Obituary Listings in Spearfish, Lead, & Sundance
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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...
Janet Deegan
Jan 2, 2011
Janet Anne Deegan, 84, passed into eternal rest at Belle Fourche Regional Senior Care on Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011, ending a 16-month battle with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS/Lou Gehrig 's Disease). Born on July 11, 1926, in Corry, Pa, Janet later moved with her parents, Ernest and Goldie Paulie to Cameron, W.Va. She was preceded in death by her parents...
Wallace R. Canfield
Dec 31, 2010
Wallace R. Canfield, 81 of Sundance, WY passed away December 31, 2010 at home of natural causes. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday January 5, 2011 at the Sundance United Methodist Church. Visitation will be Tuesday, January 4, 2011 from 5-7 P.M. at Fidler-Roberts & Isburg Funeral Chapel in Sundance. Wallace was brought into this world as a...
Dennis H. Richardson
Dec 27, 2010
Dennis Richardson our beloved husband, father, brother, uncle & friend passed away at home in Lead, SD on Monday, December 27th. He was 72 years old. He was born on November 23, 1938 in Smithfield, UT to Bartley H. Richardson and Fern Hadfield Richardson Jensen, both deceased. He was a graduate of North Cache High School in Richmond, UT and...
Wilbur Olson
Dec 27, 2010
Wilbur Olson, 90 of Sundance, WY passed away on Monday, December 27, 2010 at his home. Funeral services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Thursday, December 30, 2010 at Fidler-Roberts & Isburg Funeral Chapel in Sundance. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service. Burial will be at a later date at the Flaxton Community Cemetery in Flaxton,...
Paul Austin Tieszen
Dec 26, 2010
Paul Austin Tieszen, 85 of Spearfish, passed away on December 26, 2010 at his home. Funeral services will be at 11:00 A.M. on Friday, December 31, 2010 at Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapel in Spearfish with Pastor Jean Higgins presiding. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery in Spearfish. Paul was born April...
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...
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