Thomas G. Murphy
Jul 16, 2014
Thomas G. Murphy, 71, Rapid City, lost his battle with pancreatic cancer on July 16, 2014. A memorial service will be held Monday, July 21, 2014, at 2:00 p.m. at The Little White Church in Hill City with Pastor Julie Lantis officiating. The burial will follow at the Hill City Cemetery. Thomas G. Murphy was born June 6, 1943,...
Gary Eugene Eckhart
Jul 15, 2014
Gary Eugene Eckhart, 61, Sturgis, went to join his loving wife, Nancy in Heaven on Tuesday, July 15, 2014, at Sturgis Regional Hospice. A memorial service will be held Monday, July 21, 2014 at Kinkade Funeral Chapel at 10:00 a.m. with Pastor Jenene Earl officiating. Gary Eugene Eckhart came into this world on July 31, 1952. He was born...
Clarence Gross
Jul 14, 2014
Clarence was born October 18, 1930, to John and Rose Gross in Dupree SD, the youngest son of eleven siblings. At the age of 17, he enlisted in the military, just as his brothers did before him, but he was the first in the family to choose the United States Army as a career. During his first enlistment, while...
Douglas Eugene Eickelman
Jul 12, 2014
Douglas E. Eickelman age 89, passed away on Saturday, July 12, 2014 at St. Mary's Medical Center in Madison, Wisconsin.
He was born in Gettysburg, SD on December 11, 1924 to Albert and Margaret (Palmer) Eickelman. The family moved from Gettysburg to Newell, SD in the western part of the state in 1934. Following graduation from high...
Alan Charles Varland
Jul 12, 2014
Alan Charles Varland, 57, of Spearfish, SD, died Saturday, July 12, 2014, at Belle Fourche Long Term Care.
Alan was born May 5, 1956, to Percy and Beth Varland in Deadwood. He worked as a ranch hand in his 20s and spent the last 20 years at the Belle Fourche Care Center.
Alan is survived...
Barbara Jean Varilek
Jul 12, 2014
Barbara J. (Kuckleburg) Varilek, 74, Rapid City, died, Saturday July 12, 2014 surrounded by family after a courageous fight with long-term illnesses. A vigil service will be held at 7:00 p.m., Monday July 14, 2014 at Our Lady of the Black Hills, Piedmont, SD. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 15, 2014, at Our Lady...
Gerald Gaylen Derby
Jul 10, 2014
Gerald Gaylen Derby II, 44, Rapid City, SD, was called to Heaven on July 10, 2014 at Rapid City Regional Hospital.
He was born in Buffalo, Wyoming to Gerald and Judy (Hartshorn) Derby on January 3, 1970.
He is survived by his father, Gerald (Mary Ann) Derby; sisters, Michelle (Jerry) Bergeson, Tina (Thomas) Spiers, Jessica...
Diane Shockley
Jul 9, 2014
Diane Shockley, 53, Rapid City, SD, passed away July 9, 2014 at Rapid City Regional Hospital.
Diane was born in Nebraska to Edgar and Tony (Dietrich) Shockley on November 22, 1960.
Donna Marie Hartshorn
Jul 8, 2014
Donna Marie Hartshorn, 66, passed away on July 8, 2014, peacefully in her home in Upton, WY, after a courageous battle with bone cancer. Visitation will be Friday, July 11, 2014, from 9:00 a.m. until service time at the First Baptist Church in Upton, WY. Funeral services will be held Friday, July 11, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at the...
Mark Larry Isaak
Jul 6, 2014
Mark Larry Isaak, 50, Spearfish, passed away July 6, 2014, after a courageous battle with multiple sclerosis. A memorial service will be held Thursday, July 10, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis, South Dakota Mark was born December 8, 1963, to Larry and Phyllis Isaak. He attended Lead High School and graduated in the class...
Catherine Barker
Jul 6, 2014
Apple Valley, MN - Catherine S. Barker, age 80, formerly of Sturgis, SD, died Sunday, July 6, 2014, at her residence. Catherine was born to Thomas and Catherine Scott on February 24, 1934, in Glasgow, Scotland. She immigrated to America at the age of 21 and was employed as a Nanny. Shortly after, she joined the Women's Army Corp...
Daniel William Fogelman
Jul 6, 2014
Daniel "Dan" William Fogelman, 59, Faith, died Monday, July 7, 2014, at his residence.
Dan was born February 6, 1955, to Glenn and Margaret (Jerman) Fogelman while Glenn was stationed in the military. Location: Atlanta, Georgia. He grew up in the Opal and Faith area. Dan started his boyhood in the Chancellor area then later in 1971...
George Edward Sandy
Jul 6, 2014
George E. Sandy was born June 1, 1923 near Long Pine, NE in a sod house. He moved to Buffalo Gap, SD in the spring of 1925. It took 30 days in two covered wagons. His mom and dad traveled with four children under the age of three. He traveled with his mom and dad, siblings, grandma and grandpa,...
John Winston Eddy
Jul 5, 2014
After nine and one half years of loneliness and numerous medical struggles, John W. Eddy, 95, Rapid City, joined the love of his life, Ruthie, his wife of sixty-five years. He died at the Fort Meade VA Medical Center near Sturgis, SD, on July 5, 2014. John was born in Lead, SD, September 20, 1918, to William and Margaret...
John Thomas Millett
Jun 26, 2014
John Thomas "Tom" Millett, 76, Caputa, SD, and formerly of 15341 Longview Road, Rapid City, died Thursday, June 26, 2014, at Rapid City Regional Hospital.
Memorial services will be held at 10:00am on Saturday, July 5, 2014, at Harvest Community Church in Rapid City with Pastor Steven Lindsay officiating.
Tom was born on November 29,...
Clinton Grant Voorhees
Jun 20, 2014
Clinton Grant Voorhees, 65, passed away from cancer on June 20 in Phoenix, Arizona.
He was born in Valley City, ND. He moved to Escalon in the early 1980s to raise his family while working for Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. As a young man he enjoyed playing the tenor drum in several bagpipe bands and turned a love...
Abbie Lane Mcgillivray
Jun 20, 2014
Abbie Lane Wright McGillivray came into this world on March 21st, 1925 to Ernest and Lavena (Fry) Wright of Faith. She lived in Faith and attended school there. At a dance, Abbie Lane met and shortly thereafter, married Donald McGillivray. They were married June 3rd, 1943 and resided in Faith for a period of time, before moving to the...
Delos Henry Oldewurtel
Jun 20, 2014
DeLos (#7) Henry Oldewurtel, 67, Piedmont, died Friday, June 20, 2014, at his residence. DeLos was born in Slayton MN, on July 26, 1946, to Henry August and Ellamay (Thompson) Oldewurtel. He Married Diana Hudson, August 19, 2000. He worked as a long haul trucker and later as foreman for Excavating Specialists Inc., retiring in 2003. DeLos was a...
Doris Leone Mickelson
Jun 20, 2014
Doris Leone Mickelson was born October 12, 1922, the 3rd of 12 children born to Roy and Edith (Clayton) Chord in a dugout near McCurdy Springs. She grew up at the ranch south of White Owl, attended rural school, graduated from Whitewood High School, and attended 2 years at Black Hills Teacher's College. After which, she taught for one...
Teresa A. Sigman
Jun 19, 2014
Teresa Sigman was born December 7, 1957 to Jim and Peggy (Horton )Sigman at Deadwood, SD. At the age of five she attended the Crippled Children's Hospital and School in Sioux Falls, SD. In 1965, Teresa, along with her twin, Teena, were poster children for the Easter Seal Society of South Dakota where they represented our State, going to...
