Dean Wendell Miller
Aug 30, 2020
Dean W. Miller, 86, of Sturgis, died on August 30, 2020 after a short stay at the Monument Health Hospital in Rapid City, SD. Dean was born to Charles and Florence Miller on November 20, 1933 in Sturgis, SD. He was raised in Vale, SD on his parent's beef farm, where he enjoyed fishing and hunting with his siblings....
John "Johnny" Pious Kari
Aug 30, 2020
John Pious Kari, 102, of Sturgis, passed away Sunday, August 30, 2020 at the Fort Meade VA Hospice. Johnny was born on March 17, 1918 to Peter and Katherine (Sperle) Kari. He was the oldest of nine children and attended country school until grade eight. He worked for a time on the family ranch and later went to Minnesota,...
Walter Edgar Terry
Aug 26, 2020
Walter was born to his parents, Carl and Mary Evelyn (Myers) Terry, in Decatur, AL. He married Delores Finn in 1991. Walter was in the United States Air Force as a fuel mechanic and then as a boom operator on a KC 135 tanker for inflight refueling for over 20 years, when he retired with an honorable...
Ethel Georgean Jaeger
Aug 26, 2020
Georgean Jaeger was born on January 8, 1927 in Geddes, SD to George and Mary (Klein) Mushitz. She attended and graduated high school in Geddes, SD. After graduation, she attended college in Yankton, SD, where she earned her teacher's certificate. Georgean met the love of her life, Cletus Wilfred Jaeger, and they were married in June of 1946 in...
Paul Louis Strain
Aug 26, 2020
Paul was born on August 22, 1960, in Valentine, NE, to Michael B. "Mick", and Sybil (Ingvalson) Strain. He spent his earliest days in White River, after which the family moved to Vermillion for a handful of years, then ventured to Pierre where many lifelong relationships were established among neighborhood friends and classmates at Lincoln Elementary School....
Diana Kathryn Hudson
Aug 25, 2020
Diana Kathryn Hudson was born to Paul and Dorothy (Dustrude) Hudson on November 28, 1950 in Rapid City, SD, and is an enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. She attended Rapid City Public Schools, St. Paul's Indian Mission in Marty, SD, St. Francis Boarding School in St Francis, SD, and graduated from Rapid City Central High School in...
Louise Emma Wiedenmeyer
Aug 24, 2020
Louise (Lindeman) Wiedenmeyer was born the 6th of 10 children to Jacob and Emma (Hintz) Lindeman on May 23, 1929 in rural Mercer County near Golden Valley, ND. She was raised on a sheep ranch near Golden Valley and often recounted stories of herding the sheep. She had to learn to speak the English language when she...
Beverly Ruth Hogarth
Aug 22, 2020
Beverly (Scott) Hogarth was born February 14, 1931, in Camp Crook, SD. Her family moved to Spearfish when she was 4 years old. They operated a truck farm in Spearfish Valley for many years, until her father died in 1954. She graduated from Spearfish High School in 1948. Bev was always independent, living life on her own terms. She...
Betty Lee Funell
Aug 21, 2020
Betty Lee Funell was born February 21, 1951 in Sturgis, SD, to Archie and Ella (Pence) Funell of White Owl, SD. She attended Metigoshe school, a one-room schoolhouse east of White Owl, SD, through the 8th grade, and graduated from Sunshine Bible Academy near Miller, SD. Betty was very close to her dad, so, after high school, she came...
Meverette Delouris Shipley
Aug 19, 2020
Meverette (Mev) was born near Lily, SD, on July 27, 1916, to Tolger and Galena (Brekke) Bekken. She grew up on the family farm in the Zeona, SD, area where she attended country school and went to high school in Sorum, SD. Mev married Leslie Shipley on August 31, 1935, in Sturgis. They lived on a sheep ranch for...
Richard "Richie" Berry
Aug 17, 2020
Richard "Richie" Berry passed away August 17, 2020 at the Fort Mead VA Hospital in Sturgis, SD. Richie was born on December 29, 1934 in Deadwood to Richard and Dorothy (Webb) Berry. He attended school in Deadwood, where he played football, track, and boxed. In April of 1958, he joined the Navy and was stationed in San Diego, CA,...
Bonnie Jean Petersen
Aug 15, 2020
Bonnie Jean Morris was born August 13, 1931, in Hill City, SD. She was the daughter of Ray and Rose (Smith) Morris. She grew up attending the Hill City schools and attended Yankton College and Nebraska State Teacher's college at Chadron. On Easter Sunday, March 25, 1951, Bonnie married John B. Petersen at the Little White Church in Hill...
Donna Rae Brien
Aug 13, 2020
Donna Rae Brien, 85, Deadwood, died Thursday, August 13, 2020, at Mountain View Assisted Living in Sturgis. Donna was born April 1, 1935, in Frankfort, SD, to Thomas and Dora Herren. She grew up in the Redfield area. Donna married Lloyd Brien and lived in several places as he was transferred while serving in the US Army. They eventually...
Nelson "Dwight" Poole
Aug 11, 2020
Nelson "Dwight" Poole, 68, of Wright, WY, moved to Heaven on Tuesday, August 11, 2020. Dwight was born in Pulaski, TN on September 25, 1951, to Herbert Nelson and Marjorie Lucille (Oliver) Poole. He married Janice Faye Braden on February 16, 1990. Dwight was also a Vietnam veteran, serving in the United States Army. During his service, he was...
Robert "Bob" William Strand
Aug 8, 2020
Robert William Strand passed away Saturday, August 8, 2020, with his daughter and son at his side. Robert "Bob" was born August 7, 1942, to Betty and Everett Strand in Grand Rapids, MN. He lived in Grand Rapids, MN through his teens and early twenties, until he married the love of his life, Alanna M. Dahlgren on...
Harriet Sadie Miller
Aug 7, 2020
Harriet Sadie (Sherwood) Miller was born July 2, 1921, in Draper, SD, to Sidney W. Sherwood and Katherine J. (Traub) Sherwood. She married Art Miller on September 21, 1941. To this union, three children were born: Janice (Dennis) Jensen, Sturgis, Marian Dalton, Sturgis, and Dennis (Vixie) Miller, Sheridan, WY. Harriet has 10 grandchildren, 4 step-grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren, and 35...
Albert Lowell Lenerville
Aug 6, 2020
Albert Lenerville, 89 years old, from Rapid City, passed away on August 6, 2020, at the Lippold Hospice Unit at Monument Health Sturgis Hospital. Albert was born to Edward Lowell and Theresa (Hitchcox) Lenerville on April 3, 1931, in Strool (Prairie City), SD. After graduating high school in 1949 from McIntosh High School, Albert entered the United States Air...
Dave Lee Zwetzig
Aug 5, 2020
David Lee Zwetzig, 71, of Newell, SD, passed peacefully on Wednesday, August 5, 2020, at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, NE. He was born in Scottsbluff, NE, on November 2, 1948, to Victor and Rosie Zwetzig where he joined his brother, Jerry, and his sister, Linda, and a few years later welcomed his little sister, RoseMarie. When he...
Daniel Keith Bruner
Aug 3, 2020
Daniel "Dan" K. Bruner was born on October 22, 1941, to Otto and Christine (Thom) Bruner in Wagner, SD. He proudly served in the US Navy. Dan, 78, of Hot Springs, died Monday, August 3, 2020, at Monument Health Rapid City Hospital. He is survived by his sister, Rosemary (William D.) Maher; nephews and nieces, Greg, Michael, PJ, Cheryl,...
John Dale "Jd" Mutchler
Aug 2, 2020
John Dale "JD" Mutchler was born October 20, 1968, in Rapid City to Neil and Margaret Mutchler of Mud Butte, SD. He grew up and attended high school in Newell, SD, where he graduated in 1987. He moved to Mud Butte and worked on the Mutchler Ranch, raising Hereford cattle. He married Danelle Mutchler on September 20, 1997. Together...
