Obituaries

Mar 12, 2015

Mary Johanna Hutter Baker, 95, Belle Fourche, died at the Belle Fourche Health Care. Visitation will be 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at Kinkade Funeral Chapel on Tuesday with a rosary beginning at 7:00 p.m. Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 18, 2015, at St. Martin's Chapel in Sturgis with burial following at...

Mar 11, 2015

Mary Jane was born February 28, 1934, in Leola, SD, to Jacob and O'Tillia (Hager) Maier. Mary Jane attended school in Leola and graduated from Leola High School. She attended Presentation School of Nursing, Aberdeen, SD, in 1952 and received her RN Diploma in 1955. Mary Jane married Harold Thomas May 20, 1962, in Rapid City, SD. She worked...

Mar 10, 2015

Rosmaye Laverna Steward, 77, passed away Tuesday, March 10, 2015, at her home in Sturgis. Rosmaye was born in Alva, OK, to Charles Fred and Edna Aline Crouch on September 15, 1937. She spent most of her childhood on the family farm until they moved to Alva when she was 14 years old. She was the oldest of 3...

Mar 9, 2015

Terry N Stephens, age 57, of South Dakota, passed away in his sleep on March 9, 2015 at the Dept of Veterans Affairs, Ft. Meade, SD.

He was born on Feb. 5, 1958, to Len K and Mertie Stephens, formerly of Ashton, ID. Terry graduated from high school early so he could join the military.

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Mar 7, 2015

Richard Allen Ogle, 72, Lusk, WY, passed away March 7, 2015 at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Ft. Meade, SD.

Richard was born in Minnesota to William D. and Margaret Francis (Colvin) Ogle on April 14, 1942. He is a veteran  of the US Armed Forces.

Mar 7, 2015

Marta Kae (Laughlin) Appel entered the gates of Heaven on Saturday March 7, 2015, after a courageous ten year battle with a unique type of skin cancer. Marta Kae, affectionately known as Martie to her friends and family, was born September 17, 1958, in Des Moines, IA, to Donald and Jonna Deane (Watson) Laughlin. Martie attended elementary and middle...

Mar 6, 2015

It is with a very heavy heart that we announce the passing of a great man, Silas C. Grinstead III of Sturgis. Silas was born October 20, 1946, in Mooresville, IN, the son of Silas Carl Grinstead, Jr., and Clara L. Grinstead. He moved to Lake Worth, FL, in 1969 where he worked as a General Contractor. Silas moved...

Mar 5, 2015

Ivan Shonley, 91, Sturgis, Died, Thursday March 5, 2015, at Sturgis Regional Hospital. Ivan was born November 7, 1923 at Hillside, SD near Mitchell, SD to Theodore and Lena Shonley. After 8th grade he worked for his father as a carpenter. In 1943 he joined the US Navy and participated in the Seabees. In 1946 he returned home to...

Mar 3, 2015

David Arthur Christensen, 71, Box Elder, SD, passed away March 3, 2015 at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Ft. Meade, SD.

David was born in Sioux Falls, SD, to Arthur Melvin and Evelyn Marquerite (Thompson) Christensen on January 24, 1944. He served in the US Army during Vietnam and is inurned at Black Hills National Cemetery, Sturgis,...

Mar 3, 2015

Alfred John Hertel, 88, passed away peacefully on March 3, 2015, in hospice care at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Ft. Meade. Alfred was born August 28, 1926, in McLaughlin, SD, to Fred M. and Anna Helen Louise (Zimmerman) Hertel. He was raised on the family farm west of McLaughlin, and attended school in McLaughlin. Alfred was drafted in...

Mar 3, 2015

Dixie Lee Wilson, 78, Sturgis, passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones on March 3, 2015, while in the care of the Lippold Hospice Suite at Sturgis Regional Hospital. She is survived by her husband, Jerry Wilson, and their two children, Tyler and Teresa Wilson. Dixie was one of three children born to Frances and Leander Seefeld on August...

Mar 3, 2015

1940 Census Name: Barbara Jones Temporarily Absent: Yes Age: 17 Estimated birth year: abt 1923 Gender: Female Race: White Birthplace: South Dakota Marital Status: Single Relation to Head of House: Daughter Home in 1940: Wells, Perkins, South Dakota Inferred Residence in 1935: Wells, Perkins, South Dakota Residence in 1935: Same House Sheet Number: 1A Occupation: Secretary N Y A...

Mar 2, 2015

Bruce William Foster died of lung cancer on March 2, 2015, at Hospice House in Rapid City. He was born December 12, 1938, to C.W. (Bill) Foster and Edna (Wullweber) Foster in Los Angeles, CA. He attended elementary schools in Sepulveda, CA, Huron, Cavour and Virgil, SD, and graduated from Virgil High School in 1956. In December of 1962,...

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...

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.

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...

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,...

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...

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,...

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...