Obituary Listings in Spearfish, Lead, & Sundance
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Ross Oates
Sep 10, 2012
Ross Oates, 74, of Lead, died Monday, September 10, 2012 at Fort Meade VA Medical Center. Ross was born in Deadwood, on July 12, 1938 to Alice and Harvey Oates. He graduated from Lead High School in 1956. He distinguished himself in high school as the president of student council, as a member of the debate team, in several sporting...
Ann Brady
Sep 10, 2012
Ann Joyce Brady, 56, Spearfish, SD, passed away Monday, September 10, 2012, at her home on the Redwater Ranch. Ann, the youngest of three sisters, was born January 27, 1956, in Belle Fourche, SD, to Joyce (Apland) and Colonel James Vroman, Jr. She grew up on the Vroman Ranch in Harding County, graduated from Belle Fourche High School in 1974...
Michael "Mike" Patterson
Sep 4, 2012
Michael James Patterson, 61, of Harding, SD was on born July 23, 1951 to Lawrence "Pat" and Donna (Penn) Patterson and passed away from this world on Tuesday, September 4, 2012., from complications as a result of a spider bite. He is survived by his partner and friend Susan Schilling, Harding; son, Tyler Patterson Billings, MT; daughters, Audra Bauer, Baker,...
Frank L. Sipe Sr.
Sep 4, 2012
Frank L. Sipe Sr. 87 of Sundance, WY died Tuesday, September 4, 2012 at Pioneer Manor in Gillette, WY. Graveside memorial services will be held at 1:30 P.M., Friday, September 7, 2012 at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis, SD. Survivors include his children; Greg Sipe of Grand Junction, CO, Frank Sipe Jr. of Denver, CO and Vanda Steele of...
Earnest "Ernie" Lloyd Hardy
Aug 31, 2012
Earnest "Ernie" Hardy, 92, Spearfish, SD formerly of Deadwood, died Friday, August 31, 2012 at Fort Meade VA Medical Center. Ernie was born January 10, 1920 at Osage, WY to Glen and Mary (Selah) Hardy. Ernie spent his early years on a ranch near Osage, moving to Deadwood in the early 1930's. He graduated from Deadwood High School in 1938....
Richard Henry Henriksen
Aug 30, 2012
Richard Henry Henriksen passed away into the arms of his Savior, Jesus Christ, on August 30, 2012. He was surrounded by his six children and his beloved wife. Rick was born July 25 1929, in Chicago Illinois to Fred and Elvira (Carlson) Henriksen. He was a child of the depression and learned early on with the guidance of his beloved...
Ruby Thomas
Aug 30, 2012
Ruby Thomas, 96, of Spearfish, SD passed away on Thursday, August 30, 2012 at Crook County Long Term Care in Sundance, WY. Ruby Turgeon Thomas was born on June 3, 1916 in Elgin, ND to Guy and Bertha (Stoller) Bell. The family moved to Spearfish, in 1931 where her father was in business and was instrumental in bring the Passion...
Carolyn Guthrie
Aug 23, 2012
Carolyn "Dakota" Sue Guthrie, 73 of Sundance died Thursday, August 23, 2012 at Crook County Memorial Hospital in Sundance. Cremation has taken place and no services are planned. Carol was born June 21, 1939 to Richard and Theresa Smith in Morgantown, West Virginia. She moved to Sundance in 2004. She was the beloved companion of Claude Keyworth, the loving mother...
Alice Mills
Aug 23, 2012
Alice Louise (Garman) Mills, age 74, of the Carlile-area, passed away after a long battle with heart disease on August 23, 2012 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. She was born in Phoenix, Arizona on July 15, 1938 to Newell A. and Frances L. (Blakeman) Garman. The family moved back to the Carlile homestead when Alice was 6 months old. She...
Aldo Panerio
Aug 20, 2012
Aldo "Al" Panerio, 75, of Spearfish, died peaceably Monday, August 20, at Spearfish Regional Hospital. He was born July 10, 1937 to James and Mary Panerio in Lead, SD. He graduated from Lead High School in 1955, earned a bachelor's degree from the University of South Dakota in 1959, a master's degree from the University of Nebraska (Lincoln) in 1961,...
Gunther Wilczynski
Aug 18, 2012
Gunther Wilczynski, 64, of Lead, died peacefully at home with his loving wife by his side on Saturday, August 18, 2012 after a lengthy illness. Gunther was born February 14, 1948 in Salzgitter, Germany to Francis and Elizabeth Wilczynski. He attended Lead High School until 1966 at which time he eloped with the love of his life Sandra Olson. During...
Bruce Ryan
Aug 17, 2012
Loren Bruce Ryan, 67, Beulah, WY. Bruce was born July 19, 1945 in Quincy, IL to Ruth (Walton) and Loren Ryan. Bruce passed away on August 17, 2012 while hunting caribou in Alaska. Bruce grew up in Yuma, AZ and graduated from the University of Arizona in Tucson. In 1966 he married Sally Thomas. To this union two sons were...
Raymond L Dennis
Aug 14, 2012
Raymond Lewis Dennis, 84, of Hulett, died on August 14, 2012 at the Wyoming Medical Center in Casper. He was born November 23, 1927 to Lewis and Marjorie (Frisbee) Dennis at the ranch on the Little Missouri River. He attended several rural schools in the area growing up. His high school years were spent in Gillette and while there he...
Monty Newman
Aug 12, 2012
Monty Leroy Newman, 72, Sundance died peacefully August 12, 2012 at the Belle Fourche Health Care Center. Monty came into this world on May 7th, 1940 in Belle Fourche as the oldest of six children born to Roy S. Maxine B. (Radtke) Newman. He attended school in Belle Fourche, St.Onge and Spearfish S.D. where he later graduated in 1960. Monty...
Marrilyn Russell
Aug 9, 2012
Marrilyn Kay Russell, 75 of Spearfish, passed away on Thursday, August 9, 2012 at Spearfish Regional Hospital in Spearfish. Marrilyn was born on February 23, 1937 to Don and Violet Mueller in Lead, SD. She graduated from Lead High School in 1955. She attended National College of Business and furthered her education at Black Hills State University. She married Robert...
Raymond Karl Printz
Aug 6, 2012
Ray Printz, 71 of Spearfish, went to be with the Lord on August 6, 2012. Memorial service will be at 1:00 pm, Saturday, September 15, 2012 at Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapel in Spearfish. In lieu of flowers please make donations to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to stop polio and to the American Heart Association. Ray was born on July...
Bertha Goers
Aug 6, 2012
Dutchie (Bertha) Goers passed away at the age of 93 on August 6th, 2012, at David M. Dorsett Health Care Center in Spearfish, SD. Born to Frank and Minnie Vance in Medicine Hat, Alberta, on May 13, 1919, she grew up in Pierre, SD. A longtime resident of Lake Mills, WI, she married her husband, Mose (Robert) Goers, there on...
Iris Hughes
Aug 4, 2012
Iris Hughes, 85, died quietly at her home in Moorcroft, Wyoming on August 4, 2012 surrounded by loving family and friends. She was born on April 3, 1927 to Deane and Alice (Marsh) Bryan at the family ranch near Sundance, Wyoming. At an early age, Iris and her family moved from the ranch into Sundance where she attended school, graduating...
Edna Ann Spry
Aug 3, 2012
Edna Ann Spry, 87, Deadwood, SD died Friday, August 3, 2012 at Lead-Deadwood Regional Hospital in Deadwood. She was born January 7, 1925 to Henry and Catherine (Guck) Reller at Elkton, MN, joining a family of six brothers and two sisters. Edna married Donald Spry November 6, 1947 at White Earth, MN. Their only son, Steve was born November 13,...
Judy Jeffries
Aug 3, 2012
Judith "Judy" Kay Jeffries, 67 of Spearfish passed away on Friday, August 03, 2012 with her daughter and family by her side. Judy was born on May 29, 1945 to Gordon and Lois (Cooper) Harr in Redfield, SD. After graduating from high school in 1963, she married Daniel Bancroft on September 19, 1964 in Redfield. During their 19 years of...
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