Obituaries

Dec 26, 2006

Vernon A. Robinson, 75, Piedmont, died Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2006 at his home.

Survivors include one son, Gene A. Robinson, Black Hawk; one stepson, Brent Carr, Texas; and one brother, Lyle Robinson, Rapid City.

Visitation will be from noon to...

Dec 25, 2006

Robert Raymond Taves, 83, Spearfish and formerly of Newell and Belle Fourche, died Monday, Dec. 25, 2006, at David M. Dorsett Regional Senior Care in Spearfish.

Survivors include one son, Terry Taves, Springfield, and four grandchildren. His wife, Eleanor, preceded him in death. Inurnment services will be at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 29, at Rose Hill Cemetery...

Dec 24, 2006

Clem J. Weber, 78, Rapid City, died Sunday, Dec. 24, 2006, at Clarkson-Mountain View Health Care Facility in Rapid City.

Survivors include his wife, Joan Weber, Rapid City; two sons, Mark Weber, Rapid City, and Keven Weber, Sioux Falls; one daughter, Julie Albaugh, Langley AFB, Va.; eight grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and one brother, Jim Weber, Aurora.

Dec 23, 2006

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Dec 21, 2006

Holly Isabelle Baker, 86, Spearfish, died Thursday, Dec. 21, 2006, at her home.

Survivors include one son, Paul Baker, Spearfish; one daughter, Myrna Clark, Anchorage, Alaska; two brothers, Raymond Howie, White Owl, and Fred Howie, Corwin Springs, Mont.; one sister, Ethel Blackwell, Brady, Texas; and five grandchildren.

Her husband, Glenn Phillip Baker, preceded her in...

Dec 21, 2006

Lillian Rose Herren, 78, Dupree, died Thursday Dec. 21, 2006, at Rapid City Regional Hospital.

Survivors include two sons, Mike Herren, Spearfish, and Merle Herren, Dupree; one daughter, Sonja Herren-Clark, Vancouver, Wash.; five brothers, Gail Vrooman, Eagle Butte, Gordon Vrooman, Sheridan, Wyo., Leroy Vrooman, Black Hawk, Ralph Vrooman, Fort Pierre, and Earl Vrooman, Wassila, Alaska; two sisters,...

Dec 20, 2006

Duayne F. Rhoden, 72, of Sturgis, died Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2006, at the Sturgis Regional Hospital. Visitation at Kinkade Funeral Chapel. Funeral services will be Tuesday, Dec. 26 at the St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Sturgis with Father Vern Raschke officiating. Interment will follow at the Black Hills National Cemetery. Duayne was born in Sturgis, Aug. 1, 1934, to...

Dec 19, 2006

Lloyd E. Erickson, 82, Sturgis, died Tuesday, December 19, 2006, at the Sturgis Regional Care Center Hospice Unit.

Visitation will be Thursday from 8 a.m. until 9 p.m. at Kinkade Funeral Chapel and Friday one hour prior to the services at the church. Funeral services will be Friday, December 22, 2006, at 2 p.m. at the First...

Dec 18, 2006

Steven Lee Solberg, 51, former, longtime Brule resident, currently of South Dakota, died from injuries sustained in a one car-accident north of Rapid City, S.D. on Monday, Dec. 18. Solberg was born in Duluth Oct. 18, 1955 to Carl and Mary Ann (Johnson) Solberg. He graduated from high school in Anoka, Minn. and had been a self-employed painter and...

Dec 16, 2006

George B. Gladden, 62, Rapid City, died Saturday, Dec. 16, 2006, at Fort Meade VA Medical Center in Sturgis.

He served in the U.S. Navy from Oct. 4, 1961 to July 12, 1965.

Survivors include his mother, Vangie Gladden, Corona, Calif.; one son, George Gladden, Buena Vista, Colo.; one daughter, Darcy Gladden, Buena Vista, Colo.;...

Dec 14, 2006

Donna Widner, 69, Sturgis, SD. died Thursday, December 14. 2006. at her residence. Visitation will be Sunday, December 17, 2006 from 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis and one hour prior to services at the church on Monday. A prayer service with Pastor Gordon Higgins officiating will be held 5:30 p.m. Sunday at...

Dec 11, 2006

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Dec 3, 2006

Arthur Raymond Miller, 86, Sturgis, died Sunday, Dec. 3, 2006, at Sturgis Regional Hospital Hospice Unit.

Survivors include his wife, Harriet Miller, Sturgis; one son, Dennis Miller, Rapid City; two daughters, Janice Jensen and Marian Dalton, both of Sturgis; 10 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and one brother, Glenn Miller, Pierre.

Visitation will be from noon to...

Dec 1, 2006

Beverly Jean Steele, 72, Gillette, WY, died Friday, December 1, 2006, at the Campbell County Memorial Hospital in Gillette.

Memorial services will be Monday, December 4, 2006, at 10:30 a.m. at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis, SD, with Pastor Steve Trefz officiating. Inurnment will follow at the Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis.

Beverly...

Nov 29, 2006

Lona Maude McAllister, 93, of Belle Fourche, SD, died in her home on November 29, 2006.

Lona was born in Virginia, on July 16, 1913 to Archibald and Lona (Simmons) McAllister.

Nov 27, 2006

Bernard "Bernie" C. Hart, 63, Rapid City, died Monday, November 27, 2006, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital after a courageous battle with cancer.

Memorial services will be held on Friday, December 1, 2006, at 10:30 a.m. at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis with Chaplain Herb Cleveland officiating. Inurnment will follow at the Black Hills National...

Nov 24, 2006

Harold LeRoy Greenwaldt was born to Jacob and Pauline (Achtziger) Greenwaldt in rural Nisland, SD, on December 8, 1935. He attended the Langdon Rural School near Nisland for grades 1-8, and he graduated from Nisland High School on May 14, 1954. After graduation, he enlisted in the Army and served his tour of duty in the US and Germany....

Nov 24, 2006

Ruth Deloris Anderson passed away at Clarkson Mt. View Nursing Home Nov. 24, 2006.

She was born Ruth Deloris Madison, Nov. 19, 1919, to Henry and Mae (Ashton-Smith) in O'Neill, Nebraska. She moved with her family as a small child to SD, and lived in several small communities until 4th grade when the family settled in Sturgis,...

Nov 23, 2006

Joan Lee, 73, Spearfish, died Thursday, Nov. 23, 2006, at David M. Dorsett Regional Senior Care in Spearfish.

Survivors include her husband, Norman Lee, Spearfish; one son, David Hutches, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; two daughters, Susan Keffeler, Piedmont, and Ellen Al-Marridi, Phoenix; one stepson, Greg Lee, Lincoln, Neb.; two stepdaughters, Debra Johnston, Dallas, Texas, and Pam Williams, Sturgis; two...

Nov 23, 2006

Fran Walgamuth, 82, Sturgis, died Thursday, Nov. 23, 2006.

Survivors include four children, Judy Taylor, Sturgis, Ronald Walgamuth, Pierre, Karla Wickwire, Aladdin, Wyo., and Randy Walgamuth, Oklahoma City, OK; one foster daughter, Janet Carlson, San Antonio; nine grandchildren: five great-grandchildren; two brothers, Marvin and Melvin; and three sisters, Helen, Bonnie and Dorothy.

Her husband, Roland,...