Obituaries

Apr 17, 2006

Alvin L. "Strawberry" Bruse, age 70, of Brentford, S.D., died April 17, 2006, at the Fort Meade VA Medical Center.

A memorial service will be held at the Legion Hall in Brentford, S.D., on Thursday, June 22, 2006, at 2 p.m.

Alvin was born Sept. 26, 1935, in Aberdeen, S.D., to Alva J. and Florentena...

Apr 14, 2006

John "Jack" Hill, 81, Sturgis, SD, died Friday, April 14, 2006, at the Fort Meade VA Medical Center.

Visitation will be Monday from 8 a.m. until 9 p.m. and will resume Tuesday one hour prior to the services in Piedmont. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, April...

Apr 12, 2006

John Edward Hoyer, 58, Rapid City, died Wednesday, April 12, 2006, at the Fort Meade VA Medical Center. Burial with military honors by the Sturgis Veterans Honor Guard followed at the Black Hills National Cemetery. John was born at Spearfish, on Sept. 25, 1947, to Harold Edward and Francis Louise (Reynolds) Hoyer. He attended school at Helena, Mont., and...

Apr 11, 2006

Hertha L. Taggart, 87, of Deadwood, passed away Tuesday, April 11, 2006, at the Dorsett Health Care Facility in Spearfish.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, April 14, 2006, at Kinkade Funeral Chapel with Pastor Pat McBride officiating. Burial followed at Black Hills National Cemetery. Visitation will take place one hour prior to services....

Apr 11, 2006

Floyd Wayne Chapman, 84, Sturgis, died Tuesday, April 11, 2006, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. He served in the U.S. Army. Survivors include one son, Ford Chapman, Marco Island, Fla.; one daughter, Debra Chapman, Olathe, Kan.; and one granddaughter. His wife, Donna, preceded him in death. Committal services with military honors will be at 3 p.m. Thursday, April 13,...

Apr 7, 2006

Alma Roemmich, 88, Piedmont, died Friday, April 7, 2006, at the Sturgis Regional Senior Care Center. Visitation was from noon until 5 p.m. on Sunday at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. Visitation resumes one hour prior to services at the church on Monday. Funeral services were at 2 p.m., Monday, April 10, 2006, at the Grace United Methodist...

Apr 7, 2006

Homer Allan Wang, 61, Vale, died Friday, April 7, 2006, at his home. Funeral services will be Wednesday, April 12, at 2 p.m. at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Whitewood with Rev. Deb Geelsdottir officiating. Burial will follow in the Whitewood Cemetery. Homer was born May 19, 1944, at Murdo, to John (Jack) Edgar and Pearl Edna (McKee) Wang....

Apr 5, 2006

Charles H. "Chuck" Tribby died on April 5, 2006 at the Sturgis Community Health Care Center. Visitation will be noon until 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. Internment will be at the Black Hills National Cemetery, with military honors provided by the Sturgis Veteran's Honor Guard. Charles Tribby was born April 8,...

Apr 4, 2006

Mae Moravec, 97, Sturgis, died at the Sturgis Regional Senior Care Center Tuesday, April 4, 2006. Funeral Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, April 13, at the First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Harold Delbridge officiating. Burial will be at the Bear Butte Cemetery. Visitation will be 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, April 12, at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel...

Apr 2, 2006

Lillian Kost Miller, 93, Sturgis, died at the Sturgis Regional Senior Care Center on Sunday, April 2, 2006. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, April 7, at the Grace Lutheran Church with the Rev. Michael Fox officiating. Burial will follow at the Bear Butte Cemetery. Visitation will be at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel from 8 a.m....

Apr 2, 2006

Inez Anne Clarin, 85, of Spearfish, died Sunday, April 2, 2006, at the David M. Dorsett Health Care Facility in Spearfish.

A memorial has been established to the Hospice of the Northern Hills.

Closed casket visitation will be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., on Wednesday at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis.

Funeral...

Apr 1, 2006

It is with great sadness that the family of Vivian P. Melton announces her passing away on April 1, 2006 at the age of 102 years. She died of natural causes. Vivian was born in Stuart Iowa on Nov. 3, 1903 to William and Pearl Taylor. She married Porter M. Melton on June 6 1927. Before her retirement in...

Mar 28, 2006

Melvin Carrol Barta, 74, died Tuesday, March 28, 2006, at the Fort Meade VA Hospital. Visitation will be noon until 9 pm on Sunday at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis and will resume Monday one hour prior to services. Funeral services will be 1 pm Monday April 3, 2006, at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis, with Chaplain...

Mar 23, 2006

Leotta Eileen Keyser, 69, Deadwood, died Thursday, March 23, 2006, at the David M. Dorsett Health Care Center in Spearfish. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday, March 31, at Kinkade Funeral Chapel with Chaplain Charley Conger officiating. Burial will be 2 p.m. at the Prairie City Cemetery. A memorial has been established. Kinkade Funeral Chapel of Sturgis is...

Mar 18, 2006

Funeral services for Earl Waterland, 92, Marcus, will be 11:30 a.m. Friday, March 24, 2006, at the First Presbyterian Church in Sturgis with Pastor Paul Smith officiating. Burial will be 2:30 p.m. Friday at the White Owl Cemetery. Visitation will be 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursday at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis.

Earl Harold...

Mar 11, 2006

Lucy "Fay" Daum, 89, Sturgis, died Saturday, March 11, 2006, at the Sturgis Regional Hospital. Visitation was from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday, at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. Funeral services are at 10 a.m., Wednesday, March 15, 2006, at the Grace Lutheran Church in Sturgis, with Pastor Dennis Reich officiating. Burial follows at the Bear Butte...

Mar 9, 2006

Flora Marie Vanenhorst was born  January 18, 1930 in Mitchell, SD, to John F. and Emily Davis Vanenhorst.

She married George Oakley Scott on October 11, 1969, at Indianapolis, IN. George preceded her in death in 1996.

Flora Marie Scott, 76, of Sturgis, SD, Died March 9, 2006 at Dorsett Nursing Home, Spearfish, SD. She...

Mar 7, 2006

Carl was born March 22, 1939 in Minnesota to Roy and Matilda Danielson Bloom.

Carl Leroy Bloom, 66, of Hot Springs, SD, died March 7, 2006 at Dept. of Veterans Affairs Fort Meade, SD. He is buried at Black Hills National Cemetery.

Mar 5, 2006

Virgil M. Van Der Boom, 92, of Newell, died at his home Sunday, March 5, 2006. Funeral services were 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 7, at the Newell Christian Fellowship Church with the Rev. Sean Carney officiating. Burial followed at the Hope Cemetery near Newell. Kinkade Funeral Chapel of Sturgis was in charge of arrangements. Virgil was born Jan. 10,...

Mar 3, 2006

Orvil Robert "Buck" Buchanan, 91, Hot Springs and formerly of Sturgis, died Friday, March 3, 2006, at the State Veteran's Home in Hot Springs.

Visitation will be Tuesday from noon until 9 p.m. Funeral services will be at the First United Methodist Church on Wednesday, March 8, 2006, at 11 a.m. with Rev. Keith Nelson officiating. Burial...