Obituary Listings in Spearfish, Lead, & Sundance
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Bertha F. Whalen
Nov 16, 2012
Bertha F. Whalen, 82 of Spearfish passed away Friday, November 16, 2012 at David M. Dorsett Health Care Center in Spearfish. Vigil services will be at 6:00 P.M., Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapel in Spearfish. Requiem Mass will take place at 11:00 A.M., Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at Immaculate Conception Chapel in Rapid City, SD with Rev....
June Anderson
Nov 15, 2012
June Patricia Anderson passed away at the David M. Dorsett Health Care Center after a lengthy battle with alzheimer's on Thursday November 15, 2012, surrounded by her family. June was 78 years old. June was born on June 2, 1934, in Gascoyne, North Dakota, the youngest of nine children of Ture and Emelia Anderson. She attended school in Scranton, North...
Richard Kenneth Prior
Nov 14, 2012
Richard Kenneth Prior, 59, Sundance, WY, died Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at his home. Richard was born January 17, 1953 at Milaca, MN to Kenneth and Edna (DeChaunt) Prior. He was raised in the Isle, MN area, where he graduated from high school. His hobbies included his love for horses, breaking them, shoeing them and riding them. He also enjoyed...
Raymond Hertel
Nov 12, 2012
Raymond F. Hertel, 83, of Deadwood, SD, died November 12, 2012 at the Lead-Deadwood Regional Hospital, Deadwood. Ray was born December 4, 1929 to Fred and Anna (Zimmerman) Hertel at McLaughlin, SD. He was raised on the family farm, attending school in McLaughlin. Ray worked the farm and other area farms until he was drafted in the Army during the...
James Whittington
Nov 12, 2012
James R. "Dick" Whittington, 88,of Spearfish and formerly of Sun Prairie, WI passed away on Monday, November 12, 2012 at his home. Dick was born on October 18, 1924 to Fred E. and Grace L. (Hightower) Whittington in Crawfordsville, IN. He was a WWII Veteran in the US Navy and served in the Asiatic Pacific and the Aleutian Islands in...
Robert "Bob" Weber
Nov 9, 2012
Robert Ansel (Wagner) Weber, 87, Whitewood, SD, died Friday, November 9, 2012 at David M. Dorsett Healthcare Center, Spearfish, SD. Visitation will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, November 13, 2012, at Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapel, Spearfish. A vigil memory service will be on Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the church. Mass of Christian burial will be Wednesday, November 14,...
Juanita Goodsell
Nov 8, 2012
Juanita (Snell) Goodsell, 82, of Spearfish, passed away November 8, 2012 at the David M. Dorsett Home in Spearfish, SD. Memorial services will be at 11:00 A.M., Tuesday, November 13, 2012, at the Nemo Community Church, Nemo, SD. Burial will follow at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis, SD. A memorial has been established to Hospice of the Northern Hills....
Arnold "Arnie" Nagel
Nov 6, 2012
Arnold Nagel, 69, Sundance, WY, died Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at Ft. Meade VA Medical Center. Arnie was born September 17, 1943, in Little Falls, MN the son of Arnold and LeWine (Zimmerman) Nagel, Sr. He was raised and educated in Little Falls and graduating in 1961. He served in the U.S. Navy for six years during the Cuban Missile...
James Brown
Nov 4, 2012
James "Jim" H. Brown, 63 of Carlile, WY passed away Sunday, November 4, 2012. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at the Old High School Gym in Sundance. For those who cannot attend there will be a memorial in the Spring of 2013 with inurnment at Black Hills National Cemetery, near Sturgis, South Dakota....
Jw Kennedy
Nov 4, 2012
Jesse Wilford "JW" Kennedy, 91, Sundance, WY, died Sunday, November 4, 2012 at the Crook County Memorial Nursing Home. He was born on December 2, 1920 in Kansas to Alice and Clarence Kennedy. During his childhood he attended school in Recluse, WY and as a young man he worked for an oil company in Newcastle, WY. At a local dance,...
Bob Swift
Nov 3, 2012
Bob Swift, 71, of Lead, South Dakota, died unexpectedly of a stroke, Saturday, November 3, 2012 at Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas, NV. He was born September 22, 1941 in Zeeland, MI., the son of Frank and Martha Jacoby Swift. Bob graduated Class of '59 from Greenville High School and then served three years in the United States Navy. Bob...
Jean Horner
Oct 31, 2012
Jean Marie Sullivan Horner, 78, of Sundance, WY, died Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at Crook County Nursing Home. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 9:30 am on Monday, November 19, 2012, at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Solomon, KS with Father John Wolesky as Celebrant. The burial service will follow at the Immaculate Conception Cemetery. Jean was...
Edith Segarini
Oct 30, 2012
Edith L. Segarini, 93, of Spearfish, passed away on Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at the David M. Dorsett Healthcare Center in Spearfish. Edith was born on October 2, 1919 to Thomas and Emelia (Nygard) Penttila in Buffalo, SD. Her parents moved to Roubaix, SD where she attended grade school and she graduated from Lead High School in 1938. She was...
Quinn Alanna Kokesch
Oct 26, 2012
Quinn Alanna Kokesch, 23 of St. Onge, died Friday, October 26, 2012 as the result of an automobile accident in St. Onge. Quinn was born on February 12, 1989 to Ricky and Teresa (Suronen) Kokesch in Robbinsdale, MN. She graduated from Cooper High School in New Hope, MN in 2007. She worked at a chiropractic clinic in Minnesota before moving...
Alvina Christina Evans
Oct 26, 2012
Alvina Christina Evans, 84, Spearfish, SD, died Friday, October 26, 2012 at Spearfish Regional Hospital. She was born March 17, 1928 at White River, SD, to John and Magdalena (Hoffman) Littau. She was raised in that area, graduating from the Dallas High School in 1946. She went on to college and obtained a teaching certificate. September 16, 1950, Alvina married...
James Blakeman
Oct 24, 2012
James Blakeman, 85, of Sturgis, passed away on October 24, 2012 at Sturgis Regional Senior Care. Visitation will be at 7:00 P.M., Thursday, October 25, 2012 at Old Apostolic Lutheran Church in Spearfish. Funeral services will be at 9:00 A.M. Friday, October 26, at the church with burial at Black Hills National Cemetery. James was born on October 31, 1926...
Carla Roberts
Oct 24, 2012
Carla Roberts, 58 of Moorcroft, lost her battle on October 24, 2012. For our loving mother and wife may you rest in peace. We know you will be looking down on us. She is survived by children, Elizabeth Roberts, Elisha Cote, Jacob Cote, Eddie Roberts, and husband Dan Cote. We will always have you in our prayers, and our hearts...
Kermit Stell
Oct 23, 2012
Kermit Gerald Stell, 83, formerly of Deadwood passed away Tuesday, October 23, 2012. With him when he died at his home in Spearfish, was the caring staff of Northern Hills Hospice, family and Baxter! Kermit was born March 3, 1929, in Hot Springs to Kermit and Alice Mae (Murphy) Stell. Shortly after his birth, his parents separated and he was...
Dorothy M. Trussell
Oct 15, 2012
Dorothy M. Trussell, 83, of Spearfish, passed away peacefully on October 15, 2012, at Box Butte Hospital, Alliance, NE. Funeral Services will be at 10:30 AM, Saturday, October 20, at Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapel, Spearfish. Burial will follow at Oakridge Cemetery, Deadwood, SD. Dorothy was born to Robert D. Claunch and Bernice (Brown) Claunch on January 28, 1929, at home in...
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