L. A. Helms
Jan 4, 2012
Newcastle, WY. - L. A. Helms, 49 of Newcastle was tragically killed in an electrical fire at his residence on January 4, 2012. L.A. was born March 16th 1962 to Dean and Gwen Helms in Hot Springs SD. In June of the same year the family moved to Newcastle, where he made his home until the time of his death....
Rupert W. Potter
Jan 2, 2012
Sturgis - Rupert W. "Buck" Potter, 91 of Sturgis, passed away on January 2, 2012, at the Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center Ft. Meade, SD. Rupert was born June 26, 1920, at Scranton ND, where he spent his early childhood. In 1932 he moved with his parents to Silver City, SD, where he graduated from the eighth grade. In...
Lila A. Stout
Jan 1, 2012
Lila A. Stout, 88, Elk Point and formerly of Sturgis, died Sunday, January 1, 2012, at the Prairie Estates Nursing Home in Elk Point, SD. Visitation will be noon until 9:00 p.m. on Monday at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 10, 2012, at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in...
Morris M. Hafner
Dec 31, 2011
Morris M. Hafner, 89, passed away Saturday, December 31, 2011 at Dorsett Healthcare Center, Spearfish, SD. He was born April 19, 1922 in Newell, SD to Matt and Rose Simmons Hafner. Morris was an electrician and worked many years in this profession. He enjoyed carpentry and was very good at woodworking. Morris served in the United States Army from...
Dorothy Grace Giffin
Dec 30, 2011
Dorothy Grace Giffin, 94, Sundance and formerly of Belle Fourche, died Friday, December 30, 2011 at the Sundance Long Term Care Center. Visitation will be noon until 9 p.m. on Tuesday at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. Committal services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at the Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis. Friends may gather...
Don R. Miller
Dec 30, 2011
June 15, 1915, the diary entry of Don Miller's mother reads, "Baked two pies and two cakes, was oh so sick, my baby was born at 7:00." Flash forward 96 ½ years to Dec. 30, 2011. Don said to his son Kirk, "I'm OK, I'm in my own bed, you're here, and I'm gonna let'er go." Seven hours later, as...
Warren Oscar Fieber
Dec 29, 2011
Warren Oscar Fieber, 77 of Lead, SD, died Thursday, December 29, 2011, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital. A private family memorial service is being held. Warren was born December 28, 1934, to Oscar and Effie (Hurst) Fieber of Wessington, SD. He grew up near Wessington and graduated from Wessington High School. Warren worked in the electronics assembly field...
Dale Warren Richards
Dec 29, 2011
Dale Warren Richards passed away on December 29, 2011 at the Close to Home Hospice in Gillette. A funeral service will be held on Monday, January 2, 2012 at the Hulett Senior Center at 1:30 p.m. with Paster Larry Kellner officiating. He was born February 21, 1960 at Coos Bay, OR to Walter and Viva (Fries) Richards. He also...
Rogene B. Davis
Dec 28, 2011
Rogene Bales (Hawkins) Davis, age 81, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, aunt and friend, died on December 28, 2011 in Rapid City, SD. She was born to Alfred and Aletha (Kane) Bales on June 11, 1930 in Simla, CO. Rogene was a 1948 graduate of Colorado Springs High School. For the past 15 years she resided in Hot Springs,...
May Catherine Taylor
Dec 27, 2011
May Catherine Taylor died Tuesday, December 27, 2011, at the Fountain Springs Healthcare in Rapid City, SD. Memorial services will be held Friday, January 6, 2012, at 4:00 p.m. at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses near Deadwood with Brother David Culver as Speaker. May was born January 18, 1920, in Reynolds, NE, to Jay and Dehlia (Worleid) Lacy....
Evelyn Ruth Lushbough
Dec 26, 2011
She lived, she loved, she laughed, she cried, she died Evelyn Ruth (Cooper) Lushbough, 94, died peacefully in her sleep Dec. 26, 2011 at Sturgis Regional Senior Care, Sturgis, S.D. As were her wishes, Evelyn has been cremated. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 6, 2012 at Kinkade Funeral Chapel, Sturgis. Interment at Bear Butte...
Jennifer Ellen Pigsley
Dec 25, 2011
BLACK HAWK -- Jennifer E. Pigsley, 54, of Black Hawk, died December 25, 2011 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital Auxiliary Hospice House in Rapid City. Jennifer (Jenny) Pigsley was born August 12th, 1957 at St. John's Hospital in Rapid City, SD. Growing up in an Air Force family, her travels took her to England, Texas, and Alaska before coming...
Alice Harriet Mcfarland
Dec 24, 2011
Alice Harriet McFarland, 94, Sturgis, died Saturday, December 24, 2011, at the Sturgis Regional Senior Care Center. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 27, 2011, at the Sturgis Church of Christ (201 Old Stone Road) with Pastor Josh Floyd officiating. Burial will be at the Pine Lawn Cemetery in Rapid City. Alice was born December...
Victor Roy Waterland
Dec 17, 2011
Victor Roy Waterland, 83, Custer, died Saturday, December 17, 2011 at the Fort Meade VA Hospital. Committal services will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday, December 22, 2011 at the Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis with military honors provided by VFW Post 1273. Friends may gather at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis prior to leaving for the cemetery. Victor...
Margaret Rosalie Dutton
Dec 17, 2011
Margaret Rosalie (Greenberg) Dutton was born on December 11, 1921, to William and Ida May (Seekins) Greenberg in Newell, SD. She was raised on the Greenberg homestead until her father purchased a farm in the Empire valley east of Vale when she was six. She attended the Empire School and the Empire Friends Church. She graduated as a "Beetdigger"...
Arlene Marie Pruess
Dec 14, 2011
Arlene Marie Pruess, 75, Sturgis, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 14, 2011, at Close to Home Hospice House in Gillette, WY, after four weeks of her daughter's and in-home hospice care at her home in Sturgis. Visitation will be Sunday from noon to 9:00 p.m. at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. Funeral services will be held Monday, December...
Mary Ellice Rucastle
Dec 12, 2011
Mary Ellice Rucastle, 90, Spearfish and formerly of Whitewood, died Monday, December 12, 2011 at the Spearfish Regional Hospital. Memorial services will be 10 a.m. Friday, December 16, 2011 at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Whitewood with Pastor David Baer officiating. Inurnment follows at the Whitewood Cemetery. Memorials have been established to the Whitewood and Spearfish Senior Centers and...
Marvin Lewis Symonds
Dec 12, 2011
Marvin Lewis Symonds, 89, Newell, died Monday, December 12, 2011, at the Fort Meade VA Hospital. Visitation will be 3 until 9 p.m. on Thursday at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis with the family present from 5p.m until 7 p.m. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Friday, December 16, 2011 at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis with...
Delbert Harrell Burdine
Dec 11, 2011
Delbert Harrell Burdine, 75, Bison, died Sunday December 11, 2011 at the Lippold Hospice Suite in the Sturgis Regional Hospital. A time of fellowship and refreshments will be offered at noon at the Presbyterian church in Bison on Wednesday, December 14. Following lunch, graveside committal services will be at 2 p.m. at the Chance cemetery south of Bison. Masonic...
Genevieve Luella Miller
Dec 10, 2011
Genevieve L. Miller,93, of Sturgis, died on Saturday, December 10, 2011. She was born August 11, 1918, to Andrew and Anna (Birkland) Olson at Aneta, ND. She came to South Dakota in 1923. She married Walter Miller at Dupree, SD in 1936. They had three daughters, Marlene (Ivan) Kundel, Ann (Don) Dennis, and Karen Kuiken. She is survived by...
