Obituaries

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,...

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...