Obituaries

Jan 25, 2021

Alice was born July 16, 1928, in Streeter, ND, to Christ and Katie (Rohrbach) Schumaker, where she grew up helping her parents maintain the homestead and make ends meet. She married her soul mate, Oscar Walthall on June 17, 1951. Where they moved to Lead, SD, and raised their two children Jerry & Judy. They lived a...

Jan 25, 2021

Valerie Kay (Salathe) O'Connor was born to Harold and Marie (Sorenson) Salathe on February 14, 1951, in Rapid City, SD. Being the youngest of 3 she enjoyed the attention she got from both parents. She grew up in the mobile home park her parents owned and loved to tell the story about how she lived across the...

Jan 24, 2021

Michael J. Schmid, 69, died at his home on January 24, 2021.

He was born in North Dakota on November 14, 1951 to Stewart and Blanche (Rice) Schmid.

Jan 21, 2021

Carol Jean Kratz, was born November 23, 1944 to Adam and Ida Doll in Mandan, ND. She grew up in Mandan with her parents, 2 sisters, and 1 brother, and she attended Mandan schools. It was here she met the love of her life, Jim Kratz. They moved to Deadwood, SD, where they married on January 25,...

Jan 19, 2021

Vivian Marie Schmidt was born October 2, 1944 in Belle Fourche, SD to Helen and Wilbur Long of Newell, SD. Vivian attended Newell schools, graduating in 1962. Vivian married Bruce Schmidt on June 13, 1964. Eventually they would make their way to Derby, CT. Vivian worked in accounts payable in Pop Fasteners, Black and Decker, and Warnaco while in...

Jan 18, 2021

Douglass "Chick" Simons was born March 10, 1925 at home in White Owl to Grant and Lyda (Weyer) Simons. He left home at an early age to attend 4 different grade schools. He went to Sturgis to attend high school and graduated in 1943. After high school he worked several jobs. In 1945-46, he taught at the...

Jan 17, 2021

Dallas Lee Heltibridle, 70, of Sturgis, SD, died January 17, 2021. He was born January 7, 1951 in Spearfish, SD to Donald and LaEtta (Fillmore) Heltibridle. The fourth of six children, Dallas grew to adulthood in Deadwood, SD. As a young man, Dallas enjoyed spending his time hiking, hunting, and playing in the Black Hills with his...

Jan 16, 2021

John Walls, 86, was born June 14, 1934, in Salinas, CA. He married Marlyn Evans in 1955, and enlisted in the Air Force in 1955, where he served as a B-52 Tail gunner and Instructor until 1976. After retiring from the Air Force, he worked as a Plant Operator at Rancho Seco Nuclear Power Plant in California. He retired...

Jan 15, 2021

Richard Andrew Edwards was born November 2, 1962, in Deadwood, SD, to Guy and Gladys (Simons) Edwards. He attended school in Sturgis, followed by work in the Wyoming oil fields. During that time an industrial accident left him with debilitating life-long pain. Soon after his 40th birthday he suffered a severe heart attack from which he was...

Jan 14, 2021

Adelia I. Sullivan, 81, passed away on Thursday, January 14, 2021 at the Monument Health Home Plus Hospice House in Rapid City, SD. She was born on April 18, 1939 in Klamath Falls, OR to Frank and Irene Kirkland. Adelia was known to all as Deana. When she was born, her mother's best friend didn't think the...

Jan 12, 2021

Luverne Lavina LaPlante was born December 27, 1932, in White Horse, SD, to William and Mamie (Jewett) LaPlante. She attended school at Cheyenne Agency and graduated in 1950. She met and married Herbert A. Cummings on August 25, 1951, and they shared a life together for 51 years raising 13 kids. Herbert passed away in 2002. Luverne's...

Jan 11, 2021

Sue Smith passed away on Monday, January 11, 2021 at her home in Sturgis, SD. She was 73. Sue was born on November 7, 1947 in Belle Fourche, SD and was raised in Cheyenne, WY. She received her LPN license in Laramie, WY, and worked in Cheyenne and Torrington, WY. Her favorite place was the Black Hills,...

Jan 8, 2021

Lorman E. Lange was born on February 11, 1936 and died January 8, 2021 at Monument Health Sturgis Hospital surrounded by his loving family. Lorman came west with his family in 1953, graduating from Newell High School the following year. After school, Lorman worked various jobs, including driving gravel truck with good friend, Wally Miller, eventually working...

Jan 7, 2021

Gail Worthy Coe was born November 26, 1918, to Gilbert Worthy and Lulu Mae (Snyder) Coe in a sod house on his parent's homestead near Vernal, SD. He attended grade school at Jones School, which was located 40 miles southwest of Bison, SD. He attended high school at Sorum, SD, as a freshman, and then continued his...

Jan 6, 2021

Arlene Joy Donahue, 95, of Silver City, SD, passed away on January 6, 2021 at Peaceful Pines Senior Living Community in Rapid City, SD. She leaves behind many cherished memories and her family and many friends that are forever blessed to have been a part of her life. Arlene Joy Amy was born on February 12, 1925...

Jan 5, 2021

The life story of Donna Marie (Severance) Baird began with her birth December 28, 1929, on the plains of South Dakota in Aberdeen where George and Ida Severance had settled to raise their family. She was the youngest of 5 (Ardith, George, Ione, and Verla) at least until her younger brother Don showed up ten years later....

Jan 5, 2021

Jacob "Jake" Steely, Jr. was born September 10, 1936 in Fort Collins, CO to Jacob and Lydia (Fisher) Steely, Sr. He lived there until he was in 1st grade and he was baptized Presbyterian. As a young man he was contracted to pick sugar beets until he moved to North Dakota in 1948. He went back to...

Jan 2, 2021

Delores Julia Lewis, 93, of Sturgis died January 2, 2021, at Monument Health Sturgis. She was born February 22, 1927, to Gustave "Gus" and Julia Stelzer at Parkston, SD. She had three older brothers: Roland, Lawrence, and Robert, all deceased. She graduated from Parkston High School and Mitchell Business school and worked as a secretary, bookkeeper, and...

Jan 1, 2021

Margaret Steggall, 96, passed away in Edgemont, SD, Friday, January 1, 2021, at the home of her granddaughter. She was born, November 8, 1924, in Casper, WY, to Joseph and Sophie (Popenhagen) Sonnenfelt. Margaret graduated out of Ashey, NE, in 1943 and was proud that she was the only one out of 9 siblings that graduated. She...

Dec 30, 2020

Roxie RaNae Roth Dunning, 67, of Fort Morgan, CO, passed away on December 28, 2020. Roxie was born in Glendive, MT, on May 9, 1953. Most of her early life was spent in South Dakota which she always considered home. In her last year of high school, her family moved to Fort Morgan, CO, where a handsome, young man...