Susan Marie Grambihler
Jan 11, 2020
Susan was born on March 4, 1955, in Breckenridge, MN. The family moved to Sioux Falls, SD, when she was four. Susan graduated from the Sioux Falls Lincoln High School in 1974. She then enrolled in the LPN program at the Southeast Area Tech School and obtained her LPN degree in 1974. Susan worked for several health care centers...
Lyndon Barid Smith
Jan 11, 2020
Lyndon was born to Ruth (Berges) and Larry Smith in Mason City, Iowa, on February 19, 1959. He was the oldest of three children. He grew up around Clear Lake, Iowa. Lyndon attended school in Iowa and Nevada. Lyndon spent some years traveling around the country. Telling stories of jobs, he held in different states, like Iowa, South Dakota,...
Gary Kenneth Vig
Jan 11, 2020
Gary Kenneth Vig was born in Sturgis, SD, on May 4, 1950. He was born the second of three children to Kenneth and Dagny (Kvernan) Vig of Stoneville, SD. He lived on the Kvernan homestead until 1958 when they moved to the Old Stoneville Road location. He went to grade school at Stoneville and graduated from Sturgis Brown High...
Nancy Ann (Yasgar) Denke
Jan 10, 2020
Nancy was born on May 31, 1956, at St. Gabriel's Hospital in Little Falls, MN, to Richard "Dick" and Shirley (Fisher) Yasgar. She attended school in Little Falls and later graduated from high school in 1974. She then graduated from St. Cloud Technical College where she obtained a degree to become an X-Ray and Lab Technician. After a few...
Mike Richardson
Jan 9, 2020
Michael "Mike" Richardson, 58, passed away on Thursday, January 9, 2020, at his home due to complications from diabetes. Mike, the owner of Michael's Catering, was a lover of all types of food! He and his staff thoroughly enjoyed catering pig roasts for clients, all while dressed in Hawaiian attire! He loved being able to bring people a wonderful...
Donna Lee Miller
Jan 8, 2020
Donna was born to Glenn and Ida Murray on February 14, 1935, in Sturgis. She graduated from Sturgis High School and attended Black Hills State College in 1954 through May, 1955, then worked at the Meade County school cafeteria. Shortly after, she married Dean Miller on May 13, 1956, and they moved to the Miller farm near Vale, SD....
Dwight Earl Cundy
Jan 6, 2020
Dwight Earl Cundy was born July 17, 1943, in Spearfish, SD, to Isaac Earl and Mildred Mae (Engelson) Cundy. He graduated from Sturgis High School in 1961. He entered the US Navy later that year. Dwight was a life-long learner and had several college degrees. His final degree in accounting led him to work for United States Department of...
George Warren Blair
Jan 1, 2020
George W. Blair, longtime Sturgis area rancher and former state legislator, passed away on January 1, 2020. He was born in Sturgis on August 24, 1921, to Harry and Elizabeth (Johnson) Blair and grew up on the family ranch in Pleasant Valley, graduating from Sturgis High School in 1939. After World War II broke out, he began taking flying...
Joberta Ann Pehrson
Jan 1, 2020
JoBerta Ann Pehrson, 72, of Deadwood SD, died January 1, 2020, at Monument Health Rapid City, SD.
JoBerta was born in Utah on August 6, 1947 to Joseph and Margaret (Barbee) Edwards.
She married Thomas Maclester Pehrson on September 10, 1970.
Robert Allan Coates
Jan 1, 2020
Robert A. "Bob" Coates passed away in his Piedmont, SD, home January 2, 2020. Bob was born May 7, 1937, in Hot Springs, SD, to W. Allan Coates and Leota (Clement) Coates. Bob grew up in Edgemont, SD, where he attended all years of school. His father had a trucking company, and when Bob was big enough to reach...
Patricia "Pat" Jean Carstensen
Dec 30, 2019
Patricia Jean Carstensen was born in Laramie, WY, on October 31, 1943, to Winne and Osman "Bud" Lyman. She grew up in Rapid City, SD, and graduated from high school in 1961. Pat, with her older sister, Elizabeth "Betty" Ann, spent most of her summer vacations with their grandmother, Senja Ikola, on her homestead ranch in Roubaix, SD. Pat...
Esther M. Coleman
Dec 25, 2019
Esther was born at home on December 10, 1922, to James and Victoria (Johnsen) Andersen in Minnetonka, MN. She was raised on their family dairy farm with 3 brothers, Walter, Arnold, and Earl. She attended Oak Knoll grade school and then graduated from Hopkins High School in 1941. During the war, she cleaned the inside and outside of airplanes,...
Donald "Don" Gene Schellhouse
Dec 20, 2019
Donald "Don" Gene Schellhouse was born January 14, 1943, in Luverne, MN, to Harry and Olga (Salomonson) Schellhouse. Don grew up in Hills, MN, and graduated from Hills High School in 1961. After high school, he attended Stewarts School of Cosmetology. After graduation and while teaching at the school, Don met the love of his life, Donna Rae Reining....
Ronald "Ron" George Anderson
Dec 20, 2019
Ron Anderson was a quiet, humble man who enjoyed the simple pleasures in life like his 65 Ford Mustang, the occasional trip to Deadwood to fill up on crab legs (and maybe fill his pockets, too), and a warm day on a quiet pond in the hills watching the bobber on his fishing rod do a little dance. He...
Margarethe "Marge" Anna Elizabeth Brunmaier
Dec 19, 2019
Marge was born December 19, 1959, in Pendleton, OR, to Donald Anderson and Anna (Jordon) Anderson. Don retired from the Army in 1965, and moved the family to Sturgis where he was an advisor to the National Guard. Anna was in the elder care business for many years and was a true family matriarch. Marge and her brothers, Ron...
Shirley Louise Hollister
Dec 17, 2019
Shirley was born November 8, 1934, to Walter and Doris (Martin) Milberg in Belle Fourche, SD. She grew up and went to school in Newell, SD. She graduated from High School in 1952. She attended Black Hills teacher college for 1 year and then married Kent Robinson and to this union, two daughters were born, Rebecca Anne and Sandra...
Dennis Lynn Greseth
Dec 14, 2019
Dennis was born to Marion and Gilman Greseth in Montevideo, MN on November 16, 1953. He grew up in Watson, MN, attending Milan High school in Milan, MN. He graduated there, and then went into the vocation of carpentry, attending Moorhead Vocational School in Moorhead, MN. He was a master carpenter for 36 years, 20 plus of those years...
John "Jack" William Donahue
Dec 14, 2019
On December 14, 2019, we lost this sweet man to his forever home. Although our hearts break to see you go you were a hero to our families as well as so many others we know that the Glory that has been revealed to you is what you deserve after a full, amazing life. John "Jack" William Donahue, 94,...
Mary Margaret Espinosa
Dec 12, 2019
Mary Margaret Espinosa was born April 16, 1947, in Omaha, NE, to Clifford F. Binder and Coila (Schmuck) Binder. Selfless, kind, and generous are three words to describe Mary. She loved her family dearly. If you knew her, you would know you could find her reading a good book. She loved baking and spent hours searching for new recipes,...
Shirley Doris Peterson
Dec 12, 2019
Shirley Doris (Josephson) Peterson was born September 13, 1932, on the homeplace 15 miles north of Buffalo. She grew up and went to school in Buffalo. After graduation, she went to Teacher's College summer school. There she received her permit and began teaching at the Vessey School. On December 28, 1952, she married Neil Newlander and a year later,...
