Evelyn Mae Morrison
Dec 18, 2013
Evelyn Mae Morrison, 88, Sturgis, died Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at her residence in Sturgis. Funeral services will be Friday, December 20, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. at the Grace Lutheran Church in Sturgis with Pastor Larry Dahlstrom officiating. Burial follows at the Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis. In lieu of flowers memorials have been established to the Grace...
Ervin Denver Potratz
Dec 18, 2013
Ervin D. Potratz, 82, of Lead, passed away on December 18, 2013 at Department of Veteran's Affairs, Fort Meade. At the request of Ervin, no services are planned at this time. He is survived by his wife, June Potratz of Lead, and other family members.
Jo Ann Kinney
Dec 16, 2013
Jo Ann Kinney, 54, Sturgis, died Monday, December 16, 2013, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis with the family present beginning at 6:00 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, December 19, 2013, at the First United Methodist Church in Sturgis...
Arthur "Art" Warren Jones
Dec 14, 2013
A.W. "Art" Jones passed away on Dec. 14, 2013, in Madison, Wisconsin. He was born in Sturgis, S.D., on July 23, 1921, the son of Albert Earl Jones and Florence Bower Jones, who were homesteaders. He served in the armed forces during World War II, and attended college in Rapid City.
He served in the US Coast...
James Patrick Luze
Dec 14, 2013
James Patrick Luze, Sr., 73, Lead, passed away Saturday, December 14, 2013, after a brief illness. Jim was born September 15, 1940, to Vernon and Frances Luze in Hendricks, MN. He grew up on his family farm near Elkton, SD, with one older brother and one younger sister. After graduating from Elkton High School, Jim entered the United States...
Max J. Pollat
Dec 13, 2013
Max J. Pollat, 89, Newcastle, WY died Friday, December 13, 2013 at his home. Max was born July 14, 1924 in Cozad, NE to Frank and Anna Pollat. He came to Wyoming with his parents and siblings in 1928. He attended country school through 8th grade and graduated from Newcastle High School. He enlisted in the Navy in 1943 and...
Michael B Gallant
Dec 10, 2013
RAPID CITY | Mike Gallant, 55, died Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013, at his home of a heart attack. Mike was born on July 22, 1958, at St. Mary's Hospital in Pierre, SD, to Rita (LaRoche) and Bob Gallant of Presho, SD. He spent his early years in Presho, where he attended grade school, and he also went to school in...
Ruth Ireta Linn
Dec 10, 2013
Ruth Ireta (Moore) Linn, wild rabbit tamer, first place grade-school speech champion and granddaughter rescue/get-away driver has made her journey to eternity. She joins an expectant party in Heaven; including her husband, Clifford, whom she married in 1945 rather than join the WAVES, her son Kent Linn, and her seven siblings, as well as her parents, all of whom...
Thelma I Lewton
Dec 7, 2013
Thelma (Eichenburger) Lewton, 70, died Saturday, December 7, 2013, at Spearfish Regional Hospital. Thelma was born May 6, 1943, in Sturgis, SD, to Robert and Laura (Harrington) Eichenburger. She attended schools in Sturgis and Nisland. Thelma lived in Nisland with her parents until she moved to Washington state for a short time to reside with her sister Dorothy and husband...
Jerald Leroy Heffernan
Dec 6, 2013
Jerald Leroy Heffernan, 67, Rapid City, died Friday, December 6, 2013, at his residence in Rapid City. Memorial services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, December 15, 2013, at the Cornerstone Rescue Mission (30 Main St.) in Rapid City with Mr. Tom Golden officiating. Survivors include his sons, Jesse and Jonathan Heffernan, both of Appleton, WI; and one...
Michael Rocco Mongioi
Dec 5, 2013
Michael Rocco Mongioi, 63, Black Hawk, SD, passed away at Rapid City Regional Hospital December 5, 2013.
Michael was born in New York to Rocco and Catherine (Galvano) Mongioi August 13, 1950.
Herbert Barnhart Gatzke
Dec 1, 2013
Herbert B. Gatzke was born in DeSart, ND, on April 7, 1930, to Hank and Rocella (Anderson) Gatzke. He was the third oldest of eleven children. He attended New England Public and graduated in 1948. He then went to summer school to become a teacher. He taught in a country school near New England and farmed with his brother...
Conrad Henry Larsen
Dec 1, 2013
Conrad Henry Larsen, known as Henry to his friends, died at Rapid City Regional Hospital on Sunday, December 1, 2013. Visitation will be on Friday, December 6, 2013, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 2400 S. Baldwin Street, Sturgis, with the funeral starting at 11:00 a.m. Burial will follow at...
Helen Marian Blare
Dec 1, 2013
Helen Marian (Hart) Blare, 75, died on Sunday, December 1, 2013, at Rapid City Regional Hospital Hospice House after a final, and mercifully short, battle with cancer. Visitation will be at Kinkade Funeral Chapel on Tuesday, December 3, 2013, from noon to 7:00pm, with family present from 5:00 to 6:00pm. Funeral services will be at 10:00am on Wednesday, December...
Alvin James Falzerano
Nov 26, 2013
Alvin was born February 3,1930 and grew up and attended school in the Belle Fourche and Spearfish South Dakota area. As a young man he worked on the family farm and ranch southwest of Belle Fourche, various filling stations and the Case Machinery dealership at Belle Fourche prior to his marriage to Theresa Wood from Vale, SD on January...
Sherman Leroy Huffman
Nov 26, 2013
After a long illness, Sherman Leroy Huffman, died at home on November 26, 2013. He was born in Sturgis to Sherman H. and May (Berk) Huffman on March 21, 1938. He lived most of his childhood in Sturgis and then moved to Deadwood. A man who couldn't, but could, and did; a man of all trades, never met a...
Gerry Eugene Harper
Nov 26, 2013
Gerry Eugene Harper, 63, Hilo, HI, died Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at his daughter's residence near Sturgis. Memorial services will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday, November 30, 2013 at the Seventh Adventist Church at 4703 S. Canyon Rd. in Rapid City, SD, with Pastor Clarence McKey officiating. Inurnment will be at the Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis at a...
Mary Helen Haverberg
Nov 24, 2013
Mary Helen (Sanderson) Haverberg passed away peacefully Sunday, November 24, 2013 at the home of daughter Suanne Hayes of Deadwood, South Dakota. As was her nature, she was smiling, kind, gentle, and uplifting to everyone around her to the end. She was born April 25, 1918, at the Mitchell, South Dakota Hospital, the fourth child born to Maynard and Mary...
Kenneth Lyle Sanders
Nov 24, 2013
Kenneth "Kenny" Lyle Sanders, 76, of Hurricane, UT died Sunday, November 24th, 2013. He was born August 20th, 1937 in Phillip, SD to Ruth and Clifford Sanders. He grew up on a cattle ranch with 6 brothers and sisters: Ike, Norman, Arlene, Diane, & Butch in Enning, SD. Kenny joined the Navy in 1955 and he proudly served his...
Jerry Wayne Funell
Nov 23, 2013
Jerry Wayne Funell, 68, White Owl, SD, died Saturday, November 23, 2013 at the Sturgis Regional Hospital. Visitation will be 8 a.m. until time of service on Friday at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. Funeral service will be 1:30 p.m. Friday, November 29, 2013 at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis with Pastor Harold Delbridge officiating. Burial with...
