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...
Charles Donner
Mar 3, 2013
Charles "Chuck" Donner, 85, Deadwood, SD died Sunday, March 3, 2013 at his home. Chuck was born on Christmas Day, December 25, 1927 in Redfield, SD to Michael and Elsie (McFarland) Donner. He was raised in the Hitchcock-Tulare area, graduating from Tulare High School. After high school, he attended the University of South Dakota for a time. He then entered...
Paul Price
Mar 2, 2013
Paul Thompson Price, 82, of Belle Fourche, SD, passed away March 2, 2013 at the Belle Fourche Health Care Center. Paul was born on April 23, 1930 in Newell, SD to J. Riley and Bessie (Thompson) Price of Hoover, SD. He grew up east of Hoover and worked at the family ranch until joining the Navy in 1952. While serving...
Charles Ahartz
Mar 1, 2013
Charles Ahartz, 88, of Spearfish passed away on March 1, 2013 at the David M. Dorsett Healthcare Center. Graveside services will be at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, May 23, 2013 at Black Hills National Cemetery in Sturgis with military honors by the Spearfish Honor Guard. A luncheon will follow at the VFW Post 2230 in Sturgis. Chuck was born on...
Tracy Ellsbury
Feb 28, 2013
Tracy Roger Ellsbury, 87, Sundance, Wyoming, passed away peacefully Thursday, February 28, 2013 in his home, under Home Hospice Care, with his loving wife at his side. Tracy was born May 21, 1925 at Farrall, Wyoming in the home of his parents, Merton and Ella (Truax) Ellsbury. He grew up on the family ranch, attending a country school nearby. After...
William Barnes
Feb 28, 2013
William "Bill" Barnes, 85, Spearfish, SD died Thursday, February 28, 2013 at Spearfish Regional Hospital. Bill was born January 6, 1928 to L.O. "Barney" and Edith (Jensen) Barnes at Lakefield MN. He spent his early years in the Lakefield area, moving to Faith at the age of 15. His family then moved to Mobridge, where he attended school. He quit...
Gordon Gillespie
Feb 28, 2013
Gordon Gillespie, 86 of Spearfish, passed away on February 28, 2013 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Gordon Lea Gillespie was born august 25, 1926 in Minneapolis, MN to George and Lydia Ruth Gillespie. He grew up in the Tilford and Sturgis area as a child. The family moved to Spearfish before Gordon's senior year. After graduating from Spearfish High school...
Clifford "Cw" Anderson
Feb 28, 2013
Clifford W. "CW" Anderson, 81 began his "Vacation in Heaven" on February 28, 2013 surrounded by his family as he departed from his home in Spearfish. CW was born on June 22, 1931 to Sever and Lena Anderson in Lismore, MN. CW's humble beginnings: At the age of 8, CW and his older brother Bernard went to school early each...
Joan Hauck
Feb 24, 2013
Joan (Beyer) Hauck, 76 of Spearfish died, Sunday, February 24, 2013 at the David M. Dorsett Health Care Center in Spearfish. Joan was born on September 6, 1936 in Richardton, ND to Adam "Oddie" and Marjoie (Koesel) Beyer. She attended grade school in Richardton and graduated from Taylor High School in 1954. She played saxophone in the THS Band and...
Bernard Thomas
Feb 24, 2013
Bernard Thomas, 94, of Spearfish, passed away at his home on February 24, 2013. Bernard John Thomas was born on February 12, 1919 to Ludwig and Theresa (Keller) Thomas in Verendrye, ND. He grew up at Glencross, SD and attended and graduated from Timber Lake High School in 1939. He served in the US Navy in the SW Pacific during...
Lola Miller
Feb 19, 2013
Lola Josephine Thompson Miller, 94, of Spearfish, passed away early Tuesday morning February 19, 2013, at Spearfish Regional Hospital. Lola was born on August, 16, 1918, at her grandparent's farm in Sterling, Idaho. Her parents were Marvin and Bertha (Satterfield) Thompson. After her parent's separation she moved with her father and two siblings to Salt Lake City, Utah, where she...
Lester "Neil" Mcarthur
Feb 18, 2013
Lester Neil McArthur, 83, of Spearfish succumbed to cancer on February 18th. Graveside services will be at 3:00 P.M. on Thursday, February 21, 2013 at Black Hills National Cemetery, with military honors provided by the Spearfish Honor Guard. Donations in memory of Neil McArthur can be made to: Spearfish Canyon Volunteer Fire Department c/o Jack Wanstedt 21193 US Highway 14A...
Floyd I. Carr
Feb 15, 2013
Floyd Carr, 87 of Sundance, WY died on February 15, 2013 due to complications from Leukemia. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Sundance. Burial will follow at the Mount Moriah Cemetery. Memorials have been established in his name at the Kalif Shrine Travel Fund...
Susan Polley
Feb 14, 2013
Susan Polley, 63, Spearfish, died Thursday, February 14, 2013 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Susan was born July 1, 1949 to Norman Nelson and Elizabeth (Brewer) Nelson in Phoenix, Arizona. Survivors include her husband, Steve Polley, Spearfish; son, Adam (Trista) Polley, Spearfish; stepchildren, Justin (Kayo) Polley and Jason(Michelle) Polley, both of Seattle, WA and Beth Fitzgerald, Gold Canyon, AZ; father,...
Fred Ward Ii
Feb 13, 2013
Fred Harvey Ward II, 62, Belle Fourche, SD passed away February 13, 2013 at his home surrounded by his loved ones. Fred was born to Louis and Audrey (Seleen) Ward on February 28, 1050, in Sioux Falls, SD. He graduated from high school at Pierre, SD. Fred attended Black Hills State University in 1968. He spent his career as a...
Evelyn Sisson
Feb 9, 2013
Evelyn Sisson, 94 of Sundance, passed away on February 9, 2013 at Crook County Memorial Nursing Home. Evelyn Marian Swegle was born on December 27, 1918 to Alfred George and Sylvia Sarrah (Hawley) Swegle. She was born in her family's 14 x 16 homestead shack located thirteen miles southwest of Moorcroft, WY. Her father had gone to town by saddle...
