Obituary Listings in Spearfish, Lead, & Sundance
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Hildred Christiansen
Dec 25, 2010
Hildred Nola (Salem) Christiansen, 87 of Spearfish SD, died December 25, 2010 at Spearfish Regional Hospital. A memorial service will be held December 29, 2010, 1:00 pm, at Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapels in Spearfish with the Rev. Harold Salem officiating.. In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established with "A New Song" The Christian Worship Hour P.O. Box 2002 Aberdeen,...
Dorothy A. Balander
Dec 25, 2010
Dorothy A. (Johnson) Balander, 77, Lead, SD died Saturday December 25, 2010 at Lead-Deadwood Regional Hospital. Dorothy was born February 10, 1933 at Lead, Sd to Don and Fern (Gaughn) Johnson. She was raised in the Lead area, graduating from Lead High School. Her father Don passed away when Dorothy was young and her mother later married Don Van Leeuwen,...
Kathy Jean Rice
Dec 25, 2010
Kathy Jean Rice, Lead, South Dakota Kathy was born November 1, 1954 in Oakes, ND to Ephriam "Shorty" and Phyllis Zimbelman. She was raised on a farm outside of Fullerton, ND with her sisters Shirley (Brademeyer) and Rita (Kennedy). Kathy attended school at Fullerton, graduating Salutatorian of her class in 1972. She went on to receive her Bachelor of Science...
Lillian Mccuen
Dec 23, 2010
Lillie Wanita McCuen, 86, of Moorcroft, Wyoming, died December 23, 2010, at Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs, CO, surrounded by family. She was born September 12, 1924, in Lutesville, Missouri. She graduated from Western Wyoming College with an Associate Degree in Liberal Arts. She was a successful business woman and well respected artist. Her artwork hangs in several governors' mansions...
Carolyn Funderburk
Dec 23, 2010
Carolyn S. Funderburk, 70 of Spearfish died Thursday, December 23, 2010 at her home in Spearfish. At her family's request no services are planned. Carolyn was born on July 6, 1940 to Daniel E. Harrington and Velma (Everhart) Harrington in Spearfish. She lived in California and Oregon before returning to Spearfish. Survivors include two brothers, Daniel Harrington of Ridgefield, WA...
John Thomas Williams
Dec 21, 2010
John Thomas Williams, 95 of Spearfish passed away on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at Fort Meade VA Medical Center in Sturgis, SD. John Thomas Williams was born in Hyde County near Highmore, SD, on November 22, 1915, to Thomas and Clara (Jones) Williams. Heattended country grade school in Hyde County and Highmore High School where he played on the football...
Rida Brunson-Petersen
Dec 18, 2010
We regret to announce the passing our beloved Querida Rae Brunson/Petersen on December 18th 2010 at Northwest Hospital in Seattle Washington. Rida fought a long battle with lung cancer and beat the odds by getting the cancer in remission. But the damage had been done and took it's toll after many surgeries. Rida was born Querida Rae Copas on November...
Lonna Rae Hollon
Dec 16, 2010
Lonna Rae Ommen Hollon, 64 of Spearfish, SD died peacefully on December 16, 2010 at her home. Visitation will be from 4-6 P.M., Monday, December 20, 2010 at Lead-Deadwood Memorial Chapel. Funeral Services will be at 1:00 P.M., Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at Trinity United Methodist Church in Lead, burial will follow at Mt. Lawn Cemetery. In lieu of flowers...
Richard Stordahl
Dec 16, 2010
Richard Eugene "Dick" Stordahl, 95 of Upton, WY and formerly of Bowman, ND passed away December 16, 2010 in Newcastle, WY. Burial will take place in Bowman, ND and memorial services will be held in the spring of 2011. Dick was born on July 20, 1915 at the family home south of Bowman, ND to John and Ella Stordahl. Dick...
Norma O'Haver
Dec 15, 2010
Norma "Gail" (Hemler) O'Haver, 89, of Sundance passed away December 15, 2010 at the Crook County Long-Term Care in Sundance, Wyoming. Gail was born to Sadie Inez (Davis) Hemler and Chester Louis Hemler September 23, 1921 in the house her Granddad A.A. Hemler built in 1902 in Government Valley east of Sundance. A neighbor woman assisted in the birth due...
Jason Harvey Apa
Dec 15, 2010
Jason Harvey Apa, 42 of Lead passed away on Wednesday, December 15, 2010 at his home. Jason was born on February 6, 1968 to Jerry and MartyAnn (Ferrero) in Brookings, SD. He grew-up and atttended school in Lead, graduating from Lead High School in 1986 and from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in 1994 with a Mechanical Engineering...
Alice Turbiville
Dec 14, 2010
Alice Hobler Turbiville, age 89, died peacefully on December 14 at the Hospice of the Hills in Rapid City after a short illness. Visitation will be from 4-6 P.M. on Sunday, December 19, 2010 at Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapel. Funeral Sevices will be at 11:00 A.M. on Monday, December 20, 2010 at Our Savior's Lutheran Church. In lieu of flowers, a...
Janetta N Hill
Dec 13, 2010
Janetta Newton Hill, 82, of Spearfish, South Dakota passed away Monday, December 13, 2010 at Spearfish Regional Hospital. She was a former resident of Owaneco, Illinois, and Puryear, Tennessee. She was born on July 3, 1928, in Burlington, Kansas, the daughter of Leslie M. and Frances Newton. Before her second birthday, she moved with her parents to Puryear, Tennessee. Janetta...
John Ervin
Dec 12, 2010
John Henry Ervin, 91 of Spearfish passed away on Sunday, December 12, 2010 at his home. John Ervin was born in Parker, SD on November 13, 1919, to parents Earl and Estella (McKillip) Ervin. He had one older sister, Ardeth. John was always a good student, and had a good voice, singing solos at church and other events, including his...
Linda Gropper Miller
Dec 9, 2010
Linda Kay Gropper Miller, 63 of Spearfish, SD, formerly of Kadoka, SD, entered into the arms of the Lord on December 9, 2010. The youngest addition, Linda Kay Gropper Miller, joined her siblings, Elsie Roanna (Borbely) Johnson and Richard "Dick" Parley Borbely on August 11, 1947, in Kadoka, to Mike and Mary Elsie (Porch) Borberly. In September 1967, Linda married...
Gordon Willard Newlon
Dec 8, 2010
Gordon Willard Newlon, 86 of Lead passed away December 8, 2010 at Lead-Deadwood Regional Hospital. Gordon was born to Emmett and Susie (Wisler) Newlon August 17, 1924 at Farmer, SD. He is survived by his wife Donna of Lead; son Lonny of Lead, two sisters Rose Newlon, Arvada, CO and Sister Carol Ann, Milwaukee, WI. He was preceded in death...
Deloris Hertel
Dec 4, 2010
E. "Deloris" Hertel, 77 of Deadwood passed away Saturday, December 4, 2010 at her home. Deloris was born to William and Zelma (Kartchner) DeVilleneuve in Edgemont, SD November 17, 1933. She lived there until the age of 4, when her family moved to Wyoming, where she attended school graduating from Newcastle High School. Upon graduation she worked at several jobs...
Darlene Blake
Dec 3, 2010
Darlene Blake of Spearfish passed away Friday, December 3, 2010, at the Hospice House in Rapid City, following a long bout with cancer. Darlene was born November 23, 1924, to Steve and Martha Jackson at Canton.She grew up on the family farm and attended Wiggins Country School and Augustana Lutheran High School in Canton. She moved to Spearfish to be...
Lotus D. Lillehaug
Dec 3, 2010
Lotus Darlene Lillehaug, Spearfish Canyon, passed away in Hospice Care, December 3, 2010, ending a long battle with Parkinson's disease. She was born in Lemmon, SD to Ira and Florence Ellingson on January 22, 1931, growing up on a farm near Shadehill. She graduated from Lemmon High School in 1948. On June 7, 1948 she married Arlendo "Casey" Lillehaug in...
Margaret Hotvedt
Nov 30, 2010
Margaret Hotvedt, 93 of Spearfish, passed away on Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at Dorsett Regional Senior Care. Visitation will be from 10:00-11:00 on Monday, December 6, 2010 at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Spearfish. Funeral services will be at 11:00 A.M. with Pastor Karen Matuska officiating. Inurnment will take place at Black Hills National Cemetery at a later date. A...
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