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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Alvin Hagen
Apr 14, 2013
Alvin Hagen, 71 of Spearfish, passed away on Sunday, April 14, 2013 at the David M. Dorsett Health Care Center in Spearfish. Alvin "Al" Oscar Hagen was born October 14, 1941 in Kidder County, ND, the son of Oscar and Louise (Dewald) Hagen. He was raised and attended school in Medina, ND. He struggled in his early year due to...
Alice Jean Masker
Apr 10, 2013
Alice J. Masker, 75, Rapid City, SD formerly of Spearfish died Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at her home. Alice was born on January 2, 1938 in Sturgis, SD to Francis and Alice (Wilcox) Brown. An only child, she grew up on a farm outside of Wasta, SD. She loved to play the Banjo and was a member of the Gumbo...
Dolores Hinz
Apr 6, 2013
Dolores Evelyn Hinz, 83, of Sundance, passed from this life on April 6, 2013 at the David M. Dorsett Healthcare Center in Spearfish, SD. Born December 19, 1929 in Bentley, ND to Andrew and Evelyn (Heth) Krause, she was the oldest of three children. The Krause family moved to Sheridan, WY when Dolores was very young. They homesteaded in the...
