Donald "Don" Ondriezek
Jan 20, 2017
Donald Edwin Ondriezek, 87 of Deadwood, SD passed away on Friday, January 20, 2017 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Don was born to Edwin and Viola Ondriezek on April 17, 1929 in Sheridan Wyoming. Don graduated from Deadwood High School in 1947. Don was employed for more than 25 years at Wells Fargo Bank in Deadwood, advancing through various positions...
Marvin Bunch
Jan 19, 2017
Marvin Dwain Bunch, 80, passed away on January 19, 2017 at his home in Spearfish, SD. Marvin was born on January 26, 1936 in Lead, SD to Lewis Raymond and Vera Marie (Williamson) Bunch. Marvin graduated from Lead High School in 1953. His career started as a machinist at Homestake Gold Mine in Lead. He joined the U.S. Army National...
Joyce Loree
Jan 17, 2017
Joyce E. Loree, 82, of Spearfish, SD passed away on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at her home with her husband, Jack by her side. Joyce Elaine Loree was born on April 10, 1934, in Muskegon Heights, MI a daughter of William and Hazel (Hocking) Tueling. She grew up in Muskegon where she attended school and graduated. Following graduation, Joyce went...
Troy Kuntz
Jan 15, 2017
Troy Jonathon Kuntz, 38, passed away on Sunday, January 15, 2017 at his home in Spearfish, S.D. Troy was born in Douglas Wyoming on January 21, 1978 to Ralph and Debra (Portney) Kuntz. He spent his first five years in Douglas before moving to Spearfish. His sister Ashley joined the family in 1985. Troy was a member of St. Joseph...
Rebecca Eastman
Jan 10, 2017
Rebecca Eastman, 67 of Spearfish, passed away at her home on Tuesday, January 10, 2017. Arrangements are pending with Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapels and Crematory Service of Spearfish. Online condolences may be written at www.fidler-isburgfuneralchapels.com
Betty Coburn
Jan 8, 2017
Betty Coburn's contagious, enthusiastic and unforgettable love and laugh left us Sunday, January 8, 2017. The long time Deadwood community member, passed away with dignity and grace after suffering a stroke December 27. Her last days were spent with "her boys" and also talking and Face Timing with all her grandkids, great-grandkids, daughters-in-laws and two sisters on the phone and...
Edward Meisner
Jan 8, 2017
Edward Loyde Meisner, of Sundance, WY, died peacefully on Sunday, January 8, 2017 at Fort Meade, SD at the age of 91. Ed was born on December 29, 1925 in Merriman, NE to Eli and Kate (Holbert) Meisner. He spent most of his younger years in the Sand Hills of Nebraska. He was drafted to the US Army and was...
Nichole Lulf
Jan 8, 2017
Nichole Lulf, 39, from Lead, SD passed away Sunday, January 8, 2017 at her home in Lead. Nichole was born in Spearfish, SD on July 23, 1977 to Melody Burke and Mark Heller. She grew up and went to school in Lead. Nichole and Robert were married July 3rd, 2004. Nichole worked at different jobs during the years, from the...
Erik Caudill
Jan 6, 2017
Erik Allen Caudill passed away to be with our Lord on January 6, 2017. He was born in Houston, TX January 13, 1988. Blessed to have Erik join their family are his parents, Terry and Kathy Caudill, and his sister, Eryn Caudill. Erik graduated from Spearfish High School in 2006. He attended BHSU and although he was not able to...
Lucille R. Lutz
Jan 6, 2017
Lucille R. Lutz, 89 of Spearfish, passed away on January 6, 2017 at Sandstone Manor in Spearfish. Memorial services will be held at 10:00 am, Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at United Methodist Church in Spearfish. Lucille Ruth Merriman was born March 21, 1927 in Lemmon, SD to Arthur and Edith (Thorpe) Merriman. She married Adolph Lutz on March 5, 1945...
David Leroy Busch
Jan 6, 2017
David Leroy Busch, 71 of Spearfish, SD died January 6, 2017 at his home in Spearfish. David served in the United States Navy from 1963 to 1966. Memorial graveside services with military honors will be held at 1:00pm on Friday, January 20, 2017 at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis, SD.
Jane Prosper
Jan 5, 2017
Jane Abbott Prosper, age 93, died peacefully on January 5, 2017 at the Sangre de Cristo Hospice House in Pueblo, Colorado shortly after suffering a stroke. Jane was born November 25, 1923 in Paragould, Arkansas, the daughter of Thomas C. Abbott and Mina Garrard Abbott. Jane was a 1941 graduate of Little Rock High School. She then went on to...
David Meredith
Dec 31, 2016
David Meredith, 71 of Spearfish, passed away on December 31, 2016, in Tucson, AZ with his children, Brian and BeLynn, by his side. He will be truly missed by his family and friends. David Odell Meredith was born November 5, 1945 in Seattle, WA to Floyd and Lillian (Pierce) Meredith. His early childhood was spent in the Bowman, ND area...
Francis Lauer
Dec 31, 2016
Francis M. Lauer, 87, of Deadwood, SD passed away on Saturday, December 31, 2016, at Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, SD. Francis Mathew Lauer was born on July 30, 1929, in Deadwood, SD a son of Dess and Rose Lauer. Francis had an older sister, Helen and a younger sister, Florence. He grew up in Deadwood where he...
Eugene Adams
Dec 28, 2016
Eugene Adams, 83years old passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at his home in Sundance, WY. He was born May 1, 1933 in New York, New York, to Eugene and Evelyn Adams. He joined the United States Air Force in May of 1951 and was Honorably Discharged in May of 1955. He married Ethel Lowerre in June 1962 at...
Ed Grenstiner
Dec 27, 2016
Ed Roy Grenstiner passed away on Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at Rapid City Regional Hospital surrounded by his loved ones. Ed was born April 11, 1954 in Deadwood, SD to Roy and Irene Grenstiner. He attended school in Terryville, SD and later graduated from Lead High School in 1973. After graduation he married his high school sweetheart Connie Porter on...
John Julian
Dec 21, 2016
John Anthony Julian (PaPa), 84, passed away on December 21, 2016, at his home in Phoenix, Arizona. His last days were spent with friends and family. John was an avid outdoorsman, wood carver, musician, SCUBA diver and family man. He was born January 17, 1932 in Carnegie. Pennsylvania as John Antonino Giuliani to immigrant parents. He learned early on that...
Nellie Mix
Dec 16, 2016
Nellie Mix, 87, of Deadwood, passed away on Friday, December 16, 2016, at the Fort Meade Veterans Affairs Medical Facility. Nellie Berneice Mix was born in Terraville, SD in 1929, and was the 6th of 11 children born to Robert Mix Sr. and Ella (Harper) Mix. She attended Deadwood, Terraville and Lead schools graduating from Lead High School in 1948....
Lorraine Newberry
Dec 16, 2016
Lorraine C. Newberry, 91 of Spearfish, passed away on December 16, 2016. Lorraine C. Newberry was born in Courtenay, North Dakota on July 20, 1925 to Waldemar and Hattie Anderson. She later moved to Jamestown, North Dakota where she graduated from Jamestown High School in 1943 and from Jamestown College in 1947 with a degree in teaching. She and Lyle...
Bonnie Vodopich
Dec 15, 2016
Bonnie Vodopich, a loving mother and wife and life-long resident of Black Hills Area passed away on December 15, 2016 at the age of 46 while in hospital in Sioux Falls, SD. Bonnie was born on May 19, 1970 in Spearfish, SD to parents, Don and Rosmary (Biel) Carpenter. She grew up in and graduated in 1989 from Spearfish. Her...
