Obituaries

Feb 7, 2018

Ida Emelia Tryon was born February 6, 1943, to Leach and Edna Bryant. She was the 2nd of 9 children. She was raised on the Bryant ranch and attended a one room schoolhouse in Pleasant Valley. Ida married Frank Goff in 1958. In their union, 7 children were born. Ida married Charlie Tryon on July 17, 1979. Her and...

Feb 5, 2018

Hank was born February 26, 1946, to Darrel and Cora (Jensen) Kurtz in Groton, SD. He attended elementary and junior high school at Joan of Arc school, a half mile from the family farm and graduated from Groton High School in 1965. He joined the United States Air Force after high school and served as a flight crewman for...

Feb 4, 2018

Barbara was born in Sturgis, SD, to Roy and Lillian (Babcock) Anders on October 9, 1928. She spent her childhood in Sturgis and Portland, OR, and then returned to Deadwood, SD, where she graduated from high school in 1946. Barbara met Verlynne "Squirt" Larson and they were married in 1947 and had one daughter, Sharon. Barbara divorced in 1956...

Feb 3, 2018

Willie "Willy" John Tenold was born April 3, 1938, to Peder and Astrid "Esther" (Rasmussen) Tenold in Buffalo, SD. He was the 9th of 10 children and grew up on the family ranch 3 miles east of Reva, SD. After Willie's father died, he and his brother, Bob, purchased the family ranch where Willie lived until his death. Willie...

Feb 1, 2018

Francis Marion McDaniel was born March 25, 1923, to Frank and Esther (Burke) McDaniel in Lantry, SD. He attended grade school in Lantry, graduated from Dupree High School in 1941, and attended Business College in Rapid City, SD. After serving in the Army during WWII, he attended Northrup Aeronautical Institute in California, graduating with a degree in aeronautical engineering....

Jan 31, 2018

Betty Lou Boyle, 91, of Whitewood, SD, died January 31, 2018 at Regional health Hospice House, Rapid City, SD.

Betty was born in South Dakota to Morris and Louise (Nelson) McIver on January 21, 1927. She was married to Harold Leroy Boyle, and a daughter, Paulette Boyle, and a son, Donn BVoyle.

Jan 30, 2018

Merla Dawn Price was born April 4, 1949, in Sturgis, SD, to Merle and Addie Boyd (Howie) Weyer. Her childhood years were spent in Marcus where she attended rural school. She graduated in 1967 from Faith High School. After graduation, she attended National College of Business in Rapid City. In 1969, she married her high school sweetheart, Alan Price,...

Jan 29, 2018

Melrose was born to Clinton and Carrie (Childers) Brashears at home in the Brush Creek community at Leola, AR. Melrose began first grade at the Brush Creek School. She accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Lord and Savior at an early age and was baptized and joined Brush Creek Missionary Baptist Church. She worked and trusted God all of...

Jan 29, 2018

James Albert Piana, 96, of Newcastle, WY died January 29, 2018 at the Dept. of Vetera

Jim was born in his childhood home August 22, 1921, in Newcastle, WY, to August and Irean (Gaido) Piana.

Jan 28, 2018

Mary Madell Schuster was born in Sturgis May 18, 1925, in her grandmother Keffler's "midwifery" house.  Her parents were Joseph and Florence (Keffler) Schuster.  She attended St. Martin's Academy from 1 st through 12 th grade.  She graduated from National College of Business in Rapid City.

She married George Piekkola in February of 1950 in Sturgis.  They...

Jan 28, 2018

John was born March 25, 1955, in Anchorage. John was raised in Alaska and graduated from Service High School in 1973. Throughout most of his adult life, John worked at Noble Mechanical, an Anchorage sheet metal business owned by his parents, William and Georgina Bumgarner. After William's retirement in 1992, John operated the business with his brother, Warren. He...

Jan 28, 2018

Don was born September 14, 1927 to Herman F. and Florence M(Matthews) Miller in Chamberlain, SD. On June 12, 1952, he married Kathleen Shirley Buss at St. Bernard's Catholic Church in Redfield, SD. She preceded him in death in 2013 after 61 years of marriage. Don graduated from Chamberlain High School in 1945 and served as a corporal in...

Jan 28, 2018

John was born on September 18, 1937, in Gary, IN, to Vance and Madeline Reed. He grew up in IN and was an alumnus of Indiana University, where he majored in Chemistry before entering the Air Force in 1961. John began his Air Force career at Harlingen, TX. After completing Undergraduate Navigator Training, he was stationed at Plattsburgh AFB,...

Jan 27, 2018

Irene Alvena (Webb) Berndt was born March 4, 1933, to George and Ella Webb. She was the 7th of 12 children. Irene died at home on January 27, 2018, after a short illness at the age of 84. Irene grew up in Eagle Butte. She attended Butte View School in the Fox Ridge District and graduated from Eagle Butte...

Jan 26, 2018

Margaret was born the third of five children to Parks and Emma (Hebner) DuPont on May 23, 1930, in Nisland, SD. She attended school in Lead, SD, and worked at St. Joseph's Hospital. She married Frank Matulovich and they started their family in Lead where they raised their children, Lon and Pamela. Margaret moved to Gillette, WY, in the...

Jan 26, 2018

Lisle was born April 21, 1925, at Page County, IA, to Leonard and Lydia (Kenagy) Reeve. At a young age, the family moved to Western Nebraska near Marsland. They worked for local potato farmers and moved a lot during the 1930's in that area. Lisle graduated from Hemingford High School and shortly thereafter, he joined the United States Army....

Jan 26, 2018

Wade Kent Graves, 59, formerly of Minot, died Thursday, January 25, 2018, in Walling, TN.  Services will be Saturday, February 3, 2018, at 2:00 p.m. at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis, SD.  Burial will follow at Bear Butte Cemetery in Sturgis.

Jan 25, 2018

Bernice Florence Mettler was born January 29, 1933, at Sturgis, SD, to Leopold J. and Delores (Ferdig) Mettler. She was born the 2nd of 4 children: older sister, Arlene (Strohschein), younger sister, Mary (Murray), and younger brother, Lewis (Mettler). Times were tough, but they had each other. The siblings remained very close throughout life. Bernice was raised in Sturgis...

Jan 24, 2018

Phyllis "JoAnne" (O'Dea) Merwin was born on May 7, 1940, to Michael and Virginia (Martin) O'Dea.  She was raised on the family farm and attended school in Oral, SD, through the 8th grade and graduated from Hot Springs, SD, high school in 1957.  After graduating high school she married her high school sweet heart Albert Merwin on November 4,...

Jan 24, 2018

Ruth was born October 7, 1931, at Washington, IA, to James Leroy and Irma (Walker) Jugenheimer.  She graduated from high school in Washington, IA, and earned a two year teaching certificate at Sioux Falls College.  She married John Carl Schlomer on December 23, 1956, at Glenham, SD.

She taught school for the Smee School District at Wakpala,...