Obituaries

Dec 22, 2015

Howard Charles Ingalls, 78, of Opal, SD, died December 22, 2015, in Opal. Memorial services will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. at the Central Meade County Community Center in Union Center. Private family burial will be at a later date. Howard was born March 27, 1937, to Walter and Margery (Bowlby) Ingalls on the...

Dec 18, 2015

Norma Lee was born June 7, 1932, to Frank and Elna Newman on the Mossburger homestead in Crook County, WY. She was home schooled her early years and then attended elementary school through high school in Lead and Deadwood, SD. Norma worked as a telephone operator in Chamberlain and Belle Fourche, SD. Norma later married LeRoy Clarkson in Denver,...

Dec 16, 2015

Lily Meller Hill, 96, Spearfish, SD, dies December 16, 2015 at the David Dorsett Healthcare Center in Spearfish.

Lily was born in England On March 4, 1919, and is inurned with her husband (Robert W. Hill: 1919-1985) at Black Hills National Cemetery, Sturgis, SD.

Dec 16, 2015

Vern was the first born child of Mildred Emilyne (Leines) and Leonard Vigoren. He was born on November 20, 1931, in his uncle's Rock's house in Bucyrus, ND. He and his family moved to Buffalo, SD, in time for him to start 1st grade. He attended Buffalo High School and graduated in 1950. To help his family out, he...

Dec 14, 2015

Margaret was born April 17, 1923, in St. Francis, KS, to Roland and Sarah Jane (Halley) Roberts. Margaret was married to Dale Maddox for just short of 50 years before his passing in 1991. They lived in St. Francis, KS, Rapid City, SD, Gering, NE, Burlington, CO, and Sturgis, SD, where they purchased the Sturgis Livestock Exchange. Margaret was...

Dec 11, 2015

Marjorie Hershey was born March 31, 1942, to Clyde and Esther (Eklund) Bowers. Margie, as she liked to be called, was a music theory graduate of Pacific Lutheran University and filled countless souls with beautiful music throughout her life. She taught music, played the church organ for several congregations, and directed choirs.

Late in life, Margie received...

Dec 9, 2015

Jerry was born in Pennington County to Claus and Polly (Fenner) Bruse and that is where it all begins.Sisters and Brothers galore - Patsy, Linda, Debra, Cecil, Larry and Roger.Boy did Grandma and Grandpa have their hands full with that bunch! Throughout our lives we have heard so many stories about skunks in the teachers outhouse, drag racing down...

Dec 7, 2015

Edmund Andrew Geffre was born June 18, 1923, in Leola, SD, to Jacob and Barbara (Pfeiffer) Geffre. Edmund served in the U.S. Army during WWII, and was honorably discharged November 29, 1945. Edmund met Audrey Mae Crouch in a small café in Leola, SD, later marrying on October 2, 1949, in Leola. They moved to Lead, SD, in 1950...

Dec 7, 2015

Cheryl Mary Fleming, 69, died December 7, 2015 at the Sturgis Regional Senior Care, Sturgis, SD.

Cheryl was born in South Dakota to Arthur Edwin and Clara (Loesch) Meisner on November 5, 1948.

Services were held at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Sturgis, SD.

Dec 7, 2015

Judith Anne Bauer, born and raised in Deadwood, S.D., was the fifth-born of the eight children of Paul and Mary Jane Hudson. She also lived in New Mexico, Atlanta, Titusville, Fla., and the Phoenix area. Although Judy lived much of her life in the Black Hills, she was drawn to the Southwest, where she lived for a while with...

Dec 7, 2015

Longtime Faith, SD, area rancher Lester James Blomberg, 96, better known as "Lec", "Les", or fondly "Gumpsy" by his grandchildren, succumbed to complications of heart surgery on December 7, 2015. Lec began his life journey on September 24, 1919, when he was born in a sod house at home on a ranch near Gill, SD, to Ernest and Bessie...

Dec 7, 2015

Duane was born October 11, 1942, to Arthur and Bertha (Lillegard) Lindquist in Lemmon, SD. He was the fourth of six children and the first of two sons. The family lived on a farm /ranch and the children attended a one room school for the first 8 grades. Duane graduated from Lemmon High School in 1961. After graduation, Duane...

Dec 6, 2015

Charles Martin Larive, 58, passed away at is home in Spearfish, SD, on December 6, 2015.

Chuck was born in South Dakota to Nels Martinz and Kay (Blotz) Larive on October 25, 1957.. He is inurned at Rosehill Cemetery, Spearfish, SD.

Dec 3, 2015

Lyle Victor Vandenberg, 83, of Deadwood, SD, passed away peacefully with his family by his side, on December 3, 2015, at the Black Hills VA Health Care Facility in the hospice unit at Fort Meade, SD. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Monday at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. Funeral services will be held at...

Dec 2, 2015

Glen Ward Parrish, 96, Deadwood, SD, passed away on December 2, 2015 at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs Hospital, Fort Meade, SD.

Glen was born in Missouri  to Charles and Ola (Burton) Parrish on May 20, 1919.

Dec 1, 2015

Gladys Bonham Satterlee was born in Decatur, IL, on March 13, 1921, the oldest of three daughters born to Frank and Lena Bonham. Frank also had a daughter from an earlier marriage, Dorothy, who made her part-time home with them. Gladys is preceded in death by this entire family.

Gladys met Richard Satterlee in San Francisco during...

Nov 30, 2015

Paul was born February 26, 1968, in Hot Springs, SD., to Donley and Joyce (Windedahl) Herron. He graduated from Custer High School in 1986. He joined the U.S. Air Force after High School and served from 1986-1989. He served as a mechanic for several of the different planes that the Air Force used at that time. One of the...

Nov 29, 2015

The Lord took one of His Angels, Jacqueline Jean Johnson at her residence in Whitewood, SD, on Sunday, November 29, 2015. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Thursday at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, December 4, 2015, at the Whitewood Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow at Black...

Nov 27, 2015

Ida Lee Adkins, left this earth on the morning of November 27, 2015 at Rapid City Regional Hospital.

Ida was the infant daughter of Matthew Adkins and Katherine Horton.

Nov 26, 2015

Marie Alma (Stensaas) Stuen, 87, Sturgis, passed away on November 26, 2015, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. She had been surrounded by her loved ones and those that cherished her dearly. Marie was born April 4, 1928, in Red Elm, SD, to Amy (Ross) and Arne Stensaas. Her family moved to eastern SD when she was four years old....