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...
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...
