Obituary Listings in Spearfish, Lead, & Sundance

Oct 4, 2020

Joan Susan Rath, 86, of Spearfish, SD, passed away on October 4th, 2020 in Aberdeen, SD at home surrounded by her family.

Joan (Gugel) Rath was born on July 11th, 1934 in McLaughlin, SD to Reinhold and Leola (Wecker) Gugel. Her early life was shaped by living on a farm in McLaughlin, with...

Oct 3, 2020

Kendall E. Hansen, 86 of Spearfish passed away peacefully at home on October 3, 2020. Ken was born on February 21, 1934 at Motley, MN where he lived on a farm for 12 years. He was the only son of Axel E. Hansen and Myrtle Jane (Sanders) Hansen. In 1946 the family moved to Wessington Springs, SD where Ken...

Oct 3, 2020

Faina Shcherbakova, 83 of Spearfish, passed away on October 3, 2020.

Burial will take place at Rose Hill Cemetery in Spearfish.

Oct 2, 2020

Norma "Elaine" Waugh, 83, passed away October 2, 2020, with her family by her side in Sundance, Wyo. She is survived by her husband, Leslie Waugh.

Elaine was born October 13, 1936, in Hulett, Wyo., to Hans Borchgrevink and Lucille (Tinkum) Borchgrevink. She was crowned Hulett Rodeo Queen in 1951.

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Oct 1, 2020

Kristi Lynn Dower, 49 of Spearfish died Thursday, October 1, 2020 as the result of a motor vehicle accident Lander, WY.

Kris was born February 10, 1971 to Charles and Georgia (Reynolds) Nations in Monte Vista, CO. She moved with her family to Lander as a young child. Kris graduated from high school in Lander and then...

Sep 30, 2020

Janet Walkinshaw passed away peacefully at home with her family on their Sundance area ranch on September 30 after a years-long struggle with kidney disease and congestive heart failure. She was 95 years old.

Janet was born in 1925 in Iowa to Clyde and Ruth Doolitle. She and her family resided in Des...

Sep 29, 2020

After an extended illness Arlo Lee Ellefson, 80, MSGT Untied States Air Force, Retired, of Hulett, WY passed away at the Fort. Meade VA Health Care Center, Fort Meade, SD, on September 29, 2020, attended by the compassionate loving health care team.

Arlo Lee (Al) Ellefson, was born January 26, 1940 to Harry...

Sep 26, 2020

John LaVoy Jr, 93 of Spearfish, passed away on September 26, 2020 at the VA Black Hills Healthcare at Fort Meade, SD.

John Alvin LaVoy was born on May 20, 1927 in Flint, MI a son of John and Vivian (Beck) LaVoy. At a young age John's family moved to the Northern Black Hills of South Dakota...

Sep 22, 2020

John Russell Young, 91, of Pierre, SD passed away on Tuesday, September 22 nd at Fort Meade Medical Center in Sturgis, SD.

John was born in Epiphany SD on August 26 th , 1929 to Frank R. and Minnie (Kreutzfeldt) Young.

John spent most of his childhood growing up...

Sep 21, 2020

James "Jim" Michael Bellantino, Sr., 64 of Spearfish, SD found his rest in the Lord on Monday, September 21, 2020 at his home surrounded by his loving family

Jim was born on April 27, 1956 in Chicago, IL to Louis and Dorothy (Carter) Bellantino. He moved to SD shortly after his mother's passing...

Sep 13, 2020

On Sunday, September 13, 2020, Cheryl Lynn Strachan passed suddenly and without pain in a solo auto accident. Cheryl had a slightly morbid sense of humor, and often mentioned that she didn't want to linger in suffering, but she probably would have agreed with a chuckle that 66 was a bit too young to go.

Sep 13, 2020

Margot Elizabeth, 1 month old from Spearfish, South Dakota, passed away peacefully on September 13, 2020. Margot blessed us with her birth on August 14, 2020 to Hanna Harmon and Matthew Spear. Everyone who saw Margot immediately fell in love with her, and many who did not yet get the chance to meet her, feel the same...

Sep 12, 2020

Mitchell R. "Mitch" Chapel died peacefully on September 12, 2020, at his home in Spearfish surrounded by his loving family, after a long battle with MDS (Myelodysplastic Syndrome). Mitch was born May 17, 1940, in McIntosh, SD to Delores Enright and Harold Chapman. He was later adopted and raised by Dwaine Chapel. He grew up in rural...

Sep 10, 2020

Dickie D. Conzelman, 73, passed away on September 10, 2020. Dick was born April 12, 1947 in Spearfish, South Dakota, the youngest of 6 children to Glenn Conzelman and Effie Mae (Lawrence) Conzelman. He attended a rural school through the 8 th grade and graduated from Hulett High School in 1965. Dick enlisted in the US Navy...

Sep 9, 2020

Carol Ann Baker, of Sundance WY, passed on to be with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Wednesday, September 9, 2020 in Rapid City, SD at the age of 74.

Carol was born in Deadwood, SD on December 3, 1945, to Lyle and Berniece Goodroad. She attended elementary school in Deadwood and...

Sep 9, 2020

Rev. Stanley Cameron Cliver, 96, Sundance, Wyoming died September 9, 2020.

Stanley was born August 28, 1924 to Benjamin and Elsie Cliver in St. Louis, Missouri. It was in St. Louis that he met his future wife, Marceline Blankenship. They were married on December 24, 1943 in Lubbock, Texas where he was attending college. Shortly afterward Stan...

Sep 9, 2020

Shirley Page, age 81 of Belle Fourche passed away peacefully Wednesday September 9, 2020 surrounded by family at Monument Health in Spearfish. Funeral arrangements are with Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapels in Spearfish.

Shirley's life will be honored & celebrated on Saturday September 12 th at 2:00 PM at the Alva Cemetery in Alva, WY. Pastor Luke Blum officiating....

Sep 9, 2020

Katherine Helen Horvath, 98 of Spearfish died on September 9, 2020 at Spearfish Canyon Healthcare.

Kay was born on September 16, 1921 at Harvey, IL to Anton and Julia (Schwab) Ernst. She attended and graduated from Thornton Township High School. She worked in various jobs including at a ammunition container factory during the...

Sep 8, 2020

Richard Warren Jones, 98, of Spearfish, passed away September 8th, 2020. He was born in Sioux Falls, SD to Ralph and Ruth (Walters) Jones. He developed an early interest in photography and met Eileen Dyce while doing the photo session for the 1941 Washington High School Homecoming Week. He remarked that "She was the only Queen candidate...

Sep 7, 2020

Gary Harold Donner was born in Billings, MT March 12, 1933, the second youngest of Charlie and Dora Harvey Donner.

Gary passed away on September 7, 2020 in Crook Memorial Hospital in Sundance, WY.

Gary moved at a young age from Idaho to Rozet, WY where he attended school...