John Maki
May 21, 2017
John David Maki, died May 21, 2017 at the David M Dorsett Healthcare Center in Spearfish from complications due to hip surgery, after a fall. David was born on June 8, 1941 at St Joseph Hospital in Deadwood, SD, the son of John Jacob and Hilma Helen (Johnson) Maki. He attended school in Deadwood and spent most of his adult...
Edward Maeder
May 21, 2017
Edward William Maeder 93, of Moorcroft, WY passed away Sunday, May 21, 2017. Born in Cook County Illinois to Oscar and Florence Maeder, he spent his youth in Oak Park, IL. As a child during the depression Edward helped his family earn money by playing music and dancing. This created his lifelong love of music. It was also as a...
Lawrence "Larry" Albright
May 18, 2017
Lawrence "Larry" Ervin Albright, 74 of Spearfish died Thursday, May 18, 2017 at his home in Spearfish. Funeral services will be at 11:00am, Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at Calvary Temple Assembly of God Church in Spearfish, burial with military honors will take place at Black Hills National Cemetery. Larry was born January 11, 1943 to Sam and Leona Albright in...
Betty Ann Cracco
May 17, 2017
Betty Cracco, 89, passed away on May 17, 2017, at the Belle Fourche Healthcare Center. Betty was born July 24, 1927 in Faith, SD to Carlos and Blanche (Lehman) Fees. She grew up on the family farm, attended grade school in the Opal area and graduated from Faith High School in 1945. She attended Black Hills State College for one...
Kenneth J. Coffield
May 16, 2017
Kenneth James Coffield, 83 of Spearfish, SD died Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at the Belle Fourche Healthcare Center. Kenneth was born October 17,1933 to Edgar and Doris Coffield in Hettinger, ND. At age five they moved from Reva, SD to Hill City, SD where he attended school until he graduated in 1953. He worked for Homestake Mine for 8 months...
Jerry Witt
May 14, 2017
Jerry Witt passed away in his sleep at age 65 at his home in Grandview MO. Jerry was born in Deadwood, South Dakota, and attended Pluma Grade school and one year at Deadwood High School before moving to Watertown South Dakota in 1967. After graduating from Watertown High School, he joined the Army and served in Germany before being honorably...
Mary Colleen Wammen
May 13, 2017
Colleen Wammen, 89 of Belle Fourche, passed on to heaven on Saturday, May 13, 2017 at her home surrounded by her loving children. She was born on July 19, 1927 to Eunice and Hugo Jensen and grew up near Sorum, SD. She was united in marriage to the love of her life, Vernon Wammen, on August 29, 1948. He preceded...
Mary Ellen Brady
May 12, 2017
Mary Brady, wife, mother, grandmother, community leader, volunteer and nature-lover, passed away, surrounded by loved ones May 12, 2017 at Dorsett Home in Spearfish. She will be missed and remembered by her six children and spouses, seventeen grandchildren and twenty-two great grandchildren as well as many extended family and friends. Born an only child to Herman and Elizabeth Retzloff Feb....
Rose Marie Nelson
May 11, 2017
Rose Marie (Schlim) Nelson, 96 died peacefully Thursday, May 11, 2017 at Belle Fourche Healthcare Community in Belle Fourche SD. Rose was born June 6, 1920 to John and Anna (Burnstetter) Schlim in Howard, SD where she grew up on the family farm. Rose graduated from Burbank High School in 1939 as class valedictorian. She married Meredith "Shorty" Nelson on...
Greg Lind
May 9, 2017
Heaven gained a wonderful man on May 9, 2017. Greg Lind, 63, of Spearfish fought pulmonary fibrosis since January of this year and went to his heavenly home at the University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, CO while awaiting a double lung transplant. Greg was born in Vermillion, SD on May 3, 1954 to L. Sterling and Grace (Peterson) Lind....
Gloria Schwalbe
May 9, 2017
Gloria Golden Schwalbe was born on May 37, 1917, a daughter of Curtis and Blanch (Tryon) Gaskin in Omaha, NE. When she was six weeks old, Gloria traveled with her mother back to her mother's home at Decker, MT. Her father and thirteen year old brother had to build onto the homestead house to provide room for the new addition...
Richard Lohr
May 6, 2017
Richard Lohr, 56 of Las Vegas, NV passed away on May 6, 2017 after having heart bypass surgery and complication that followed. Richard was born in Estelline, SD to Arthur C. and Audrey M (Kaiser) Lohr on January 9, 1961. He grew up in Estelline and North Dakota and all over the United States and part of South America ending...
Sherry Pritzkau
May 2, 2017
Sherry Berniece (Pehringer) Pritzkau, 68 years old of Alva, Wyoming went peacefully to Heaven on May 2, 2017, in Denver Colorado surrounded by her loved ones. She was born on May 29th 1948, to Adam Pehringer and Gertrude Berniece (Phillips) Pehringer. Sherry spent her younger years in Alva until her father's untimely death after which her family moved to Belle...
Kamryn Louise Schumacher
May 2, 2017
Kamryn Louise Schumacher was just three months shy of her third birthday when she gained her angel wings at home in the arms of her Mama, Daddy and brother, Devon on May 2, 2017 after an unbelievably courageous battle with brain cancer. Kamryn's final days were spent surrounded by her loving family watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and snuggling her Mama,...
Joyce Shostrom
May 1, 2017
Joyce Louise (Veitl) Shostrom, 85 of Spearfish, died on May 1, 2017 at the David M Dorsett Healthcare Center. She was born on August 13, 1931 in Deadwood, SD to Albert and Nina (Allen) Veitl. Joyce was the third generation of Deadwood. She was in the Deadwood High School class of 1949. Growing up in Deadwood, Joyce was surrounded by...
James Clinton
Apr 22, 2017
A longtime resident of Lead, James Michael Clinton, died on Saturday April 22, 2017. Jim was born on September 22, 1951, in Aberdeen, SD to Edward and Esther Clinton. The family moved to Pierre when Jim was 2 years old. Jim graduated from T.F. Riggs High School in 1969. Jim moved to the Black Hills in the early 1970's, where...
Henry "Hank" Frawley
Apr 22, 2017
Henry "Hank" Frawley, 80 of Centennial Valley, SD passed away Saturday, April 22, 2017 at his home. Hank was born in Deadwood, SD on October 12, 1936 to Henry and Anne (Hanna) Frawley. He attended St. Ambrose Catholic School and graduated from Deadwood High School in 1955. He was a member of the Deadwood High School, Class A state championship...
John Boyd
Apr 20, 2017
John Boyd, age 63, of Lead, SD, died Thursday, April 20, 2017. Per his request cremation has taken place and a family service will take place at a later date. Arrangements are under the care of the Lead-Deadwood Memorial Chapel in Lead. Online condolences may be written at www.fidler-isburgfuneralchapels.com
Paul Ballert
Apr 16, 2017
Paul L. Ballert, age 74 of Lead, SD went to rest with the Lord on Easter Sunday, April 16th, 2017 at Rapid City Regional Hospital, with his family surrounding him. Paul was born on July 29th, 1942 in Toledo, Ohio to Paul and Rosemary Ballert of Temperance, Michigan. He went to Bedford High School and graduated in 1961. After graduation,...
Edward C Nelson
Apr 14, 2017
Edward C. Nelson, 79, of Deadwood, SD passed away on April 14, 2017 at his home surrounded by his family. He was the second child born to Edward and Frances Nelson on January 5, 1938 in Norfolk, NE. Ed graduated high school in Winner, SD in 1956, and joined the United States Navy in 1957, and was honorably discharged in...
