Patricia Ann Lehnertz
Jan 11, 2017
Pat Lehnertz was born January 9, 1941, in Salinas, CA, to Schuyler and Vivian (Solem) Ruttmann. She later traveled and attended school abroad with her mother Vivian and stepfather, Ted Cossairt. She graduated from Rapid City High School and attended Augustana College in Sioux Falls. She met Jack in Sioux Falls and they were married on December 2, 1961....
Billy Dwayne Peterson
Jan 10, 2017
Billy Dwayne Peterson was born in Audubon, IA, on November 8, 1930, to Carl Peterson and Minnie Thygesen. He and his younger brother, Bobby, raised sheep and farmed in their younger years. Billy enlisted in the military in December 1951, where he was trained as a medic, but ended up working as a tugboat operator in Alaska during his...
Pearl Irene Gerbracht
Jan 10, 2017
Pearl was born October 21, 1919, to Ole and Ella (Vigdahl) Evjen in Turtle Lake, ND. She was baptized in Turtle Lake and confirmed in the Homme Lutheran Church in SD. She attended school in Turtle Lake and Underwood, ND. In 1935, she moved to SD with her parents to her uncle's farm south of Prairie City. She stayed...
Lawrence Alber Hoff
Jan 10, 2017
Lawrence "Larry" A. Hoff, 83, of Victoria, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in Pine Haven of natural causes.
He was born Aug. 12, 1933, to Charles and Josephine Hoff in Emmeram, Kansas. He was the second youngest of 11 children.
In April 1954, he married Barbara Corcoran in Oberlin, Kansas. To this union,...
Gloria Aileen Carlson
Jan 9, 2017
Gloria Ailene Carlson, 78, Rapid City, passed peacefully Monday, January 9, 2017, at Rapid City Regional Hospice House surrounded by her loving family as she entered into heaven. Committal services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 20, 2017, at Bear Butte Cemetery in Sturgis. Gloria was born in Antiock, NE, August 5, 1938 to Orval and Marion...
Justin Lee Plunkett
Jan 8, 2017
Justin Lee Plunkett, 33, died peacefully in the morning on Sunday, January 8, 2017, at his home in Whitewood, SD. Justin "Woody" Plunkett was born April 19, 1983, in Spearfish, SD, to Clark and Glenda Plunkett. He was raised in Whitewood and graduated from Sturgis Brown High School with the Class of 2002. He later went on to work...
Frank Harris Freeman
Jan 6, 2017
Frank Harris Freeman, 84, Sturgis, died Friday, January 6, 2017 at the VA Black Hills Health Care at Fort Meade. Frank was born in Mississippi to Charles and Jessie (Fant) Freeman on March 5, 1932. He served in US Air Force during the Korean Conflict. Committal services will be 1:00 p.m. Friday, January 13, 2017 at the Black Hills...
Hannah Beatrice Pederson
Dec 30, 2016
Hannah Beatrice Pederson was born March 6, 1936, in Sturgis, SD, to Charles and Irene (McDonald) Limbo. She graduated from Sturgis High School in 1955. Hannah married Richard Hobbs on December 1, 1955, in King County, Seattle, WA. Hannah married Olin "Pete" Pederson on January 8, 1965, and to this marriage, she instantly became Mother to three children. Hannah...
William Donald Williamson
Dec 28, 2016
Donald Williamson, 74, of Rapid City, passed away in the loving company of family and friends on December 28, 2016, at Hospice House of the Hills after a long battle with cancer. William Donald Williamson was born in Sturgis, SD on February 21, 1942, to Marjorie (Holtry) and Bill Williamson, Don grew up on the family farm in Vale....
Alfred William Dymock
Dec 27, 2016
Alfred William Dymock, 90, of Rapid City, SD, died at Fort Meade Hospice on December 27, 2016.
Alfred was born in Phoenix, Az, to Alfred and Augustine (Duebler) Dymock on May 26, 1926, graduating from high school in 1944 at Grants Pass, OR. He served in the US Air Force.
Herbert Louis Merkel
Dec 26, 2016
Herbert Louis Merkel was born on October 28, 1922, to Jacob C. and Mathilda (Hintz) Merkel in Lowry, SD. He attended country school in Lowry and McIntosh, SD; finishing high school in Rush City, MN. He worked as a South Dakota Highway surveyor in the McIntosh area. In 1948, he married LaVina Winters and to this union was born...
Charles Michael Dirnbauer
Dec 24, 2016
Charles Michael Dirnbauer, 71, died at his home in Sturgis, SD, on December 24, 2016.
Charles was born in Wisconsin to Frank and Louise (Gamroth) Dirnbauer on January 3, 1945.
Donald Robert Kivimaki
Dec 20, 2016
Donald Robert Kivimaki was born July 19, 1934, at his grandparent's home west of Newell, SD, on Horse Creek to Lillie (Piekkola) and Nestor Kivimaki. He grew up north east of Newell in the Twilight area. He attended grade school at the Karinen School and then attended high school in Newell for two years. Due to his mother's death,...
Kerry Lynn Bates
Dec 15, 2016
Kerry Lynn Bates, 63, died December 15, 2016 at Weston County Health Services, Newcastle, WY.
Kerry was born in Wyoming to Jim and Edna (Mathewson) Yazel on March 3, 1953.
Albert John Arsaga
Dec 15, 2016
Albert John Arsaga, 80, of Sturgis, SD, died December 15, 2016 at Sturgis Regional Longterm Care.
Albert was born in Colorado to Juan and Josenphine (Almeraz) Arsaga on October 16, 1936.
He is buried at Oakridge Cemetery, Deadwood, SD.
Lori June Koch
Dec 12, 2016
Lori was born June 1, 1960, in Chamberlain, SD, to Coleen (Hickey) Short and Glenn Harmon. She was the third of five children. The family moved to Fort Thompson, SD, when Lori was in second grade. As a teenager, she worked at a grocery store where she loved to socialize with the locals. Everyone enjoyed working with Lori; she...
Alan Jeffers Kinney
Dec 11, 2016
Alan Jeffers Kinney, 75 of Black Hawk, passed away Sunday December 11, 2016, at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Ft. Meade, SD. Alan was born September 23, 1941, in Amesbury, MA, to Hermann and Ruth (Jeffers) Kinney. Alan met the love of his life, Joyce Fall, at Uncle Jack's Dairy Corner in Newburyport, MA. On October 5, 1963, they...
Jimmie Lewis Aldren
Dec 11, 2016
Jimmie Lewis Aldren, Sr., 84, of Sturgis, died at his home on December 11, 2016. He was born on August 1, 1932, to Olaf and Beda Aldren in Lennox, SD. During his early years through his graduation from Rapid City High School in 1950, Jim spent his life on the family farm in Black Hawk, SD. On August 2,...
Thomas Robert Packard
Dec 11, 2016
Thomas Robert Packard, 65, of Belle Fourche, SD, died December 11, 2016 at Fort Meade Veterans Hospital, Ft. Meade, SD.
Thomas was born in Iowa to William and Nancy (Colson) Packard on November 14, 1951.
Harley Alvin Gray
Dec 10, 2016
Harley Gray, age 69 of Black Hawk, passed away on Saturday, December 10, 2016, at Rapid City Regional Hospital surrounded by his family. Harley was born January 10, 1947, in rural Douglas County, Missouri, to Raymond and Lala Gray. He graduated from Norwood (MO) High School in 1964. Harley enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1966. He...
