Obituaries

Aug 30, 2006

Helen Alice (Norris) Edlund, 86, Spearfish, SD, died Wednesday, August 30, 2006, at the David M. Dorsett Home in Spearfish. Funeral services will be Wednesday, September 6, 2006, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Spearfish with Pastor Kent Stillson officiating. Burial will follow in the Wilson Cemetery south of Newell, SD. Helen was born January 15, 1920 at Lebanon,...

Aug 29, 2006

Shirley Alta Demerly, 80, Sturgis, SD, died Tuesday, August 29, 2006, at the Beverly Health Care Center in Rapid City. Funeral services will be September 1, 2006, at the First Presbyterian Church in Sturgis with Pastor Del Weyer officiating. Burial follows at the Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis. A memorial has been established to the Key City Retirement...

Aug 28, 2006

Jennifer L. (Jenny) Jones, 24, Rochester, Minn., died on Monday, Aug. 28, 2006, unexpectedly at her home. Funeral services will be Saturday, Sept. 2, 2006, at 3 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church with Pastor Jane Ireland officiating. Burial will follow at the Bear Butte Cemetery in Sturgis. Jenny was born on Oct. 13, 1981 in Charlston, S.C., to...

Aug 23, 2006

WIFE OF KENNELLY, ROBERT A SSGT US ARMY Juanita Maxine Kennelly, 74, Newcastle, died Wednesday, August 23, 2006 at the Weston County Health Services. Juanita was born July 17, 1932 at Rochford, SD, to Amos and Nina Faulkner. She married Robert Kennelly August 11, 1956 and together they raised a family of four children. Juanita enjoyed spending time with...

Aug 21, 2006

Wife of Ernest. Victor. Basener,J R SSGT US AIR FORCE Peggy Jean Sagen, 57, Rapid City, died Monday, August 21, 2006 at her residence near Rapid City. Survivors include her husband,3 sons, her mother, one brother and five grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her father. Memorial services will be Monday, September 4, 2006 at...

Aug 19, 2006

Esther Ann Tveidt, 82, Sturgis, died Saturday August 19, 2006 at the Sturgis Regional Health Care Center. Esther was born August 7, 1924 at Sturgis, SD, to Clarence O. and Lena L. (Spilker) Hanson. She attended the Merritt country school and graduated from Sturgis High School. After graduation she was the school secretary and mentored many students. Esther married...

Aug 18, 2006

Marjorie May Miller, 81, Lead, formerly of Tonawanda, N.Y., died Friday, August 18, 2006, at the Lead-Deadwood Regional Hospital. Memorial services will be held Saturday, October 21, 2006, at the St. John's Episcopal Church in Deadwood, 405 Williams Street, with Father Tom Campbell and Father John Wedgwood officiating. Marjorie was born January 11, 1925, to Herbert and May (Forbes)...

Aug 17, 2006

Rick Lee Sigman, 38, Sturgis, died Thursday, August 17, 2006 as the result of an automobile accident. Rick was born September 25, 1967 at Pueblo, CO. He was raised on the family ranch near Bear Butte Valley, East of Sturgis. He graduated from Sturgis Brown High School in 1985. After graduation he moved to California where he worked as...

Aug 15, 2006

Duane Mervin Odle, 66, Nisland, SD, passed away Tuesday, August 15, 2006, at Nisland after a lengthy illness. Duane was born November 28, 1939, at Deadwood, SD, to Nate M. and Edith G. (Kappan) Odle. The family lived in Spearfish, SD, Billings and Butte, MT, Oakland, CA, and Nisland. He went to a rural school and graduated from Nisland...

Aug 14, 2006

Jimmy, 53, Sturgis, SD, passed away Monday, August 14, 2006, after a short battle with cancer at Ft. Meade, SD and then Phoenix, AZ. Memorial services will be Friday, August 25, 2006, at 1:30 p.m. at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel with Pastor Keith Nelson officiating. Inurnment will follow at the Black Hills National Cemetery with the South Dakota Army...

Aug 13, 2006

Helen was born in South Dakota on May 17, 1916, to Philip and Anna (Schwieter) Schmieg. She died at the Westhills Village Healthcare Center, Rapid City, SD, on August 13, 2023, at he age of 90.

Aug 9, 2006

Frank Leo Rosanova, 51, of Ingleside, IL, died in the emergency room of Sturgis Regionl Hospital August 9, 1955.

Frank was born in Illinois to Michael F. and Margaret Ann (Vadnais) Rosanova on August 9, 2006.

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...