Gene Paul Reichert
Sep 2, 2007
Gene Paul Reichert, 67, Billings, MT, died Sunday, September 2, 2007, near his home due to an ATV accident. Gene was born July 1, 1940, in New Underwood, SD. He attended first grade at the Doyle School located near Hereford, SD. Due to the distance from his home, at the age of six he spent his first year of...
Phillip Ray Brockelman
Sep 2, 2007
Phillip Ray Brockelman, 81, formerly of Rapid City, died Sunday, September 2, 2007, at the Fort Meade VA Medical Center. Phillip was born April 29, 1926, at Salina, KS, to Clyde and Blanche (Lindenmuth) Brockelman. He grew up in Kansas. Phillip enlisted in the US Navy and served until 1949. At that time, he joined the US Air Force...
Leona C. Young
Sep 2, 2007
Leona C. Young, 92, of Rapid City passed away on Sunday, September 2, 2007, at the New Underwood Good Samaritan Home. Mrs. Young was born in Sidney, Iowa, on December 27, 1914, the daughter of Charles E. and Beulah Campbell. She married Ben Feldt in 1940; he died in 1958. She married Don Young in 1976; he died in...
Mervin H. Viken
Sep 1, 2007
Mervin H. Viken, 68, Newell, died Saturday, September 1, 2007, at the Sturgis Regional Senior Care Center. Mervin was born February 16, 1939, at Newell, SD, to Julius and Elaine (Long) Viken. He attended grade school at Horse Creek and graduated from Newell High School in 1958. He worked for Glen Steven at Glen's dairy in St. Onge and...
Philip Otis Shannon
Aug 29, 2007
Philip O. Shannon, 81, Sturgis, died Wednesday, August 29, 2007, at the Fort Meade VA Medical Center. Philip was born May 30, 1926, in Lantry, SD, to Otis and Alice (Olson) Shannon. He grew up and attended school in Dupree. He served in the US Army during WWII and following his honorable discharge, Philip returned to Dupree. He spent...
Herman James Otto Fiedler
Aug 29, 2007
FIEDLER, HERMAN JAMES CWO3 US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II Herman James Fiedler March 10, 1915 - August 29, 2007 Herman "Jim" Fiedler, 92, Black Hawk, died Wednesday, August 29, 2007, at the Fort Meade VA Medical Center. Jim was born March 10, 1915, in Winner, SD, to Fritz and Florence (Baston) Fiedler. He grew up in the...
Roy James Kleinheksel
Aug 27, 2007
KLEINHEKSEL, ROY JAMES SP4 US ARMY VIETNAM Roy James Kleinheksel, 58, rural Whitewood, died Monday, Aug. 27, 2007 on the ranch due to a four wheeler accident. Funeral services will be Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007 at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis with Pastor Gordon Higgins officiating. Burial follows at the Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis with military...
Otto Theodore Lindeman
Aug 27, 2007
Otto Theodore Lindeman, 80, of Sundance, WY, died Monday, August 27, 2007, at Crook County Memorial Hospital. Mr. Lindeman was born November 4, 1926, near Dodge, ND. He attended rural schools in the Dodge area and high school in Golden Valley, ND. Otto served in the US Army in Germany during WWII and in the Korean Conflict. Mr. Lindeman...
Linda Diane Zierer
Aug 25, 2007
Linda Diane Zierer died at her home in Spearfish on Aug. 25, 2007, following a short illness. At the time of her death she was pursuing a bachelor's degree in botany at Black Hills State University. She was born in Glendale, Calif., Oct. 4, 1953, and had attended Los Angeles Community College. Linda was a motorcycle mechanic, and owned...
Don Elliott Common
Aug 24, 2007
Don Elliott Common, 80, Vale, died Friday, August 24, 2007 at the Ft. Meade VA Health Care Center.
Don was born July 28, 1927 at Dayton, OH, to Richard and Juanita (Higgins) Common. He attended school and then traveled west. He enlisted in the US Army and after his honorable discharge he returned to...
Ramona L. Prentice
Aug 23, 2007
Ramona L. Prentice, 78 died at Redfield, SD on Thursday, August 23, 2007. Ramona was born at Timber Lake, SD on December 3, 1928 to Floyd E. and Catherine (Cable) Winegar. She attended school at Vayland, SD and also Wessington Springs and graduated from Junction City, Oregon High School in 1949. She attended college at Santa Cruz, CA and...
Andrew John Frey
Aug 22, 2007
Andrew John Frey, 22, Sturgis, died Wednesday, August 22, 2007, as the result of a motor vehicle accident. Andrew was born August 7, 1985, in Sturgis to Marvin and Wanda (Grubl) Frey. He grew up in Sturgis and graduated from Sturgis Brown High School in 2004. He had attended Black Hills State University for 2 years. Andrew was currently...
Takeshi Jack Hoshino
Aug 20, 2007
STURGIS - Jack T. Hoshino, 87, Sturgis, died Monday, Aug. 20, 2007, at Sturgis Regional Hospital.
Survivors include his wife, Tae; one son, Dan Hoshino, Tucson, Ariz.; two daughters, Cindy Mortensen, Albuquerque, N.M. and Candy Benne, Rapid City; three sisters, Rose Shimazu, Montebello, Calif., June Imamoto, North Hollywood, Calif. and Emi Doi, Laguana Niguel, Calif.; one brother,...
Marjory Leona Litster
Aug 20, 2007
A memorial service for Marjory Leona (Staley) Litster will be held Friday, August 24, 2007 at Pine Slope Cemetery in Belle Fourche, SD. She passed away at the Sturgis Community Hospital on Sunday, August 20, 2007. Marjory was born to Al and Leona Staley on April 14, 1935 in Belle Fourche. She grew up in the Northern Black Hills...
Kevin Dale Fiscus
Aug 19, 2007
Kevin Dale Fiscus, 39, Osage, WY, died Sunday, August 19, 2007 near Custer. Kevin was born April 11, 1968 at Newcastle, WY, to Edwin Dale and Sharon Elizabeth (Benbow) Fiscus. The family moved to Kimball, NE, where Kevin started school. They later moved to Brush, CO where he attended school. He later earned his GED in Denver. Kevin returned...
Mildred Elizabeth Reichert
Aug 19, 2007
Mildred Elizabeth (Gaudig) Reichert, longtime area resident, age 92, died at Good Samaritan Nursing Home in New Underwood, SD, on August 19, 2007, after a long and courageous battle with Alzheimer's disease. Mildred was born to John and Mabel (Holmes) Gaudig on November 24, 1914, on the family farm in Hand County, South Dakota. She went to Lincoln Elementary...
Helen L. Richards
Aug 16, 2007
STURGIS - Helen L. Richards, 105, Sturgis, died Thursday, August 16, 2007, at the Sturgis Regional Senior Care Center.
Helen was born November 15, 1901, to W.J. "Jake" and Myrtle (Gilmore) Philippar in Corning, Iowa. In 1906 she came to South Dakota with her parents and her younger brother, Harold. They homesteaded near Opal and lived in...
Doris Jean Dunbar
Aug 14, 2007
WIFE OF DUNBAR, WILLIAM LLOYD CW3 US ARMY Doris J. Dunbar died Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007, at the Lippold Hospice Unit at Sturgis Regional Hospital at the age of 73. She was born Aug. 27, 1933, in Dupree to James and Berneita (Pooley) Miller. She grew up and attended school in Dupree. On April 13, 1950, Doris and William...
