Obituaries

Jul 26, 2012

Delta Junction resident Richard Allen Fountain, 47, died July 26, 2012, in Sturgis Regional Hospital in South Dakota.

He was born Dec. 2, 1964, in Fairbanks, the fifth child of nine children born to Perry and Mollene Fountain.

He grew up in the Interior, attending school in Fairbanks, North Pole, and Delta Junction. Richard was...

Jul 20, 2012

Born Velma Jean Shafer in Chelsea, South Dakota. Velma was the only daughter of Rhiney and Cecil Shafer. Velma was preceded in death by three older brothers, Howard (Bertha), Washington state, Keith (died in infancy), Roy (Margaret), Lead, So. Dak., and her younger brother, Lloyd (Shirley) of Reeder, No. Dak. At the age of four, Velma and family moved...

Jul 17, 2012

Elmer Heinle, 68, passed away July 17, 2012 at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs Hospital, Fort Meade, SD.

Elmer was born in North Dakota to Albert J. and Clara (Marsch) Heinle on April 6, 1944.

Jul 14, 2012

Rose was born on November 28, 1921, to Carl and Ida Knutson in Ellingson, SD. She joined the family of two boys, Allan and Neil "Buster" Knutson. They lived on a homestead located on the South Dakota/North Dakota border, close to Hettinger. Soon after Rose, the family grew with the births of brothers, Roy and Ander Knutson.

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Jul 14, 2012

Leonard Henry Rahe, 85, Sturgis, died Saturday, July 14, 2012, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital. Visitation will be 5:30 until 8 p.m. on Monday at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis with Pastor Mark Shutz officiating. Burial with military honors by...

Jul 14, 2012

Ralph Lyle Reede was born November 15, 1925, at Faith, SD. He attended school at East Flintrock north of Faith. He worked on the home ranch and the Faith sale barn until he was 18. He joined the United States Marine Corps and served his country honorably. He was wounded at Iwo Jima and received a purple heart. Following...

Jul 12, 2012

Sandra was born September 30, 1943, at Uniontown, PA, to Sanford and Anna (Foyles)  Show. Her father was in the army and was killed shortly after her birth at the end of World War II. Her step-father was a miner in West Virginia and moved the family to Carlsbad, NM, where she graduated from high school in 1961.

Jul 8, 2012

Karen Lorraine Popham, 74, passed away at Regional Senior Care, Sturgis, SD, on July 8, 2024.

Karen was born in Iowa to Kenneth and Jean (Fugate) McCoid on January 22, 1938.

Jul 5, 2012

Dorothy Marie Serr, 91, Bison and formerly of Dupree, died Thursday, July 5, 2012, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the church in Dupree. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, July 12, 2012, at the United Church of Christ in Dupree with Pastor Pauline Webb officiating. Interment...

Jul 2, 2012

Donald S. Bauman

Donald S. Bauman was born April 30, 1927, the youngest child of Sherman and Jennie (Johanson) Bauman in Huron, South Dakota. He passed away on July 2, 2012, at Clarkson Mountain View Nursing Home.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 62 years, Edna E. (Stubbe) Bauman, their son, Larry,...

Jul 2, 2012

Stanley Lloyd Teller was born on November 22, 1928, in Dupree, SD, to Lloyd and Bernice (Vansickle) Teller. He attended school in Red Elm, SD, until the 8th grade, when he went to work at the family ranch with his dad in Dupree, SD, until 1944. In 1944, he started his truck driving career for Clark Starr Trucking out...

Jun 27, 2012

Edna Marie (Ree) Wood, may her memory be a blessing, was born November 18, 1920 in Sturgis, SD to Harry and Edna Grams. She grew up in Sturgis, SD, graduating high school there in 1939. In 1942, she earned her R.N. diploma from Lincoln General Hospital School of Nursing in Lincoln, NE.

During World War II, Ree...

Jun 26, 2012

Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Sherrard, 93, passed away in Phoenix, AZ on June 26, 2024.

Betty was born in New Haven, WY, to Solomon and Dorothy (White) Ingram on April 12, 1919. She is interred at Bear Butte Cemetery, Sturgis, SD.

Jun 24, 2012

NEWCASTLE, WYO. | Becky Lynn Borton, 57, passed away Sunday, June 24, 2012, at Weston County Health Services with her family by her side.

Becky was born April 9, 1955, in Newcastle, the daughter of Cledus and Fern (Craig) Highland. She was the oldest of three girls.

On Oct. 19, 1974 she married Bruce Borton...

Jun 23, 2012

Donald T. Sprosty, known to his nieces and nephews as Uncle Ducky, passed on from this world to the next on Saturday, June 23, 2012, at Fort Meade VA Medical Center. Donald was born on December 18, 1924, in Eastman, WI, son of Joseph A. and Theresa (Phillip) Sprosty. Donald was one of the first contingents of Crawford County...

Jun 23, 2012

Curtis William Nulle, 64, Belle Fourche, died Saturday, June 23, 2012, at his residence in Belle Fourche after a courageous battle with cancer. Memorial services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, July 9, 2012, at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis with Pastor Paul Howard officiating. Curt was born January 27, 1948, at Mitchell, SD, and was...

Jun 22, 2012

HOOVER | Sophia Mary "Bertie" Blomberg, 90, died Friday, June 22, 2012, at Crook County Hospital in Sundance, Wyo.

Survivors include her son, William Blomberg, Sturgis; daughter, Patricia Heinz, Pine Haven, Wyo.; two grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Her husband, Martin Blomberg, preceded her in death.

Visitation will be for one hour before services....

Jun 20, 2012

Luverne (Vern) Kraemer, a pioneer of South Dakota aviation, died June 20, 2012 in Rapid City at the age of 95. Luverne (Vern) Kraemer was born June 1, 1917, at Parker, SD son of Paulina and Adolph Kraemer. In 1928, he moved with his parents and sister, Virginia, to Wood, SD. In 1932, to escape the dust bowl of...

Jun 19, 2012

Patty was born to Harold and Charlotte (Backhaus) Hehn in Deadwood, SD on September 3, 1952. She grew up in the Spearfish/Deadwood, SD area and graduated from Lead High School. She married Paul R. Engel and later divorced. She was blessed with four children and ten grandchildren.

Patty was a very big part of her grandchildren's lives...

Jun 16, 2012

Herbert Hoover Morrell, 83, Sturgis, died Saturday, June 16, 2012 at the Sturgis Regional Hospital. Visitation will be noon until 4 p.m. and 6 until 9 p.m. on Monday at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at the First Presbyterian Church in Sturgis with Rev. Denzel Nonhof officiating. Burial...