aili Maria Mitchell, 91, of Spearfish, passed away on Monday, June 24, 2013 at Spearfish Regional Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Aili was born on February 3, 1922 to Thomas and Emelia (Nygard) Penttila on the family homestead near Roubaix, SD. She attended grade school at the Roubaix School and 9th Grade in the upstairs of the Thomas house...
Lauren Hill
Jun 18, 2013
Lauren Clark Hill, 64 of Spearfish, died peacefully in her sleep on June 18, 2013 at the Belle Fourche HealthCare Center in Belle Fourche, SD. She was born April 20, 1949 in Harvey, IL and grew-up in Homewood, IL. She graduated from Homewood Flossmoor High School in 1967. After high school she attended University of South Dakota in Vermillion where...
Helen Muriel Kjos
Jun 17, 2013
Helen Muriel R. Kjos, 93 of Spearfish, passed away on Monday, June 17, 2013 at the Hospice House of Campbell County in Gillette, WY. Graveside services will be at 10:30 A.M. on Thursday, June 20, 2013 at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis. Memorials may be directed to the Close to Home Hospice House in Gillette. Helen was born on...
Lyle Ainsworth
Jun 15, 2013
Lyle Ainsworth, 92, died peacefully at Ft. Meade Medical Center on Saturday, June 15, 2013. Born at Deadwood Hospital on August 2, 1920, Lyle's early years were spent on ranches close to Broadus, MT. His father died when Lyle was seven years old. Upon his father's death, the family moved to Spearfish, where he attended public school. Lyle married Garnette...
