Alvin Knute Hagen
Jan 8, 2025
Alvin Knute Hagen, 85, passed away Wednesday, January 8, 2025, in the extended care unit at Fort Meade Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The family is planning a memorial service in Minnesota, date to be determined. Following the memorial, Alvin will join his wife Mary at the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery, Little Falls, Minnesota.
Alvin Hagen...
Lane Sheridan Kopren
Jan 5, 2025
Lane Sheridan Kopren was born on March 12, 1995 in Hettinger, ND the middle child of Ross and Beverly Kopren. He grew up south of Prairie City with his two siblings, Kyle and Tessa.
Lane enjoyed a happy childhood with Kyle and Tessa, his cousins and friends. Countless hours were spent playing outdoors, swimming, fishing at Sorum...
Robert "Bob" Joe Julius
Jan 5, 2025
Robert "Bob" Julius, 92, Sturgis, SD, passed away Sunday, January 5, 2025 at the Fort Meade VA Hospital, Fort Meade, SD.
Bob was born to Joe and Elizabeth (Davies) Julius March 31, 1932 in Lead, SD, graduating from Lead High School in 1949. In 1951 he joined the United States Air Force where he served until 1955....
Raymond Edwin Schlenker
Jan 3, 2025
Raymond Edwin Schlenker, 99 years old, of Sturgis, passed away Friday, 1/3/2025, at the Sturgis Care Center.
Raymond was born in Agar, SD, on December 18th, 1925. He was a rancher in the Onida area for many years. He married Delores Schwallenbach and had 7 children: Deborah, Raynard, Dianne and Joanne, Ronald, Elaine, and Jerald.
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Maxine "Micci" Stacy
Jan 2, 2025
Maxine "Micci" Stacy, 82, passed away Thursday, January 2, 2025.
Micci was born in Washington state on January 31, 1942 to George and Dallas Flint. She married her husband Danny Harris Stacy at age 16. They eventually settled and found their forever home in Chadron NE. Micci worked for the Chadron Public School District, where she worked...
Edward William Brost
Dec 31, 2024
Edward William Brost, 88, died December 31, 2024. A Memorial Visitation for Edward will be from 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Sunday, January 12, 2025 at Black Hills Funeral Home in Sturgis. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Rainbow Bible Ranch, 14676 Lone Tree Rd, Sturgis, SD 57785 ( https://www.rainbowbibleranch.org/donate ) or you may plant an...
P. Jim Kasen
Dec 29, 2024
Paul James (Jim) Kasen, age 91, passed away peacefully on December 29, 2024, from complications of end-stage Parkinson's disease. He was surrounded by his loving family in Rapid City, South Dakota.
Born on February 23, 1933, in a Swedish log home in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, he grew up surrounded by beautiful trees he loved.
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Lon Harold Permann
Dec 28, 2024
Livestream of the service may be viewed at the link below:
https://control.resi.io/webplayer/video.html?id=0e57d3ba-61bc-4506-9473-478c37393b48
Lon Harold Permann
Born February 8, 1963, in Hoven, SD
Passed December 28, 2024, in Mesa, AZ
Belinda Jean Mccullers
Dec 25, 2024
Belinda J. McCullers, 76, passed away December 25, 2024, in Rapid City, South Dakota.
Belinda was born in Dallas, Texas on April 1, 1948, to Floyd and Lou (Williams) Moore. She grew up in Fort Worth, TX graduating from Polytechnic High School in 1967. She then went on to Tarrant County Junior College in Fort Worth. In...
Brenda Tifft
Dec 23, 2024
Mrs. Brenda Tifft will be remembered for her dedication to her students and love for teaching in rural schools, which she considered her life's work. She began teaching in Meade 46-1 in 1972, then retired in 2008 and continued to substitute teach for the next ten years. Over the course of her tenure, she taught hundreds of rural students,...
Donald R. Luckie
Dec 22, 2024
Donald R. Luckie passed away December 22, 2024 at Ft. Meade Hospice care at the age of 83. He was born February 15, 1941 in Deadwood, SD to Robert D. and Cleda B (Shroll) Luckie.
After attending school in Deadwood, he served in the United States Navey aboard the USS Ticonderoga and was honorably discharged.
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Bonnie Lee Jones
Dec 21, 2024
Bonnie Lee (O'Dea) Jones of Vale, South Dakota passed away at Monument Heath Hospital in Sturgis, SD on December 21, 2024. Bonnie was the youngest of five, born August 13, 1946 to Michael and Virginia (Martin) O'Dea in Oral, SD.
She attended school in Hot Springs, SD and is remembered stating she, "played along the banks of...
Wallis Warren Wells
Dec 20, 2024
Wallis (Wally) Warren Wells, at the age of 86, passed away peacefully Friday, December 20, 2024, at the Fort Meade VA Medical Center in Sturgis SD.
He was born July 19, 1938, to Charles and Claribel Wells in Woonsocket SD. When his mother moved to Canton in 1950, he stayed with Oscar and Georgie Strand in rural...
Esther "Fritz" Ruthlee Kornmeyer
Dec 20, 2024
Esther Ruthlee Kornmeyer, 101, died on December 20, during a short stay at Monument Health Hospice House in Rapid City, South Dakota.
Esther Ruthlee Bender was born on April 12, 1923, in Bunker Hill, Kansas, to Henry Phillip and Anna Elizabeth (Schneider) Bender. Both her parents were immigrants from the Volga German colony, Kratzke, in Russia. Esther...
Paul Herbert Nordstrom
Dec 19, 2024
Paul Herbert Nordstrom was born to Alice (Aune) and Nels Nordstrom on October 19, 1934, at Atwater, Minnesota. Paul passed away on December 19, 2024, at the age of 90 at the Ft. Meade Veterans Hospital in Sturgis, South Dakota.
When Paul was 5 years old, the Nordstrom family moved to Claire City, South Dakota, where Paul...
Ellen L. Price
Dec 19, 2024
Ellen Lorraine (Reese) Price was born at home on April 5, 1931 in Ziebach County, North of Faith, SD. Her grandmother Hattie Knittel assisted with her birth. Ellen was the daughter of Clifford and Estella Reese.
At age 4, Ellen and family moved to a ranch in the Bixby area. She attended Deep Creek School, about 2...
Donald Gene Bagley
Dec 17, 2024
Donald Gene Bagley (AKA Grandpa) passed away on December 17, 2024, at Ft. Meade VA Medical Center. Don was born July 4, 1939, in Madison, SD to Laverne Bagley and Greta (Thorsness) Bagley. Growing up with three brothers provided him with many colorful stories from their childhood. As a boy he spent time playing sports and pheasant hunting with...
Maynard Lee Rude
Dec 16, 2024
Maynard Lee Rude was born May 9, 1936 in Marvin SD to Helmer and Edith Rude. Youngest of 9 brothers and sisters. He lived in Marvin till spring of 1946 when his parents sold the farm and moved to Rapid City SD.
From then on Maynard was on his own working for various ranchers breaking horses and...
Loran M. Van Cleave
Dec 15, 2024
Loran Michael Van Cleave, age 58 of Chamberlain, SD passed away on December 15, 2024. A memorial visitation will be held on Saturday, December 21, 2024 from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm at the Black Hills Funeral Home in Sturgis, SD.
