Obituaries

Mar 6, 2014

On March 6th, 2014, Jacqueline Hedlund was surrounded by family and friends, and the room was filled with so much love as she took her last breath in a long battle with cancer. We may have lost our beautiful and full-of-light angel here on Earth, but heaven gained an incredible soul. Funeral services will be held at 11:00am on...

Mar 6, 2014

STURGIS | Darrel Eugene Brunson, 79, died March 6, 2014, at the Fort Meade Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center. He was born August 30, 1934, in Murdo to Charles and Ada (Swan) Brunson. After graduating from high school, he entered the U.S. Army in 1957 and served his country until his honorable discharge in 1959. He worked for many...

Mar 6, 2014

WHITEWOOD | Linda Dianne Simmons Richter, 53 of Whitewood, died March 6, 2014 near Vale, SD. Linda was born and raised on a grade A dairy just outside of Nisland, SD. Between various jobs and college, she would return often to help at the family farm. She moved to California and worked for Operating Engineers Local 12 for many years...

Mar 4, 2014

Newcastle, WY | Leonard Allen Singer, age 55, died March 4, 2014 in Newcastle, Wyoming at home of natural causes. Leonard was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota on June 19, 1958. He lived in Newcastle from age 2 until his passing. He actively read the Bible on a daily basis and believed in our Lord Jesus Christ. He graduated from...

Mar 3, 2014

David Arthur Green died Monday, March 3, 2014 in his home surrounded by his family and friends. David was born on July 12, 1938 in Fort Madison, Iowa to Florence and Clifton Green. David was the youngest of three boys. He felt privileged to grow up with two brothers, Clif and Dick, who are seven and nine years older....

Mar 3, 2014

Frederick Lynn Asher, Spearfish, was born May 15, 1936 to Walter G. and Vivian (Anderson) Asher at O'Neill, NE. At the age of nine the family moved to Woodbine, IA where he was raised and graduated with the class of 1954. He did two years undergraduate studies at Morningside College in Sioux City, Ia. It was there that he...

Mar 1, 2014

Janet Kay (Cox) Rauscher went to be in the loving arms of Jesus February 25, 2014. She was born May 23, 1954, in Cheyenne, WY, to John M. and Gloria G. (Miller) Cox. In 1955, Janet's father, who was in the United States Air Force, was transferred to Germany. Janet, accompanied by her mother and older sister, Deborah, traveled...

Feb 28, 2014

Donna M. Tennis, 77, Sturgis, died Friday, February 28, 2014, at Sturgis Regional Senior Care. Graveside services will be held Wednesday, March 5, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. at Bear Butte Cemetery in Sturgis with Pastor Harold Delbridge officiating. Visitation will be from 8:00 a.m. until time of services on Wednesday at Kinkade Funeral Chapel. Survivors include two sons, Charles...

Feb 28, 2014

Nancy Lee Speaks, 61, Piedmont, died Friday, February 28, 2014 at her home. A memorial service will be held at 10:00am on Thursday, March 6, 2014, at Kinkade Funeral Chapel with Pastor Karl Kroger officiating. Burial will be at a later date at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Nancy was born April 21, 1952, in Webster, South...

Feb 27, 2014

Alvin Roger Carlson, 88, Lead, died Thursday, February 27, 2014, at his residence. Committal services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, March 8, 2014, at the Oak Ridge Cemetery near Deadwood. Memorial services will be 3:00 p.m. Saturday, March 8, 2014, at the Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church in Lead with Pastor David Baer officiating. Alvin was born April...

Feb 21, 2014

Box Elder - William T. "Bill" Cox, 79 of Box Elder, died Friday, February 21, 2014 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. He served in the US Navy from 1952 - 1955 during the Korean conflict. He is survived by his two daughters, Mindy (Dave) Marling, Rapid City and Heather (Wade) Mosely, Watford City, ND and seven grandchildren. Graveside services will...

Feb 20, 2014

Rapid City - Theresa L. Atkinson, 51 of Rapid City, died Thursday, February 20, 2014 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Survivors include two sons, Thomas Atkinson, Sioux Falls and Timathy Mortimer, Atwater, California; three brothers, Carl Atkinson, Jr., Derrick Atkinson and Manuel Garcia all of Rapid City; a sister, Yolanda Janson, Rapid City; two grandchildren, Kai Aden Atkinson and Dometrius...

Feb 19, 2014

LaVonne was born July 15, 1931 in Sturgis to Charles and Marilla (Shuck) Hanzlik. Her family lived on Sulphur Creek near Lovell, SD. She married the love of her life, Cecil Remington, at Fairpoint, SD on July 17, 1949. They made their home on the Schuster place, south of Fairpoint, where they started their family. In October 1956 they...

Feb 18, 2014

Eunice Irene "Granny" Fowlkes, 89, Sturgis, died on Tuesday, February 18, 2014, at Rapid City Regional Hospital from complications of surgery. Visitation will be held on Sunday, February 23, 2014, at Kinkade Funeral Chapel from noon to 7:00pm, with family present from 5:00pm to 7:00pm. Funeral services will be held at 10:00am on Monday, February 24, 2014, at Crossroads...

Feb 18, 2014

STURGIS | Marion "Lloyd" Fixmer, 75, Sturgis, died Feb. 18, 2014, at the Black Hills VA Health Care Center at Fort Meade.

Lloyd was born in Adrian, Minnesota to August and Myrtle (Essman) Fixmer on January 6, 1939. He served in the US Air Force during Vietnam and in inurned at Black Hills National Cemetery, Sturgis, SD....

Feb 18, 2014

Merle Page, 93, of Spearfish, passed away peacefully at Garden Hills Assisted Living Center on Tuesday, February, 18, 2014. Merle was born August 11, 1920, at Forsythe, MN, to Roy and Ivy MacKenzie. Her early life was spent on Long Island, NY. At age 11 she moved to Burtrum, MN, where she met and married Harry Potts in 1937....

Feb 17, 2014

BRIDGEWATER | Ronald Henry Pringle, 65, died February 17, 2014. He is survived by three sons, Ronald Pringle of Starkville, MS, Heath Pringle of Omaha, NE, and Thomas Pringle of Kansas City, MO; four daughters, Christi Jarland of Jamestown, ND, Dorothy Olson and Christine Duerksen of Bridgewater, and Sara Rich of Menno; and 20 grandchildren. Upon his request cremation has...

Feb 17, 2014

Brent "Peachy" Aaron Lyons, 42, Sturgis, died Monday, February 17, 2014 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital after a short illness. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, February 22, 2014 at the West Gym of Sturgis Brown High School with Pastor Peary Wilson officiating. Burial follows at the Bear Butte Cemetery in Sturgis. Peachy would have preferred casual...

Feb 15, 2014

Lorene Irene Schmidt, 78, Rapid City, died on Saturday, February 15, 2014, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Graveside services are scheduled for 12:00pm on Wednesday, February 19, 2014, at Black Hills National Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 10:00am until service time at Kinkade Funeral Chapel. Lorene was born on March 14, 1935, to Fred and Christina (Kessler) Saeman...

Feb 14, 2014

RAPID CITY | Donald "DJ" Van Norman Jr., 27, died Feb. 14, 2014, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. He was born Sept. 5, 1986, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. He was a framing carpenter for McKenzie Witt Construction, which he really loved doing. He was a very loving son, brother, uncle, and grandson. He was loved by many people. He...