Steven R. Aughenbaugh
Mar 7, 2026
Steven Ross Aughenbaugh, 72, passed away March 7, 2026, at Monument Health Hospital in Rapid City.
Full obituary and service information are pending.
Gene D. Jensen
Mar 7, 2026
Gene Jensen, 73, of Sturgis, SD, passed away Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Monument Health Care Center in Sturgis. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.
Gene Delbert Jensen was born March 17, 1952, in Rapid City, SD, to Virgil and Francis Johnston Jensen. He grew up in Kimball, SD, and graduated from Kimball High School in...
Elnor Hertel
Mar 6, 2026
We are sad to announce the passing of Elnor Hertel of Sturgis, SD. She passed peacefully at home in her bed on March 6, 2026, at age 96. She is succeeded by her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren. At her request, she desired to be cremated, laid beside her husband, Alfred Hertel, and with no services. Those who wish can...
Leslie Stephens
Mar 5, 2026
Leslie Mae Stephens was born April 11, 1958, in Rapid City, SD, to Joseph and Willa Mae Herrera. She lived in CA in her youth before moving with her family to Rapid City, SD. She graduated from Rapid City High School in 1976. She married Michael Franklin Stephens, and they moved to Kansas City, MO. To this union was born...
Betty Stephenson
Mar 5, 2026
Elizabeth (Betty) Stephenson, age 94, passed away Thursday, March 5, 2026, at the Monument Health Sturgis Hospital in Sturgis, South Dakota.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:00 AM on Monday, March 9, 2026, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Sturgis, with Father Gregory Frankman as the Celebrant. Visitation and a rosary will be held at 9:30 AM...
Sharri Raye McMath
Mar 4, 2026
Sharri Raye McMath, 73, of Sturgis, South Dakota, passed away Wednesday, March 4, 2026.
Donald Lee Clausen
Feb 26, 2026
Donald Lee Clausen, 65, of Sturgis, South Dakota, passed away peacefully on February 26, 2026 surrounded by family. He left behind a legacy of love, service, and unwavering devotion to his family.
He was born on January 17, 1961, in Douglas, Wyoming, to Fred and Sharon Clausen.
Donald attended and graduated Douglas High School where he played and excelled in various sports.
Donald...
Louise Achtien
Feb 23, 2026
Louise Achtien, passed away peacefully at her home in Rapid City, South Dakota, on February 23, 2026.
No services are scheduled at this time. The family is planning to host a Celebration of Life at a later date.
Roger Henry Schoon
Feb 23, 2026
Roger Schoon was born on July 23, 1941, to Henry and Lena (Mehlhaff) Schoon on the family farm near Parkston, South Dakota. On January 21, 1960, he married Donna Walter, and together they were blessed with six children: William, Roland, Ronda, Monica, Angela, and Annette.
Roger worked for Marquardt Trucking and Grain while also trying his hand at farming. In 1968,...
Patsy L. Mulloy
Feb 22, 2026
Patsy Lee (Tiensvold) Mulloy was born on November 4, 1953, in Tacoma, Washington, to Norris and Dolores (Carroll) Tiensvold. She passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on February 22, 2026, at Monument Health in Rapid City, South Dakota, after a brief illness.
The oldest of six children, Patsy grew up and attended school in Chugiak, Alaska, where her formative years shaped...
John "Jack" Barry Decker
Feb 20, 2026
John Barry “Jack” Decker, 83, passed away peacefully on February 20, 2026 in Rapid City, South Dakota. Born on September 5, 1942, in Montgomery, Alabama, Jack’s life journey eventually led him back to the wide-open country that always felt most like home.
After losing his father in Chicago at the age of six, Jack and his three brothers were raised by...
Jim Orwick
Feb 19, 2026
Phillip James Orwick, known to all as Jim, died peacefully on February 19, 2026, at Belle Estates in Belle Fourche, SD.
Jim was born on January 16, 1934, in Deadwood, SD. The son of a Norwegian father, Christ Orwick, and an Irish mother, Katherine Sheridan Orwick, Jim grew up on the Orwick ranch just west of Mud Butte, along with brothers...
Conda "Connie" June Chandler
Feb 17, 2026
Conda (Connie) June Chandler was born June 1, 1937 in Mitchell, South Dakota to Lester and Pauline Rankin. She was the first of 3 daughters born to the couple. Her sister's Florice and Jeanette coming 4 and 8 years later.
Connie's parents were farmers for many years. She liked to help her dad on the farm. When she was little, she...
Alice M. Schmele
Feb 16, 2026
Alice Margaret (Blackburn) Schmele was born on November 1, 1936, in Sioux City, Iowa, to Charles Carl and Ethel Marie Blackburn. She married Paul William (Bill) Schmele on June 8, 1961, in Spearfish, South Dakota.
Alice passed away peacefully on February 16, 2026, in Grand Forks, North Dakota, at the age of 89.
Growing up on a farm in Iowa with her...
Vernon Harold Coe
Feb 14, 2026
Vernon Harold Coe, age 89, of Sturgis, SD passed away Saturday February 14, 2026, at his residence. He was born May 17, 1936, in Hettinger, ND, son of the late Harold Coe and Myrtle Culver.
Vernon attended grade school in Harding County, riding horseback to school from 4th through 8th grade. He attended one year of high school in Belle Fourche,...
Robert Whetzal
Feb 13, 2026
Robert Alan Whetzal of Sturgis, SD, passed away peacefully on the Morning of February 13th, 2026. Robert, as he would later be known as Bob, was born in Enid, OK, on November 30th, 1948, the first of three children, siblings Dennis and Tamra, proudly raised by Frank and Waneta (Hess) Whetzal. He grew up stubborn and rambunctious, with a love...
Gerald Rogers
Feb 12, 2026
Gerald John Rogers, of Deadwood, SD, passed away peacefully in his home on February 12, 2026, surrounded by the love of his family.
Born in Mobridge, SD, to Pauline and Jim Rogers, Gerald grew up in Isabel, SD, with the wide-open spaces of the prairie in his heart. From a young age, he learned the value of hard work, family, and...
Tommy Dean Olson
Feb 11, 2026
Tommy (Tom) Dean Olson passed away at age 78 on February 11, 2026, at Monument Health Hospital in Spearfish, South Dakota.
Tom was born to Benjamin and Dorothy (Fenner) Olson on January 4, 1948, in Sturgis, South Dakota. He’s the oldest of five children: Dickey (Dick) Olson, Harriet Lolley, Benny Olson, and Bobby Olson. In September 1967, Tom was drafted into...
Parker James Leon Faber
Feb 10, 2026
Parker James Leon Faber was born January 28, 2011, in Spearfish, South Dakota, to Jenni Faber. For Parker, though, Sturgis was home, and that's where he and his partner in crime grew up together. When Parker was younger, he and Paxton were always into some type of planning, from stealing Aunt Tara's gum and Mountain Dew to running away to...
