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Ronald Dorton
May 10, 2014
Rapid City | Ronald Dorton, 49, died May 10, 2014 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. He is survived by his wife, Karen Dorton; sons, Ronie Dorton and Rory Atkinson; daughters, Rachael Dorton and Rachelle Chapman; two brothers, Harold Dorton and Daniel Dorton; and two grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his father. Services will be held 5:00 pm, Saturday,...
Sheryl Lynn Burton
May 10, 2014
Sheryl Lynn Burton, 55, Piedmont, died Saturday, May 10, 2014, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. She was born July 7, 1958, in Hobbs, New Mexico, to James and Madelyn (Farnsworth) Hendrick. She graduated from Hobbs High School in 1976. In the Early 1990's, Sheryl moved to Denver, CO, where she worked for MCI. In 1994, she met Matt Stinchfield...
John A. Magenheimer
May 8, 2014
John A. Magenheimer, 96, Sturgis, died Thursday, May 8, 2014, at the Golden Living Center -Black Hills in Rapid City. Visitation will be from noon until time of services at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis on Tuesday. Funeral services will be 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis with Pastor John Tesnow...
Melvin Carl Mauck
May 6, 2014
Melvin Carl Mauck, 83, Hot Springs, SD, passed away at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Fort Meade, SD.
Melvin was born in Maryland to Cecil and Goldie (Holsten) Mauck on April 12, 1931. Her served in the US Navy during Korea and Vietnam. He is buried at Black Hills National Cemetery, Sturgis, SD.
Joannie Maria Gray
May 6, 2014
Moorcroft, WY | Joannie M. Gray, 56, died Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Joannie was born in Munich Germany to Julian and Viola Luna. Joannie was the first of seven children. She followed in her father's footsteps and joined the US Army in 1976, where she found and married the love of her life, Steve Gray. They were both honorably discharged...
Ruth Mae Mosser
May 5, 2014
STURGIS | Ruth Mae Mosser, 97, passed away May 5, 2014. One of four children, she was born June 11, 1916 in Henry County, Missouri, to Fred and Pearl (Barnes) Cook. Ruth's mother passed at the young age of 32 and Ruth and her siblings were raised by their grandmother, Etta (Grandma Cook). She graduated from high school in Clinton,...
Richard Gene Skouge
May 5, 2014
Richard "Rich" Gene Skouge was born on March 21, 1965, to Beuman "BG" and Maxine (Samp) Skouge in Slayton, MN. He passed away May 5, 2014, at his home following a long and courageous battle with cancer with his wife and father-in-law by his side. He attended school in Slayton and graduated from Slayton High School in 1983. Following...
Lena D. Schild
May 4, 2014
Lena D. Schild, 90, Sturgis, died Sunday, May 4, 2014 at the Sturgis Regional Health Care Center. Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m. with the family present on Friday at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, May 10, 2014 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Rapid City with Pastors David Schwan...
Judith Grace Iverson
May 3, 2014
Judith Grace Williams was born in Sturgis on August 25, 1939, to Richard B. and Ruth I (Kingsbury) Williams. She spent her entire childhood in Sturgis, graduating from Sturgis High School in 1957.
Judy attended Black Hills State College until moving to Rochester, MN, where she worked at IBM. During that stay she met and married David...
Edward Anthony Bruch
May 2, 2014
Ed Bruch, 63, died peacefully May 28, 2014, at his home in Rapid City, SD. He was born January 17, 1951, in Sturgis to Anthony and Justine (Bestgen) Bruch. Ed was employed for many years by Control Data then SCI until he retired several years ago. Ed enjoyed spending time with his family. His hobbies included watching Nascar, drag...
Thomas James Jackson
May 2, 2014
Thomas James Jackson, 82, Sturgis, died Friday, May 2, 2014, at Sturgis Regional Hospital. Graveside memorial services will be held at 10:30am on Tuesday, May 6, 2014, at Black Hills National Cemetery with Chaplain Herbert Cleveland officiating. Military honors will be provided by Sturgis Veterans Honor Guard. Family and friends are welcome to meet at Kinkade Funeral Chapel prior...
Martin Cole Beug
Apr 29, 2014
Martin Cole Beug, 67, Sturgis, SD, died Tuesday April 29, 2014 at his home in Sturgis. The family will gather at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis from 4 to 7 p.m. on Monday evening. Memorial services will be 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at the Grace Lutheran Church in Sturgis. Inurnment with military honors follows at the...
James Robert Farrell
Apr 26, 2014
HOT SPRINGS | James R. Farrell, 59, Hot Springs, died April 26, 2014. He served in the U.S. Army from 1973 to 1974. Jim is survived by his wife, Ruby Farrell, Hot Springs; sons, Michael (Heather) Farrell, Ft. Knox, KY; Ben (Kailey) Miller, Edgemont, Greg Birdsall, Newmanstown, PA, and Matt (Shay) Farrell, Edgemont; mother, Dorothy Farrell, Saint Charles, MO; sisters,...
Dorothy May Pranger
Apr 25, 2014
Dorothy May Pranger, age 91, of Spearfish, passed away on Friday, April 25, 2014, at home. A memorial service to celebrate her life will be held at Kinkade Funeral Chapel on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, at 1:30pm, with Mr. Kline Capps officiating. Inurnment will follow at Black Hills National Cemetery. Dorothy was born February 12, 1923, in Lebanon, SD...
Bernard Brian Leick
Apr 25, 2014
Sturgis | Bernard B. "Brian" Leick, 74 of Sturgis, died April 25, 2014 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1968 until 1973. Survivors include two sister, Margie (Tom) McKinnon, Cornville, AZ and Gretchen (Paul) Pope, Mountain Home, AK and a brother, Scott Leick, Tucson, AZ. He was preceded in death by his father, Bernard...
Elsie Grace Muehl
Apr 25, 2014
Elsie Grace (Larson) Muehl passed away on Friday, April 25, 2014 at the age of 97. Elsie was born August 17, 1916 on the family farm near Erwin, South Dakota. She was the oldest of seven children born to John and Clara (Jensen) Larson. In 1919 her family moved to Potter County and homesteaded near Gettysburg where Elsie grew up....
Mary Eleanor Orloff
Apr 22, 2014
ORLOFF MARY E. (HARDY), 97, passed away on April 22, 2014 at Prairie Hills Care Center in Rapid City, South Dakota.
She was born December 31, 1916, in Detroit to Joseph and Rose (Spacuzzi) Rine, joining seven siblings. She graduated from St. Catherine's High School in 1935 and completed a business school course of study. She married...
Kim Jolene Rhodes
Apr 22, 2014
Kim Jolene Rhodes was born February 26, 1954, at Rapid City, SD, to Bob and June (Caldwell) Pinkerton. Her family moved to Colorado when she was a small girl. They also lived in Idaho where Kim graduated from high school.
She married following high school and following his death she returned to South Dakota. She operated boilers...
Lavina Aga
Apr 22, 2014
Lavina was born in Sterling, CO, on April 10, 1921, to John and Matilda (Leinweber) Stark. She lived on a farm near Belle Fourche until her parents took her and her two sisters, Helen and Esther, and moved to Vale where she attended school. After her school years, Lavina helped her parents with farm work by operating farm equipment and...
Allen Leroy Thompson
Apr 20, 2014
Allen Leroy Thompson, 68, Hot Springs, SD, passed away at the State Veterans Home in Hot Springs on April 20, 2014.
Allen was born in South Dakota to Harold and Helen (Straw) Thompson on May 6, 1945. He served in the US Military and is buried in the State Veterans Home Cemetery, Hot Springs, SD.
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