Ruth Ann Royer
Oct 31, 2014
Ruth Ann Royer, 69, Sturgis, died on October 31, 2014, at home with family by her side. Memorial services will be held at 2:00pm on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, at Kinkade Funeral Chapel with Chaplain Randy Bradley officiating. Ruth was born on December 18, 1944, to Hyltje "Bill" and Sadie (Oldenkamp) Dykema in Murdo. She grew up there and...
Gaylene Louise Morell
Oct 29, 2014
Gaylene Louise Morell was born in Deadwood, SD on September 24, 1946, to Floyd and Betty (Lyons) Varland. She died on October 29, 2014, after a brief battle with cancer. Funeral Services will be Wednesday, November 5, 2014, at 10:00 am at the Grace Lutheran Church in Sturgis, SD. The committal service will follow at 2:00 pm at the...
Richard Glen Cook
Oct 28, 2014
Richard Glen Cook, 72, of Gillette passed away Oct. 28, 2014, at Close to Home Hospice.
Richard was born March 11, 1942, in Murray, Utah, and grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah.
In October 1963, Richard married Janet FitzPatrick and together they had five children.
Richard spent three years in the Navy...
Lynette Rae Brink
Oct 25, 2014
Lynette Rae "Lenny" Brink, 56, Sturgis, died at Sturgis Regional Hospital, October 25, 2014. Lynette Rae Hawk was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on March 11, 1958, to Wilfred and Bernadine (Wisnieski) Hawk. Lenny worked as a waitress for many years in both Little Falls and Sturgis. She treated her customers like family and gave joyous hospitality to those...
Hazel Catherine Koistinen
Oct 25, 2014
Hazel C. Koistinen, 91, Sturgis, passed away on October 25, 2014, at the Sturgis Senior Care Center. A memorial service will be held at 10:00am on October 30, 2014, at the Calvary Baptist Church in Sturgis, with Pastor Harold Holder officiating. A second memorial service will be held at 2:00pm on November 1, 2014, at the Trinity Lutheran Church...
Corliss "Corky" Jane Besselievre
Oct 25, 2014
Corliss "Corky" Jane Besselievre, 93, Rapid City formerly of Sturgis, died, Saturday October 25, 2014 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Visitation will be 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm Wednesday October 29, 2014 at Kinkade Funeral Chapel Funeral Chapel. Funeral Services will be 2:00 pm Thursday October 30, 2014 at the First Presbyterian Church in Sturgis, with Pastor Denzel Nonhof...
Gerald "Junior" Wetz
Oct 24, 2014
Gerald "Junior" Wetz was born on January 31, 1931, to Gerald and Amelia (Schaff) Wetz near Vale, and he grew up on the family ranch there. On October 1, 1950, he married his high school sweetheart, Marie Elizabeth Hunt and to this union, three children were born, LeRoy, Greg, and Tammie. In 1978, Junior and Marie moved to Alaska...
Bernard Chris Stoltz
Oct 24, 2014
Bernard C. "Barney" Stoltz was born September 21, 1918, at Zell, SD, to John & Catherine (Jandel) Stoltz. His parents passed when he was a very young boy so he was raised by his Aunt and Uncle, Joe and Lizzy Puettman. He attended Catholic school with his sister, Lucy. He worked at Homestake Gold Mine from 1944 to 1949....
John Martin Erk
Oct 23, 2014
John Martin Erk was born September 21, 1925, to Ludwig and Anna (Jestl) Erk on the family ranch between Castle Rock and Deer's Ears Buttes north of Newell, South Dakota and near the little homestead settlement of Deermont. He was the fourth of five children. He passed away October 23, 2014 in the Hospice Unit at the VA BHHCS...
Mary La Rea Briggs
Oct 23, 2014
Mary La Rea "Peg" Briggs, 81, Piedmont, died Thursday, October 23, 2014 at her home in Piedmont. Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Monday, November 10, 2014 at the Piedmont Valley Lutheran Church in Piedmont with Pastor Margie Hershey officiating. Private family inurnment services will be at the Black Hills National Cemetery at a later date. Peg was born...
Larry Theodore Hines
Oct 21, 2014
Larry Theodore Hines, 76, Sturgis, died Tuesday, October 21, 2014, at Hospice of the Hills in Rapid City. Visitation will be 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm Friday October 24, 2014, at Kinkade Funeral Chapel. Funeral services will be 10:00 am Saturday October 25, 2014, at First Presbyterian Church in Sturgis with Pastor Denzel Nonhof officiating. Larry was born October...
Donald Worth Casteel
Oct 21, 2014
Donald Worth Casteel, 94, Sturgis, died on Tuesday, October 21, 2014, at Sturgis Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 10:00am on Friday, October 24, 2014 at First Presbyterian Church with Pastors Denzel Nonhof and Tim Smith officiating. Burial will follow at Bear Butte Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6:00pm to 8:00pm on Thursday, October 23, 2014...
Ursa Mavis Symonds
Oct 18, 2014
Mavis Symonds, 83, passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 18, 2014 at Rapid City Regional Hospital, surrounded by her family. Visitation will be held at Kinkade Funeral Chapel on Wednesday, October 22, 2014, from 12-8 p.m. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00am on Thursday, October 23rd, 2014, at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis with Pastor Harold Delbridge officiating....
Floyd L. "Vern" Shinabarger
Oct 18, 2014
Floyd L. "Vern" Shinabarger, 79, Sturgis, passed away Saturday, October 18, 2014 at the Ft. Meade VA Medical Center following a lingering illness. Vern Shinabarger was born May 26, 1935 at Bison, SD to Warren and Lena (Schwandt) Shinabager. He grew up in the Bison/ Prairie City area before he joined the service. After serving a term in both...
Darwin Lee Reimer
Oct 18, 2014
Darwin L. Reimer, 51, Gillette, WY, died Saturday, October 18, 2014 while working near Wright, WY. Visitation will be Thursday, October 23, 2014, from 4-8 p.m. at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. Funeral services will be Friday, October 24, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis with Pastor Jared Tucher officiating. Burial will follow at Bear...
Isabel D. Bixby
Oct 17, 2014
Isabel D. Bixby, 85, Whitewood, SD, passed away October 17, 2014 at Sturgis Regional Hospital, Sturgis, SD.
Isabel was born in Iowa to Lawrence and Marie Agnes (Blackford) Swecker.
Cremation has taken place and no services are planned at this time.
James Elton Green
Oct 16, 2014
James Elton Green, 81, Rapid City, SD, died on Thursday, October 16, 2014, at Weston County Manor in Newcastle, WY.
James served in the US Navy during Korea. Memorial services will be held on Tuesday, October 28, 2014 at 1:00pm at Black Hills National Cemetery. Military honors will be provided by Sturgis Veterans Honor Guard.
Matthew S. Leetch
Oct 16, 2014
Matthew S. Leetch, Jr., 73, Piedmont, passed away on October 16, 2014, in Loveland, Colorado after complications from heart surgery. Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm on Monday, November 10, 2014, at Grace United Methodist Church in Piedmont with Pastor Karl Kroger officiating. Burial will follow at Piedmont Cemetery. He was born in St. Charles, South Dakota on...
Mary "Lorraine" Grant
Oct 14, 2014
Lorraine was born October 22, 1922, in Redfield, SD, to Clarence Leslie and Mary Ellen (Hahn) Mannings. She received her education in the Redfield schools. After graduating from Redfield High School in 1940, she worked as a clerk in the Ben Franklin Store and the U. S. Department of Agriculture.
On October 21, 1945, she and Clarence...
