Leroy "Bob" Heinis
Jun 8, 2013
Leroy "Bob" Heinis, 99, Spearfish, SD The Lord fulfilled his promise to Leroy "Bob" Heinis on Saturday, June 8, 2013. He was born February 6, 1914 to Lawrence and Susan (Noethem) Heinis in Remsen, IA. At the age of two weeks, they moved to a farm outside of Marshall, MN. He helped his father farm and later farmed a few...
Donald Roberts
Jun 5, 2013
Donald H. Roberts of Hulett, Wyoming passed away in his home at the age of 78 on June 5, 2013. He was born on November 29, 1934 to Perry and Gladys (Dickinson) Roberts on their homestead in Hulett, Wyoming. He attended Hulett School and went on to join the United States Air Force. He was honorably discharged to help his...
Donna M. Crane
Jun 3, 2013
Donna M. Crane, formerly of Gettysburg, Presho, and Pierre, South Dakota, passed away June 3, 2013 in Spearfish, South Dakota. Donna Mae Spicer, only child of Albert and Miriam Spicer, was born in Gettysburg, South Dakota on March 13, 1930. A graduate of Gettysburg High School, she spent most of her young life in South Dakota with the exception of...
Herman W. Steier
Jun 2, 2013
Herman W. Steier, 81, Deadwood, SD, died Sunday, June 2, 2013 at the Lead-Deadwood Regional Hospital. He was born March 27, 1932 at Sheffield, ND to Alec and Mary (Frank) Steier. He was raised in the Reeder, ND area, where he attended school. After he left school he began farming with his father. He then met the love of his...
Roberta Young
May 31, 2013
Roberta Young, 80, Spearfish, SD died Friday, May 31, 2013 at the David M. Dorsett Healthcare Center. Roberta Jane Carl was born in Timber Lake, SD on September 7, 1932 to Theodore and Leota (Riede) Carls. She attended Timber Lake High School graduating in 1950. In 1960, she married Jack Young. They moved to Isabel and began ranching. In 1968,...
Irma Brosnahan-Kinghorn
May 31, 2013
Irma Brosnahan-Kinghorn, 94 of Spearfish died Friday, May 31, 2013 at the David M. Dorsett Healthcare Center. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Wednesday, June 5, 2013 at All Angels Episcopal Church in Spearfish. Inurnment will follow at Black Hills National Cemetery. Irma was born June 3, 1918 to Joseph and Grace (Ferguson) Buerck near Sheridan, WY. She...
Ruby Hutchinson
May 27, 2013
Ruby Frances Hutchinson, 83, passed away May 27, 2013, with family at her side, while at David M. Dorsett Health Care Center, Spearfish, SD, where she resided since 1995. Ruby was born on April 20, 1930 to Eugene Robinson and Florence (Tucker) Robinson in Daniel, Sublette County, Wyoming. In 1944, the family moved to Belle Fourche, SD, where she attended...
Jerry Grant
May 27, 2013
Jerry Allen Grant of Hulett, WY was born on September 6th, 1943 and passed away May 27th, 2013 in the Sundance, WY Hospital. Jerry is survived by his imediate family, father Herbert "Hube" Grant, one brother Gaylin (Becky), two sister's Doris (Noel) and Zella (Don). He was preceded in death by his mother Lois Marie (Lemrick) Grant and his sister...
Rosilea Meyer
May 26, 2013
Rosilea Davis Meyer, 83 of Spearfish, died on May 26, 2013 at the David M Dorsett Healthcare Center in Spearfish. Rosilea was born on June 15, 1929 to Albion Everard and Sylvia Ann Davis at the home of her Maternal Grandparents, John and Bertha Ferguson in Hoxie, KS. She lived in Hoxie until 1936 when she moved to Yuma, CO...
Bette Aaberg
May 25, 2013
Bette Christofferson Aaberg died Saturday, May 25, 2013, at the Dorsett Home in Spearfish, South Dakota. Bette was born May 30, 1929, at the Christofferson farm home near Redwater River between Spearfish and Belle Fourche to Abel and Sigrid Thompson Christofferson. She rode her horse to the one-room Chicken Creek School, which she attended until the Training School (later the...
Larry Robert Nicholas
May 25, 2013
Larry R. Nicholas, 69, Sundance, WY, died Saturday, May 25, 2013 at his home. Survivors include his wife; Wilma Nicholas, Sundance, sons; Larry A. Nicholas and Robert Nicholas; and step-children; Ron Walker, Sundance, Sherman Walker, Newcastle, Robert Williams, FL, Lisa Truax, NE and Danny Porter, Lead, SD. At Larry's request cremation has taken place and no services are planned.
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....
