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....
Jean Irene Schieffer
Feb 15, 2015
Jean was born January 2, 1932, near Weldon, MT, to Jennie V. (Lukin) and Lawerence D. Lockhart. She spent her childhood on her parent's homestead in the badlands of Montana. She always loved ranch life and missed it always. She had great stories about all the fun she had with her 2 closest siblings, Mary and Jim. They spent...
Philip Carl Beck
Feb 15, 2015
Philip Carl Beck, 84, passed away in Oro Valley, Arizona on February 15, 2015.
Philip served in the US Navy and is buried at Black Hills National Cemetery, Sturgis, SD.
Mary Virginia Ratts
Feb 14, 2015
Mary Virginia Ratts, 92, Newcastle, WY, passed away February 14, 2015.
Mary was the wife of Gene. She lived in Stinesville with Gene and Paul where they had a farm. Then moved to Newcastle, Wyoming to live near their son Richard Ratts.
Mary passed in 2015 in Newcastle and then was brought back to Indiana...
Herbert Louis Baldwin
Feb 14, 2015
Herbert Louis Baldwin, 91, of Sturgis, SD, passed away Saturday, February 14, 2014, at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Ft. Meade. Herbert was born February 4, 1924, in Newell, SD, to Sophia C. and Louis B. Baldwin. He attended school in the lower grades in Red Owl schools and in the Vale community where he graduated from High School...
Nancy Ann Shaw
Feb 14, 2015
Nancy Ann Shaw passed away on February 14, 2015 at her home surrounded by her family, after a brief battle with cancer. She was 63 years old. Nancy was born to William Reginald Hoskin and Elizabeth Florence Hoskin (Mikalonis) on February 7, 1952, the 5th child of seven, in Springfield, Massachusetts. Nancy married her high school sweetheart, Henry Dymnicki,...
Trula Marcella Fields
Feb 13, 2015
Trula Marcella (Horn) Fields passed away Friday, February, 13, 2015 at the Belle Fourche Health Care Center in Belle Fourche, SD. She was 91. Trula was born May 27, 1923 to Franklin Sturgis and Rosie (Layne) Horn. She was born near Quinlan, OK. Trula was the first girl born in a family of 13 grown children. She took on...
James "Jim" Anthony Schopen
Feb 13, 2015
James A. "Jim" Schopen passed away on February 13, 2015, due to complications related to Parkinson's. He was born in Lead on June 5, 1936, the youngest of six children, to the family of Fred and Martha (Schock) Schopen. He attended St. Patrick's elementary school and graduated from Lead High School in 1955. Jim was drafted in 1960 and...
Dorothy Katherine Bade
Feb 12, 2015
Dorothy Katherine Bade, 90, of Rapid City, SD (formerly of New Ulm and Mankato, MN) was taken home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, February 12, 2015 at Hospice of the Hills in Rapid City.
Dorothy Katherine Bachmann was born October 26, 1924 in Crawford, Nebraska to Julius H. and Louise D. K. (Brehm)...
Charles "Chuck" Lumir Wheeler
Feb 11, 2015
Charles (Chuck) Wheeler passed away on Wednesday, February 11, 2015 after a decade long battle with cancer. Through all the operations, radiation, chemo and medications he never lost one ounce of his signature patience and kindness to everyone he met. He joined the Air Force in 1952 and began a 21 year career at Sampson AFB in New York....
Robert Eugene Howard
Feb 11, 2015
Robert Eugene Howard, a 60-year-old resident of Trenton, died Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015 at Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, SD, where he had been a patient. He had suffered cardiac arrest early Saturday morning. Funeral arrangements are pending under the care of Kinkade Funeral Home in Sturgis, SD. He is survived by his daughter, Robyn Webb of...
