Wayne Suiter
Feb 26, 2017
Wayne Suiter, 97 of Spearfish passed away on February 26, 2017 at Fort Meade VA Medical Center. Wayne was born June 6, 1919 to Carey and Amanda (Godager) Suiter in Iona, SD. He attended grade school in Iona and graduated from high school in Gregory, SD in 1937. He worked on his family's farm and for Cliff Fenenga driving a...
Shirley Ann Eddy
Feb 25, 2017
Surrounded by her loving family, Shirley Eddy, 82, passed away February 25, 2017, at Belle Fourche Healthcare Community. Shirley was born on January 2, 1935, in Spearfish, SD, to Ed and Olive Schmidt. She grew up in Belle Fourche and graduated from high school in 1953 with a perfect attendance record for all twelve years. After graduating, she worked for...
Jerald Jay Solyst
Feb 25, 2017
Jerald "Jerry" Solyst, 76 of Sundance, Wyoming passed away February 25, 2017 at Rapid City Regional Hospital after a very brief illness. Jerry was born to Orville and Marjorie (McCray) Solyst on February 19, 1941 in Rochester, Minnesota. He was the oldest of five boys. After graduating from Albert Lea High School, Minnesota in 1959 he attended college in Iowa...
Glenn Thompson
Feb 20, 2017
Glen Wesley Thompson passed away February 20, 2017, in Belle Fourche, SD, at the Belle Fourche Healthcare facility. Glen was born January 10, 1927, in Cheyenne, WY, the second child of Robert Hoffman Thompson and Athalia Cole Hamilton Thompson. He was raised around Cheyenne and in his high school senior year, he met Aloha Lane Miller. After his 18th birthday,...
Liam Russell Mcfarland
Feb 18, 2017
Liam Russell McFarland, 1 month of Spearfish died February 18, 2017. Memorial services will be at 10am, February 24, 2017 at Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapel in Spearfish. Liam was born January 12, 2017 in Rapid City, South Dakota. Liam is survived by his parents, Rikki Fried and Seth McFarland; aunt, Tori McFarland; grandparents, Scott Whitesell, Shannon Fried and Russell Ochsner Jr....
Paul Dahl
Feb 17, 2017
Paul Lester Dahl, 98, of Spearfish, SD died at Garden Hills Assisted Living on February 17, 2017. Visitation will be from 3:00-6:00pm, February 26, 2017 at Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapel in Spearfish. Funeral services will be at 10:00am, February 27 at the chapel with burial at Black Hills National Cemetery at 11:30am. A memorial has been established for Spearfish Veterans Monument....
Eva Harich
Feb 14, 2017
Eva Harich, 95 of Spearfish passed away February 14, 2017 at the David M. Dorsett Healthcare Center. Eva was born July 20, 1921 in Maramorak, Yugoslavia. She married Karl Harich on March 11, 1941. The couple migrated to United States in March of 1957 and settled in Los Angeles, California. A highlight of their life was when they received their...
Velma Leola Quenzer
Feb 11, 2017
Velma Leola Quenzer, 90, of Spearfish, SD passed away at her home surrounded by her family on Saturday, February 11, 2017. Velma "Teenie" Leola Westbrook Quenzer was born March 8, 1926, in rural Linton, ND. She was married to John R. Quenzer on September 19, 1944, in Linton, ND. They lived for 12 years on John's father's farm and then...
Norma Kramlich
Feb 11, 2017
Norma Kramlich, 77 of Spearfish, passed away on February 11, 2017 at the David M. Dorsett Healthcare Center. Survivors include her sons, Roy Kramlich, Rick Hobbs and Ken Hobbs. Arrangements are pending with Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapels and Crematory Service of Spearfish. Online condolences may be written at www.fidler-isburgfuneralchapels.com
Norma Thomson
Feb 8, 2017
Norma Ilene Thomson, 93, of Spearfish, SD passed away on Wednesday, February 8, 2017, at Belle Fourche Healthcare Center in Belle Fourche, SD. Norma was born on July 11, 1923 to Walter Washington Porter and Hazel Izetta (McConnell) Porter in Geddes, South Dakota. She attended school in Geddes, graduating from Geddes High School in 1941. She married Louis Thomas Thomson...
Dorothy A. Bockwoldt
Feb 7, 2017
Dorothy Arleen Bockwoldt, 84, of Spearfish, SD, passed away on February 7, 2017 in Spearfish, SD. Services will take place at a later date. Dorothy was the youngest child born to Merrill and Lillian (Sortland) Anderson on November 23, 1932. She went to school at Litchville, ND. Dorothy married Kenneth Bockwoldt on November 21, 1953. She worked as an aide...
Carl Bauman
Feb 7, 2017
Carl Burton Bauman 64, of Sundance, Wyoming, passed away on February 7, 2017, of cancer. A memorial service will be at the RAM Center on Monday, February 13 at 2:00 PM. Carl was born in Kalamazoo, MI on March 2, 1952. He graduated from Hazel Park, MI. Carl was married to Diana Hoeper on June 2, 1972; they were married...
David Bertch
Feb 7, 2017
David L Bertch, 68, of Spearfish passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, February 7, 2017. Dave was born on June 22, 1948 in Selfridge, ND to Jacob and Katharina (Vetter) Bertch. At a young age his family moved to Belle Fourche, SD where he grew up and attended school. He was a member of the Class of 1966. After...
Mary Mcguigan
Feb 6, 2017
Mary (Zimmerman) McGuigan, 64, of Spearfish, passed away on Monday, February 6, 2017 at Rapid City Regional Hospital surrounded by her loving husband and children. She was born November 18, 1952 in Belle Fourche, SD to Ted and Lydia (Schmidt) Zimmerman. She attended school in Belle Fourche and graduated from Belle Fourche High School in 1971. She attended Black Hills...
Wayne Pourier
Feb 6, 2017
Wayne Pourier, 67 of Spearfish, passed away on Monday, February 6, 2017 at his home. Wayne was born on May 12, 1949 in Hot Springs, SD to Calvin and Beulah (Cuny) Pourier. Wayne graduated from Oelrich High School in 1968 and was drafted into the Army serving in Vietnam. After the service he attended Black Hills State University until going...
Duane Frasier
Feb 5, 2017
Duane Frasier, 84 of Spearfish, SD, passed away on February 5, 2017 at the Fort Meade Veterans Hospital at Sturgis, SD. Duane was born on August 16, 1932 in Orient, SD to Houston and Marie (Lenoff) Frasier. Duane lived at home with his parent's on the family farm until 1939, at which time the family moved from Orient, SD to...
Deborah "Debbie" Turner
Feb 5, 2017
Deborah Jo Turner, 62, passed away at her home on Sunday, February 5, 2017, after a courageous 2 ½ year battle with colon cancer. She was under the care of Northern Hills Hospice and her family. Debbie was born in Deadwood, South Dakota on February 25, 1954, to William Bradley and Carol (Sorensen) Hunt. She grew up in Vale, SD...
John Wilkinson
Feb 2, 2017
John F. Wilkinson, age 94, passed away on Thursday, February 2, 2017 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. John was born in Northampton, England on February 1, 1923 to Jack and Eleanor Wilkinson. He attended a private boarding school and after the Second World war began John joined the British Royal Air Force and trained and served a distinguished career as...
Elroy Ketterling
Feb 1, 2017
Elroy James Ketterling died February 1, 2017 at the age of 79, at the Fort Meade VA Hospice after a courageous 17-year battle with Lymphoma IV Cancer. He was born May 21, 1937 in Lehr, ND to Theodore and Martha (Whittmeyer) Ketterling. He married Elaine Salmon on August 14, 1960 and they had two daughters, Anita and Marlene. Elroy served...
John Fuhr
Jan 31, 2017
Dr. John Dale Fuhr passed away at his home in Spearfish, SD on Feb. 1, 2017 after a battle with cancer. He was born Sept. 9, 1928 on a farm in Aledo, Ill. John was a true "Renaissance man" who could fix anything, was able to lead people, projects, organizations and governmental bodies, and remained community and service minded throughout...
