Obituary Listings in Spearfish, Lead, & Sundance

Aug 15, 2019

James "Jim" Newell, 59 of Sundance WY passed away peacefully in his home on Thursday August 15, 2019.

James was born March 18, 1960 in Harvey, Ill to Donald and Romana (Rogers) Newell. He grew up in parts of Wisconsin and Illinois before moving to Colorado in his teen years. James met the love of...

Aug 15, 2019

Myra (Clark) Clingan, 96 of Sundance, WY, passed away on Thursday, August 15, 2019 at Crook County Long Term Health Care.

Myra was born on February 8, 1923 at Inyan Kara, WY to Nathan S. and Hilma (Peterson) Clark. She was the seventh of nine children born to the couple. Myra grew up...

Aug 11, 2019

Patrick "Pat" Cassidy, 78, of Lead, SD went to rest with Jesus on Sunday, August 11, 2019 at Lead-Deadwood Regional Hospital in Deadwood, SD.

Patrick John Cassidy was born on July 8, 1941, in Sturgis, SD, a son of Gilbert and Theresia (Hutter) Cassidy. He grew up in Whitewood and Spearfish, SD where...

Aug 10, 2019

June Louise Tracy, 65 of Lead, SD passed away on Saturday, August 10, 2019, at the Lead-Deadwood Regional Hospital in Deadwood, SD.

June was born June 4, 1954 to William and Rosella (Marsh) Covell in Watertown, SD at Bartron Hospital. June was six out of eleven children. Later in 1954 the Covell family moved to Lead, where...

Aug 8, 2019

Deloris A. Freemole, 103, of Spearfish, SD formerly of Belle Fourche, SD passed away on Thursday, August 8, 2019, at Good Samaritan Home in Rapid City, SD.

Ardis Deloris Hemmingson was born to Andrew and Effie (Nuteson) Hemmingson on November 7, 1916. She was the fifth child born to this union. She attended school at South Creek...

Aug 8, 2019

Donna Jean (Myers) Peplow, 86 of Sundance, Wyoming passed away Thursday, August 8, 2019 at Crook County Long Term Care.

Donna was born December 18, 1932 to Kermit and Phoebe (Brown) Myers, she attended country school in Langdon, ND. She married Duane Peplow on June 20, 1954 the couple made their home in Caviler, ND before moving...

Aug 6, 2019

Danny J Craig, 69, of Spearfish, passed away August 6th, at his home following a long illness.

Danny was born May 28, 1950 in Sturgis, SD to Orin & Edythe (Cooper) Craig. He grew up around the Black Hills and attended schools in the area. He joined the US Army in 1968, and served 2 year, 2...

Aug 6, 2019

Virginia Meisel, 87, passed away at her home on August 6, 2019.

She was born on July 27, 1932 in Hot Springs, SD. She was adopted shortly after birth by Ralph and Marjorie Trussell. She lived in Deadwood, SD until she was 4 years old and moved to the outskirts of Spearfish, SD to live on her...

Aug 5, 2019

Janice (Humphryes) Baldwin, passed away on Monday, August 5, 2019 in Rapid City, SD at the age of 94.

Daughter of the late Roger Keith Humphryes and Alice Tyler Humphryes, Janice was born March 31, 1925 in Lead, SD. She graduated from Lead High School in 1943 and then attended Principia College, Elsah, Illinois, graduating in 1947...

Aug 5, 2019

Robert Larry Hill, 75 of Belle Fourche, SD, passed away peacefully on August 5, 2019 at Ava's House in Sioux Falls, SD after a 10-day battle with stroke symptoms.

Robert was born on June 5, 1944, in San Diego, CA to Ennis and Mildred Ilena (Jay) Hill. Upon the death of his mom, he was adopted by...

Aug 3, 2019

Oleńka Michelle McDowall, 40, of Spearfish, South Dakota, passed away peacefully at her home on August 3, 2019.

Oleńka was born to David and Marysia McDowall on May 5, 1979, in Spearfish. She was a bright, joyous, and precocious child who was faced with one of life's greatest challenges. At the age of 8, the summer after...

Aug 2, 2019

Darwin Dean Eckhart, 78, Lead, SD passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by loved ones on August 2nd 2019 .

Darwin was born to Emma and Ellsworth Eckhart on June 19th 1941 in Deadwood SD. He attended Lead high school, while in high school he went to work at Standard station in Deadwood. Immediately following high...

Aug 1, 2019

Gloria Marie (Bunch) Boppe, 82 of Spearfish, died Thursday, August 1, 2019, at her home.

Gloria was born June 18, 1937, in Lead, South Dakota to Lewis "Ray" and Vera (Williamson) Bunch. She grew up in Lead and was a graduate of Lead High School.

On June 5, 1955, she married Robert "Bob" Boppe, at...

Jul 30, 2019

Lyle H. Bockwoldt, 87 of Spearfish, SD passed away on Tuesday, July 30, 2019, at Spearfish Canyon Healthcare in Spearfish.

Memorial services will be at 10:00 AM on Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at the United Methodist Church in Spearfish. Inurnment will follow at Black Hills National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established to...

Jul 28, 2019

Mary (Rose) Loeffen 96, died peacefully Sunday, July 28, 2019, at home under Hospice Care, Lead, SD surrounded by her daughters, Cynthia and Kimberly.

Mary Alvina (Rose) Loeffen was born October 16, 1922, in Reliance, SD to Charles and Mary Esther (Martin) Rose. When she was 10 years old, they moved to Lead....

Jul 28, 2019

George Maurice Martin passed away on July 28, 2019 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. He was 74 years young.

He was born in Spearfish, SD, the oldest son of Tracey and Ethel (Nold) Martin. Larry (deceased), Don, and Rod were his siblings.

George met his future wife at a...

Jul 20, 2019

Lynn Alexander Stuen, age 46 of Newell, SD, passed away peacefully doing what he loved, on July 20, 2019 in an ATV accident.

Lynn was born to Wayne and Beverly (Voss) Stuen on October 28, 1972 in Rapid City. He grew up in Brownsville, SD and went to school in Lead/Deadwood. In 1995, he was engaged to...

Jul 19, 2019

Edward A. Medina, 51, from Rawlins, Wyoming, unexpectedly passed away July 19th, 2019 at his family's ranch in Aladdin, Wyoming. Ed left us in his sleep, due to an enlarged heart.

Edward, best known to friends and family simply as Ed, was born in Denver, Colorado, and grew up in Rawlins. Ed was...

Jul 19, 2019

Kathleen Tavegie, 78 of Newcastle, WY passed away on Friday July 19, 2019.

Mass of Christian Burial for Kathleen Tavegie will be held on Wednesday July 24 th at 11:00 a.m. at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Newcastle, Wyoming with Father Brian Hess celebrating. Visitation will be on Tuesday evening at 6:00 p.m. at the church with...

Jul 17, 2019

Barbara Dawn Edwards, age 70, passed away on July 17, 2019.

She was born October 9, 1948 in Stoneham, MA to Donald and Marjorie Edwards.   When she was a child, her family moved to Lisbon Falls, ME where she lived until she graduated High School.  She went to Carnegie Institute in Boston, MA to become a Dental...