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...
Dixie Evans
Apr 12, 2017
Dixie Ann (Raber) Evans, 80, of Spearfish passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 12th at the David M. Dorset Healthcare Center. Dixie, oldest of three children, was born at home in Belle Fourche, SD on September 8th, 1936 to Gerald and Nellie Raber. She attended high school in Belle Fourche and furthered her education at Black Hills State College, in...
Vicki Balander
Apr 11, 2017
Vicki Balander, 63 of Rapid City, SD and formerly of Lead, SD passed on April 11, 2017 and is now in our Lord's hands. Vicki was born January 14, 1954 to Victor and Dorothy (Johnson) Balander in Oakland, California, where her Dad was stationed in the US Navy, she always considered herself a Cali girl. When the family moved back...
John Devries
Apr 10, 2017
John Jeffery DeVries, 52, of Hulett Wyoming died April 10, 2017 in Hulett, WY. Memorial services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday April 17, 2017 at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Lead. John was born in Deadwood, SD on March 2, 1965 to Ron and Marie (Thennis) DeVries. John grew up in Lead and attended school in the Lead/Deadwood,...
Marilyn Kay Wolfskill
Apr 7, 2017
Marilyn Wolfskill passed away at her home in Sundance, WY on April 7, 2017 after a long battle with cancer. She was born Marilyn Kay Randall in Denver CO on June 29, 1940 to Donna and Clarence Randall. Marilyn grew up in Wheat Ridge CO. She married Roger Wolfskill of Hulett WY on June 23, 1962. They lived in Colorado...
June Harper
Apr 6, 2017
June Harper, well-known resident of the Sundance area, passed away on April 6, 2017 at the Crook County Nursing Home in Sundance--- not far from the Bear-Lodge ranch she managed for seventy years with her husband, Orville "Pete" Harper. She was born Wanda June Plavan on June 2, 1924 in Riverside, California, second in a family of five children. Her...
Lloyd Kessel
Apr 5, 2017
Lloyd Kessel, 82, of Spearfish, went to Heaven April 5, 2017. Lloyd was born in Milwaukee, WI on November 27, 1934 to Wallace and Alice (Shimmen) Kessel. At an early age, the family moved to a farm near Carthage, SD. He graduated in 1952 from Carthage High School and a year later entered the Navy. While on leave, he attended...
June Pluimer
Apr 1, 2017
June Claire (Heisler) Pluimer was born on May 27, 1927 in Mobridge, SD to Frank and Fern (Schwartz) Heisler. She passed away peacefully on April 1, 2017 at the Dorsett Health Care Facility in Spearfish, at the age of 89. After leaving the Mound City – Herreid area, the family relocated to Newell and later to Belle Fourche. June graduated...
Gordon Campbell
Apr 1, 2017
Gordon L. Campbell, age 95, a life-long resident of the Black Hills, passed away on April 1, 2017, in Rapid City, SD. He was born on April 10, 1921, in Lead, SD, to Gordon D. and Gladys (Faulkner) Campbell. In 1939, Gordon graduated from Lead High School. At some time after this, he married Dolores M Pyne of Lead. Gordon...
Myrtle Osborn
Mar 31, 2017
Our beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, Myrtle Edna Osborn peacefully went to be with the Lord on Friday, March 31, 2017, at the age of 96. She passed away in the early morning at Belle Fourche Healthcare Community. Myrtle was kind and loving, she devoted her life to her family. Myrtle was born in a farmhouse on September 17, 1920...
Kenneth Marso
Mar 30, 2017
Our beloved husband, father & grandfather was carried by a choir of angels to heaven on March 30, 2017. Ken Marso, 88, was the eldest of four children born to Charles & Leone (Lien) Marso of Harrold, SD. Dad devoted his entire life to loving and caring for his family. He was a man of great integrity and concern for...
Elaine Robidou
Mar 30, 2017
Elaine Butterfield Robidou, 92 of Spearfish, SD formerly of Deadwood, SD went home to rest with the Lord Thursday, March 30, 2017 at the Belle Fourche Health Care Center in Belle Fourche, SD. She was born December 22, 1924 in Hettinger, ND, daughter of Walter N. and Ruth M. Butterfield. Elaine grew up on a farm near Lodgepole, SD and...
Dorothy Hunt
Mar 27, 2017
Dorothy Marie Hunt, 70, went with God, March 27, 2017 in Belle Fourche, SD. Dorothy was born November 10, 1946 in Igloo, SD to Merlyn and Margaret (Doyle) Williams. The family moved to Philip, SD and then to Midland, SD. This is where she attended all twelve years of school. Dorothy started working waiting tables and doing dishes at the...
Vivian M. Burns
Mar 25, 2017
Vivian M. Burns, 88 of Spearfish died Saturday, March 25, 2017 at the Belle Fourche Healthcare Center. Vivian was born July 17, 1928 to Anthony and Lois (Miles) Schmitgen in Onida, SD. She grew up on the family homestead east of Onida, where she attended North Buffalo country school. Following school Vivian worked various jobs in the Pierre area. She...
