Obituary Listings in Spearfish, Lead, & Sundance

May 23, 2020

James D. Witt was born February 29, 1944 to Wendell D. (Red) Witt and Jean E. (Jones) Witt in Aberdeen, South Dakota. The family moved to the Black Hills in 1945. Jim attended grade school in Pluma, graduating from Deadwood High School in 1962. He attended college for two years in Arkansas and worked in the Homestake Mine for...

May 20, 2020

George Eugene (Gene) Johnson was born in Montrose, SD on December 7, 1940 to Leland and Oleta (Baade) Johnson. He attended DeGrey rural school , graduated from Pierre High School in 1958, and attended SDSU. Gene passed away May 20, 2020 at age 79 after a long fight with cancer.

After meeting in...

May 17, 2020

Mildred Wagner (Johnson) Cundy of Spearfish, SD went to rest with the Lord on May 17, 2020 at Rolling Hills Health Care in Belle Fourche, SD.

Mildred was born August 17, 1922 in Platte, SD to parents Bruno & Wilma Wagner. The family moved from Platte to Cottonwood, SD at which time the...

May 16, 2020

Kenneth Winkelman, long-time resident of Deadwood and Spearfish, a man with a heart of solid Black Hills gold, entered into Eternal Rest on May 16, 2020 at age 87. He passed away at a Fairborn, OH long-term care facility after a lengthy struggle with COPD and a recent battle with pneumonia. An Air Force veteran, he will...

May 13, 2020

Sharon Rantapaa 83, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, friend, and lifelong resident of Deadwood, passed away on Wednesday May 13, 2020 at Monument Health Rapid City.

Sharon was born February 28, 1937 to parents Byron and Minnie (Harvey) Hall. She attended elementary school at Roubaix and graduated from Lead High School in 1955.

Sharon...

May 9, 2020

Daniel Gerald Dodd Mead was born July 20, 1940 in Edgerton, WY to Francis and Daniel Dodd. He passed away at home May 9, 2020, in Beulah WY.

Dan's father passed away when Dan was 4 years old. He was raised mostly by his Grandmother, Della Eldridge and his older sister Barbara, in...

May 9, 2020

Kathy Janell Daves (Parker) was born July 15, 1951 in Edmond, Oklahoma and adopted four days later to Howard A. and Anna Mae (Stevens) Parker. She passed away peacefully Saturday evening May 9, 2020 at the Crook County Memorial Hospital in Sundance, WY after a short battle with bone cancer. Kathy grew up near Edmond, Oklahoma and...

May 8, 2020

Susan Joann (Cheshier) Symonds age 63 of Hulett, Wyoming passed away at home surrounded by her loved ones, on May 8, 2020 after fighting a courageous battle with cancer.

Suzie was born October 24, 1956 in Belle Fourche, South Dakota to Walter and Virginia (Schlosser) Cheshier. She was the youngest of seven children....

May 6, 2020

Telitha "Peggy' Sailer, 84, of Deadwood, SD, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 6, 2020, at Rolling Hills Healthcare facility in Belle Fourche.

Peggy was born to Arthur and Veryl (Adams) Mason on November 20, 1935, in Pierre, SD. She grew up in Reliance, SD and in her late teens she moved with...

May 5, 2020

Margaret Elaine (Seeley) Allison, 92 of Spearfish, died May 5, 2020 at Monument Health in Rapid City.

Margaret was born December 18, 1927 in Yankton, SD to Kenneth Mayne and Edna Ann (Gemmill) Seeley. They moved to Spearfish from Yankton in 1930, when her father became manager of the local J.C. Penney store....

May 3, 2020

Pamela Jo Richter, 57 of Spearfish, passed away May 3, 2020 with her family at her side in Rapid City, SD.

Memorial Services will be held Tuesday, May 12 th at 10:00 AM at the High Plains Western Heritage Center in Spearfish.  The service will also be broadcasted on Facebook live on the...

Apr 30, 2020

Reva Augusta King, 88, of Hulett, Wyoming passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 30, in Elkhorn, Wisconsin.

Reva was born a few miles west of Hulett, Wyoming on June 4, 1932. Her parents were John C. and Myrtle (Lawrence) Wood. Reva grew up in the Hulett-Sundance area and attended grade school in Hulett and the Government Canyon...

Apr 26, 2020

Keith William "Bill" Hardy, 76, of Deadwood, SD passed away at Monument Lead-Deadwood Hospital in Deadwood, SD.

On April 26, 2020, Keith W. "Bill" Hardy completed his earthly journey and passed onto the next with his God.

Bill had an adventurous soul and he has tried his hand at many endeavors. As a youth, he...

Apr 25, 2020

Karen Lynne' (Beeching) Dorsett, 72, went to rest with the Lord on April 25 th , 2020. She passed peacefully with her loved ones at her side.

Karen was born in Warsaw, Indiana on January 2 nd , 1948 to Cyril and Betty Beeching. Karen grew up in Belle Fourche, SD and graduated...

Apr 25, 2020

Tammy Jo (Hart) Reif, age 59, passed away early Saturday, April 25, 2020, in her home in Deadwood, SD with her loved ones close.

Tammy was born on February 3, 1961 to Leslie and Ella (Heinrich) Hart in Deadwood. She grew up with her three siblings in Yellow Creek just outside of Lead....

Apr 23, 2020

Beverly A. Collins, 89 of Spearfish, SD and formerly of Faribault, MN passed away on April 23, 2020 in Spearfish.

Beverly was born in Northfield, MN on October 18, 1930 and was raised on a farm in Shieldsville, MN and graduated from Faribault MN. She has lived in Spearfish for the last five...

Apr 22, 2020

Sharon Mae (Miller) Kanode, 81 of Moorcroft, WY passed away after a long illness on April 22, 2020, at the ranch, surrounded by her husband and children. Sharon was born on September 16, 1938 to Aubry Raymond Miller and Velda Bernice (Penn) Miller in Lusk, WY; being delivered by Dr. Reckling. She joined her siblings, George, Ora...

Apr 18, 2020

Julia A. Laurenti passed ­­­­on April 18, 2020 in her home, with her family, from natural causes.

Julie was born April 21, 1938 to David and Regina (Aberle) Justice in Lead, SD. She attended Catholic schools in Lead and graduated high school in 1956. Julie met the love of her life, Joseph Laurenti,...

Apr 17, 2020

Bill Buchholz a longtime resident of Spearfish passed away peacefully at home Friday April 17 th , 2020.

Bill was born February 6 th , 1943 to Leo & Ethel (Stalley). He was raised in Spearfish and graduated from Spearfish High School in 1961.

Bill married his high school...

Apr 14, 2020

Jeff Cavan, 57 of Deadwood died on April 14, 2020 in Deadwood.

Arrangements are pending.