William "Bill" Dean Orwick
Feb 9, 2017
Bill was born February 7, 1937 in Deadwood, SD, to Christian and Kathryn Margaret (Sheridan) Orwick. He grew up on the family ranch at Mud Butte, SD, attending country school at Mud Butte. He was an exceptional student and was allowed to skip two grades. He graduated from Newell High School and attended Regis College in Denver, CO, and...
Mildred Marie Willson
Feb 8, 2017
Mildred was born January 19, 1919 in Lusk, WY, to Clarence and Arta (Anderson) Leeling. She married Frank Willson on March 2, 1940, in Deadwood, SD. In 1946, they purchased land south of Whitewood in in 1953, began raising Angus cattle. Mildred Willson, 98, of Whitewood, SD, passed away Wednesday, February 8, 2017, at Sturgis Regional Hospital. Survivors include...
Mary Ellen Baker
Feb 6, 2017
Mary was born to Leach and Edna (Farnsworth) Bryant on March 27, 1947. She was raised on the family ranch in Pleasant Valley, Meade County, SD. She attended a rural elementary school then attended high school in Sturgis, SD, graduating in 1966. On December 9, 1967, she was united in marriage to Raymond F. Baker in Piedmont, SD. She...
Jeanette Claire Thacker
Feb 6, 2017
Jeanette Claire (Shostrom) Thacker was born in Deadwood, SD, on July 10, 1932, to A.H "Lex" & Stelline (Van Heuvelen) Shostrom. She attended Deadwood schools and graduated from Deadwood High School in 1950. While in school she enjoyed tap dancing, tumbling and other sports. She was honored Queen of Bethel #4, Job's Daughters, in 1950. She married Fred Thacker...
Harold Paul Thomas
Feb 6, 2017
Harold was born July 22, 1924 in Dalzell, SD, to Paul and Elizabeth (Kramer) Thomas. Harold attended and graduated Rapid City High School. He served in the US Army in WWII from 1943 until 1945. Harold married Mary Jane Maier on May 20, 1962, in Rapid City, SD. He was an auto mechanic and after working numerus other garages,...
James Walter Ibold
Feb 5, 2017
James Walter Ibold, 73, died at the State Veterans Home, Hot Springs, SD, on February 5, 2017.
James was born in Colorado to Walter and Alien (Luper) Ibold on April 22, 1943. He served in the US military and is inurned at Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, CO.
Vera Marie Dutton
Feb 4, 2017
Vera was born on the Collins Homestead near Plainview, SD, on January 3, 1927, to William and Ida Collins. She graduated Valedictorian from Faith High School in 1945, then went on to receive her teaching certificate from Black Hills Normal School later that same year. Vera taught in a one room school house for the next three years, riding...
Anna Irene Stenerson
Feb 3, 2017
Anna was born April 26, 1921 to Mikal Norman and Anna Marie Moe Iverson on their Ladner farm, Ladner, SD. Anna grew up with her 4 brothers and 3 sisters. She attended Ladner grade school, then attended high school in Camp Crook, SD. Anna married Edson Richard Stenerson on April 26, 1938, 2 weeks before she completed her freshman...
Norma June Skavang
Feb 2, 2017
Norma was born June 27, 1928, in Miller, SD, to Trubert James and Pearl (Brachvogel) Gravett. She was the oldest of six children. After high school graduation in Wessington in 1946, Norma moved to Huron to work. While employed as a bank teller she met her future husband on a blind date. She married Richard Rudolph Skavang on June...
Gail Lorraine Kribell
Feb 1, 2017
Gail Lorraine Kribell, age 67, Rapid City, S.D., died Feb. 1, 2017, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Gail was born May 14, 1949, to Lorraine (Meyer) and William Peterson in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, joining her brother Jim and her sister Diane. In 1954, the family moved to Reseda, Calif., before finally settling in Simi Valley, Calif., in 1955. She graduated...
Stella Arlene Taylor
Feb 1, 2017
Stella was born March 4, 1923, to Jacob and Minnie Ochsner on the family ranch near Gopher, SD. Her early childhood was spent on the ranch with her three sisters and six brothers. Stella graduated from Isabel High School in 1941. Following High School graduation, Stella attended Northern State College from 1941-1943 and received a teaching certificate. She met...
Ginger Marie Lolley
Jan 31, 2017
Ginger was born May 15, 1952, in Lusk, WY, to Oleta and Harry Engebretsen. She grew up on the family ranch north-east of Harrison, NE, attending country school until she began her High School years. She then attended Sioux County High School in Harrison. In 1969, Ginger met her soul mate and love of her life, Bryan Eugene Lolley....
Harold Herbert Permann
Jan 31, 2017
Harold was born February 11, 1926, at a farmstead in Lowry, SD, to Jacob and Christina (Huber) Permann. He attended School in Lowry. At age 14, he worked on the farm, and then in California. He returned to South Dakota in 1950. He entered the US Army in 1950 and was honorably discharged December 10, 1956. He was in...
Danial Wayne Bousa
Jan 31, 2017
Danial Wayne Bouse, 64, of Sundance, WY, died January 31, 2017 at Rapid City Regional hospital, Rapid City, SD.
Danial was born in South Dakota to Henry Charles and Doris Jean (Lyles) Bousa on December 29, 1952. He served his nation i the US Air Force during the Vietnam War and in inurned at Black Hills National...
Clarence Dean Whipple
Jan 31, 2017
STURGIS | Clarence "Whip" Whipple, 80, died Jan. 31, 2017.
Whip was born in Wyoming to Frank Willis and Barbara Jean (Morehead) Whipple on April 17, 1936. He served in the U.S. Navy.during the Korean War.
Services were at 10:30 a.m. March 13, at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis.
Michael Francis Dorrian
Jan 30, 2017
Michael Francis Dorrian, 63, Sturgis, SD, died January 30, 2017 at Sturgis Regional Hospital.
Michael was born in Texas to Phillip and Ann (Parchman) Dorrian on May 23, 1953. He served as a Sargent in the US Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. Following his time in the Marines he worked in the construction industry.
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Jackie Dean Reber
Jan 30, 2017
Jackie Dean Reber, 56, Belle Fourche, SD, died January 30, 2017 at Ft. Meade Veterans Hospital, Ft. Meade, SD.
Jackie was born in Florida to Earl and Doris (Doty) Reber on May 30, 1960. He is buried at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis, SD.
Ralph Donald Bruce
Jan 30, 2017
Don was born October 25, 1932, the third of seven children to Carl and Muriel (Aarons) Bruce in White River, SD. He attended school and graduated from Mission High School in 1950. He married Rose Schubauer on April 17, 1952, in Mission. After traveling to California and Montana, they moved to Sturgis in 1953 and raised their family. Ralph...
Melvin "Lefty" Albrecht
Jan 28, 2017
Lefty was born in Hosmer SD, April 12, 1927, to Edward and Anna (Job) Albrecht. He grew up on a farm near Wetonka, SD. He was drafted into the US Army and was stationed in Okinawa, Japan during WWII where he was an infantryman and a truck driver. After the war, he met Evangeline Jahraus where they courted and...
Richard Travis Copeland
Jan 27, 2017
Richard was born to Benjamin and Lessie (Smith) Copeland on February 23, 1937 in Cheneville, LA. Richard served in the Air Force for 22 years. He loved to read in his spare time and listening to his favorite artist Patsy Cline. Richard Travis Copeland died January 27, 2017 at Fort Meade Medical Center in Sturgis; SD. He is survived...
