Bruce Allen Tate
Dec 4, 2011
Bruce A. Tate, 55, passed away on December 4, 2011, at the Hospice House in Rapid City. He peacefully passed away in his sleep from a short but hard fought battle with Lymphoma. Bruce was preceded in death by his father, Ronald, and his sister, LeAnn. On February 19, 1956, Betty and Ronald Tate welcomed two twin boys to...
William Franklin Collins
Dec 3, 2011
Surrounded by loving family members, William F. "Bill" Collins, Jr. died Saturday, December 3, 2011 at home in Spearfish, SD, of complication from prostate cancer. Bill was born September 18, 1944, at Vancouver, WA, to William F. "Frank" and Mildred (Birkeland) Collins. In 1947 his parents moved to Dupree, SD, where he received his elementary and high school education,...
Robert Moody Wood
Dec 2, 2011
Dr. Robert M. Wood (89), Spearfish, SD Dr. Robert (Bob) Moody Wood died peacefully at home on December 2, 2011, surrounded by his four children, following a brief illness. Bob Wood, may his memory be a blessing, was born March 13, 1922 in Sturgis, SD to Robert I. and Charity M. Wood. He grew up in Sturgis, graduating Sturgis...
Francis Bruce Bartels
Nov 28, 2011
Francis "Bruce" Bartels, 88, of Newell, died Monday, November 28, 2011, at the Fort Meade VA Medical Center surrounded by his family. Bruce was born May 4, 1923, on the family farm eleven miles southeast of Gettysburg, SD, to Adolph and Virl (Brewer) Bartels. From the moment he was born, weighing three and a half pounds, everyone knew he...
Theresa Marie Otto
Nov 28, 2011
Theresa Marie Otto, 55, of Spearfish, died Monday, November 28, 2011, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Visitation will be from noon until 9:00 p.m. on Sunday at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis with the family present from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, December 5, 2011, at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel...
Shirley Jean Hise
Nov 23, 2011
Shirley Jean Hise, 82, Sturgis, died Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Visitation will be noon until 9 p.m. on Wednesday at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis with the family present from 5p.m. until 7 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Thursday, December 1, 2011 at St. Martin's Chapel...
Naida Ruth Mckinney
Nov 22, 2011
Naida Ruth McKinney, 87, Sturgis, died Tuesday, November 22, 2011, at Sturgis Regional Senior Care. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Survivors include two sons, Johnnie Rindy, Sturgis, and Duane Rindy, Colorado Springs, CO; two grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins. She was preceded in death by her parents; two spouses; one...
Daniel C. Wiest
Nov 21, 2011
Daniel C. (Skip) Wiest passed away in Fridley, MN on November 21, 2011 at his home at the age of 55. Skip was born in Rapid City, SD to Daniel C. and Patricia (Holdren) Wiest on June 13, 1956. He attended kindergarten through 12th grade in the Newell school system. During his school years, he began a lifelong passion...
Norma Mildred Cammack
Nov 20, 2011
Norma Mildred Cammack, 80, Black Hawk, died Sunday, November 20, 2011, at her home in Black Hawk. Visitation will be noon until 9:00 p.m. on Friday at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, November 26, 2011, at the Black Hawk Community Church with Pastor Ken Fairbrothers officiating. Burial will be...
Marian Gwenda Anderson
Nov 19, 2011
Marian Gwenda Anderson, 86, Sturgis, died Saturday, November 19, 2011 at the Ft. Meade VA Hospital. Visitation will be noon until 9 p.m. on Monday November 28, 2011 at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Sturgis with President...
Elsie Ailene Hultenschmit
Nov 19, 2011
Elsie was born March 11, 1917, at Orient, IL, to Sam and Hattie (Southerland) Biggs. She grew up in Orient and married Lloyd Hultenschmidt at Marian, IL, on April 12, 1937. The couple made their home on the Hultenschmidt ranch near Belle Fourche. In 1947, they moved to a ranch northeast of Alzada, MT, and later moved onto a...
William Charles Schwartz
Nov 19, 2011
William Charles "Bill" Schwartz was born February 24, 1950, to Charles and Cecelia (Brekenfeld) Schwartz in Belle Fourche, SD. He grew up in Newell, SD, and attended school there until 1959 when his family moved to Sturgis. During his teen years, he spent summers at his cousin, Harlan Smizer's ranch in Burke, SD, and at the Kieffer ranch east...
Franklin Thomas Jones
Nov 19, 2011
Franklin Thomas Jones, 60, Isabel, died Saturday, 11/19/2011, at the Fort Meade VA Hospital. Visitation will be 8 a.m. until time of services at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. Committal services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at the Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis with Pastor Darla Dunn officiating. Military honors will be provided by...
Lyle Duane Carlson
Nov 17, 2011
OSAGE, Wyo. - Lyle "Duane" Carlson, 87, Osage, died Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011, at Weston County Manor in Newcastle.
Survivors include his wife, Elda Carlson, Osage; six sons, Mike Carlson, Colony, Gary Carlson, Hitchcock, S.D., Jerald Carlson, Newcastle, Chester "Sonnie" Carlson, Osage, Ricky Hoff, Anchorage, Alaska, and Ivan Hoff, Seattle; five daughters, Dianne Corey, Sioux Falls, S.D.,...
Dorothy Ann Johnson
Nov 14, 2011
Dorothy Ann Tarver Johnson, age 85, of Rapid City, SD, left her earthly family to be with the Lord in Heaven on November 14, 2011. Dorothy was born in Aberdeen, SD, to Jewell and Mary Tarver on June 13, 1926. She obtained her diploma in nursing and was trained by the nuns at Aberdeen Presentation College. For the next...
George Wayne Davis
Nov 13, 2011
G. Wayne Davis, 87, Sturgis, died Sunday, November 13, 2011, at Sturgis Regional Senior Care.
Wayne was born August 24, 1924, in Sturgis, SD, to Francis Gayl (Griffith) Davis and George A. Davis. Wayne attended schools in Sturgis, graduating from high school in 1942. Wayne was the first high school junior to attend SD's Boy's State. He...
Loraine Ruth Kafka
Nov 10, 2011
Loraine Ruth Kafka, 72, Newell, died Thursday, 11/10/2011, at the Sturgis Regional Hospital. Visitation will be 3 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Sunday at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. A rosary service begins at 7 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Monday, November 14, 2011 at St. Mary's Star of the Sea Catholic church in...
Shana Rae Harrison
Nov 6, 2011
Shana Rae Harrison, 47, of Sturgis, died Sunday, November 6, 2011 at Rapid City Regional Hospital of heart failure after a long battle with diabetes. Shana was born December 5, 1963 to Herman and Della (Zimmerman) Sukut in Aberdeen, SD. She graduated from Aberdeen Central High School. She married Douglas Harrison on Jan 2, 1988. At the time of...
Alma S. Summers
Nov 6, 2011
Alma S. Summers, 92, of Black Hawk, SD, died Sunday, November 6, 2011, at Sturgis Regional Senior Care in Sturgis, SD. A graveside funeral service will be held Thursday, November 10, 2011, at 2:00 p.m. at Black Hills National Cemetery with Mr. Ken Fairbrother officiating. Alma was born December 26, 1918, in Vici, OK to Ralph S. and Flora...
Edwin Leo Crawford
Nov 5, 2011
BLACK HAWK - Edwin L. "Ed" Crawford, 53, Black Hawk, died Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Survivors include his spouse, Cindy Crawford, and a son, Justin Crawford, both of New Windsor, Md.; a daughter, Elizabeth Naill, Gordonsville, Va.; four grandchildren; his parents, Leo Crawford and Florence Stewart, Black Hawk; and two sisters, Cindy Hoag, Black...
