Esther Mae Dial
Aug 2, 2020
Esther was born February 10, 1937, in New Underwood, SD, on a small farm where she lived with her parents, Alfred and Esther (Ibsen) Jenison.    Esther grew up and graduated from New Underwood High School until she moved with her family to Rapid City, SD. In the fall of 1954, Esther met and married the love of her life,...
E. Dean Snyder
Aug 2, 2020
Dean Snyder passed away on August 2, 2020. Dean was born in Sturgis, SD, on March 17, 1934. He did not have a bit of Irish in him despite being born on St. Patrick's Day. Never the less, he really liked corned beef and cabbage. Dean graduated from Sturgis High School in 1953. He attended a partial semester at...
Paul Leslie Speed
Jul 30, 2020
Paul Leslie Speed was born on February 19, 1946, in Sturgis, SD, to Russell and Violet (Young) Speed. He attended 1st through 8th grade at Stoneville School, and then 9th through 12th at Sturgis Brown High, graduating in 1964. Paul went into the Army and served in Vietnam from 1966 to 1968. He was very proud to serve his...
Harold Edwin Severson
Jul 30, 2020
Harold E. Severson, 94, entered eternal peace on Thursday, July 30, 2020, at the Good Samaritan Society Nursing Home in New Underwood, SD. Harold Edwin Severson was born on July 12, 1926, as a triplet with his brothers, Gerald and Harry, to the late Swen and Ida (Keyes) Severson, Sr. They were born in the "stone house" that their...
Patricia Ann Soden
Jul 30, 2020
Pat was born April 30, 1946, in Chicago, Illinois, to John and Margaret Stack. She spent her early years in Chicago and was the oldest of her eight siblings. In 1975, she joined her sister, Kathy, in South Dakota. Pat worked several jobs in the southern hills over the years, but her favorite was delivering lunches to the Oral...
George William Arndt
Jul 27, 2020
George William Arndt was born May 5, 1942, in Johnstown, CO, to Samuel and Esther (Rutz) Arndt. He served his country in the US Air Force from 1960 until his honorable discharge in 1963. While serving in Vietnam, he held positions in military police and as a gunner when his aircraft was shot down. During the 1972 flood in...
Teresa Anne Shuck
Jul 26, 2020
Teresa Anne (Harder) Shuck, age 65, of Spearfish, SD, passed away on Sunday, July 26, 2020, at 6:30 p.m. at the Monument Health Hospital in Rapid City, SD, surrounded by her family. She was born April 27, 1955, in Salina, KS, to Donald "Jack" and Barbara "Jean" (Johnston) Harder. Teresa graduated from high school in Spearfish, SD. She went...
Kim Terese Koan
Jul 25, 2020
Kim was born November 25, 1964, at K.I. Sawyer AFB, MI, to Frank and Beverly Boner. The family lived in a two-story farmhouse. Kim has never been a "morning" person. At an early age, around three years of age, she would get up from her nap upstairs. After waking up, she would make it to the bottom stair of...
Don Paul Henry
Jul 20, 2020
Donald Paul Henry was born March 24, 1949, to Calvin and Helen (Lindstad) Henry in Belle Fourche, SD. He attended school in several states, as they traveled with his dad's work, settling in Sturgis in 1959. Don graduated from Sturgis High School in 1968. In March of 1969, Don enlisted in the Army. He did basic training at Fort...
Blake Matthew Williams
Jul 18, 2020
Blake Matthew Williams (Wanbli Okiyan Wicasa "Flying Eagle Man") was born on January 26, 1994, to JD and Deb Williams and he immediately hit the ground running. His life although normal, was jam packed with full pace excitement, up until the very end, when the Creator called him home. He attended Piedmont Elementary School, Sturgis Williams Middle...
Ann Louise Edmiston
Jul 18, 2020
Ann L. Edmiston, 87, of Rapid City, SD, formerly of Staunton, IL, died Saturday, July 18, 2020, at her home surrounded by family. Ann was born November 9, 1932, in Milwaukee, WI, to Orlin and Lore (Stange) Barndt. She attended Blackburn College where she met her future husband, James R. "Jim" Edmiston of Livingston, IL. She was a homemaker...
Caroline Grace Briggs
Jul 18, 2020
Caroline "Kerri" Grace Briggs Jensen (Lakota name, Bright Star Woman) was born October 21, 1986, in Pierre, SD. She grew up in Rapid City and graduated from Sturgis High School in 2006. Caroline, 33, passed away Saturday, July 18, 2020, at her residence in Rapid City. She was surrounded by family and friends. She is survived by her three...
Wanda Louise Barden
Jul 18, 2020
Wanda Barden was born March 7, 1970, in Deadwood, SD, to David Nicholas and Ina Fay (Jurrens) Campbell. Wanda worked many jobs throughout her life, but the most memorable would have been her time at Dakota Farms Cheese, where she worked in the packaging department. It was here that she met her husband of almost 24 years, Cody Barden....
Ernest Dale Sundstrom
Jul 17, 2020
Ernie was born April 15, 1930, to the late Elsie and Carl Sundstrom at the family ranch near Mud Butte in Meade County, SD. Ernest D. Sundstrom, 90, Athens, GA, went joyfully into the arms of his Heavenly Father on July 17, 2020. Ernie attended grade school at Mud Butte and attended Newell High School as a...
Mary Elinor Tech
Jul 14, 2020
Mary was born in Sturgis to Harry and Elizabeth (Johnson) Blair. She grew up on the Blair Ranch in Pleasant Valley. Her grade school years were in a one-room school house a half mile from the ranch. She graduated from Sturgis High School in 1945. She earned a BA in Education from Black Hills Teacher College in...
Kimber "Kim" Bell
Jul 13, 2020
Kimber "Kim" Lee Bell was born July 7, 1955, in Winner, SD, to Eddie Lee and Lee "Verdean" (Klein) Bell. He graduated from Winner High School in 1973, and went on to college at SDSU and NSU, participating in the ROTC program. Eventually, Kim went to work as a trucker, and trucked for many years. After his accident, he...
Darlene "Dar" Erickson Nupen
Jul 13, 2020
Darlene "Dar" Erickson Nupen went to be with her maker in Heaven on July 13, 2020. She was born in Bryant, SD, on April 3, 1937, in the middle of a snowstorm. She was the fifth child of Edward and Helen Erickson. She joined one brother, Curtis, and sisters, Lily, Jeanette, and LaVonne. She grew up in Bryant, excelling...
Patricia Ann "Trish" Pyburn
Jul 12, 2020
Armed with her faith, a keen wit, and a dry sense of humor, Patricia Ann (Brechtel) Pyburn, daughter of Robert and Gen (McFarland) Brechtel, was born April 1, 1953, in Rapid City, SD. Her birth date was appropriate, as she had a penchant for sharing and spreading laughter. In fact, it is well known that Trish was wrong only...
Roberta June Wilburn
Jul 11, 2020
Roberta June (Dodd) Wilburn was born on April 10, 1932, in Struggleville, OK. At a young age, her biological mother passed away and she and one other sibling were put up for adoption. Roberta was adopted by Homer and Willie Virginia Dodd and grew up in Paoli, OK. After Roberta finished her education, she went to work...
Betty Jane Brown
Jul 11, 2020
Elizabeth "Betty" Jane Brown was born July 30, 1930, in Newell, SD, as the youngest of six children to Harry and Ada (Greene) Cunningham. Betty often joked about being of "hardy pioneer stock" and anyone born in those times would have lived through difficult circumstances that would have tested and tried their faith. Betty graduated from Newell High School...
