Obituaries

Aug 23, 2006

Olive Ollie Collins (The Tax Lady) 91 of Guadalupita, NM formerly of Faith, SD passed away Wednesday, August 23, 2006 at her home. Visitation will be 1-7:00pm Monday, August 28, 2006 at the Black Hills Funeral Home & Cremation Services 1440 Junction Ave Sturgis, SD, and 1 hour prior to the service in Faith, SD. A funeral service will be...

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 20, 2006

Lois passed away at Rapid City Regional Hospital after a lengthy illness. Lois was born Oct. 26, 1940 to Oscar and Pauline Mount at Red Oak, Iowa. Lois attended school at Red Oak. Lois was previously married and to that union were four children. She married Benny Hobbs on Dec. 30, 1986 at Rapid City. They made their home in...

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 13, 2006

William Bo McCuan, 52, of Sturgis formerly of Memphis, TN passed away Sunday, August 13, 2006 at Fort Meade LTC, Fort Meade, SD after a long illness. A graveside service will be 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, August 15, 2006 at the Black Hills National Cemetery, with Rev. Roger Crowhurst officiating. The Sturgis Veterans Honor Guard will provide full military honors. He...

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 9, 2006

Irvine W. Bates, 91, Spearfish, SD, died August 9, 2006, at a Spearfish hospital. A memorial service will be held August 15 at 11 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Sturgis, SD. His remains will be interred at Union Cemetery in Mandan, ND, following a later memorial service at First Presbyterian Church in Mandan. Irvine was born March 19,...

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 5, 2006

Larry Edwin Freeman 58, of Sturgis, passed away Saturday, August 5, 2006 in Rapid City. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services. Funeral Service will be 10 AM Thursday, August 10, 2006 at Black Hills Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Sturgis with Pastor Keith Nelson officiating. Cremation will follow at the request of family. Survivors include his...

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

Torrance, California James Bousa was born April 22,1915, outside Gregory, SD, to Anton and Emilie Bousa. He attended school in Colome and Gregory. He was in the Civilian Conservation Corps at Rockerville and outside Custer. He joined the US Army and was in the 4th Cavalry at Fort Meade. He participated in the last maneuvers by horseback from Ft. Meade...

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...