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Marion Hugh Sprague
Nov 9, 2015
SPEARFISH | Marion H. Sprague, 102, died Nov. 8, 2015. Marion was born in Montana on April 29, 1913. He served in the U.S. Navy. At his request there will be no services. Kinkade Funeral Chapel of Sturgis
Birth Date: Apr 1913 Military Date: 1 Jan 1943 Title: Commissioned Officers, Cadets, Midshipmen, and Warrant Officers of the...
Stella F. Elwess
Nov 6, 2015
Stella F. Elwess, 90, Edgemont, SD, passed away on November 6, 2015 at Rapid City Regional Hospital.
Stella was born in Oklahoma to George and Belva (Bridgeford) Rice on September 22, 1925.
Lavonne Ardelle Holland
Nov 2, 2015
LaVonne Ardelle (Casper) Holland, 91, died peacefully at home Monday, Nov. 2, 2015. She was born Feb, 27, 1924, on a farm near Lake Preston to Arthur and Agnes (Petersen) Casper. She attended and graduated from Oldham High School in 1941. LaVonne later moved to Sioux Falls where she worked in an office job at Lakeside Dairy for ...
William Ray Iverson
Nov 1, 2015
William "Bill" Ray Iverson, 72, Black Hawk, died Sunday, November 1, 2015, peacefully with his family by his side after a long battle with complications with ALS. Memorial services will be held at 4:00 p.m. Thursday, November 5, 2015, at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. Private family inurnment services will be at a later date at Mt. View Cemetery...
Linda Sue Hawley
Nov 1, 2015
Linda Sue Hawley, 66, of Belle Fourche, SD, passed away November 1, 2015, at Spearfish Regional Hospital. Visitation will be Tuesday, November 3, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, November 4, at 1:00 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Sturgis. Burial will follow at Black Hills...
Alex Horstmann
Oct 31, 2015
Alex Horstmann left this earth on October 31, 2015 from Aurora, CO. He was born October 21, 2015.
Shannon Clayton Dale Mecham
Oct 31, 2015
Shannon Clayton Dale Mecham, 56, Rapid City, SD, passed away at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs Hospital, Fort Meade, SD, on October 31, 2015.
Shannon was born in Oklahoma to Edward D. and Kaecy (Freman) Mecham. He served in the armed forces of the United States.
Larry Dean Davis
Oct 29, 2015
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Larry, Dean Davis, 69, Hot Springs, SD, passed away October 29, 2015 at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hot Springs, SD.
Larry was born in Sioux Falls, SD, to Leslie Paul and Lorraine (Bakker) Davis on November 19, 1945. He served in US...
Maxine Mae Wright
Oct 29, 2015
Maxine Mae Wright, age 90, Deadwood, SD, passed away Thursday morning, October 29, 2015, at home with family. A memorial service will be held Sunday, November 8, 2015, at 4:00 p.m. at the VFW in Deadwood. Inurnment will be Monday, November 9, 2015, at 9:00 a.m. at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis. Maxine was born November 1, 1924,...
Joseph Andrew Nonnast
Oct 28, 2015
Joseph A. Nonnast, Sr., 79, Sturgis, died Wednesday, October 28, 2015, at the South Dakota Human Services Center in Yankton. Visitation will be 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Monday at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 3, 2015, at the First Presbyterian Church in Sturgis. Burial will follow at...
Melissa Dawn Bettencourt
Oct 26, 2015
Melissa Dawn Bettencourt, 42, of Rapid City, passed away in her home on October 26, 2015. Melissa was born February 13, 1973 at Ft. Campbell, KY to Michael and Paula (Arnold) Skinner. She has a husband, Jude, son, Ian, and sister, Stephanie who survive. Both parents also survive. Melissa spent most of her childhood in Newcastle, WY, and attended...
Frances Ann Erickson
Oct 23, 2015
Frances Ann Torgrude Erickson died, Friday, October 23, 2015, at the Sturgis Long Term Care at the age of 79. She was born to John and Pansy Marie Wagner on July 26, 1936, in Deadwood, SD. She attended school in Deadwood and graduated from Deadwood High School in 1954. She married Conley Torgrude in 1957 and to this union...
Anna Lou Lanphear
Oct 22, 2015
She was born to Harry (Pete) Miller and Carthel Kuykendall Miller in Texas County, Oklahoma on September 27, 1928.
She married Jack Barclay, they are parents of three children. They lived in the Sturgis area and a short time in Wyoming.
After they were divorced, she moved back to Sturgis, SD, and later married Cletus...
Charles Richard Larimore
Oct 20, 2015
Charles Richard Larimore, 81, of Whitewood, SD, died October 20, 2015 at his home. Private family memorial services have been held. Survivors include his wife, Melba J.; son, Mark (Debbie) Larimore, Whitewood, SD; daughters, Stacey (Brian) Vance, Ft. Wayne, IN, Lisa (Aaron) Rance, Las Vegas, NV, and Linda (Jim) Burk, Rapid City, SD; sisters, Joann Kinsey of Ohio and...
Dallas Richard Blomquist
Oct 19, 2015
DALLAS RICHARD BLOMQUIST, SR. June 2, 1923 - October 19, 2015
Dallas Richard Blomquist Sr., was born to Carl Victor and Agnes (Mell) Blomquist on June 2, 1923 in Stanchfield, Minnesota.
Dallas entered the U.S. Marines in August 1942, serving in World War II. He left the service in 1945. For his bravery...
Lillian Estelle Hopson
Oct 19, 2015
Estelle was born August 25, 1914, at Crosbyton, TX, to Grady W. and Maude Lee (Johnson) Wilson Sr. She was raised on a farm at West Way near Hereford, TX. She was the oldest of eight children.
In 1951, Estelle and her husband, Arvel Hopson, moved from Hereford, TX, to join the rest of the Wilson family...
Janice Ruth Hardy
Oct 18, 2015
Janice Ruth Hardy, 75, died October 18, 2015 at Hospice of the Hills, Rapid City, SD. The youngest of four children, she was born on October 12, 1940, in Sturgis, SD, to Walter and Hazel Hardy. After graduating from Sturgis HS in 1958, Janice attended the University of Denver on a full tuition scholarship to study education, communications, and...
Lydia Deloris "Arlene" Strohschein
Oct 17, 2015
Lydia Deloris "Arlene" Strohschein was born September 1, 1931, at Timber Lake, SD, to Leopold and Deloris (Ferdig) Mettler. She moved to Sturgis at an early age where she attended school. After completing her education, she married Arnold Strohschein at Miles City, MT, on November 27, 1951.
The couple ranched near Alzada and Capital, MT, before moving...
Edwin Joseph Wierzbicki
Oct 17, 2015
Edwin Joseph Wierzbicki was born June 1, 1928, at Three Lakes, WI, to Joseph and Martha (Kochinski) Wierzbicki. The family moved to Goodman, WI, when Edwin was about two years of age. Ed moved to SD in 1949 and was in dirt construction for over 65 years. He built many dams and roads in Western, South Dakota. He loved...
Darren J.C. "Bubba" Jacobsen
Oct 15, 2015
Darren J.C. Jacobsen "Bubba" passed away at Rapid City Regional Hospital on October 15th, 2015, surrounded by family and friends. Bubba was born February 16th, 1983 in Sturgis, SD. He graduated from Sturgis Brown High School in 2001, and from there, studied Graphic Arts at USD in Vermillion. He was an active member of the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity...
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