Eleanor Kathryn Szilvasi
Nov 15, 2022
Eleanor K. Szilvasi passed away peacefully from this life on Tuesday, November 15, 2022, at Monument Health Senior Care in Sturgis, SD. Eleanor was born September 26, 1930, in Fombell, PA, the daughter of the late John and Frances Rozanski.
Eleanor was joined in marriage to Andy, on October 25, 1952, at St....
Darrel Lee Mickelson
Nov 14, 2022
Darrel Mickelson was born July 12, 1944, to Lee and Doris (Chord) Mickelson. He grew up at their home just north of Enning, South Dakota. At the age of 9, he accepted Jesus into his heart at White Owl VBS, and was baptized in the Grotzke dam. He attended grade school in rural Meade County, completing high...
Arden Lee Loughlin
Nov 11, 2022
Arden Lee Loughlin, 66, of Sturgis, SD, passed away unexpectedly November 11, 2022, at Sturgis Monument Hospital. Arden was born August 13, 1956, to Lloyd and Elizabeth Loughlin in Lemmon, SD. Moving the family to Whitewood, he grew up with his 7 sisters and 1 brother.
He later moved to Sturgis where he...
Walter Andrew Wiedmann
Nov 10, 2022
Walter Andrew Wiedmann was born on a farm a few miles from Akaska, South Dakota, on October 21, 1929. He was the last of 11 children blessed to Ludwig and Katherine Wiedmann. It took Ludwig a couple of days to get to town and register the birth; therefore, it was officially listed as October 23, 1929, a...
Phillip Curtis Bechard
Nov 9, 2022
Phillip (Phil) Curtis Bechard, 71, of Black Hawk, SD, passed away doing what he loved, sleeping, on November 9, 2022. Phil was born in Mitchell, SD, to Herman and Winnifred Bechard. He was the youngest of five sons. He spent his early years on the Bechard family homestead near Draper, SD. While he was in grade school...
Joyce Joann Kaubisch
Nov 7, 2022
Joyce Kaubisch, much loved wife, mother, grandmother, and sister, walked gently into the arms of Jesus on Monday morning, November 7, 2022, with her beloved daughters sitting by her side.
Joyce Joann (Fahrenwald) Kaubisch was born June 1, 1937, in Steele City, Nebraska, to Don and Evelyn (Bestgen) Fahrenwald.
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Wanda Mae Schirmer
Nov 3, 2022
Wanda Mae Schirmer, 87, passed away peacefully in her home on November 3, 2022.
Wanda Mae Widick was born on March 23, 1935, to Kennith and Ruth (DeWitt) Widick. She had 2 brothers, Charles, and Harold Widick. Wanda was raised on two ranches, one in Buffalo, WY, and one in Douglas, WY, she...
Kenneth Clay Nelson
Nov 3, 2022
Kenneth Clay Nelson, 90, of Deadwood, SD, died Thursday, November 3, 2022, at Monument Health Deadwood Hospital.
Ken Nelson was born August 6, 1932, to Frank and Lola (Schriver) Nelson in Capitol, Montana.
On September 5, 1975, he married Karen J. Lund, and they spent the rest of her time in...
Ethel Alice Yung
Oct 30, 2022
Ethel A. Yung, 95, formerly of Kimball, NE, and Newell, SD, died peacefully at Spearfish Monument Hospital on October 30, 2022, surrounded by her family. She had resided at Rolling Hills Nursing Home in Belle Fourche most recently.
Ethel was born in Englewood, CO, on July 23, 1927, to Orval and Martha Armintrout. She married Earl Yung...
Maxine Joyce Wilson
Oct 29, 2022
Maxine boarded this life's destination when Portuguese Immigrant John George and Lillian Teixeira stamped her birth passport on 10-14-1936 in Santa Clara, California.
Maxine started her journey with a short layover in Sunnyvale, California where she spent time growing up being a West Coast girl. Maxine had one older brother, Johnny, two younger...
Peter Steve Burckhard
Oct 27, 2022
Peter Steve Burckhard unexpectedly passed away on October 27, 2022, at his Rapid City home due to medical complications at the age of 52.
Peter "Pete" was born to Frank and Karen Burckhard on August 29, 1970. He grew up in Bison, SD, on the Burckhard Family Farm helping his parents, playing with...
Jo Ann Kay Hull
Oct 26, 2022
Jo Ann Kay Hull passed away in Sturgis on Wednesday, October 26, 2022, with her loving family by her side.
Jo Ann was born on September 29, 1935, to Malden and Adeline Spencer in Custer, SD. She was the last surviving sibling of 10 children. Jo Ann's family moved to Sturgis, where she...
Agnes Case
Oct 23, 2022
Agnes Case, 85, of Sturgis, SD, died Sunday, October 23, 2022, at Monument Health Senior Care in Sturgis. Committal services will be 2:00 p.m. on Monday, November 7, 2022, at Black Hills National Cemetery.
Michael Raymond Philipsen
Oct 23, 2022
Michael Raymond Philipsen was born to Gary and Marilyn Philipsen on November 18, 1980, in Belle Fourche, South Dakota. He joined sisters, Karen, Kathy, and Gerri. Later he tried to leave his little sister, Melissa, at the hospital!
As a young boy he enjoyed playing with his trucks and Legos. When it was time for him to...
Jerry Dean Price
Oct 14, 2022
Jerry Dean Price, 73, of Whitewood, SD, died suddenly Friday evening, October 14, 2022, at his home.
Jerry Dean Price was born to Vern Price and Agnes (Herberling) Price-Paulson on September 16, 1949, in Pueblo, CO., joining four other siblings, Bill, Bud, Bob, and Donna. His family moved to SD, and he attended school in Beresford, SD....
Terrisa "Jo" Jo Ann Medcalf
Oct 9, 2022
GONE FISHING
Terrisa "Jo" Medcalf, 94, of Rapid City, SD, passed away on October 9, 2022, at Monument Health Hospice House in Rapid City.
Jo was born in Moultrie, Georgia, to James Dalton Hall and A. Ruth Wilk Hall on July 24, 1928. She married Dennis Medcalf on February...
Marguerite Ann Kelly
Oct 9, 2022
Marguerite Kelly, 96, of Sturgis, passed away peacefully with family by her side on October 9, 2022.
Marguerite was born on August 24th, 1926, to Charles and Juanita Clarke in Marquette, MI. She graduated from Hurley Hospital School of Nursing in Flint, MI, in 1947. She met the love of her life, Fonville Kelly, on February 14,...
Mary Lou Marsh
Oct 7, 2022
Mary Lou Cole - Marsh, of Sturgis, South Dakota passed away on October 7, 2022, at the age of 81.
Lou was born on January 13, 1941, to Ruby and Chester Cole in the state of Washington. She considered Sturgis, South Dakota home but also felt a strong connection to her roots in...
Jake George Dell, Jr.
Oct 5, 2022
Jake G. Dell, Jr., 74, of Nisland, South Dakota, left us and stepped into heaven on October 5, 2022.
Jake was born on July 5, 1948, in Belle Fourche, SD, to Jake G. Dell, Sr. and Anna (Heidrich) Dell. He graduated from Newell High School in 1966 and went on to get an...
Donald Reinhold Busse
Oct 4, 2022
Don never walked in the mainstream of life, he focused on what he wanted and what he needed to do to achieve his goals and ambitions. It wasn't always easy as obstacles were thrown in his way, of course, such is life, but he persevered. He was able to be happy, raise and enjoy a family, with...
