Obituaries

Nov 22, 2006

Douglas Doyle Parker, 34, Newell, died Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2006, at Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Neb. Survivors include the love of his life, Susan Farghali, Belle Fourche; her children, Adam, Stephen and Michael; her granddaughter; his parents, Stanley and Laura Parker, Newell; two brothers, Lawrence Parker, Newell, and Jeff Parker, Salem, Ore. Visitation will be from noon to...

Nov 21, 2006

Lillie E. Ruff Holst, 92, Spearfish, died Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006, at Spearfish Regional Senior Care.

Survivors include three sons, David Ruff, Spearfish, Robert Ruff, Vale, and John Ruff, Lorena, Texas; two daughters, Helen Erk, Newell, and Dolores Moore, Simi Valley, Calif.; one brother, John Meyer, Huntington Beach, Calif.; seven grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren.

Nov 20, 2006

God, Family, Country.

Martin Arthur Fallgren, 59, Sturgis, died Monday, November 20, 2006, at the Sturgis Regional Health Care Center.

Vigil services will be 7 p.m. Thursday at the St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Sturgis. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Friday, November 24, 2006, at the St. Francis of Assisi...

Nov 19, 2006

Retired Black Hills newspaper publisher Dorothy Irene Allison died Sunday, November 19, 2006, at her Sturgis home. Her death came within two weeks of being diagnosed with a terminal illness, a development she handled as she had done with all events in her life, with dignity and grace.

Visitation will be Tuesday, November 21, 2006, at the...

Nov 15, 2006

Anthony (Tony) H. Bruch, 95, died Wednesday, November 15, at his home in Sturgis, S.D. Anthony was born on September 25, 1911, in Sturgis to Henry and Agnes (Karrels) Bruch. He attended school at St. Martin's Academy in Sturgis. On December 30, 1943, he married Justine Bestgen. He spent his life farming and ranching at Stoneville, S.D., and near...

Nov 14, 2006

James B. Kinney, 77, Sturgis, died Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2006, at his home.

He served in the U.S. Army from Sept. 3, 1950, to June 5, 1952.

Survivors include one son, James Kinney; three daughters, Christine Ann Kinney, Cheryl Marie Kinney and Alyce Mae Kinney; six brothers, DeLayne Kinney, Bill Kinney, Don Kinney and Rob...

Nov 10, 2006

Melvin R. "Si" Simon, 93, Sturgis, died Friday, Nov. 10, at the Sturgis Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2006, at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis with Pastor Keith Nelson officiating. Inurnment will be Friday, Nov. 17, 2006, at 10:30 a.m. at the Black Hills National Cemetery with the Sturgis Veterans Honor Guard providing military...

Nov 4, 2006

Funeral services for Alice Virginia Shuck, 92, will be Tuesday, Nov. 7, at the First Presbyterian Church in Sturgis with Reverend Bruce Thalacker officiating. Visitation will be Monday, Nov. 6th, at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., and one hour prior to the service on Tuesday. Interment will follow in the Bear Butte Cemetery...

Nov 4, 2006

Gayle Joseph Fenner, 72, of Piedmont, SD, died on November 4th in Rapid City, SD after an extended illness.

Gayle was born in Rapid City, SD, on January 3, 1934. He graduated from High School at Central High School in Rapid City and joined the U.S. Air Force in 1952. Gayle was a meteorologist for the U.S....

Oct 31, 2006

Bernard "Bernie" Lloyd Micheel, 63, Newell, SD, passed away Tuesday, October 31, 2006, as the result of a ranching accident at Newell.

Visitation will be Sunday, November 5, 2006, from noon until 9 p.m. at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel and one hour prior to services on Monday. Funeral services will be Monday, November 6, 2006, at 1...

Oct 30, 2006

Samuel J. Larson, 61, Spearfish, died Monday, Oct. 30, 2006, at Spearfish Regional Hospital.

Survivors include three sisters, Kay Reilly, and Darlene Conditt, both of Belle Fourche, and Sandy Turnwall, Show Low, Ariz., and five brothers, Gene Larson, Henderson, Nev., Jim Larson and Mark Larson, both of Belle Fourche, John Larson, St. Francis, Minn., and Tim Larson,...

Oct 30, 2006

Earl D. Ferguson, 90, Sturgis, died Monday October 30, 2006, at his residence in Sturgis. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, November 7, 2006, at the First United Methodist Church in Sturgis with Pastor Keith Nelson officiating. Burial will be in the Bear Butte Cemetery in Sturgis. A memorial has been established to the Meade County Senior Association...

Oct 29, 2006

Mass of Christian Burial for Paul Leo Deschamps, 89, Castle Rock, will be Saturday, Nov. 4, 2006, at St. Mary's Star of the Sea Catholic Church in Newell with Father Raymond Deisch officiating. Burial will follow at the Pine Slope Cemetery in Belle Fourche. Visitation will be Friday, Nov. 3, at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis, and Saturday one...

Oct 25, 2006

Bernice Ellen Norman, 81, Black Hawk, died Wednesday, October 26, 2006, at the Clarkson-Mountain View nursing home in Rapid City. A memorial has been established to Rapid City Regional Hospice.

Visitation will be noon until 9 p.m. on Sunday at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Monday, October 30,2006, at the...

Oct 20, 2006

Earl Thomas Matz, 91, Sturgis, SD, died Friday, October 20, 2006, at his residence.

Visitation will be 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, October 24, 2006, at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis with Rev. Herbert B. Cleveland officiating. Burial follows at...

Oct 20, 2006

Carl J. "Buster" Smith, 63, Rapid City, died Friday, Oct. 20, 2006, at Fort Meade Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

He served in the U.S. Army from Oct. 6, 1966, to Oct. 4, 1968.

Survivors include two daughters, Tina Rodgers, Lawton, Okla., and Corinna Crist, Dickinson, N.D.; two brothers, Robert H. Smith, Livingston, Mont., and LeRoy...

Oct 18, 2006

Lillian Edna (Calvert) Lushbough, 102, Sturgis, SD, died Wednesday, October 18, 2006, at the Sturgis Regional Senior Care Center. Lillian was born on February 12, 1904, at Humboldt, Nebraska. She was one of five children born to John and Agnes (Davis) Calvert who came from England to Nebraska in 1887. The Calvert family lived in several Nebraska communities where...

Oct 16, 2006

Sylvia B. Funell, 81, Rapid City, died Monday, Oct. 16, 2006, at Beverly Health Care Center in Rapid City.

Survivors include one son, Jimmy Funell, Rapid City; one daughter, Beverly Urbaniak, Union Center; five grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

Her husband, Oscar Funell, preceded her in death.

Visitation will be from 8 a.m. to...

Oct 15, 2006

Visitation for David Leo Brunner, 18, rural Vale, were Thursday, Oct. 19, 2006 at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. Mass of Christian Burial will be Friday at the Austin Auditorium in Newell with Fr. Arnold Kari officiating. Burial follows at the Vale Cemetery. David died Sunday, Oct. 15, 2006, at his home near Vale with family and friends...

Oct 9, 2006

Henry Byerly, 78, Sturgis, died Monday, Oct. 9, 2006, at Sturgis Regional Senior Care. Visitation will be from 8 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11, at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. Graveside services will be at 9 a.m. Wednesday at Bear Butte Cemetery in Sturgis, with the Rev. Michael Fox officiating. Family and friends may gather at the...