Martha Elizabeth Kruse
Oct 21, 2011
Martha Elizabeth Kruse, 71, of Sturgis, died Friday, October 21, 2011, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. A memorial service will be held Wednesday, October 26, 2011, at 2:00 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Sturgis with Rev. Lloyd Lemke officiating. Martha was born April 5, 1940, in Boston, MA, to Homer and Katheryn (Devens) Brackett. She grew up and...
Mona Lenora Fox
Oct 19, 2011
Mona Lenora Fox, 88, formerly of the Newell area, died Wednesday, October 19, 2011, at Clarkson Mtn. View Health Care in Rapid City. Visitation will be Monday from noon to 7:00 p.m. at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. Funeral services and a celebration of her life will be held Tuesday, October 25, 2011, at 2:00 p.m. at Believers Fellowship...
Edward Leonard Yeager
Oct 16, 2011
Edward Leonard Yeager, 79, Hot Springs, SD, passed away October 16, 2011 at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs Hospital, Fort Meade, SD.
Edward was born in California to Glenn and Myrtle (Jones) Yeager. He served in the US Air Force during Korea and is buried at Black Hills National Cemetery, Sturgis, SD.
Waldemar Frederick Dahlquist
Oct 16, 2011
Waldemar Frederick Dahlquist, "Voldey", 91, Sturgis, died Sunday, October 16, 2011 at the Ft. Meade VA Hospital. Visitation will be 3 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Tuesday at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday October 19, 2011 at the First Wesleyan Church in Sturgis with Pastor Dan Ziebarth officiating. Burial with military...
Rozelle L. Purchase
Oct 15, 2011
Rozelle Purchase, 71, Deadwood, passed away on Saturday, October 15, 2011at the David M. Dorsett Healthcare Center in Spearfish. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, October 20, 2011 at First Presbyterian Church in Lead with Pastor Steve Agan officiating. Inurnment will be held at the Oak Ridge Cemetery in Deadwood following the service. Rozelle...
John Harold Nelson
Oct 14, 2011
John Harold Nelson, 86, Newell, died Friday, October 14, 2011, at Belle Fourche Regional Senior Care. Following his wishes, his body has been cremated. A memorial service will be 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel with Pastor Tom Martin officiating. Inurnment will follow at Hope Cemetery in Newell. Harold was born April 1, 1925,...
Eric Scott Tibbetts
Oct 12, 2011
Eric Scott Tibbetts, 52, Sturgis, died Wednesday, October 12, 2011, at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Fort Meade Hospice Unit. Eric was born June 4, 1959, in Portland, OR, to Wendell R. and Phyllis D. (Brought) Tibbetts. He attained his BS from the University of Oregon in 1987 and his MS in education from Pacific University in 2003. Eric...
Opal Ellen Stomprud
Oct 10, 2011
Opal Nelson Stomprud, 91, Faith, died Monday, October 10, 2011, at the Sturgis Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 13, 2011, at the Opal Community Church near Opal with Pastor Sam Cowles officiating. Burial will follow at the Monument Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be noon until 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday at the...
Brian Clare Fawcett
Oct 9, 2011
Fr. Brian Clare Fawcett, 46, Ft. Pierre, died Sunday, October 9, 2011, at the Lippold Hospice Suite at the Sturgis Regional Hospital. Visitation will be Thursday from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. at St. Ann's Catholic Church in Miller with a prayer service beginning at 7:00 p.m. Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, October...
Lyle Lloyd Benz
Oct 8, 2011
Lyle Lloyd Benz, 82 of Newcastle, WY, died Saturday, October 8, 2011 at Fort Mead VA Medical Center in Sturgis, SD. Lyle was born April 20, 1929 at Corsica, SD to Harry and Irene (Sievert) Benz. Lyle was a truck and equipment operator in the Wyoming oil field for several years. He was in the U.S. Army from 1951...
Glen Ernest Wahlfeldt
Oct 6, 2011
Glen Ernest Wahlfeldt, 89, Newell, died Thursday October 6, 2011, at his residence in Newell. Visitation will be from noon until 9 p.m. on Tuesday at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at the First Presbyterian Church in Sturgis with Pastor Denzel Nonhof officiating. Memorials have been established to...
Secrie Lydia Ekberg
Oct 2, 2011
Secrie Lydia Ekberg, 106, died Sunday, October 2, 2011, at Westhills Village Health Care in Rapid City. Secrie was born January 7, 1905, at Ashcroft, SD, to Andrew and Alina (Ylitalo) Peterson. She grew up in the Camp Crook area and attended country school. Secrie graduated from Bowman High School. She taught rural school for two years in Bullock,...
Florence Ethel Birkeland
Oct 2, 2011
Jackie was born at Leslie, SD, on June 16, 1918, to Vincent W. and Minnie Ruth (Cunningham) Jeffries. She was the fourth of their nine children. She spent her early childhood on a ranch near Cherry Creek, SD. She loved riding and breaking horses with her dad. When Jackie was to enter seventh grade, the family moved to Dupree,...
Raymond Arthur Johnson
Sep 30, 2011
Raymond A. Johnson, 88, Newell, died Friday, September 30, 2011 at his home near Newell. Visitation will be noon until 9 p.m. on Sunday at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Monday, October 3, 2011 at the Hope Cemetery in Newell with Pastor Sean Carney officiating and military honors. A lieu of flowers,...
Robert Paul Rogers
Sep 30, 2011
Rob Rogers, 49, went to be with the Lord on Friday, September 30, 2011, while on the job in California. Rob was born on July 12, 1962, in Deadwood, SD, to Robert and Hulda (Mehlhaff) Rogers.
Rob graduated from Lead/Deadwood High School in 1980, and then attended two years of college at Black Hills State College. While...
Georgia Mary Jensen
Sep 25, 2011
Georgia M. Jensen's work was finished on September 25, 2011. She was born April 6, 1925, in Brush, CO, and moved shortly thereafter with her parents to Lead, SD. Georgia graduated from Lead High School in 1943, and from Cottey College in 1945. Like many women of her generation, she and her sister learned to weld and worked in...
Ronald Eugene Hannah
Sep 23, 2011
Ron Hannah was born in Elgin, ND, on January 8, 1958, to Erwin Duane and Donna Rae (Seymour) Hannah. He started working with his family business, Whitewood Sand and Gravel, where he learned to love and run heavy equipment. He worked in the oil field in Wyoming and also worked 20 years for Wharf Resources starting out as a...
Helen Rae Nixon
Sep 22, 2011
Helen Rae (Sherman) Nixon, 47, passed away on September 22, 2011. She was born on December 10, 1963 in Spearfish, South Dakota to Robert "Bob" and Regina (Justice) Sherman. Helen was baptized and confirmed at Christ Church Episcopal in Lead, South Dakota. She also attended school there and graduated from Lead High School in 1982. Helen lived in Sundance,...
