Sylvia Bernice Wetz
Dec 26, 2018
Sylvia Bernice (Dobyns) Wetz was born on August 17, 1925, the oldest of eight children born to Clement and Edna (Bennett) Dobyns at Oshkosh, NE. She moved with her family to the Newell/Vale/Nisland area as a child. She graduated from Vale High School in 1943 as salutatorian of her class. She began her teaching career on a six-week certificate...
Lydia Ann Pyle
Dec 21, 2018
Mrs. Lydia Ann Pyle, 71, Sturgis, passed peacefully in her home on Friday, December 21, 2018, after a short battle with cancer. Mrs. Pyle was born April 29, 1947, a native of Crowley, LA, to Ray and Anita (Scott) Toups. She married John Pyle III on December 24, 1965. While being a Navy wife, she raised three sons, and...
Mamie Marilyn Mailloux
Dec 21, 2018
Mamie M. Mailloux, 88, Vale, died Friday, December 21, 2018, in Sturgis. Visitation will be 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Thursday, December 27, at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. A Rosary will be offered at 7:00 p.m. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, December 28, 2018, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Sturgis. Burial will follow at...
William Everett Swesey
Dec 21, 2018
William "Billy" Everett Swesey, 86, Sturgis, died Friday, December 21, 2018, with his family by his side at the VA Black Hills Health Care Center at Fort Meade, SD. Visitation will be 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 26, at Kinkade Funeral Chapel. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, December 27, 2018, at Kinkade Funeral Chapel with Pastor...
Charlotte Lucille Taylor
Dec 20, 2018
Charlotte "Dolly" was born March 26, 1922, to Russell and Sarah (Humphrey) Olmstead of Carthage, SD. She was married to William Taylor June 3, 1939, in Carthage, where they lived and farmed until moving with their young family to Newcastle in 1950. Charlotte and Bill relocated to Missoula, MT, in 1968, and spent many happy years on their little...
John Peter Mclaughlin
Dec 17, 2018
John Peter McLaughlin, also known as "Two Dollars Johnny", 77, passed away Monday, December 17, 2018 at Custer Regional Senior Care.
John was born August 23, 1941 in Concord, New Hampshire to John and Ida (Lister) McLaughlin. After high school he joined the US Navy. John married Mary Louise Rose on April 28, 1962 in Norfolk, Virginia. ...
Gerlinde "Linda" Brimmer
Dec 15, 2018
Gerlinde "Linda" Brimmer, 74, Moorcroft, WY, died Saturday, December 15, 2018, at Weston County Manor in Newcastle, WY. Linda was born July 3, 1944, in Nieder Weisel jetst Butsbach, Germany, to Waldemar Friedel Albert and Hildegard Heinz (Artz) Droge. She grew up in Germany. She married William Murphey in 1964 in Germany. They moved to California. To this union,...
John "Trigger" Kymala
Dec 15, 2018
John "Trigger" Kymala passed away in Spearfish on Saturday, December 15, 2018 after a courageous battle with kidney cancer. He died peacefully surrounded by his family.
He was born January 15, 1959 in Deadwood to Larry and Veanna (Feaster) Kymala.
John began his life on the Kymala ranch in Whitewood Valley where he attended a...
Harold Floyd Eatherton
Dec 14, 2018
Bud was born November 21, 1927, in Sturgis, SD, to Robert and Alma (Wallace) Eatherton. The family moved to a ranch near Herford where he attended the Haley Country School until he reached the eighth grade. From 1950 to 1952, Bud served in the US Army. In 1953, he married Joanne Kuykendall. To that marriage, six children were born:...
Deborah Lynn Jones
Dec 13, 2018
Rapid City | Deborah Lynn Roeder Jones, age 57, passed away on December 13, 2018 and is now in the Lord's hands.
She was born in Lafayette, Indiana to Skip and Marcie (Nelson) Roeder.
Survivors include her husband, Donald Jones of Rapid City;...
Raymond Ribble High Eagle Jr.
Dec 13, 2018
Raymond R. High Eagle, 91 years old, passed away on December 13, 2018 in Hot Springs, SD.
Raymond was born on May 2, 1927 in Devil's Lake, ND to Lenore Ecoffey High Eagle and Raymond Ribble High Eagle, Sr.
Raymond served in the...
Linda Wielander
Dec 11, 2018
Linda Bingham Wielander, 70, passed away Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at her home surrounded by all of her children.
AÂ private family burial will be held at a later date.
Patricia Ann Goff
Dec 11, 2018
Patricia "Pat" Goff, 77, Sturgis, passed away on December 11, 2018, at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Fort Meade, following a lengthy illness. Pat, the daughter of James Dunn and Christine (Slaight) Dunn, was born July 26, 1941, in Sturgis, SD. Pat attended school in Plainview, SD, Sturgis, and graduated from Lead High School in 1959, when she joined...
Darlene Marie Fisk
Dec 11, 2018
Darlene Marie Fisk, 90, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at Clarkson Mountain View Healthcare Facility in Rapid City.
Darlene was born May 2, 1928 in Lily, SD to Cecil and Inga Fisk. She attended Lily schools, graduating in 1946. After graduation she attended business school in Minneapolis where she earned her an associate's degree...
Arnold Leroy Lund
Dec 11, 2018
Arnold was born October 22, 1916, in Dutton, MT, to Arnie John and Louise Marie (Hanson) Lund. With an urge to see the world, Arnold left home after the 6th grade to ride the rails, seeing the country during the Great Depression Era. He found work doing many things and owned several businesses during his life, from writing for...
James Melvin Lassle
Dec 9, 2018
Jim was born June 8, 1944, at Sedalia, MO, to August and Genevieve L. (White) Lassle. He served in the United States Air Force as a clerk typist for several colonels. He always sat with his back to the wall so no one could look over his shoulder. This was a habit he carried with him the rest of...
James Edmund Adams
Dec 8, 2018
James Adams, son of James and Marguerite (Castle) Adams, was born on December 28, 1940, in Sioux Falls, SD. He grew up there and received his education and worked with his father in the family excavating business. He then entered the United States Marine Corp. Jim was united in marriage with Shirley Davidson in 1961, in Sioux Falls, SD....
Susie Velten
Dec 7, 2018
Mary "Susie" Velten, 66, passed away December 7, 2018 at Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City. Cremation has taken place and no services are planned at this time.
Colleen Virginia Koster
Dec 6, 2018
Ginger (Conger) Koster was born August 2, 1940, to Bun and Betty Conger. She married Les Koster in 1963 and moved to Piedmont, SD. She worked with her husband, Les, at Buckingham Wood Products until an injury forced her retirement, at which time she opened Ginger's Day Care from their home, running the day care until fully retiring in...
Minnie Van Noort
Dec 6, 2018
Minnie Van Noort, 97, of Danville, IN, passed away Thursday, December 6, 2018. Minnie was born September 28, 1921, in Rock Valley, Iowa, the daughter of the late John Harmelink and Jeanette (Zwanenberg) Harmelink Van Drie. Minnie married William Van Noort. Survivors include her daughter, Sharon L. Zimmerschied of Danville, IN; brother, Vernon Harmelink of Arizona; sister, Josephine Young...
