Obituary Listings in Spearfish, Lead, & Sundance
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Doris Benoit
Jul 18, 2022
Little Dorrie was born, the second eldest child of 8, to Raymond and Mary (Emery) Gaugler on December 14th, 1943, in Elgin, ND. She died at home on July 18th, 2022; at the age of 78 in Aladdin, WY.
Doris married Joseph Rubus Sr. on  March 5, 1965, in Portland, OR. They moved...
Margaret "Peggy Sue" Ables
Jul 14, 2022
Margaret Susan "Peggy Sue" (Edelblute) Ables was born July 17, 1942 in Topeka, KS. She rode off into her final sunset after a valiant battle with Alzheimer's on Thursday, July 14, 2022 at Monument Health Home Plus Hospice House, three days shy of her 80 th birthday.
She was the first of three...
Verna Young
Jul 12, 2022
Verna Mae Young, 98 passed away peacefully on July 12, 2022 at her daughter's home in Sun City, AZ, where she had resided for the past three years. Verna was born May 24, 1924, 15 miles south of Presho, SD (at the time the area was called Sweeny, SD) to William and Matilda (Schultz) Petersen. Verna attended...
Rose E. Tetrault
Jul 8, 2022
Rose Emma (McGuigan) Tetrault was born November 8, 1926 to Charles and Mamie (Kerwin) McGuigan at Spearfish, SD. Rose Emma died peacefully on July 8, 2022 at Belle Estate in Belle Fourche, SD.
Rose E. was raised on the farm NW of Spearfish with her brothers Raymond, Thomas, and Leo, and her dear...
Martin Merlyn Christofferson
Jul 8, 2022
Martin Merlyn Christofferson, 83 of Spearfish, passed away on July 8, 2022.
Merlyn grew up on the Christofferson family farm near Spearfish, SD. He attended grade school at the Black Hills Teachers College Laboratory School, Spearfish High School and Black Hills Teacher's College. He served four years on a destroyer tender in the...
Clyde F. Stratman
Jul 8, 2022
Clyde F. Stratman, 75, was born on October 10, 1946 in Deadwood, South Dakota to Florence and Jerry Stratman. He passed away at home in July 2022. He is survived by one brother and three sisters and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a sister and...
Mary Louise Griffin
Jul 7, 2022
Mary Louise Griffin passed away July 7, 2022 in Yankton South Dakota at the age of 97.
Louise was born September 15, 1924 in Sundance, Wyoming to Frank and Bessie (Arnold) Mitts, the 1st of 10 children.  Louise grew up and attended school in Sundance. She married Joseph Beal in 1944 and they...
Dorothy Weeks
Jul 5, 2022
Dorothy Weeks, 93 of Spearfish, passed away on July 5, 2022 at her home.
Dorothy Emilia Klatt was born on November 11, 1928 to Adolph Klatt and Louise Becker in Buffalo, MN. She went to the Buffalo Public School and graduated from Buffalo High School in 1942. Dorothy married John Weeks on April...
Marie Rose Whiton
Jul 3, 2022
Marie Rose Whiton, 92, of Spearfish, SD, passed away on Sunday, July 3, 2022, at Monument Health in Spearfish, SD.
Marie was born on October 22nd, 1929Â to Ambrose and Rose Jaques at Jefferson, SD. She grew up and went to school in Jefferson SD. Worked several jobs in Sioux City consisting of...
Norman Himle
Jul 3, 2022
Norm "Punk" Himle, 69, of Spearfish, SD, passed away after a hard-fought battle with cancer, Sunday, July 3, 2022.
Punk was born January 25, 1953, to Corky and Avon Himle in Sisseton SD - he was the oldest of three children. After graduating from Sisseton High School in 1971, Punk jointed the Army...
Joseph Thaler
Jul 1, 2022
Joseph (Joe) Thaler, 84, of Sundance, Wyoming, passed away Friday, July 1, 2022, at his home after a lengthy illness.
He was born in Yugoslavia, the son of the late John and Maria H. Thaler. At the age of 11, Joe and his family came to America by boat, making New Jersey their...
Daniel Green
Jul 1, 2022
Daniel E. Green, 71 of Spearfish entered the gateways of Heaven on July 1, 2022, to be with his Lord & Savior Jesus.
Dan was born on November 29, 1950, in Deadwood, SD to Edward and Genevieve (Ondrasek) Green. He was the youngest of three boys. He attended St Patrick Grade School and...
James "Jim" Meade
Jun 28, 2022
yle="text-align: justify;">James Howard Meade, "Jim", age 71 years old, passed away peacefully on the evening of Tuesday, June 28, 2022 with his family by his side. Jim was born to Howard and Marie Meade March 24, 1951 in Mitchell, South Dakota. He grew up in Plankington, where he graduated from high school in...
Darlene Loveless
Jun 27, 2022
Darlene Loveless passed away on June 27, 2022 in Spearfish.
Memorial services will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, July 2, 2022 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Belle Fourche, SD.
Dorothy Ann Berry
Jun 26, 2022
Dorothy Ann Berry, 99, of Spearfish, SD passed away on Sunday, June 26, 2022, at West Hills Healthcare in Rapid City, SD.
A memorial service will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, July 9, 2022, at Trinity United Methodist Church in Lead, SD. A private family inurnment will take place in Oakridge...
Deloris Stratton
Jun 23, 2022
Deloris Jane (DeBock) Stratton, 88, of Deadwood, SD, breathed her last on June 23, 2022 in the Deadwood Hospital surrounded by family. Deloris was born on December 15, 1933 to Roy and Violet (Leeling) DeBock in Crawford, Nebraska.
Deloris grew up there until age 17 when she met a handsome, telephone man named...
Norbert Bankenbush
Jun 8, 2022
Norbert James Bankenbush-Norbert, AKA Norbie, Norman, Snorkie, Snort'n Nort'n, brother, Uncle, Daddy, father of us all, Grandpa, Papa, old man, boss, 78, left a huge hole in this world June 8, 2022, surrounded by family listening to gospel music.
He was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor in March of 2022. He accepted...
Timothy Gross
Jun 7, 2022
The family of Timothy Gross of Spearfish, SD is saddened to announce his passing on Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at the age of 63 years.
Tim was born on November 24, 1958, in Bowdle, SD to Mahlon and Arelene Gross. He graduated from Bowdle High School where he was active in football, basketball,...
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