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Margarethe Meyer Wolford
Feb 24, 2012
Margarethe Meyer Wolford, 90, passed away February 24, 2012 at Meadow brook Golden Living Center, Rapid City, SD.
Margarethe was born in Germany to Johann August and Marias (Kustingschafer) Meyer on November 25, 1921. She is buried with her husband Ole Wolford (1915-1982) at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ.
Milo M. Beug
Feb 24, 2012
Milo Beug, 89, Montana, was born Sept. 10, 1923, to Alfred and Ethel Beug, cattle ranchers 30 miles east of Sturgis.
Memorial Services will be held at Our Savior's Episcopal Church in Joliet, Mont., at 11 a.m. Friday, March 2, 2012. Interment will be at the Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis this summer.
Milo...
Mary Jeanne Schuft
Feb 19, 2012
Mary Jeanne "Jary" Schuft, 84, Spearfish and formerly of Sturgis, died Sunday, February 19, 2012 at the David M. Dorsett Health Care Center in Spearfish. Committal services will be 1:00 p.m. Friday, February 24, 2012 at the Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis with Pastor Jenene Earl officiating. Friends may gather at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis prior...
Wylla Mae Duncan
Feb 15, 2012
Wylla M. Duncan, 88, Spearfish, SD, died Wednesday, February 15, 2012, at the David M. Dorsett Health Care Center in Spearfish, SD. Visitation will be 4:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. on Friday, February 17, 2012, at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis and resume one hour prior to services at the church in Highmore on Saturday. Funeral services will...
Walter Harold Johnson
Feb 12, 2012
Walter H. Johnson, 85, Spearfish and formerly of Newell, died Sunday, 02/12/2012, at the Spearfish Regional Hospital. Memorial services will be 10 a.m. Friday, February 17, 2012, at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis with Pastor Del Neumeister officiating. Inurnment follows at the Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis with military honors by the Sturgis Veterans Honor Guard. Walter...
Dorothy O. Kessler
Feb 11, 2012
Dorothy O. Kessler, 89, of Rapid City, SD, died Saturday, February 11, 2012, at Rapid City. Funeral service will be Friday, February 17, 2012, at 2:00 p.m. at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis, SD, with Pastor Nathan Ennis officiating. Burial will follow at Black Hills National Cemetery. Dorothy was born Thursday, April 20, 1922, in Rapid City, SD, to...
Teri Lee Bestgen
Feb 9, 2012
Teri Lee Bestgen, 58, of Lewistown, MT, passed away Thursday, February 9, 2012 in Lewistown after a long battle with COPD. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, February 13, 2012 at Kinkade Funeral Chapel with Rev. Don Brendtro officiating. Burial will follow at the Bear Butte Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday, February 12, 2012 from noon...
Idella Gertrude Fairbank
Feb 4, 2012
Idella Gertrude Fairbank, 96, passed away February 4, 2012 at Castle Manor Nursing Home, Hot Springs, SD.
She was born in Idaho to William W. and Anna Lou (McLaughlin) Kauffman on October 12, 1915.
Christen Philip Friis
Feb 3, 2012
C. Phillip Friis was born April 29, 1938, at Fremont, NE, and adopted by Christen Peter and Helen (Snyder) Friis. He grew up in Stockton, CA, where he attended school. He lived in Campbell, CA, and worked in San Jose, CA, as a computer programmer. While in California, he married Anne Kirkland in 1983. They later moved to Newell....
Arlie Murel Peck
Jan 28, 2012
Arlie Murel Peck was born August 13, 1934, to Murel and Doris (Week) Peck in Hettinger, ND. He attended rural schools in Perkins County and high school in Bison, SD. His dad bought a plane before Arlie was out of high school and Arlie learned to fly, getting his license when he was 16. After graduation from high school,...
Exie Lee Brown
Jan 23, 2012
Exie Lee Brown, 90, Sturgis, died January 23, 2012, at the Sturgis Regional Senior Care unit. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, January 27, 2012, at the St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church with Father Arnold Kari Officiating. Burial will follow at St. Aloysius Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday, January 26, 2012, from noon to 7:00...
Marian Adeline Larsen
Jan 21, 2012
STURGIS - Marian A. Larsen, 96, Sturgis, died Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, at the Sturgis Regional Senior Care Center.
Marian was born June 22, 1915, at Badger, SD, to Claude and Lulu (Andersen) Phinney. Marian was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church and graduated from Arlington (SD) High School.
She married Omer V. Larsen...
Donald Charles Vodden
Jan 21, 2012
Donald Charles Vodden was born on July 17, 1918, to Myrtle (Bovee) Vodden and George Vodden in Sturgis, SD. Don worked as a young child delivering the Denver Post and doing any odd job he could find to help support his family of nine. In his teen's he cut ice for the Hoel Ice Service and later worked at...
Douglas Henry Harnish
Jan 21, 2012
Douglas Henry Harnish, Jr., age 91, died peacefully on January 21, 2012 in Spearfish, South Dakota. Doug was born on May 12, 1920 in Parkersburg, West Virginia to Douglas and Mary Harnish. He graduated in 1943 from West Virginia University as the highest ranking mining engineer with a BS in Mining Engineering, Oil & Gas Option. Doug proudly served...
Larry Franklin Busby
Jan 21, 2012
Larry Franklin Busby, 59, of Whitewood, SD, died Saturday, January 21, 2012, at his home. A visitation will be Wednesday, January 25, 2012, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis, SD. A memorial service will be held Thursday, January 26, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis with Father...
Carl Forbes Haynes
Jan 20, 2012
Carl Forbes Haynes, 76, Piedmont, died Friday January 20, 2012 at the Golden Living Center Prairie Hills in Rapid City. Committal services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, April 20, 2012 at the Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis with military honors by the Sturgis Veterans Honor Guard and officiated by Pastor Howie Baird. Friends may gather at the Kinkade...
Phillip J. Fenner
Jan 13, 2012
Phillip J. Fenner, 75, passed away peacefully with his family at his side on January 13, 2012 in Kent, WA. Our beloved husband and father, was the rock of our family and will be sorely missed. After a long struggle with a brain tumor, he was surrounded by his loving wife LaVerna and his children Doug and Jon. Born...
Rita Marie Wiegand
Jan 7, 2012
Rita Wiegand, longtime Newell educator, passed away Saturday, January 7, 2012 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital. Visitation will be from 1-5 p.m. Thursday, January 12th at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. Memorial Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, January 13, 2012 at the Newell Christian Fellowship Church with Pastor Sean Carney officiating. Inurnment will take...
Phillip Osborn Jung
Jan 6, 2012
Phillip O. Jung, 89, Isabel, died Friday, January 6, 2012, at the VA Black Hills, Fort Meade Hospital. Memorial services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, January 10, 2012, at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis with Pastor Christian Sulzle officiating. Inurnment with military honors by the Sturgis Veterans Honor Guard will follow at the Black Hills National...
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