Obituaries

Feb 15, 2015

Philip Carl Beck, 84, passed away in Oro Valley, Arizona on February 15, 2015.

Philip served in the US Navy and is buried at Black Hills National Cemetery, Sturgis, SD.

Feb 14, 2015

Mary Virginia Ratts, 92, Newcastle, WY, passed away February 14, 2015.

Mary was the wife of Gene. She lived in Stinesville with Gene and Paul where they had a farm. Then moved to Newcastle, Wyoming to live near their son Richard Ratts.

Mary passed in 2015 in Newcastle and then was brought back to Indiana...

Feb 14, 2015

Herbert Louis Baldwin, 91, of Sturgis, SD, passed away Saturday, February 14, 2014, at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Ft. Meade. Herbert was born February 4, 1924, in Newell, SD, to Sophia C. and Louis B. Baldwin. He attended school in the lower grades in Red Owl schools and in the Vale community where he graduated from High School...

Feb 14, 2015

Nancy Ann Shaw passed away on February 14, 2015 at her home surrounded by her family, after a brief battle with cancer. She was 63 years old. Nancy was born to William Reginald Hoskin and Elizabeth Florence Hoskin (Mikalonis) on February 7, 1952, the 5th child of seven, in Springfield, Massachusetts. Nancy married her high school sweetheart, Henry Dymnicki,...

Feb 13, 2015

Trula Marcella (Horn) Fields passed away Friday, February, 13, 2015 at the Belle Fourche Health Care Center in Belle Fourche, SD. She was 91. Trula was born May 27, 1923 to Franklin Sturgis and Rosie (Layne) Horn. She was born near Quinlan, OK. Trula was the first girl born in a family of 13 grown children. She took on...

Feb 13, 2015

James A. "Jim" Schopen passed away on February 13, 2015, due to complications related to Parkinson's. He was born in Lead on June 5, 1936, the youngest of six children, to the family of Fred and Martha (Schock) Schopen. He attended St. Patrick's elementary school and graduated from Lead High School in 1955. Jim was drafted in 1960 and...

Feb 12, 2015

Dorothy Katherine Bade, 90, of Rapid City, SD (formerly of New Ulm and Mankato, MN) was taken home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, February 12, 2015 at Hospice of the Hills in Rapid City.

Dorothy Katherine Bachmann was born October 26, 1924 in Crawford, Nebraska to Julius H. and Louise D. K. (Brehm)...

Feb 11, 2015

Charles (Chuck) Wheeler passed away on Wednesday, February 11, 2015 after a decade long battle with cancer. Through all the operations, radiation, chemo and medications he never lost one ounce of his signature patience and kindness to everyone he met. He joined the Air Force in 1952 and began a 21 year career at Sampson AFB in New York....

Feb 11, 2015

Robert Eugene Howard, a 60-year-old resident of Trenton, died Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015 at Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, SD, where he had been a patient. He had suffered cardiac arrest early Saturday morning. Funeral arrangements are pending under the care of Kinkade Funeral Home in Sturgis, SD. He is survived by his daughter, Robyn Webb of...

Feb 8, 2015

Louie Scherer went to be with the Lord on Sunday, February 8, 2015. He passed away at Sturgis Regional Hospital at the age of 89. Louie was born in Dallas, SD, on November 10, 1925, to Cecilia (Gordon) Scherer and Van Scherer. He grew up mostly in Lead and Whitewood. At the age of 17, he joined the U.S....

Feb 4, 2015

Porcupine | Our loving and caring mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Irene Mary Tibbitts passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 4, 2015 in Hot Springs, SD. Irene was born to Joseph and Rosa (Janis) Crazy Thunder on June 28, 1925 on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and lived in the Old Crazy Horse District at that time. Shortly after World War...

Feb 3, 2015

Phyllis Marie (Stuve) Green, 98, passed on to her heavenly home on Tuesday, February 3, 2015, from Sturgis Regional Senior Care. Services for Phyllis will be Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 1:00 pm at the Lifespring Wesleyan Church with visitation 1 hour prior to the service. A second service will be 10:00 am Saturday, February 14, 2015, at the...

Feb 2, 2015

Faith Sorlie (Spear) Andersen, 85, went to her heavenly home on February 2, 2015, in Bartlett, TN. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Rev. Vernon Andersen in 1994. She is survived by her sister, Marion (Edward) Eskildsen of Claremont, CA; her brother, Ralph (Nina) Spear of Graham, NC; and her three treasured children, Lisa West of...

Feb 1, 2015

William Gordon Burks, 83, Hot Springs, SD, passed away at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Hot Springs, SD.

William was born in Kentucky November 26, 1931. He served in the US Army during Korea and is buried at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis.

Feb 1, 2015

Charles Henry Prchal, 77, Piedmont, SD, passed away at his home on February 1, 2025.

Charles was born in South Dakota to Henry and Lucille (Thompson) Prchal on September 10, 1937.

Jan 31, 2015

Dianne June Tarno, 75, Sturgis, SD, passed away January 31, 2015 at Sturgis, Regional Hospital, Sturgis, SD.

Dianne was born in South Dakota to James William and Julia Maxine (Higgins) Bradley on June 17, 1939.

Jan 26, 2015

Dennie L. Simonson, 86, Sturgis, died Monday, January 26, 2015, peacefully at home. Dennie was born May 17, 1928 in Timberlake, SD. He spent his childhood in South Dakota, North Dakota and Montana; graduating from Corvallis, MT, in 1947. He worked as a carpenter, and then joined the United States Navy, in 1951, serving for four years. After the...

Jan 25, 2015

Guadalupe Gonzales Romero, 92, Rapid City, SD, Passed away at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Fort Meade, SD.

Lupe was born in California to Michael and Maria (Blanco) Romero on March 5, 1922. He served in the US Army during WW II and in is buried at Black Hills National Cemetery, Sturgis, SD.

Jan 24, 2015

Rose Marie Kovacevich, 84, Lead, died Saturday January 24, 2015, at the Belle Fourche Healthcare in Belle Fourche. Mass of Christian Burial will be Wednesday, February 4, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Lead with Father Leo Hausmann officiating. Inurnment will follow at Black Hills National Cemetery. Rose was born August 11, 1930, in Lead,...

Jan 23, 2015

Sturgis | Alvin L. Span, 76 of Sturgis, died Friday, January 23, 2015 at the Department of Veteran Affairs in Ft. Meade. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1955 to 1959. Survivors include his wife, Linda Span, Sturgis; a daughter, Jaime (Jack) Caldwell, Green Bay, WI; a son, Steve Span, California and two grandchildren, Tanner Ross and Alex...