Richard Parker
Mar 15, 2012
Richard Dean Parker, 61 of Sundance, Wyoming died Friday, March 16, 2012 at his home on the Nussbaum Ranch. Rich was born September 2, 1950 to Eldon and Bertha Parker in Broken Bow, Nebraska. He was raised in Cozad, NE and attended elementary and high school in Cozad. He joined the United States Army following his junior year of high...
Thelma Wiessner
Mar 15, 2012
Thelma K. Wiessner, 89 of Spearfish died Thursday, March 15, 2012 at Garden Hills Assisted Living in Spearfish. Visitation will be from 5-7 P.M. on Monday, March 19, 2012 at Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapel in Spearfish. Funeral services will be at 10:00 on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at the funeral home. Burial will take place at Black Hills National Cemetery. In...
Leann L. Johns
Mar 14, 2012
LeAnn L. Johns, 59 years of age of Lead, South Dakota, passed away after over a 3 year battle with cancer on Wednesday, March 14, 2012. LeAnn was born October 21, 1952, in Deadwood, South Dakota, to George Thomas (Tom) Thoresen and Ardyth L. Thoresen. She grew up in Blacktail, South Dakota, with her twin sister LuAnn Lane and her...
Jeffrey W. Messner
Mar 14, 2012
Jeffrey Ward Messner of Pine Haven, Wyoming, age 58, died in his home on March 14, 2012 from heart complications. Jeff was a native North Dakotan and a 27 year Wyoming resident. He and his wife, Diane, spent the last 9 years living in a log cabin that had been crafted by his own two hands. Jeff was an outdoorsman...
Hobart Cockreham
Mar 12, 2012
Hobart M. Cockreham, 82 of Whitewood, SD and long time resident of Lusk, WY died on March 12, 2012 at his home. Funeral Services will be at 11:00 A.M. on Friday, March 16, 2012 at Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapel in Spearfish with Pastor Randy Cockreham officiating. An additional service will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, March 17, 2012 at...
Alvin Richard Tatge
Mar 11, 2012
Alvin Richard Tatge, aerial coyote hunter for over 42 years in the tri-state area, passed away at his Alzada, MT home on Sunday, March 11, 2012. He died as he'd lived his life--on his own terms. At Alvin's request, no funeral was held and no obituary written. However, his children and their families are collecting first-hand accounts of interactions with...
Ronald F. Esquivel
Mar 10, 2012
Ronald Frank Esquivel, 54, a resident of Upton, WY passed away on Saturday, March 10, 2012 in South Dakota at Terry Peak Ski Area on his favorite ski run. Cause of death is yet to be determined, but there was no physical trauma and is believed to be caused from a health incident. Ron was born in Belle Fourche, S.D....
Janet Louise Petersen
Mar 9, 2012
Janet Louise Petersen, 65, of Spearfish passed away on March 9th, 2012 in her own home with many family members close by her side. She displayed amazing strength in her struggle with cancer the last 18 months. Even with the illness she was selfless and still cared about everyone before herself. Janet was born on Aug. 15, 1946 in Hartley,...
Helen V. Mathwig
Mar 9, 2012
Helen V. Mathwig, 99 of Spearfish, died Friday, March 9, 2012 at the David M. Dorsett Healthcare Center in Spearfish. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapel in Spearfish. A memorial has been established to benefit Hospice of the Northern Hills or donations may be made to a charity of...
Camilla B. Sunich
Mar 9, 2012
Camilla Sunich, 80 of Lead, was born on January 1, 1932, said good-bye late Friday, March 9th at her home in Lead. She struggled with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease for many years. Camilla is survived by her brother, Guy (Kay ) Virkula, Deer Mountain; daughter, Kellie (Ray) Winsel, Rapid City; son, Michael Sunich, Whitetail Gulch; granddaughters, Samantha Lipp, Spearfish; Jamie...
Myrtle A. Voorhees
Mar 6, 2012
Myrtle Alice "Myrt" Voorhees, 78, of Spearfish, SD, passed away quietly March 6, 2012 at Belle Fourche Regional Senior Care, surrounded by her family. Myrt was born January 18, 1934 at Deadwood, SD to Maurice and Theol (Hanson) Moses. The first six years of her life, her family lived in the homestead cabin near O'Neill Pass. In 1940, her family...
William E. Ryther
Mar 6, 2012
William "Bill" Ryther, 78, of St. Onge, SD, passed away March 6, 2012 at Fort Meade VA Hospice. He displayed amazing strength and dignity in his struggle with cancer. Bill was born September 25, 1933 to Felix and Avis (Kinghorn) Ryther, who homesteaded in the St. Onge Valley and raised seven children in a two-room cabin. Bill rode a horse...
Edna Loughlin
Mar 4, 2012
Edna M. Loughlin, 94 of Spearfish, SD, died on Sunday , March 4, 2012, in Yakima, WA. Edna was born June 6, 1917, on the family farm near Athboy, SD, to Christ and Lydia (Fisher) Eisenbeisz. She grew up at Athboy. She married Bill Stapert on December 24, 1937 and moved to Isabel, SD. To this union five children were...
Dorothy Pearson
Mar 4, 2012
Dorothy Lillian (Ritter) Pearson, age 90, of Spearfish, SD passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on March 4, 2012. Dorothy was born on March 30, 1921, near Dupree, SD, to the farm family of Edward and Margaret (Comstock) Ritter. She grew up on the family farm and attended a nearby country school. While working at the Stroppel Hotel in Midland,...
Clarence Bergman
Mar 4, 2012
Clarence Earl Bergman, 90, of Spearfish; SD, died March 4, 2012, at his home. Clarence was born November 19, 1921 to George and Julia (Meyers) Bergman in Verdi, Minnesota on the family farm. He was the youngest of eight children. He married Geraldine (Petersen) on June 22, 1941 in Tyler, Minnesota. To this union two daughters were born, Sharon Lee...
Lillian Mohr
Mar 4, 2012
Lillian May (Meitner) Mohr, 69, of Lead, SD, died March 4, 2012 at David M. Dorsett Healthcare Center in Spearfish. Lillian was born July 17, 1942 in Mountain Home, ID to Ervin John and Ruby (Harney) Meitner. Her family moved to Twin Falls, Kimberly and Crawford, NE and in 1948, settled in Lead, SD, where Lillian attended school. She moved...
Ivo O. Murdy
Mar 1, 2012
Ivo O. Murdy, 94, Lead, SD, passed away Thursday, March 1, 2012 at Lead-Deadwood Regional Hospital in Deadwood. He was born June 26, 1917 in Lebanon, SD to James and Bina (Vail) Murdy. He went to school in Lebanon until about 12 years of age. His family moved to Rapid City for a short time and then to Lead where...
Colleen Cadieux
Feb 29, 2012
Colleen Cadieux was born on January 27, 1927 in Detroit, Michigan to James and Naoma (Hanna) Winjum, and went to her heavenly home on February 29, 2012 in Spearfish, SD. She graduated from Washington High School in Sioux Falls, SD and attended Augustana College. In 1948, she married Clifford Henjum in Sioux Falls, and together, they had four children. She...
Margaret Wengert
Feb 28, 2012
Margaret Wengert, 92 of Spearfish, passed away at her home on Tuesday, February 28, 2012. Margaret Ruth was born on March 26, 1919 in Milbank, SD to Samuel and Esther (Buri) Van Voorhis. She spent her early years in Britton, Redfield, and Huron, SD. She was an honor graduate of Huron High School (1937) and Huron College (1941). She was...
Paul Holzer
Feb 26, 2012
Paul Holzer, 77 of Spearfish, passed away peacefully in his sleep at his home on Sunday, February 26, 2012. Memorial Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 A.M. on Monday, March 5, 2012 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Spearfish, with Fr. Tim Hoag as celebrant. Inurnment will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery. Paul was born on December 13, 1934, on...
