Obituary Listings in Spearfish, Lead, & Sundance
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Ruth Kirk
Oct 26, 2020
Ruth Kirk, 85 of Rapid City, SD, formerly of Spearfish passed away on Monday, October 26, 2020 at Monument Hospital Rapid City. In accordance with her wishes, cremation has taken place and a private family inurnment will take place on Friday, October 30, 2020 at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis, SD.
Arrangements are under the care...
Leslie Fullerton
Oct 26, 2020
Leslie Homer Fullerton, age 80, died October 26, 2020, at Sundance Assisted Care, in Sundance, Wyoming.
Les was born to Homer and Lucille Watt Fullerton, April 20, 1940 in Newcastle, Wyoming. He was the oldest of five children born to Lucille and Homer. He spent his early years living on ranches in Weston...
Wende Shanks
Oct 24, 2020
Wende Caroline Shanks passed away at her home on October 24 th 2020 in Spearfish, South Dakota.
Wende was born in Deadwood, South Dakota on September 13, 1975. Her mother Chanice Shanks moved to Oceanside, California in 1976 for Wende to be closer to family. She attended El Comino High school (Oceanside, CA)...
Ashley Dawn Weslocky
Oct 24, 2020
Our beloved daughter, granddaughter, sister, fiancé, niece, cousin and friend, Ashley Dawn Weslocky left this world, at age 24, on October 24,2020 as a result of a car accident. Ashley was born in Rapid City , SD on December 6, 1995.
Ashley enjoyed crafts & bead work and devoted her spare time to her pets, especially her...
Carleton "Carl" Lafontaine
Oct 22, 2020
Carleton C. "Carl" Lafontaine, 54 of Anoka, MN, passed away on Friday, October 22, 2020 at Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids, MN. He was born December 30, 1965, in Duluth, Minnesota to George Lafontaine and Rose (Hermanson) Johnson.
Carl was a very loving man. He graduated from Central High School in Duluth, MN....
Joseph Mack
Oct 21, 2020
Joseph Robert Mack died peacefully October 21, 2020 surrounded by family, at the Spearfish Canyon Healthcare Center in Spearfish, SD, where he has resided since September 2018.
Joe was born to Sebastian and Helen (Dies) Mack in Lampman, Saskatchewan Canada on February 9, 1927. Early on Joe farmed with his father and two...
James "Jim" Clark
Oct 21, 2020
James (Jim) David Clark, 77, of Sundance, Wyoming, passed away peacefully at home on October 21, 2020 after a courageous battle with cancer.
Visitation will be from 4-6 PM on Monday, October 26, 2020 at Fidler-Roberts & Isburg Funeral Chapel in Sundance. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at 1:00...
Zelda "Faye" Overby
Oct 20, 2020
Zelda "Faye" Overby, 82, of Spearfish passed away peacefully Tuesday October 20, 2020, at Rolling Hills Healthcare in Belle Fourche, SD.
Faye was born March 31, 1938 in Lawton, ND to Merton and Vesta Dodge. Faye spent her entire life in education. Her earliest years were spent in and around Edmore, ND where...
Thelma Mae Davis
Oct 20, 2020
Thelma Mae Davis died Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at the age of 107.
Thelma was born January 11, 1913 to Luther and Kate (Kennedy) Hill at her grandmother's home in Gonzales, Texas. Soon after her birth she returned with her parents to their farm near Vale, SD. In her childhood the family moved...
Ethel Nold
Oct 20, 2020
Ethel Marie (Baumfalk) Nold, 84, beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother, and great-grandmother passed away on October 20, 2020. Ethel was born in Gillette, Wyoming on December 25, 1935 to Irma (Mulder) Baumfalk and Dick "Jiggs" Baumfalk. After a short time living in California, the family moved back to Gillette where Ethel finished elementary school at Wyodak Country...
Earl Milten "Mick" Gray
Oct 20, 2020
Earl Milten "Mick" Gray , 97, passed away peacefully at Sheridan's VA Mountain View Living Center in Sheridan, WY on October 20, 2020.
Milten resided at his home in Sundance for 26 years following the death of his wife. Milten was born the second child of ten children to Nellie M. Lull and...
Lorne Ruzicka
Oct 17, 2020
Lorne Frank Ruzicka, 89, passed away on Saturday, October 17, 2020 at his home in Belle Fourche, SD. Funeral services will be at a later date.
Pallbearers will be grandchildren - Janelle Fletcher, St. Louis Park, MN; Brian Fletcher, Rapid City; Rocky Ruzicka, Belle Fourche; Brent Fletcher, Lubbock, TX; Tony Ruzicka, Belle Fourche;...
Larry Riehemann
Oct 14, 2020
Larry Glen Riehemann, 64, of Moorcroft, Wyoming , passed away on October 14, 2020 at his home of natural causes.
He was born May 5, 1956, in Sundance, WY to William C. and Ledel (Baldwin) Riehemann. Larry shared a birthday with his brother Bob. He lived on the family ranch outside of Osage...
Anette Jenkins
Oct 13, 2020
Anette M. Jenkins of Spearfish, South Dakota, passed away on Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at the age of 103.
Memorial services will be at 10:00am on Saturday, June 12, 2021 at All Angel's Episcopal Church in Spearfish. Inurnment will follow at Mountain Lawn Cemetery in Lead.
Anette grew up in Lead,...
Murray Dennis
Oct 13, 2020
Murray Hugh Dennis, 65, of rural western Crook County passed away at Gillette, Wyoming on October 13, 2020 following a sudden illness.
Murray was born in Gillette, Wyoming on August 24, 1955 to Raymond and Daisy (Blakeman) Dennis. He grew up on the family ranch near New Haven and went to Homestake School...
Holly Millican
Oct 10, 2020
Holl y D. Millican, 69 of Sundance, WY passed away on Saturday October 10, 2020 in Carmichael, CA. A memorial service is pending in Sundance.
Arrangements are pending with Fidler-Roberts & Isburg Funeral Chapel of Sundance.
Thomas "Tj" Jackson
Oct 6, 2020
Thomas Kumar Jackson, known as TJ, 22, passed away on Tuesday, October 6, 2020 in Lawrence County, SD. TJ was loved by many for his sincere heart, multitude of talents and sense of adventure!
Please send cards/notes of appreciation to:
TJ Jackson
c/o Countryside Church
625 Woodland Dr.
...Louise "Lou" G. Allison
Oct 6, 2020
Gertrude Louise Allison born in Wheaton, Kansas, on January 28 th , 1935, passed away Tuesday, October 6, after a vicious battle with cancer. Fondly referred to as Louise, Lou, Lulu, Lucy, and Gert, Lou grew up in Winner, South Dakota, with two older sisters, one younger brother, and a boatload of friends. Throughout high school, she...
Loretto Preuss
Oct 5, 2020
Loretto Preuss (Carr) 62, passed away on October 5th, 2020 in Hulett, WY. The Lord gained a new angel to His choir.
Loretto was born on February 25, 1958 in Hettinger, ND to Keith and Marilyn Carr. She grew up in Prairie City, SD with her two brothers and sister. She attended High School in Hettinger, ND. ...
Robert Burns
Oct 5, 2020
Robert (Bob) Vane Burns Junior, 66 of Spearfish, SD died October 5th, 2020 at the Monument Health Spearfish Hospital from heart disease.
Bob was born in Newcastle, Wyoming on October 6th, 1953 to Robert V. and Beverly Burns. After graduating from Newcastle High School, he attended the University of Wyoming.
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