Obituaries

Mar 27, 2018

Robert William "Bill" Bausch was born on February 22, 1957, in Rapid City, SD, to William and Roberta (Freeman) Bausch. He died on March 27, 2018, in Sturgis, SD. Bill grew up in Sturgis where he spent his school years. He later moved to Hill City where he married Hill Smith and had a son, Joshua. They divorced and...

Mar 26, 2018

Donald Earl Simmons, 57, Rapid City, passed away March 26, 2018, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. He was born October 5, 1961, in Rapid City, SD, to Donald L. and Alta R. (Jensen) Simmons. Donald attended White Eagle School and Douglas school system. Donald is survived by his father, Donald L. Simmons; a brother; sisters; and nieces, nephews, and...

Mar 26, 2018

John Thomas Vancas was born January 5, 1954, to Francis and Muriel Vancas in Deadwood. John was the youngest of four and grew up in Deadwood with siblings, David, Mark, and Carol. John enlisted in the US Army in 1971 and served until 1975. In October of 1974, John met his wife, Joette Rae Burrer. They were married August...

Mar 26, 2018

Charles "Charlie" Raymond Yuill was born September 26, 1928, in Rapid City to William A. Yuill, Sr. and Hazel (Hasselstrom) Yuill. Charlie was raised on the family farm northwest of Newell. He attended Horse Creek School and Newell High School. Charlie received a high school diploma from SDSU School of Ag in 1948. Charlie served in the Army from...

Mar 25, 2018

Kenneth W. McCollom was the youngest of three children born to Harold V. and Gretchen (Thornburg) McCollom on November 12, 1936, between Sundance and Hullett, WY, near Sunny Divide. This was the reason he was known to most as "Sonny." He was raised in Osage and attended school there until graduating from 8th grade. He attended high school in...

Mar 25, 2018

David Walter Jermolovich, 63, of Sturgis, SD, died at Sturgis Regional Hospital on March 25, 2018.

David was born in Pennsylvania to Walter and Nadia (Potosky) Jermolovich. He served in the US Navy during the Vietnam War. He is survived by a brother, Greg Jermolovich of Colorado.

Mar 24, 2018

Melvin was born in Lead, SD, on May 5, 1938, to Sven and Lilly (Ahoe) Tammi and was the youngest of three brothers and two sisters. He attended Lead High School and graduated in 1965. He took over the family ranch which he worked his entire life until the very end. In 1978, he married Claudette Cheney at the...

Mar 24, 2018

Jim was born August 30, 1937, in the Whetsell Settlement in Preston County, WV. After finishing high school, Jim joined the United States Air Force and was stationed in Merced, CA. He served honorably for 4 years. His passion in life was farming. He resided near Stockton, CA, for many years where he farmed and worked the land. He...

Mar 23, 2018

Tami was born November 13, 1957, in Rapid City to George and Charlotte (Engle) Carter. She was a simple and sentimental person. Tami loved springtime, listening to the birds sing, playing jokes on family, and having family play jokes on her. She was a wonderful listener, never judging and never complaining. Most of all, she loved spending time with...

Mar 21, 2018

Angus LaRue Forbes was born on February 18, 2006. He was put into the loving arms of James and Teresa to complete our family by joining his two siblings Nicolis and Lilly. His amazing life as a little boy was all about fishing, playing hard, swimming at the lake, and quietly resting in the lap of a family member...

Mar 21, 2018

David Eugene was born unto Tom and Bonnie Relf in Rapid City, SD, on April 2, 1954. As a little boy with boundless energy and enthusiasm, he excelled at baseball and spent every summer of his youth playing in the Pony League and Little League games. He participated in Track at North Junior High and won many medals. As...

Mar 20, 2018

Barbara Jean (Edler) Smith, 65, of Rapid City, SD died March 20, 2018 at her home in Rapid City.

Barbara was born in Iowa Arlene and Dorothy Edler on July 12, 1952. She was married to Kenny Smith.

Mar 20, 2018

Laverne was born in the West Texas town of Stamford in 1924 and raised in nearby Abilene. Laverne was the youngest of seven children in the Gratz and Lorena Baker family. Laverne married Lt. Albert Selden Elliott on July 24, 1943. After her husband returned from the Pacific Theater in 1945, they settled in a small Texas town where...

Mar 20, 2018

Guy Tillett was born in Indiana and graduated from Butler University with a Bachelor of Sciences in Biological Science and Indiana University with Master's Degree in Teaching Biology. This was interrupted by two years of Naval Aviation at Pensacola, FL, and Kingsville, TX. Guy was an educator, teaching life sciences for 10 years in the secondary schools in Indiana...

Mar 18, 2018

Bettyann Seifert was born to Edward and Betty (Knapp) Seifert on June 7, 1948, in Shelby, MT.  Bettyann completed elementary through high school in Shelby.  As a young girl, Bettyann enjoyed raising and riding horses on the farm and for 4-H.  She enjoyed working on the farm with her family.

She met her...

Mar 18, 2018

Ida Mae was born October 6, 1942, in Sturgis, SD, to Darrell "Buster" and Luberta Adeline (Dow) Jones. Ida Mae married James Arlen Rounds on April 30, 1966, in Sturgis. She graduated from high school in Belle Fouche, SD, and attended Black Hills State University in Spearfish, SD, receiving her BA in teaching. Ida Mae worked for Sitka Mental...

Mar 12, 2018

A little bundle of Joy, Darlene Sheely, was born April 19, 1961, in Belle Fourche, South Dakota, to Raymond and Marlene Sheely of Sturgis South Dakota. Darlene Sheely attended grade school and high school in Sturgis, graduating in 1979. Then went on to secretarial school at South Dakota vo-tech and graduated from there in 1981. Darlene was gifted with...

Mar 10, 2018

Evelyn M. Douglas was born in Nashport, Ohio, on November 26, 1920. She attended and graduated from Nashport High School where she had the honor of being the class Valedictorian. Evelyn went on to college, taking her first two years at Ohio University Branch in Zanesville, OH. Evelyn continued on to the main campus of Ohio University in Athens,...

Mar 10, 2018

Leona Irene (Mooney) Fields was born March 17, 1925, at Henrietta, OK, to Floyd A. and Margaret (Byard) Mooney. As a young child, her family moved to Borger, TX, and lived there until moving to the community of Kelton, TX, where she attended grade school and graduated from Kelton High School in 1942. On September 23, 1944, she married...

Mar 10, 2018

Bill lived an interesting and varied life. He was born in a small town in rural South Dakota, attended a country school along with his five brothers and two sisters, and later moved to the Yankton area. When his parents died, he moved to the Mitchell area to live with family members. As soon as possible, he joined the...