Obituary Listings in Spearfish, Lead, & Sundance
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Wilma Mary Liebig
Jan 29, 2011
Wilma Mary (Wutzke) Liebig, 87 of Spearfish passed away Saturday, January 29th 2011 at Belle Fourche Health Care Center in Belle Fourche, SD. Wilma was born April 20th 1923 on a farm near Denhoff, ND to Alfred and Johanna Wutzke. Wilma attended school in Denhoff and later attended Valley City State College. She taught for one year in a country...
Ambrose "Sam" Lappe
Jan 28, 2011
Ambrose "Sam" Lappe, 90 of Sundance, Wyoming died Friday, January 28, 2011 at Crook County Memorial Nursing Home. Funeral services will be at 1:00 P.M., Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at Fidler-Roberts & Isburg Funeral Chapel in Sundance. Burial will follow at Green Mountain Cemetery. Visitation will be from 11:00 A.M. until the time of the service on Tuesday at...
Ernest R. Kenyon
Jan 23, 2011
Ernest Ronald "Ron" Kenyon, Sundance, WY passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 23, 2011 in Sundance at the age of 82. Ron was born December 19, 1928 to Marguerite (Almont) and Ray Bradford Kenyon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Ron attended Washington High School, where he met his wife of 61 years, Jean JoAnn (Newlin) Kenyon. The couple married on...
Leona Dillon
Jan 23, 2011
Leona (Strunk) Dillon, 89 of Sundance, Wyoming passed away January 23, 2011 at Crook County Memorial Hospital in Sundance. Funeral services will be at 2:00P.M., Friday, January 28, 2011 at the Sundance United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Mt. Moriah Cemetery in Sundance. In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to benefit the Crook County Long Term Care...
Dennis Jarrell
Jan 23, 2011
Dennis Jarrell, 54 of Spearfish, passed away January 23, 2011 at his home. Dennis was born September 3, 1956 to Elmer and Gladys Jarrell in Oak Hill, West Virginia. He moved to the Northern Hills Training Center in Spearfish in 1991. Funeral Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Monday, January 31, 2011 at Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapel in Spearfish. Visitation...
Clarence E. Miles
Jan 23, 2011
Clarence E. Miles, 87 of Spearfish, SD died January 23 2011, at the Fort Meade Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Clarence was born November 20,1923 to George and Mary Miles of Lead S.D. He graduated from Lead high school in 1942 and soon after enlisted in the Navy where he served in the Pacific Theater during WWII. After service with the...
Larry Vroman
Jan 18, 2011
Larry Bill Vroman, 61, of Harding County, passed away on January 18, 2011 after a battle with cancer. Larry was born in Belle Fourche, SD, on May 12, 1949. He graduated from Buffalo High School in 1967 and went on to further his education at South Dakota State University where he graduated with an Animal Science Degree in 1971. He...
John Tucker
Jan 16, 2011
John Tucker, 81 died Sunday, January 16, 2011 at his home in Spearfish. John was born March 25, 1929 at Selby, SD to Leonard and Cora (Foer) Tucker. He attended school in Mobridge before moving to the Northern Black Hills in 1954. Upon moving to the Black Hills he began working for Homestake Mining Company, retiring in 1983 as a...
Beth Delong
Jan 15, 2011
A lifelong resident of the Lead-Deadwood area, Beth DeLong passed away Saturday, January 15, 2011 surrounded by her loved ones. Beth was born September 29, 1961 in Deadwood to Kenneth and Mary (Heath) Bailey. Her outgoing and friendly demeanor will be missed by her friends and family. Her motto in life was "I am not afraid, for I have seen...
James Gabriel
Jan 14, 2011
James Gabriel, 78 of Spearfish, SD passed away on Friday, January 14, 2011 at the Fort Meade Veterans Administration Medical Center. Memorial Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, with Father Timothy Castor as Celebrant, inurnment will take place at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis. James was born February...
Mildred Sleep
Jan 12, 2011
Mildred Thode Sleep, from Spearfish/Lead SD passed away at her residence in the Prince of Peace Care Center, Sioux Falls SD, on January 12, 2011. Memorial Services will be Monday, January 17 at 10 A.M., at Trinity United Methodist Church in Lead, with inurnment at Rose Hill Cemetery in Spearfish, SD. A prayer service with Eastern Star Rites will be...
Mary Kay Viles
Jan 11, 2011
Mary Kay Viles, 48, Spearfish, passed away on Tuesday, Jan.11, 2011 under care at her home. Mary Kay was born March 25, 1962 in Valentine, Neb., the daughter of Elaine Viles and Jerry Johnson. She moved to Spearfish in 1976 from Missouri and attended Spearfish High School. She later studied tourism at Black Hills State College. On Nov. 10, 2008...
Gwendolyn Matti
Jan 10, 2011
The pearly gates of Heaven opened and allowed the angels to come for Gwendolyn (Davey) Matti 96, on Monday, January 10, 2011 at Golden Ridge in Lead, SD. Gwen was born on October 26th 1914 to Fredrick and Mary Kate (Martin) Davey and lived her whole life in Lead. She worked at Black Hills Laundry. Gwen married Oscar Matti on...
Minnie E Stanley
Jan 8, 2011
Minnie Stanley, 80, Deadwood Minnie Stanley, daughter of Otto and Mary Paananen, passed away at Lead-Deadwood Regional Hospital in Deadwood Saturday, January 8, 2011 following a lengthy illness. Minnie was preceded in death by her parents, husband Dick Stanley, brothers Vino, Ernest, Robert and Reno. She is survived by her sister Jennie Hays. Dick's children Lee, Clint and Sally Stanley,...
David Briscoe
Jan 8, 2011
Briscoe, David L., 79, passed away Saturday, January 8, 2011 in Norman, Oklahoma. He was born September 16, 1931 in Coal Spring, South Dakota to Joe and Maude (Harris) Briscoe. David grew up on a farm in South Dakota and worked as a farm hand. He began his career as a miner in Lead, SD, Hulett, Wyoming, and Grants, NM...
Arlene Mcguigan
Jan 6, 2011
Arlene McGuigan, 92 of San Jose, CA passed away on January 6, 2011. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Friday, January 14, 2011 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Spearfish, SD with Father Kerry Prendiville as celebrant. Interment will follow at Rosehill Cemetery in Spearfish. In lieu of flowers, please donate to your favorite charity....
Ivy M Warren
Jan 5, 2011
Ivy M. Warren, 101, Lead, SD passed away Wednesday morning, January 5, 2011, at the Belle Fourche Senior Care Center. She was born in Dorking England January 26. 1909. The family came to Lead in 1911 where her father worked for the Homestake Gold Mine as a Blacksmith. Ivy attended school in Lead and graduated from Lead High School in...
Alexis Kurzenberger
Jan 4, 2011
Alexis Kurzenberger, infant, Rapid City, SD Alexis McKenzie Kurzenberger infant daughter of Cheena Bennett and Michael Kurzenberger of Rapid City, SD, passed away Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at Sanford Children's Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD. Graveside Services for Alexis will be at 2:00 PM Monday January, 10, 2011 at Rosehill Cemetery in Spearfish, SD. Arrangements are under the care of...
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