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,...
Yolanda J. Caretto
Sep 21, 2011
Yolanda J. Caretto, 89, Lead, died Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at the Spearfish Regional Hospital. Survivors include her three nieces, Marcia (Leonard) Faiman, Custer, SD, Gale (Rod) Eggiman, Moorhead, MN, Grace Caretto, Vancouver, WA; also numerous great nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, three sisters, one brother, brother and sister in law and a...
Edwin Earl Oliver
Sep 21, 2011
Edwin Earl Oliver, 56, of Newcastle, WY, died Wednesday, September 21, 2011, at his home surrounded by his family. Edwin was born January 2, 1955, in Sturgis, SD, to Donald and Dottie Oliver of Sturgis, SD. Ed was a scraper hand for DRM out of Gillette, WY, since 1997. He enjoyed his work and the people he worked for....
Zearl Willis Drum
Sep 16, 2011
Zearl Willis Drum was born Jan 15, 1927 in Fluvanna, Texas, the only child of Willis Richard (Bill) and Clara Inez (Sneed) Drum. Zearl grew up in West Texas, primarily the Fluvanna and Snyder areas. During WWII, he enlisted in the Navy, serving as a corpsman in a hospital for wounded sailors and marines in California. Returning to Texas...
Wayne Willis Walters
Sep 16, 2011
Wayne Willis Walters, 70, Sheridan, WY, passed away on September 16, 2011, at West View Health Care in Sheridan. Wayne was born February 25, 1941, in Watertown, SD, to Willis "Bill" and Emma (Melvin) Walters. In 1949, the family, including his two younger brothers, moved near Henry, SD, where his father established Tinkertown, a country store, treasure shop, and...
Richard Harris Millikan
Sep 15, 2011
Richard Harris Millikan, 64, of Deadwood, died Thursday, September 15, 2011, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Memorial services will be held on Monday, September 19, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. Richard was born May 11, 1947, in San Bernardino, CA, to Forrest and Mary (Stewart) Millikan. He grew up and went to elementary school...
Douglas Einar Iverson
Sep 13, 2011
Douglas E. Iverson, 62, Sturgis, died Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at his home in Sturgis. Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Monday, August 19, 2011 at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis with Rev. Herbert B. Cleveland officiating. Inurnment follows at the Black Hills National Cemetery with military honors provided by the Sturgis Veterans Honor Guard. A memorial has...
Michael James Fox
Sep 11, 2011
The Rev. Michael James Fox, 61, pastor of Grace Lutheran Church in Sturgis, died suddenly at his home in Sturgis Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011. He was born January 27, 1950, in St. Paul, Minn., to James and Pauline (Lindstrom) Fox. He was baptized into Christ March 5, 1950, and confirmed his faith April 19, 1964, at Concordia Lutheran Church...
Howard Keith Dinnell
Sep 10, 2011
Howard Keith Dinnell, 81, Sturgis, died Saturday, September 9, 2011, at the Fort Meade VA Medical Center. Graveside committal services will be held Wednesday, September 14, 2011, at 2:30 p.m. at Black Hills National Cemetery with Pastor Jenene Earl officiating. Military honors will be provided by the Sturgis Veteran's Honor Guard. Family and friends may gather at Kinkade Funeral...
