Obituaries

Sep 6, 2025

Irene E. Homan, 73, passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 6, 2025 at Monument Health Hospital in Rapid City, South Dakota.

Irene was born on July 6, 1952 in Watertown, SD. She is preceded by her husband, Howard Homan, who passed away in September 2014 and brother, Bob Sherer. Irene is survived by their three children, Liz...

Sep 6, 2025

June Ardella Fritz passed away peacefully and beautifully in her home September 6, 2025, surrounded by family and the love of all who knew her.

June was born in Killdeer, North Dakota June 16, 1946 to Arthur and Agnes (Herman) Unterseher. As she was born on Father's Day, she was named by her father. She joined an...

Sep 6, 2025

Sharon Herron was born in Sturgis, South Dakota on November 2, 1941 to Francis F. and Maxine A. (Peterson) Chaffee and was raised on the family ranch near Clough, SD. She attended grade school at the ranch; attending and graduating from Sturgis High School.  Later on she attended Black Hills State University in Spearfish where she studied art. She...

Sep 2, 2025

Darold Edwin Davis, age 75, passed away Tuesday September 2, 2025 at Monument Health in Rapid City, SD. A graveside service will be held Monday September 8, 2025 at 3:00pm, at the Black Hills National Cemetery.

Sep 2, 2025

M. Anne Heaton Fillmore, 86, of Whitewood, SD, passed away Tuesday, September 2nd at Rapid City Monument Hospital, after a brief battle with cancer.

There will be a visitation at Kinkade Funeral Home on Monday, September 8, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.  Funeral services will be held Tuesday, September 9, at 11 a.m. at Whitewood Presbyterian...

Aug 29, 2025

Jerry was born May 2, 1941, to Evelyn (Bachand) and Dan Beug at a midwife facility in Sturgis. His first memory is of crawling from the pantry to the kitchen in their claim shack (it was a very small house)! At the age of 2 or 3 he decided he wanted some lemon pie and couldn't have any, so...

Aug 29, 2025

Gladys Maryann Cox was born November 14, 1928, in Rural Sturgis, SD to Jakob and Margaret (Lorang) Weyrich. She was the 5th youngest of twelve children. She graduated from Sturgis Brown High School and went to Black Hills State University.

Gladys married Isom Gayle Cox of Rural Vale on November 15, 1947. They purchased the farm east...

Aug 29, 2025

Charles "Charlie" Edward Warren, 76, of Rapid City, South Dakota, passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of August 29, 2025, following a hip fracture sustained in a fall.

Charlie was Born on December 3, 1948, to Robert and Julia (Pudwill) Warren, Charlie was the fifth of seven children and grew up in McIntosh, SD.

Aug 29, 2025

Robert B. Taylor, 60, Sturgis, SD passed away Friday, August 29, 2025 at Monument Health Rapid City Hospital.  There will be a graveside committal service at Black Hills National Cemetery at 3:00 PM, Friday, September 5, 2025.

Robert Byron Taylor was born June 2, 1965 to Glenn F. and Ella (Knittel) Taylor at Miller, SD.  He was...

Aug 28, 2025

Lillian Allgier passed away August 28,2025 at the age of 93.

She was born on July 29, 1932 to Ed and Evelyn Caswell in Timber Lake, SD.  In 1942 her family moved to Hill City, SD where she eventually married Rolland Allgier in June of 1949.  They lived in Keystone, SD and raised 8 children there.  After...

Aug 27, 2025

Troy D. Gossard was born September 6, 1967 to Gale Gossard and Carolyn (Dubry) Cleveland.  He passed away on August 27, 2025.  He was a jack-of-all trades kind of guy.  Troy drove truck for several years and also worked dirt work construction for his Gossard Dirtwork.  He had a heart of gold.  He doted on his nieces, nephews, great-nieces...

Aug 24, 2025

Sheri left us on August 24, 2025. Sheri was born on January 3rd, 1946 in Harrisburg, Ill. Prior to moving to South Dakota, she lived in California, Michigan, Wyoming, and North Dakota. She moved to Boulder Canyon in 1987 and then to Sturgis in 1993. In 2017 she moved to Spearfish. Sheri lived life by her own rules. Two...

Aug 24, 2025

Donald Eldon Alexander, 82, of Newell, South Dakota, died at Ft Meade Veterans Hospital on August 24, 2025.

He was born in Sturgis, South Dakota in 1942, to Loyal L. and Enid Alexander. Don began his life on the farm and this is where he started to love rural life. He shared fond memories of going to...

Aug 21, 2025

Francie held many important titles; wife, mom, sister, aunt and friend. But her most cherished title was Nana.

Born on March 8, 1952, and was raised alongside her 11 brothers and sisters in Bellflower, CA. She later met Norman Sanders and they were wed in January of 1978 in Las Vegas, NV.

In 1980, Norman...

Aug 20, 2025

On August 20, 2025, Benson Baker lost his three-year battle with cancer.

Benson Otto Baker was born on May 25, 1949, to Emery and Edna (Balo) Baker in Brookings, South Dakota. He was the second to the youngest of seven children. Benson spent the first years of his life in eastern South Dakota. In 1956 the family...

Aug 17, 2025

I was born February 26th, 1932 in the small farming community of Chester, Sd.  My father, EJ Daniel, taught vocational agriculture and music in the Chester school system and mother, Gladys, was a home maker.  I had an older brother named Duane.  Our family moved to Brookings, SD when I was 5 years old.  I attended the 5th grade...

Aug 15, 2025

Barbara "Barb" Kay Simons was born on October 11, 1937, in Melroze, New Mexico, to William "Bill" and Vanita (Dawson) Newbill.

Barb discovered her love of art at an early age, spending hours sketching portraits of her favorite movie stars with charcoal and pencil. Later in life, she explored watercolor painting through a course at Black Hills...

Aug 14, 2025

David Cletus Jaeger died on August 14, 2025 at the SD State Veterans Home in Hot Springs, SD after a long illness and complications from kidney disease.

David was born on March 12, 1947 to Cletus and Georgean Jaeger in Bethesda, Maryland. David's father Cletus was in the U.S. Navy and the family lived in various places...

Aug 12, 2025

Janice Hinzman, 75, passed away on August 12, 2025. Per her wishes, Janice has been cremated and will be laid to rest with her husband in Arizona.

Janice enjoyed a variety of jobs throughout her life. She had a fondness for butterflies and dogs and enjoyed playing bingo in her spare time.

Janice was preceded...

Aug 11, 2025

Donald (Donny) Eugene Shifflet of Lebanon PA, passed away on August 11, 2025, while attending the Sturgis Rally in South Dakota. He was born October 20, 1958 in Lebanon PA. He is survived by children: Daughter Lennie (Shifflet) Traut wife of Steven Traut of Manahawkin, NJ, Daughter Deanna Wilkerson Fiancé of Christopher Redinger of Lebanon PA, Stacie (Wilkerson) Orfino...