Obituaries

Feb 18, 2018

Alice Pearl (Basom) Carr , 92, Minot, died Sunday, February 18, 2018 at Trinity Hospital after suffering a fall in her home.

Alice was born November 20, 1925 at home as the oldest child of Odie and Helen (Hermanson)...

Feb 17, 2018

Hester "Chris" Dennison-Hallenbeck, 91, passed away February 17, 2018 in Sturgis, SD.

Chris was born December 16, 1926 in Onaway, Michigan to Charles and Laura (McGrath) Sanger.

She attended school in Michigan until the 9th grade when she moved to Florida to live with her Aunt and Uncle.  It...

Feb 16, 2018

Gene Arthur Robertson was born March 9, 1960, at Ellsworth AFB at Rapid City, SD, to Donald and Beverly (Madsen) Robertson. His father served 20 years in the US Army so Gene spent the first 14 years of his life traveling the world as an army brat living in so many wonderful places. Gene attended Lead High School. He...

Feb 16, 2018

Randy Goff was born November 19, 1960, to Frank Goff and Ida (Bryant-Goff) Tryon in Rapid City, SD. He was the 2nd of 8 children. He always enjoyed the country life. He was a proud 4-H'er and member of the Newell FFA. He enjoyed showing cattle, dairy, and horses. He was an avid agronomist. He loved haying at the...

Feb 14, 2018

Edward H. "Ed" Poss was born June 16, 1924, to Frank and Clara (Karrels) Poss. He attended the 4 Mile rural school for 8 years and made it through 8 weeks of high school before he and a friend decided to quit and walked the 25 miles home to the ranch. After quitting school, Ed found work at the...

Feb 14, 2018

Robert L. Meddings of Lead, South Dakota, 56, died of heart failure in a Rapid City, South Dakota, hospital Feb. 14, 2018.

Robert was the son of Tom and Jennie Meddings of Havre, MT.

Robert was preceded in death by his mother, Jennie, and an older brother, Thomas.

He is survived by his...

Feb 11, 2018

Rolland was born September 11, 1926, to Everett and Bertha Willard at Rapid City, SD. Rolland graduated from Rapid City High School in 1946. He was drafted into the Army in 1954 and discharged in 1956. In 1954, he married Laura Price and they had 3 children. Rolland worked his entire life in HVAC. Rolland enjoyed fishing, haying, and...

Feb 10, 2018

Charles was born October 10, 1952, to Charles & Anna Marie (Dain) Brewster. He grew up in Cottage Hills, Illinois, before joining the Army in 1969, serving in the Vietnam War. Charles Edward Brewster, 65 "Chuck" of Sturgis, South Dakota passed away Saturday, February 10, 2018. He is survived by a sister, Diana; Aunt, Faye (John) Govero, of Forest...

Feb 7, 2018

Ida Emelia Tryon was born February 6, 1943, to Leach and Edna Bryant. She was the 2nd of 9 children. She was raised on the Bryant ranch and attended a one room schoolhouse in Pleasant Valley. Ida married Frank Goff in 1958. In their union, 7 children were born. Ida married Charlie Tryon on July 17, 1979. Her and...

Feb 5, 2018

Joan Marie Mahan, 83, passed away February 5, 2018 at the Belle Fourche Healthcare Community in Belle Fourche. No services are planned at this time.

Feb 5, 2018

Hank was born February 26, 1946, to Darrel and Cora (Jensen) Kurtz in Groton, SD. He attended elementary and junior high school at Joan of Arc school, a half mile from the family farm and graduated from Groton High School in 1965. He joined the United States Air Force after high school and served as a flight crewman for...

Feb 4, 2018

Barbara was born in Sturgis, SD, to Roy and Lillian (Babcock) Anders on October 9, 1928. She spent her childhood in Sturgis and Portland, OR, and then returned to Deadwood, SD, where she graduated from high school in 1946. Barbara met Verlynne "Squirt" Larson and they were married in 1947 and had one daughter, Sharon. Barbara divorced in 1956...

Feb 3, 2018

Willie "Willy" John Tenold was born April 3, 1938, to Peder and Astrid "Esther" (Rasmussen) Tenold in Buffalo, SD. He was the 9th of 10 children and grew up on the family ranch 3 miles east of Reva, SD. After Willie's father died, he and his brother, Bob, purchased the family ranch where Willie lived until his death. Willie...

Feb 1, 2018

Francis Marion McDaniel was born March 25, 1923, to Frank and Esther (Burke) McDaniel in Lantry, SD. He attended grade school in Lantry, graduated from Dupree High School in 1941, and attended Business College in Rapid City, SD. After serving in the Army during WWII, he attended Northrup Aeronautical Institute in California, graduating with a degree in aeronautical engineering....

Jan 31, 2018

Betty Lou Boyle, 91, of Whitewood, SD, died January 31, 2018 at Regional health Hospice House, Rapid City, SD.

Betty was born in South Dakota to Morris and Louise (Nelson) McIver on January 21, 1927. She was married to Harold Leroy Boyle, and a daughter, Paulette Boyle, and a son, Donn BVoyle.

Jan 30, 2018

Merla Dawn Price was born April 4, 1949, in Sturgis, SD, to Merle and Addie Boyd (Howie) Weyer. Her childhood years were spent in Marcus where she attended rural school. She graduated in 1967 from Faith High School. After graduation, she attended National College of Business in Rapid City. In 1969, she married her high school sweetheart, Alan Price,...

Jan 29, 2018

Melrose was born to Clinton and Carrie (Childers) Brashears at home in the Brush Creek community at Leola, AR. Melrose began first grade at the Brush Creek School. She accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Lord and Savior at an early age and was baptized and joined Brush Creek Missionary Baptist Church. She worked and trusted God all of...

Jan 29, 2018

James Albert Piana, 96, of Newcastle, WY died January 29, 2018 at the Dept. of Vetera

Jim was born in his childhood home August 22, 1921, in Newcastle, WY, to August and Irean (Gaido) Piana.

Jan 28, 2018

Mary Madell Schuster was born in Sturgis May 18, 1925, in her grandmother Keffler's "midwifery" house.  Her parents were Joseph and Florence (Keffler) Schuster.  She attended St. Martin's Academy from 1 st through 12 th grade.  She graduated from National College of Business in Rapid City.

She married George Piekkola in February of 1950 in Sturgis.  They...

Jan 28, 2018

John was born March 25, 1955, in Anchorage. John was raised in Alaska and graduated from Service High School in 1973. Throughout most of his adult life, John worked at Noble Mechanical, an Anchorage sheet metal business owned by his parents, William and Georgina Bumgarner. After William's retirement in 1992, John operated the business with his brother, Warren. He...