Obituaries

Nov 17, 2021

Douglas Brian Jacobs was born in Sioux City, Iowa on September 14, 1946. He went through school in Sioux City then went off to college at Wayne State in Nebraska. He loved sports, especially football. He was a Wayne State Wildcat and went onto play football in the Air Force for the Ramstein Rams. He was so...

Nov 11, 2021

Homer "Dale" Couch, 88, of Spearfish, died November 11, 2021, at Monument Health Spearfish, SD, after an extended illness.

On July 26, 1933, Roy and Elenora Couch welcomed Dale to their family – the eighth of nine children. In August 1952, Dale enlisted in the navy, serving four years.

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Nov 10, 2021

Mira M. Burke, 89, passed peacefully on the morning on November 10, 2021, in Rapid City. Mira, daughter of George and Helen Beehler of White Owl spent the majority of her life in the Black Hills, living in Sturgis, Rapid City, and Spearfish.

Mira is survived by her children: Kelly Corean of Sundance, Ted Corean...

Nov 9, 2021

Maude (Griffith) Flahaven was born on November 5, 1942, to Alvin and Rose (Tracy) Griffith, at Dupree, South Dakota. She attended schools in Ziebach County and Dupree, SD. On June 3, 1961, she married John Flahaven and the couple resided in Dupree, until moving to Ft. Pierre, SD, in 1963. There she was employed by the City...

Nov 7, 2021

Ronald Dean Opstedahl, 82, was called home to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021.  He died peacefully with family by his side to comfort him during his final days on Earth.

Ronald was born Sept. 1, 1939, to Arnold and Gladys Opstedahl and was the oldest of three...

Nov 5, 2021

Richard Hawley, 71, passed away November 5, 2021, at Fort Meade Veterans' Hospital after a long battle of cancer.

Richard was born May 11, 1950, in Wessington Springs, SD, and moved to Sturgis when he was five. Richard participated in track and graduated from Sturgis High School. He enlisted in the US Army...

Nov 5, 2021

Terry Canfield Wheeler "Gramps" "Terrence" "Camp Terry" age 73, went to be with his Savior on November 5, 2021. Gone too soon but overjoyed to have avoided the jab. Terry was born in Glendale, CA, to Theodore and Katherine Wheeler on July 17, 1948. He was an entrepreneur at an early age. He graduated from West Covina...

Nov 4, 2021

Kathleen Mary (Burdick) Meyer, 92, of Belle Fourche, SD, died Thursday, November 5, 2021, at Rolling Hills Healthcare Facility. Kathleen was born March 24, 1929, in Red Owl, SD, to Harry and Edith Ramsdell.  She grew up on the family farm at Red Owl, SD, until 1951, when the family moved to Sturgis.  Every school day she...

Nov 3, 2021

Wayne "Jim" A. Dunham age 91 of Rapid City, SD, went home to be with our Father on Wednesday November 3, 2021.

Jim served his country in the military and began his service in Sioux Falls, SD. During his time in the military, he specialized in encrypted communications while serving 2 tours in...

Oct 29, 2021

Gerald "Jerry" Paul Duprel was born on November 2, 1939, in Sturgis, SD, to Walter Duprel and Elsie (Brech) Duprel. His father would remarry a few years later to Lola (Schuelke) Duprel, the woman Jerry would call "mom" for the rest of his life. Jerry would attend and graduate school in Vale, SD, and in his youth...

Oct 28, 2021

Boyd was born February 15, 1940, in Grand Island, NE. He graduated from Grand Island, NE, Senior High in 1958 and died October 28, 2021, at Ft. Meade Veterans Hospice unit at Fort Meade, SD.

Boyd enlisted in the US Navy on September 1, 1958, and retired as an Aviation Electronics Tech Senior...

Oct 28, 2021

Gwendolyn Dee Kilness was born September 7, 1931, in Huron, SD, to Gena (Ordal) and Martin Wilkins. She attended Clark grade school and high school all 12 years to graduate and went on to Augustana College for nursing. On June 3, 1952, Gwen married Harold Kilness and they returned to the ranch to live in the Marcus...

Oct 27, 2021

Linda Sue (Donnenwirth) Bohm was born on August 23, 1958, in Deadwood, SD, to Richard Glen and Ethel Marie (Seymour) Donnenwirth. She was also welcomed to the family by her older sister, Roxanne Rae. Linda lived in New York, California, Utah, and Hawaii throughout her youth and early adulthood before settling down in Sturgis, SD. She was...

Oct 26, 2021

Hope Cecile Vig was born July 26, 1938 in Faith, SD, to Cecil and Edith (Weiss) Vig and grew up on the family ranch near Opal.  As a young girl, she helped milk the family milk cow, Harriet, and gather eggs from the chicken coop with her sister, Rose.  During chore time, she enjoyed scaring her sister...

Oct 24, 2021

Thomas Wayne Oliver was born on April 1 st 1958, to Dale and Lolita (Hodgman) Oliver in Sturgis, SD. He passed away on Sunday, October 24, 2021, in Rapid City, SD.

Tom spent most of his life in Piedmont, SD, and in 1976, he started a lifelong career at Dacotah Cement (later known...

Oct 24, 2021

Debora Keckler was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to Gordon and Romona Sieveke. Her Siblings are Sandra Wood and Brian Sieveke.

Debora grew up in Terraville S.D., which is now Lead, S.D. She married Bill Covell and they had three children Shawn, Travis, and Julie. Debora and Bill later divorced, and Debora...

Oct 24, 2021

Kathleen Alice Peterson, 85, died on Sunday, October 24, 2021, at Monument Health, Sturgis, South Dakota.

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Oct 22, 2021

On October 22, 2021, our beautiful, loving sister Karen passed away.  Karen grew up in the town of Sturgis, South Dakota, the fifth child in a family of eight children. Karen graduated from Black Hills State College with a bachelor's degree in art and went onto a career as a graphic web artist. She loved her career...

Oct 20, 2021

Myra Keller 83 of Lead, SD, passed away Wednesday, October 20, 2021.

Survivors include son, Rodney (Joanne) Keller of FL; daughters, Deb (Greg) King of Galena, and Tammy Snyder (fiance Marv Waitman) of Spearfish; 5 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and 2 step-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by husband, Tony Keller.

Oct 19, 2021

Mary Jean (Maher) Forrester, 86, of Sturgis, SD, died Tuesday October 19, 2021, at Monument Health Rapid City Hospital in Rapid City, SD.

She was born December 16, 1934, in Eagle Butte, SD to Myron and Mary (Zorc) Maher.  She graduated in 1953 from Eagle Butte High School.  After graduation, she then went...