Jeanne Frances Saathoff
May 31, 2008
Jeanne Frances Saathoff, 77, died May 31, 2008 in Austin, Texas, with her husband and children at her side. A Ph.D. who conducted research and taught within the University of Missouri Health Sciences System during the 1970s and 1980s, she died from complications of hepatic cancer that arose from hepatitis B, which she contracted while teaching in the hospital...
Mary Magdelina Fischer
May 29, 2008
Mary M. Fischer, 91, of Spearfish, SD, died on May 29, 2008 at the Dorsett Health Care Center in Spearfish. Mary was born June 2, 1916, in Medina, ND, to Henry and Emma (Remmick) Oster. She was raised in the Streeter area. She married Reuben Fischer in Steele, ND, on March 14, 1937. They lived in Steele until 1940...
Donna Joanne Schmeltzer
May 28, 2008
Donna Joanne Schmeltzer, 77, Black Hawk, passed away peacefully on May 28, 2008, at the Lippold Hospice Suite in Sturgis. Following cremation, a memorial service for family and friends will be held at the Rose Garden in Rose Hill Cemetery in Spearfish on May 31, 2008, at 1:00 p.m. with Rev. Denzel Nonhof officiating. Survivors include her husband, Lou,...
Donna Dee Lyons
May 25, 2008
Donna Dee Price Lyons was born July 28, 1925, in Clay Center, KS, to Charles and Eda (Bock) Price. She was the baby sister to her brother, Merle, her sister, Vivian (Suze), and some say she was quite the "brat." During the war, when Donna was in the 11th grade, they moved to Huntington Park, CA. Donna worked at...
Arline Louise Ruby
May 25, 2008
Arline Louise Ruby, 65, passed away May 25, 2008, at her home in Belle Fourche, SD, with her husband, Leroy, and her son, Gary, at her side following a long battle with emphysemia. Visitation will be Thursday from noon until 9:00 and Friday one hour prior to the services at Kinkade Funeral Chapel. Funeral services will be held on...
Leona Misterek Heckenlaible
May 24, 2008
Leona Misterek Heckenlaible went to meet her maker on Saturday, May 24, 2008, after a long courageous battle with cancer and macular degeneration. Leona was born on June 9, 1921, eight miles south of Harrold, SD, to Richard and Tillie (Shutt) Misterek. Her neighbor lady delivered her as it was her doctor's birthday and he was out celebrating. Leona...
Geraldene Mae Werlinger
May 22, 2008
Geraldene Mae "Geri" Werlinger, 63, Sturgis, died Thursday, May 22, 2008. Visitation will be Monday from noon until 9:00 p.m. with family present from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. and a prayer service beginning at 7:00 p.m. at Kinkade Funeral Chapel. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church with...
Lois Marion Mason
May 21, 2008
Our beautiful "Mother Bear" is gone. She left this life for the next at Heritage Estates in Gering, NE, on May 21, 2008, with her children by her side. Her twenty-year struggle with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis is over. She was one classy lady! Lois was born May 17, 1928, in Greenfield, Mass. to Everett L. and Marion E. (White)...
Margaret Louise Helms
May 21, 2008
FAITH - Margaret Louise Helms, 77, Faith, died Wednesday, May 21, 2008, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Survivors include three sons, Michael Helms and Matt Helms, both of Faith, and Mark Helms, Douglas, Wyo.; five daughters, Shannon McGinnis, Faith, Sherri Reder, Rapid City, Stephanie Weisbeck, Mesa, Ariz., Holly Haines, Maurine, and Christine Guenther, Douglas, Wyo.; two sisters, Mary Scott, Sturgis,...
Anna Mae Hendrickson
May 19, 2008
STURGIS - On Monday, May 19, 2008, Anna Mae started a new adventure when she transitioned from this life to the next. She was aged 89 years, 1 month and 18 days.
She was born near the Sisk family homestead, three miles southeast of Vale, on April 2, 1919. She was born during a time when Native...
Charles Edward Vansickel
May 18, 2008
STURGIS - Charles Edward Vansickel, 85, passed away Sunday, May 18, 2008, at his residence in Sturgis, after a lengthy illness with cancer.
Charles was born at Tama, SD, on Oct. 16, 1922, to Oscar and Juanita (Lehman) Vansickel. He attended Tama School and graduated from Sturgis High School in 1940. He ranched with his parents near...
Cyril "Kelly" Charles Callahan
May 17, 2008
SPEARFISH - Cyril Charles Callahan, 86, Spearfish, died Saturday, May 17, 2008, at Fountain Springs Health Care Center in Rapid City.
BURIAL: Black Hills National Cemetery, Sturgis , Meade County , South Dakota , USA
Henry Witton
May 15, 2008
STURGIS - Henry Witton passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 15, 2008, at his home.
He was born on July 9, 1949, in Baltimore, Md. The third child of Kurt and Angela. At an early age, he moved to the Black Hills with family, settling in Fort Meade and later in Sturgis.
He leaves behind...
Marlene Kay Eide
May 15, 2008
STURGIS - Marlene Kay Eide, 61, Sturgis, died Thursday, May 15, 2008, at the Sturgis Regional Senior Care Center.
Visitation will be from noon to 9 p.m. today at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis, with the family present from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 1 p.m. Monday, May 19,...
Elizabeth Jayne Dodson
May 15, 2008
STURGIS - Elizabeth "Jayne" Dodson, 64, Sturgis, died Thursday, May 15, 2008, as a result of an automobile accident near Sturgis on I-90.
Visitation will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. A prayer service will begin at 7 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in...
William Edward Weiers
May 13, 2008
STURGIS - William Edward "Big Mike" Weiers, 78, Sturgis, died Tuesday, May 13, 2008, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital.
Mike was born March 24, 1930, at Sturgis, to Peter and Henrietta (Richards) Weiers. Mike grew up in the Tilford area and attended school in Sturgis. After his father died, he went to work for various farms...
Casey James Mcfarland
May 13, 2008
PIEDMONT - Casey James McFarland, 20, Piedmont, was lifted to our lord Thursday, May 15, 2008, at his home.
A Service of Comfort for the immediate family and dearest friends will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 21, at the Piedmont Valley Lutheran Church. Following this service at 7:30 p.m., friends and family will gather in...
Gertrude Ellen Andersen
May 13, 2008
WHITEWOOD - Gertrude Ellen "Sis" Andersen, 75, Whitewood, died Tuesday, May 13, 2008, at Sturgis Hospice Suite.
Survivors include one daughter, Barbara Moore, Whitewood; four grandchildren; and one great-grandson.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Bobby.
Visitation will be from noon to 9 p.m. Monday, May 19, at Kinkade Funeral Chapel...
