Jean Mae Andrews
Aug 8, 2014
Jean Mae Andrews, 89, Sturgis, passed away peacefully at the Sturgis Regional Long Term Care Facility on August 8, 2014. Jean was born to Archie and Hazel (Goss) Williams on May 9, 1925. Following graduation from high school she began working as a switchboard operator at the Northwestern Bell Office in Lead. Later she began working at the Miners...
John Joseph Boesl
Aug 8, 2014
John Joseph Boesl June 11, 1941 - August 8, 2014 John Joesph Boesl of Sturgis, SD passed away Friday August 8, 2014 at the VA Fort Meade Hospice Unit, after a short battle with cancer. He was 73 years old. John was born in Langdon, ND on June 11, 1941 to Joseph and Gertrude (Schneider)Boesl. He graduated from St....
Marcia Helen Dame
Aug 8, 2014
Rapid City | Marcia M. Dame, 72, died August 8, 2014. Upon her request, cremation has taken place. No services are planned at this time.
Bradley John Anderson
Aug 8, 2014
Bradley John Anderson, 16, Sturgis, was taken from us on August 8, 2014, in a vehicle accident near Lusk, WY. Visitation will be held Thursday, August 14, 2014, at Kinkade Funeral Chapel from 4-8 p.m. Funeral services will be held Friday, August 15, 2014, at 1:30 p.m. at Sturgis Brown High School with Pastor Henrique Fleming officiating. Burial will...
Oliver Argo Freimark
Aug 5, 2014
Oliver A. Freimark, 86, Hot Springs, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle, and friend, passed away Tuesday, August 5, 2014. Oliver was born December 18, 1927, to John and Ernestina Freimark at Java, SD. Oliver served in the US Marine Corp from 1951 to 1953. He married Mary Jane Haynes in 1953 and moved to the family farm in...
Suzanne (Suzi) Schermerhorn
Aug 4, 2014
Rapid City | Suzanne (Suzi) Schermerhorn, 59, passed away August 4, 2014, in a car accident near Lusk, WY. Suzi was born September 30, 1954 in Sturgis to Nola and Donald Bentz. She is survived by her sons, Chris and Donne Arehart; brothers, Curtis Bentz, George Bentz, and Bill Bentz; sister, Cindy Lester; four grandchildren, Rhiannon, James, Kasey and Krista...
Nola Jane Bentz-Reber
Aug 4, 2014
Rapid City | Nola Jane Bentz-Reber, 86, died August 4, 2014. Nola was born on a farm south of Burke, on February 27, 1928, to Alex and Vera Bauld. Two years later, the family moved to a farm north of Herrick, where she grew to womanhood. Nola married Don Bentz on March 28, 1944 in Winner and then Don enlisted...
Robert Francis Bentz
Aug 4, 2014
Rapid City | Robert Francis Bentz, 34, died August 4, 2014. He was born on January 9, 1980 in Belle Fourche, SD. He is survived by his two sisters, Brandy Karcie of CO and April Bentz of AZ; a stepmom; two step-sisters, one step-brother; six nephews, one niece, numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, and many friends. He will forever be missed...
John Avery Beehler
Aug 3, 2014
John Avery Beehler, 87, Nisland, went to his Heavenly Home on August 3, 2014. John was born September 3, 1926, to Roy E. and Eugenia O. (Hall) Beehler. He joined the US Navy in 1943 at 16 ½ years old, and is a WWII Navy Veteran. After serving, he returned to high school, graduating from Sturgis High School in...
Agnes S. Ganeff
Aug 3, 2014
Agnes S. Ganeff, 93, of Spearfish, SD, formerly of Miles City, MT, and Gillette, WY, passed away at the Dorsett Home in Spearfish, SD on Sunday evening, August 3, 2014. Agnes was born June 4, 1921, on the family ranch at Stroner, WY, to Joseph Sabatka and Anna (Prosser) Sabatka. She was the second youngest of 7 children. She...
Donna Arnita Bell
Aug 2, 2014
Newcastle, WY | Donna Arnita Bell died peacefully at home in Newcastle Wyoming on the morning of August 2nd, 2014. Donna was born in Mesa, Arizona on May 3rd, 1948, the daughter of Francis and Lorene Stubbs. In 1970, she married David Lee Bell and raised a healthy, happy family. She was widowed February of 2008. Family and friends were...
Patricia Eileen Horlick
Jul 31, 2014
Patricia Eileen Horlick, 72, passed away July 31, 2014 in Gillette, WY.
She is survived by her husband, Stephen Gary Horlick and a brother, Clyde Jones.
Ellen Pauline Corey
Jul 31, 2014
Ellen "Pauline" Corey,91, Sturgis, SD, passed away July 31, 2014 at Sturgis Regional Hospital.
She was born Ellen Pauline Lindstrom on May 19, 1923, in Hamill, S.D., to Ruth (Kall) and Rudolph Lindstrom. She only spoke Swedish up until she attended country school and later graduated from Winner, SD.
Preceded in death by her parents,...
Hazel Lucille Holmes
Jul 31, 2014
Hazel Lucille Holmes, 92, Sturgis, died Thursday, July 31, 2014, at Sturgis Regional Senior Care. Graveside services will be held Tuesday, August 12, 2014, at 1:00pm at Bear Butte Cemetery with Rev. Denzel Nonhof officiating. Visitation will be held from 8:00am to service time on Tuesday. Hazel was born on February 22, 1922, at Lesterville, SD to Chester and...
Helen Ann Komes
Jul 27, 2014
Helen Ann (Weyrich) Komes was born December 19, 1921 near Volunteer, SD, on the family farm with a midwife assisting, to Jakob and Margaret (Lorang) Weyrich. She grew up on the farm and ranch and attended the Wolff School through the 8th grade. She helped with the children and the work on the farm and ranch until she married....
Stevan Daniel "Dan" Bruce
Jul 27, 2014
Stevan Daniel Bruce, born October 10, 1953 went on his final ride in Hereford, South Dakota on July 27, 2014. Dan was born in Colorado Springs to Jim and Ardith Bruce on October 10, 1953. Dan spent his childhood years in Fountain, Colorado going to rodeos with his mom and hunting and fishing with his dad. Dan graduated from...
Averil Mae Yuill
Jul 26, 2014
Averil Mae Yuill, 84, Whitewood, passed away Saturday, July 26, 2014, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Averil was born October 1, 1929, at Stratford, SD, to Louis and DeEtte (Campbell) Rossow and grew up in the Black Hills area. Averil spent the happiest years of her childhood during grade school at Stratford, nurtured by her beloved aunt, Alvina, and...
James Harold Miller
Jul 26, 2014
James Harold Miller,76, Rhame, ND, passed away at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Fort Meade, SD, on July 26, 2014.
James was born in Illinois to James W. and Alda (Carson) Miller on February 23, 1938. He was a veteran of the United States Military.
Charles A. Koncaba, Jr.
Jul 23, 2014
Newcastle | Charles (Charlie) Albert Koncaba Jr., was born on October 10, 1955 in Port Comfort, TX. Charlie died July 23, 2014 at Rapid City Regional Hospital with his family at his side. Charlie was born to Charles Koncaba and Clara Deines. He married Brenda Billings on February 17, 2007. Charlie worked various jobs during his life; his last job...
Joanne T. Grubl
Jul 23, 2014
Joanne T. Walter Grubl, 79, Whitewood, was called home to be with her loving daughter Janet and her mother and father Fred and Mary Kenstler in heaven on July 23, 2014. Joanne was born on January 3, 1935 in Sturgis, South Dakota and as a child she grew up in Mud Butte. She also resided in Tuscon, Arizona, St....
