Dustin Lee Jutting
Mar 2, 2015
Dustin Lee Jutting, 28, passed into Heaven on Monday, March 2, 2015, as a result of a car accident. Dustin lived in Wright, WY, but Sturgis was his home. Dustin was born May 23, 1986, to parents Bob and Donna (Hemenway) Jutting. Dustin had a love for baseball, lawn mowers and small engine repair. Dustin loved to go to...
Michael Thomas Smaltz
Mar 1, 2015
Parents: Elizabeth (Sander) and Ludwig Schmaltz at Drew, SD, on his parents homestead.
Siblings and their spouses: Tony and Lela Schmaltz, Joe Schmaltz (his life was claimed in a farming accident), Maggie and Fritz Nelson, Mary and Mike Fisher, Margaret and Adam Fritz, Barbara and Bill Wyde, Elizabeth and Pete Zacher, and Sister Mary Hilda Schmaltz.
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Carol Ann Junek
Feb 28, 2015
Carol Davis Junek, 88, retired librarian, passed away on February 28, 2015, at Aspen Grove Assisted Living Center in Sturgis. In addition to her many years of library service, she will be remembered as a loving mother and grandmother who selflessly cared for others and quietly, yet persistently, managed her own care even as her health declined in the...
Marjorie Ellen Backhaus
Feb 28, 2015
Marjorie E. Backhaus, 78, Vale, died Saturday, February 28, 2015, at Rapid City Regional Hospital Hospice House. Marjorie was born on a farm south of Rhame, ND, where she lived until the 6th grade when her family moved into Rhame. She graduated from Rhame High School in 1955. With the death of her father, the family moved to Billings,...
Sidney Emma Acuff
Feb 27, 2015
Sidney E. (Carlson) Acuff died March 3, 2015, in Rapid City, S.D.
She was born Sept. 12, 1930, in Hot Springs, S.D, to Carl and Hallie (Tond) Carlson. She came to California in 1953 and married John Acuff in 1955. She lived in El Dorado until 2014, when she returned to South Dakota.
Sidney loved...
Martin Andrew "Andy" Schaffner
Feb 27, 2015
Martin Andrew "Andy" Schaffner, 73, Spearfish and formerly of Sturgis, died Friday, February 27, 2015, at Garden Hills Assisted Living in Spearfish. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 3, 2015, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Sturgis. Inurnment will follow at the St. Aloysius Cemetery in Sturgis. Andy was born December 9, 1941,...
Florie "Flo" June Ehrlick
Feb 25, 2015
Flo, Florie June Ehrlick was born March 15, 1965, in Greeley, CO, to R. Joyce and Robert H. Ehrlick. She grew up in Greeley for ten years of her life; six years in Akron, CO, and briefly for 2 ½ years, Flo lived in various other areas of Colorado; then moved to Phoenix, AZ, for one year and Fort...
Edwin Hughes Shearer Ii
Feb 24, 2015
Lt. Col. Edwin H. Shearer II, Retired USAF, 79, Piedmont, SD, died February 24, 2015, at Sturgis Regional Senior Care.
He was born in Indiana to Edwin and Sue (Turner) Shearer on July 27, 1935. Ed is survived by wife, Kay Shearer; children, Dana Pierse, Ed Shearer III, Paula Hall, and Jon Shearer; half-sister, Linda Shearer-Fowler; stepchildren,...
Jeanne Marilyn Reed
Feb 23, 2015
Jeanne was born Jeanne Marilyn Mc Clure on September 23, 1924, in Aurora, IL, to Dr. Chauncy McClure and Doris Lillian Benson McClure. They later moved to Valley Springs, SD, where she graduated from high school. She went on to college, and later met and married Cecil A. Reed on May 19, 1946. Jeanne and Cecil had five children,...
Jess Ann Collier
Feb 21, 2015
Jess Ann Collier, 88 years passed away peacefully at her residence in Chino Valley, AZ with her family by her side, Feb. 21, 2015.
Parents: Roderick Cruickshank and Esther McGregor..
Siblings: sisters; J. and J., brother G. Cruickshank
Schooling: Sturgis High School graduating 3rd in her class in 1944
School activites:...
Vincent Anthony Hafner
Feb 21, 2015
Vincent Anthony Hafner, age 53, of Spearfish, SD, died February 21, 2015, in Rochester, Minnesota, as a result of cancer. Vincent Hafner was born April 25, 1961, in Rapid City SD, the youngest of nine children born to Vernon and Marjorie (Thomson) Hafner. He grew up in Newell SD and graduated from Newell High School in 1979. While in...
Garnet Jean Green
Feb 21, 2015
Garnet Jean Green was born on November 21, 1930 to Gustav and Olina Grotrud in Yankton, SD. Garnet married Delmar Green on November 23, 1950. In 1968 they moved their family to AZ. She loved gardening and her flowers and plants flourished under her tender care. Garnet loved all living things and would refuse to even kill a spider....
Marion Geraldine Fountain
Feb 21, 2015
Marion G. Fountain, 91, Sturgis, died February 21, 2015, at the Hospice house in Rapid City. Memorial services will be held Thursday, February 26, 2015, at 1:00 p.m. at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis with Pastor Jenene Earl officiating. Inurnment will follow at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis. Marion was born November 19, 1923, at Laurenburg, NC, to...
John "Jack" H. Seymour
Feb 20, 2015
John H. "Jack" Seymour, 79, Sturgis, died, Friday, February 20, 2015, at his residence. He was born August 6, 1935, in Dupree, SD, to Happy and Nola (Brummet) Seymour. He grew up in the Dupree area. Jack married Joan Fairbanks September 25, 1955,in Dupree. John as a youth was an 11 yr. member of 4-H. John was a self-employed...
Olga Marie Miller
Feb 19, 2015
Olga Marie Miller, 78, Sturgis, died Thursday, February 19, 2015, at Sturgis Regional Hospital. She was born January 18, 1937, in Longmont, CO, to Claude and Maria Parra. Olga spent her youth in Colorado and South Dakota attending grade school at St. Martins Academy and high school in Cottonwood, SD. She received her certificate for nursing assistance in 1980....
Edward Harrison Kleinheksel
Feb 18, 2015
Edward H. Kleinheksel, 67, Whitewood, passed away February 18, 2015, at his home. He was born July 21, 1947, in Ft. Pierre, SD, to Alfred and Anna Kleinheksel. Edward moved to Lead, SD, and attended school there. In later years moved to Whitewood, SD. He worked at Homestake for 35 years as a Miner. He loved having fun, calving...
Melvin W. Drews
Feb 17, 2015
Melvin Drews went home to be with Jesus on Tuesday, February 17, 2015. He was born July 8, 1929, to August and Ruth Drews in McCook, NE. He attended school there and played football for the McCook High School Bison. They became state champions in 1946 and the team was inducted into the Nebraska High School Sports Hall of...
Jean Pierre Pratt
Feb 17, 2015
Jean Pierre Pratt, 59. Rapid City, SD, passed away February 17, 2015 at Rapid City Hospice House.
Jean was born in Canada to Lawrence and Marie Rose (Dion) Pratte on June 28, 1955.
Wilda "Billie" Beryl Alarie
Feb 17, 2015
Dr. Wilda "Billie" Beryl Alarie, 83, Hot Springs, SD, passed away February 17, 2015 at Rapid City Regional Hospital.
Wilda was born in South Dakota to Arthur and Nellie (Jenson) Swain on March 12, 1931. She was married to Don Armond Alarie in 1951 in Miller, SD. They are inurned at Black Hills National Cemetery, Sturgis, SD....
