Obituary Listings in Spearfish, Lead, & Sundance
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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...
Thomas Delahoyde
Nov 29, 2010
Thomas Franklin "Tom" Delahoyde 72, of Spearfish passed away peacefully at his home on Monday, November 29, 2010. Visitation will be from 4-7 P.M. on Monday, December 6, 2010 at Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapel. Funeral Sevices will be at 10:00 A.M. on Tuesday, December 7, 2010 at Our Savior's Lutheran Church with visitation 1 hour prior to the service. A memorial...
Roger Stagner
Nov 29, 2010
Roger Allen Stagner, 72, of Central City passed on to a better place on Monday, November 29, 2010 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. He was born in McClusky, North Dakota to Edward (Bud) and Elsie (Zinke) Stagner on August 9, 1939. He attended high school in Glendive, Montana. In 1957 he joined the Navy and received his honorable discharge in...
Herman William Mcgruder
Nov 28, 2010
Herman William McGruder, 79 of Gillette died Sunday, November 28, 2010 at the Sheridan Veterans Medical Center, in Sheridan, WY. Visitation will be from 5-7 P.M. on Thursday, December 2, 2010 at Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapel in Spearfish. Funeral Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Friday, December 3, 2010 at the funeral chapel with burial to follow at Black Hills...
Tommy Andersen
Nov 25, 2010
Tommy M. Andersen, 83 of Spearfish passed away Thursday morning November 25, 2010 at Dorsett Regional Senior Care of natural causes. Funeral services will be held at 1:00P.M., Monday, November 29, 2010 at Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapel in Spearfish. Burial will follow at Pine Slope Cemetery in Belle Fourche. In lieu of flowers a memorial has been established to Alzheimer's Research...
Kathleen Howe
Nov 24, 2010
Kathleen Driskill Howe, 95, Spearfish passed quietly on Wednesday, Nov. 24 2010, at Dorsett Regional Senior Care surrounded by her loved ones. Kathleen Hermonie Driskill was born on Dec. 29, 1914 to Jesse and Louise (Blatt) Driskill in the historical Driskill home located one block from Spearfish Park. She grew up in Spearfish and graduated from Spearfish High School. She...
James Edlund
Nov 23, 2010
James "Elger" Edlund, 92 Lead, died Tuesday, November 23, 2010 at the Lead-Deadwood Regional Hospital in Deadwood. James was born September 22, 1918 in Sturgis SD to Andrew and Lydia (Scott) Edlund and moved to Lead, SD in 1930. He served in the US Navy during World War II on the USS Prometheus in the South Pacific. He married Marjorie...
Elizabeth J. Whalen
Nov 22, 2010
Elizabeth Jordan Whalen, of Aladdin, Wyoming passed away at the age of 87 on November 22, 2010 at Crook County Long Term Care in Sundance, Wyoming. Memorial services will be held at 2:30 P.M., Saturday, November 27, 2010 at Sundance United Methodist Church. Memorials may be directed to benefit Crook County Long Term Care in Sundance. Elizabeth was born December...
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