Obituary Listings in Spearfish, Lead, & Sundance

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Marylou Tschetter

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Mildred "Tillie" Gilbert

Mildred "Tillie" Gilbert

Apr 21, 2013

Mildred "Tillie" L. Gilbert, 80, Rapid City, SD died Sunday, April 21, 2013 at David M. Dorsett Health Care Center in Spearfish. Survivors include her children; Ila Mae Conners, Allan Gilbert and Kerry Gilbert all of Rapid City and Dennis Gilbert of Grand Island, NE. Memorial Services for "Tillie" will be at 10:30AM, Thursday, April 25, 2013 at St. Matthews...

Gerald "Jerry" Douglas

Gerald "Jerry" Douglas

Apr 20, 2013

Gerald L. Douglas, 63 passed away on Saturday, April 20, 2013, at his home in Lead, due to a serious fall. Jerry was born April 4, 1950 to John & Vera Douglas in Herculaneum, Missouri where he spent his youth. He went into the Army in 1969 and was stationed in Vietnam in 1970 -71. On returning to the states...

Ella Hart

Ella Hart

Apr 20, 2013

Ella (Heinrich) Hart, a longtime resident of Lead, SD, passed away April 20, 2013. A celebration of her life services will be at 10:00 AM, Saturday, June 8, 2013 at the Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church in Lead, SD, with Reverend Tom Stenzel officiating. Inurnment will be at Mountain Lawn Cemetery, Lead. Ella was born September 27, 1926 in...

Neil Thompson

Neil Thompson

Apr 18, 2013

Neil C. Thompson, 84, of Upton, WY, died Wednesday, April 18, 2013 at Wyoming Medical Center, Casper, Wyoming after a long, well-lived life. Neil was born January 24, 1929, at the family ranch south of Upton to Clarence and Bernice (Sheldon) Thompson. He was the fourth child of seven children. He was educated at the Douglas-Fulton School, which was moved...

Gladys Smith

Gladys Smith

Apr 18, 2013

Gladys Bunch Smith, 92, longtime Lead resident passed away Thursday, April 18, 2013 at David M. Dorsett Healthcare Center in Spearfish, SD. Gladys was born in Reading, England on February 9, 1921 to Charles and Edith (Marshall) Jones. She lived in England until she married Lynn R. Bunch an Army paratrooper, becoming a World War II war bride. She came...

Hazel Jennerjahn

Hazel Jennerjahn

Apr 18, 2013

Hazel G. Jennerjahn, 93 of Upton, WY died Thursday, April 18, 2013 at Weston County Manor in Newcastle, WY. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Friday, April 26, 2013 at the Upton United Methodist Church. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will take place at Greenwood Cemetery in Upton. Memorials...

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