Obituary Listings in Spearfish, Lead, & Sundance
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Audrey Anderson
Apr 1, 2018
Audrey L. (Larson) Anderson, 90 of Deadwood, died on April 1, 2018 at the Lead-Deadwood Regional Hospital. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 11:00 AM on Friday, April 6, 2018 at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church in Lead. A memorial has been established to the Brownsville Volunteer Fire Department. Audrey was born on March 7, 1928...
Margaret Russett
Apr 1, 2018
Margaret E. Russett, sometimes called Susie, 79, died peacefully at home in Spearfish, SD on Sunday 1 April 2018. Susie was born to Lars and Bertha (Olson) Ryland 30 June 1938 in rural Kingsbury County, SD. She attended the first 8 years of elementary school in rural one room schools. She graduated from Lake Preston High School in Lake Preston,...
Jonna Henwood
Mar 29, 2018
Jonna Elkrog Henwood 70, of Spearfish died Thursday March 29, 2018. Jonna was born in Stib Denmark on 6 of June 1947 and raised by her maternal grandparents. While her grandmother tried to teach her household duties, she spent more time with her grandfather in his shop learning to use all his tools. She also went out on his fishing...
Jean Conzelman
Mar 27, 2018
Jean Lola Conzelman, 80, of Devils Tower, Wyoming passed away peacefully in Hulett, Wyoming on Tuesday, March 27, 2018. Jean was born on November 1, 1937 in Hulett to Roy and Annie (Wolley) Huseby. Jean grew up in Hulett and graduated from Hulett High School. During high school, Jean met and married the 'love of her life' Paul Conzelman. They...
John Henning
Mar 26, 2018
John Henning was born on April 7, 1923 at home in Kosciusko Township, Day County, South Dakota. John's parents were Conrad Henning and Valeria (Block) Henning. John was the grandson of immigrants who came to this country during a time of expansion. His grandparents were proud of what they had accomplished and the American citizenship which they realized. John reminisced...
Gladys Becker
Mar 21, 2018
Gladys Becker, 89, of Lead died Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at Lead-Deadwood Regional Hospital. Gladys was born February 11 ,1929 in Lehr, ND to Julius and Ella (Weixel) Schnabel. Gladys married Lloyd Becker April 10, 1948 in Ashley, ND. In 1952, they moved to Lead, SD. Gladys is survived by three sons and two daughters; Norley (Delphine) Becker, Kevin (Janis)...
David H. Brenneisen
Mar 21, 2018
It is with profound sadness that we share the news of the loss of our husband and father, David. An untimely and devastating stroke took Dave from us; he passed on the evening of Wednesday, March 21st, at the age of 60, surrounded by his loving family. We are stunned and heartbroken beyond words by this tragedy, but he is...
Roberta Sago
Mar 20, 2018
Spearfish, SD – Roberta Ann "Bobbi" Sago, 53 of Spearfish, SD passed away March 20th at the Spearfish Regional Hospital. Bobbi was born May 16, 1964 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania the eldest of three children born to Robert and Dolores Sago. The family participated in 4-H. She was a Girl Scout and in high school participated in drama and speech team....
Leora Porter
Mar 19, 2018
Leora Porter, 93, of Spearfish, SD formerly of Rapid City passed away in the comfort of her "home" at Garden Hills Assisted Living in Spearfish on Monday March 19, 2018. Leora (Lee) Porter was born on February 24, 1925 in Mountain Lake, MN to Frances E. Cullen and Bessie A. (Hudson) Cullen. She lived in Comfrey, MN until the age...
Jill Diane Anderson
Mar 16, 2018
Jill Diane (Wittmeier) Anderson, 78 of Spearfish, South Dakota, went to meet her Lord and Maker on March 16, 2018 at Rio Grande Regional Hospital in McAllen, TX after a brief struggle with COPD/Pneumonia complications. Jill was born September 10, 1939 to C.J. (Pat) Wittmeier and Sylvia (Reed) Wittmeier in Yankton, South Dakota and grew up on a farm west...
Kim Nolan-Rhead
Mar 15, 2018
Kim Nolan-Rhead, 60 of Lead, passed away on March 15, 2018 at her home. Cremation arrangements were under the care of the Lead-Deadwood Memorial Chapel in Lead. Online condolences may be written at www.fidler-isburgfuneralchapels.com
Inez Truman
Mar 15, 2018
Inez Eileen Truman, 101, of Spearfish, SD went home to be with the Lord March 15, 2018. Services will be held at 10:00 am on March 24, 2018 at the United Church of Christ in Belle Fourche, SD officiated by Pastor Del Neumeister. Viewing will be one hour prior to the funeral. Burial will follow at Pine Slope Cemetery in...
Leora Grace Nussbaum
Mar 14, 2018
Grace Nussbaum, 91, of Sundance, WY passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at Spearfish Memorial Hospital, Spearfish, SD. Grace was born on November 6, 1926 to John Wesley and Lydia (Lull) Hoyer on their homestead outside of Sundance. Grace was the youngest of eight children including Wesley, Lawrence, Ed, Merle, George, Ralph, and Vernie, making her the only...
Carla Bertalot
Mar 14, 2018
Carla Rae Redinger-Bertalot (Dahl), 53, of Spearfish, SD, passed away peacefully on Wednesday March 14th, 2018 at Belle Fourche Healthcare Community in Belle Fourche, SD. Carla was born on June 14th, 1964 to Margery Ann (Klosterman) Plaggemeyer and James William Redinger in Deadwood, SD. Carla went to elementary school in Deadwood and High School in Spearfish. Carla married Charles Wesley...
Sophia Bichler
Mar 11, 2018
Sophia Bichler, 80 of Deadwood, SD, passed away on March 11, 2018 at Golden Ridge Senior Living in Lead. Sophia was born on October 17, 1937 to John Fuhrmann and Sofia (Breckner) Fuhrmann in Mettersdorf, Transylvania. The family moved from Transylvania to Lengau, Austria in 1944 due to the 2nd World War, and lived there for 8 years. She attended...
Opal Oudin
Mar 10, 2018
Opal Oudin, 96 of Sundance, passed away on March 10, 2018 in Sundance. Opal Madeline Vore was born May 22, 1921 on the Vore ranch west of Beulah, Wyoming. Opal was the eldest child of Walter Blackburn Vore and Cora Alice Willsie Vore. She had three younger siblings. Cora "Tiny" Watson, twins, Walter R. "Tuff" Vore and Freda Vore. Freda...
Gladys Clark
Mar 7, 2018
Gladys Clark, 85 of Hulett, passed away on March 7, 2018 in Sundance. Gladys Irene Frisbee was born on June 8, 1932 to Jim and Enid Frisbee on the King Place (part of the Lewis Dennis ranch) NW of Hulett, WY. She attended various country schools near their home through eighth grade. Gladys boarded out in Sundance, WY to complete...
Virginia Woodward
Mar 5, 2018
Virginia Woodard, 96, of Spearfish, South Dakota formerly of Dupree, South Dakota passed away on Monday, March 5, 2018 at the David M. Dorsett Healthcare Center in Spearfish, South Dakota. Virginia (Anderson) Woodward was born March 27, 1921 in Minneapolis, Minnesota and was adopted by Bastian and Minda Anderson. She grew up in Minnesota and South Dakota. Virginia lived with...
Shirley Ashley
Mar 2, 2018
Shirley M. Ashley, Spearfish, died March 2, 2018 following a long illness. Shirley was born October 14, 1932, to Ernest and Ida Lindgren Ashley of Vale, SD, the second of three children. When Shirley was 8, her parents purchased a variety store in Spearfish and the family moved. They operated Ashley's Ben Franklin Store for many years. Shirley graduated from...
Hermann Kletzmayer
Mar 2, 2018
Hermann Kletzmayer "Hermann the German", 76, of SD died on Friday March 2nd, 2018 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. He was born in Scharding, Austria on June 4, 1941 to Wilhelm and Zazilia Kletzmayer and had three brothers and three sisters. He moved to America in 1959 and married Lola Wallace. Together they had four children who all grew up...
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