Lynn Don Hawks
Jan 28, 2021
Lynn Hawks, 63, passed away Thursday, January 28, 2021 peacefully in his home. Lynn was born December 12, 1957 in Denver, CO to Velpo "Laurence" and Dorothy Mae (Kirk) Hawks. Velpo, being a Methodist Minister, led the family to Idaho Springs, CO; Brush, CO; Kern, UT; and Commerce City, CO. Lynn graduated from Adams City High School...
Kenan Kurt Huber
Jan 27, 2021
Kenan Kurt Huber, 58, of Spearfish, started his next adventure on January 27, 2021 after a 15-month battle with cancer. He passed peacefully at home with his family. Kenan was born September 18, 1962 in Belle Fourche, SD to Cletus "Fizzer" and Mary (Chaloupka) Huber. He grew up in Newell, SD and graduated high school there. He...
Michael "Mike" Wayne Brown
Jan 26, 2021
Michael Wayne Brown was born on January 18, 1959 in Newcastle, WY to William and Karen (Guilford) Brown. He attended school in Newell and Vale, and later worked to receive his GED. Mike worked at many places over the years, including Great Falls Transit in Montana, Farmers Feed and Seed in Sturgis, Black Thunder Mine in Wright,...
Julie Lynda Pinter
Jan 26, 2021
Your journey began here 79 years ago as Judy Peck in Sturgis, South Dakota. Coincidentally, after your mom passed, you were welcomed into the house of Pearl and Clarence "Pappy" Hoel (pronounced Hoyle). Having learned this only recently, I smile and think "Me on an Indian or Harley Cycle and Julie as my biker chic." She is...
Alice Walthall
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...
Valerie Kay O'Connor
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...
Michael J. Schmid
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.
Carol Jean Kratz
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,...
Vivian Marie Schmidt
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...
Douglass "Chick" Simons
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...
Dallas Lee Heltibridle
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...
John Richard Walls
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...
Richard Andrew Edwards
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...
Adelia "Deana" I. Sullivan
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...
Luverne Lavina Cummings
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...
Sue Ann Smith
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,...
Lorman E. Lange
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...
Gail Worthy Coe
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...
Arlene Joy Donahue
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...
Donna Marie Baird
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....
