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Bruce Norman Merrifield
Mar 19, 2007
Bruce Norman Merrifield Sr., 54, Rapid City, died Monday, March 19, 2007, at Fort Meade Veterans Affairs Medical Center near Sturgis.
Survivors include his wife, Trudy Merrifield, Rapid City; one son, Duffy Merrifield, Mankato, Minn.; one daughter, Renata Kramersmeier, Altoona, Iowa; his mother, Patricia Merrifield, Des Moines, Iowa; four brothers, Glenn Merrifield, Dallas, Todd Merrifield, Des Moines,...
Charlotte Grace Backes
Mar 18, 2007
Charlotte Backes chose her time to be with loving husband, mother, father, and sister. The day was March 18, 2007. Her family extended their hands to bring her home to be with them and our Lord. Charlotte passed due to surgical complications. Charlotte lived and ran a cattle ranch for 30 years at Opal, SD with her husband, Tias....
Ingeborg Harriet Bayless
Mar 17, 2007
Ingeborg Harriet "Inge" Bayless, 92, Eagle Butte, died Saturday, March 17, 2007, at the home of her daughter in Sturgis. She was born on Aug. 18, 1914, to Sam and Gertrude (Mork) Moland at Colton. As a child, she moved with her parents to a homestead northwest of Eagle Butte. In January 1939, she married Ray Bayless. To this...
Thelma Jeanne Swanson
Mar 17, 2007
SWANSON, THELMA JEANNE S1 US NAVY WORLD WAR II Thelma J. Swanson, 83, Rapid City, died at the Clarkson Mt. View Health Care in Rapid City on Saturday, March 17, 2007. Thelma was born at Dayton, Ohio, on June 12, 1923, to Irwin and Theresa (McNally) Kalbfleisch. When she was 4 years old, the family moved to Western South...
Maynard Lawrence Lang
Mar 16, 2007
Maynard Lawrence Lang, 59, Newell, died Friday, March 16, 2007, at the Ft. Meade VA Medical Center. Funeral services were at 10 a.m. Monday, March 19, 2007, at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel, with Pastor Keith Nelson officiating. Burial with military honors by the Sturgis Veterans Honor Guard followed at the Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis. Maynard was born...
Joseph Edward Schumacher
Mar 14, 2007
Joseph E. Schumacher, 56, Sturgis, died Wednesday, March 14, 2007, at Sturgis Regional Senior Care Center. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 21, 2007, at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Arnold Kari officiating. Burial with military honors by the Sturgis Veterans Honor Guard follows at the Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis. Joe was...
Helmi Viola Wolff
Mar 14, 2007
Helmi Viola Wolff, 83, Whitewood, died Wednesday, March 14, 2007, at the Sturgis Regional Hospital Hospice Unit. Helmi was born in Englewood, on Sept.17, 1923, to Alfred and Britta Valbuie (Paavola) Johnson. She attended grade school at Custer Peak. Helmi graduated from Lead High School in 1942. She married Marvin J. "Pat" Wolff of Enning, on Feb. 26, 1946,...
Dorothy Marie Weiss
Mar 12, 2007
WIFE OF WEISS, CLAIR LAWRENCE TEC 4 US ARMY Dorothy M. Weiss, 82, Rapid City, died Monday, March 12, 2007, at Clarkson Nursing Home in Rapid City. Funeral services will be held on Friday, March 16, 2007, at 1 p.m., at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis, with Pastor Sam Cowles and Pastor Denzel Nonhof officiating. Burial will follow...
Gwen Muth
Mar 7, 2007
Gwen was born November 16, 1937 to Verne W, Southworth & Laverne Whitman Brink. She was 69 when she passed away on March 7, 2007.
She was married to Ray Allen Muth (1927-2012). Her final resting place is Bear Butte Cemetery, Sturgis, SD.
William Arthur Lange
Mar 7, 2007
William "Bill" Lange, beloved father, grandfather, and brother, of Newell, SD, died Wednesday, March 7, 2007, in Rochester, MN.
Visitation will be from noon until 7:00 p.m. on Sunday at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis, continuing one hour prior to the service at the church on Monday. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday,...
Mildred Marie Lyon
Mar 5, 2007
Mildred Marie Prell Lyon was born January 1, 1949. She left us at the age of 58, Newcastle, WY, on March 5, 2007.
She was married to Gary E. Lyon and had a daughter, Gidget Mack.
Olga S. Norlin
Mar 3, 2007
Olga Norlin, 90, Rapid City and formerly of Newell, died at the Fountain Springs Health Care Center in Rapid City on Saturday, March 3, 2007. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m.,Wednesday, March 7, 2007, at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Harlan Robbins officiating. Burial will follow at the Pine Slope Cemetery in Belle Fourche. Olga...
Elma Hedman Mcpherson
Mar 1, 2007
Elma H. McPherson, 92, Sturgis, died Thursday, March 1, 2007, at the Sturgis Regional Senior Care Center. Following her wishes, her body has been cremated. A memorial service will be held on Monday, March 5, 2007, at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis, with Chaplain Charley Conger officiating. A private family burial will take place at a later date...
Irma Martha Gerlich
Mar 1, 2007
Irma Martha Gerlich, 84, Sturgis, died Thursday, March 1, 2007, at Sturgis Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, March 6, 2007, at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel with Pastor Mike Fox officiating. Burial will follow at Bear Butte Cemetery. Irma was born Dec. 8, 1922, in Fellhammer, Germany, to Richard and Martha (Hildebrand) Rudolph. She was born,...
Wesley Adolph Teppo
Feb 25, 2007
Wesley Adolph Teppo, 67, of Nisland, SD, died February 25, 2007 in Rapid City, SD. He had a sister, Shirley Moseley.
His final resting place is the Sonoma Cemetery, Fruitdale , Butte County , South Dakota.
Douglas H. Driscoll
Feb 18, 2007
Douglas Driscoll, 56, Belle Fourche, died Sunday, February 18, 2007, at Rapid City Regional Hospital.
Following his wishes, his body was cremated. A memorial service will be held Friday, February 23, 2007, at 2:00 p.m. at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Belle Fourche with Deacon Raymond Klein officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Kinkade Funeral Chapel....
Myrtle Olive Ramey
Feb 17, 2007
Myrtle Olive (Alden) Ramey, 85, rural Deadwood, SD, passed away peacefully Saturday, February 17, 2007 at her home near Deadwood. Myrtle was a Christian woman who devoted her life to the Lord and her family. She was born March 15, 1921, at Armour, SD, to Olive Emma (Weekly) and Orville Austin Alden. She attended Wanblee schools for 12 years,...
Adelaide H. Speed
Feb 16, 2007
Adelaide H. Speed, 89, Spearfish, SD, died Friday, February 16, 2007, at the Tender Care Assisted Living Center in Spearfish.
Visitation will be Monday, February 19, 2007 from 8:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis and Tuesday one hour prior to the services at the church. Funeral services will be held on...
Duane Rodger Okland
Feb 11, 2007
Duane Rodger Okland, 58, Rapid City, died Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007, at the Ft. Meade VA Hospital near Sturgis.
Visitation will be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis and will resume from 8 a.m. until the time of services on Friday.
Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m....
Quin Riley Scull
Feb 11, 2007
Quin was born to Herman Riley Scull and Betty Jean Jordan Stevens on February 2, 1960, in Los Angeles County, CA.
He was married to Lunette Marie Gates Scull (1966-2000) and they had a son, Jordan and a daughter, Destiny.
Quin served in the US Navy and is buried...
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