Obituaries

Aug 8, 2006

Hilda Williamson, 91, Spearfish, SD, and formerly of Newell and Vale died on Tuesday August 8, 2006, at the Dorsett Regional Care Center. Memorial services will be Tuesday, August 15, 2006 at the Christian Fellowship Church in Newell with Pastor John Williamson officiating. Inurnment will follow at the Hope Cemetery in Newell. Hilda was born June 21, 1915, in...

Aug 7, 2006

G. George Hackworth, 89, Sturgis, SD, died Monday, August 7, 2006, at the Fort Meade VA Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Monday, August 14 at the First Presbyterian Church in Sturgis with Rev. Karl Gregory officiating. Burial with military honors provided by the Sturgis Veterans Honor Guard will follow at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis. George...

Aug 4, 2006

Payton Rae Kracht, infant daughter of Tara Lang and Jesse Kracht of Newell, was born and died Friday, Aug. 4, 2006, at Spearfish Regional Hospital. Survivors include her parents; one brother, Gage Kracht, Newell; one sister, Bailey Lang, Newell; her maternal grandparents, John and Karen Lang, Newell; her paternal grandparents, Pam Johnston, Deadwood, and Larry Kracht, Belle Fourche; and...

Aug 3, 2006

Gertrude Berneice Weyer was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on March 13, 1915 to Edward and Pauline (Polenz) Meyer. She was orphaned at the age of five. Gertrude was adopted at the age of seven by George and Clara (Neuser) Fluhrer. The Fluhrer family came to their homestead south of White Owl, S.D. in 1922. Gertrude attended grade school at...

Aug 1, 2006

Virginia L. Mitchell, 68, Black Hawk, SD, died instantly Tuesday, August 1, 2006, from a car accident on I-90 near Piedmont, SD. She was our mother, mentor, champion and friend.

Born on November 15, 1937, in Hammond, Indiana to Alberta (Miller) and Roy L. Cooper, who was her greatest supporter and dear father. Virginia spent most of...

Jul 31, 2006

Clifford Laverne Linn, 81, Sturgis, S.D., went home to be with the Lord, on Monday, July 31, 2006, at Fort Meade Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Visitation will be Wednesday from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel. Funeral services will be Wednesday, August 2, 2006, at 7 p.m., at Believers Fellowship Church in Sturgis, with Pastor...

Jul 30, 2006

Michael Furness, 47, of Sturgis, S.D., died July 30, 2006, of cancer. He was a Marine Corps veteran and a former resident of Helena. He is survived by his parents, Marian Swenson Furness and Palmer Furness, a former resident of Deer Lodge; two brothers, Doug and Brad; and two sisters, Sharon Struck and Renae Furness. Published in the Helena...

Jul 27, 2006

SHUCK, QUENTIN VICTOR PFC US ARMY WORLD WAR II Quentin Victor Shuck, 87, Piedmont, died at the VA Black Hills Fort Meade Facility on Thursday, July 27, 2006. Quentin was born April 26, 1919 at Belvidere, SD, to Edgar Fenton and Mattie Leone (Shore) Shuck. He was badly injured in a playground accident as a small child which affected...

Jul 26, 2006

Robert E. "Bob" Holland, 87, died at Sturgis Regional Hospital on Wednesday July 26, 2006. Bob was born in Sioux Falls, June 17, 1919 to L.E. and Georgia Millman Holland. His parents had moved to Sioux Falls from a farm east of town. After the Stockmarket Crash in 1929, the family returned to the farm. He attended a one-room...

Jul 24, 2006

Emma L. Schaub, 94, Belle Fourche, SD, died Monday, July 24, 2006, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital. Emma was born January 14, 1912, at Minot, ND, to Mike and Louise (Shippe) Erdman. She moved with her family from North Dakota to Belle Fourche, SD, to work in the sugar beet farms. While her folks worked in the fields,...

Jul 22, 2006

Arnold E. McPherson, 95, Sturgis, SD, died at his residence on Saturday, July 22, 2006. Arnold was born on July 21, 1911, in rural Meade Co. to Eugene H. and Ida (Thiers) McPherson. He was the third of 8 children. He attended school in a one-room rural school thru 8th grade, then, with some of his brothers, attended Aggie...

Jul 22, 2006

Ed O. Stensaas, Jr., 73, Spearfish, SD, died Saturday, July 22, 2006, at the Spearfish Regional Hospital after a lengthy battle with cancer.

Visitation will be Tuesday, July 25, 2006, from 8 a.m. until 9 p.m. at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel and one hour prior to services at the church on Wednesday, Funeral services will be Wednesday,...

Jul 20, 2006

Alma Frances Kellogg, 95, Sturgis, died Thursday, July 20, 2006 at the Sturgis Regional Senior Care Center. Alma Frances Long was born June 18, 1911 at Kadoka, SD, to Alvin C. And Suzanna (Fitzgerald) Long. She was the youngest of seven children. She was raised in Western South Dakota and lived here many years. She married Frank Rhoden at...

Jul 20, 2006

Stella Evans Hilburn, 93, Sturgis, SD, died Thursday, July 20, 2006, at the Sturgis Regional Senior Care. Stella was born June 12, 1913, at Allentown, TX. She graduated from High School in San Diego, CA and returned to Texas where she worked as an executive secretary for a large oil company in Houston. She married Allen...

Jul 18, 2006

Chester T. Smalley, 91, Sturgis, died Tuesday, July 18, 2006, at his residence near Sturgis. Services will be at a later date in Ashland, Ohio. Chester Talbot Smalley was born June 10, 1915, in Ashland County, Ohio, to John and Vivian (Talbot) Smalley. He married Eunice W. Schaeffer on Oct. 3, 1940, in Ashland, Ohio. Chester lived and worked...

Jul 18, 2006

Mildred C. LaBau, 82, Wessington, passed away July 18, 2006 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. She was a much loved Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, Sister and Aunt. God granted her wish of living in her own home at Wessington until he called her home. Mildred C. LaBau was born Oct 12, 1923, to Elmer and Hazel (Davis) Krauter. She...

Jul 14, 2006

Agnes Mary Peregrine, 100, Sturgis, died Friday, July 14, 2006, at the Sturgis Regional Senior Care Center. Visitation was at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel. Funeral services were Tuesday, July 18, 2006, at 2 p.m., with Pastor Earl Eells officiating. Burial followed at the Bear Butte Cemetery in Sturgis. Agnes was born on March 31, 1906 at Pleasant Valley, to...

Jul 11, 2006

Jerilyn (Jeri) Celina Grubl died on July 11, 2006, at her residence due to an accident on the ranch. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 15, 2006, at the St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Sturgis, SD, with Father Arnold Kari officiating. Rosary and Christian wake service will be 7:00 p.m. Friday at the Kinkade...

Jul 11, 2006

Randall Jay Hemenway, 19, Newcastle, WY, died Tuesday, July 11, 2006 in Pierre, SD. Randall was born June 18, 1987 in Sturgis, SD to Dennis and Tracey (Felion) Hemenway. He graduated from Newcastle High School in May of 2006. Randall was currently working road construction in Pierre at the time of his death. He was a two – time...

Jul 10, 2006

Billie Mae Roth, 86, Piedmont, died Monday, July 10, 2006, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital. Billie Mae Miller was born April 4, 1920, in Schleicher County, TX, near Eldorado, the daughter of Felix and Ida Mae (Lassetter) Miller. She moved to Mertzon, TX, in 1927, where she grew up and attended school. She also attended Business College in...