Obituary Listings in Spearfish, Lead, & Sundance
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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...
Eloise "Ellie" O'Neill
Mar 22, 2017
Eloise "Ellie" O'Neill, 89 of Spearfish, passed away on Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at the David M. Dorsett Healthcare Center. Ellie was born June 16, 1927 in Escalante, Utah to Andrew and Lenora Porter. She is survived by her children; Michael (Kathy Hazen) O'Neill, Danny (Claire) O'Neill, David (Susan)O'Neill and Julie (George) Hushin, seven granddaughters, three grandsons and six great...
Barney Ruffatto
Mar 22, 2017
Barney A. Ruffatto passed away Wednesday March 22nd at 4:40pm at the Lead-Deadwood Regional Hospital with wife Leona and son Rob by his side. Barney was born August 8th, 1939 in Lead, SD to Jim and Elsie (Faye) Ruffatto. He was the youngest of two children with his sister Elaine being 3 years older. He attended St. Patrick Catholic School...
David Brenneisen
Mar 21, 2017
David Brenneisen, 60 of Spearfish, passed away on March 21, 2018 at Sandford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls. Arrangements are pending with Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapels and Crematory Service of Spearfish. Online condolences may be written at www.fidler-isburgfuneralchapels.com
Barbara Niemi
Mar 21, 2017
Barbara A. Niemi, 52, of Spearfish, SD went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at her home. Barb was born in Spirit Lake, IA on February 20, 1965 to Tom and Judy Woodworth, and they moved to the Black Hills when she was six months old. She grew up in the Spearfish Canyon/Savoy area, and...
Anthony Desimone
Mar 12, 2017
Anthony "Dezi" DeSimone II, 64, of Lead, SD passed away unexpectedly on March 12th, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born on July 16, 1952 to Anthony and Margaret (Ransom) DeSimone. He graduated from Mannhiem American High School in Mannhiem Germany in 1970. He loyally served our country as an active service member from 1971 to 1979. While stationed...
Matthew Wagner
Mar 3, 2017
Matthew Daniel Wagner, 36, Spearfish, SD, passed away on March 3, 2017 at Rapid City Regional Hospital following a short illness. Matthew was born January 11, 1981 in Wheatridge, CO to Daniel R. Wagner and Cindy (Collins) Wagner. He spent the first 12 years of his life in Wheatridge. He loved Colorado and had many friends there. He and his...
Robert Bates
Mar 1, 2017
"Bob" Bates, 81, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus, on Wednesday, March 1st at Spearfish Regional Hospital. Bob and his twin brother, Ron, were born at Wauwatosa, Wisconsin to Edwin and Avis (Laatsch) Bates on August 30th, 1935. Bob, Ron and older brother, Ed, grew up on dairy farms around the Milwaukee area. They loved farming...
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....
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