Harvey Glen Fitzgerald
Feb 18, 2019
Harvey Glen Fitzgerald was born October 29, 1928, to Harvey Good and Stella (Green) Fitzgerald in a maternity home in Sturgis, SD. He lived with his family on the home farm/ranch located northwest of Enning, SD. Life then was prosperous with cattle, hogs, and chickens, not to mention an abundant crop operation run with an extensive and modern equipment...
Linda Faye Pringle
Feb 18, 2019
Linda "Linny" Faye (Bagneschi) Pringle was born March 14, 1955, in Amarillo, TX, where they resided until her father was re-stationed to Ellsworth Air Force Base in 1959. Linda graduated from Douglas High School in 1973 and remained in the Rapid City area most of her life. She attended cosmetology school in Rapid City and worked at a few...
Helen Marie Field
Feb 17, 2019
Helen was born March 21, 1924, to John and Sadie York in Parker, SD. She attended school in Hetland, SD, and married her high school sweetheart, Kenneth Field, on March 12, 1946. Helen M. Field, 94, of Hot Springs, died Sunday, February 17, 2019, at the Michael J. Fitzmaurice Veterans Home in Hot Springs, SD. Helen is survived by...
Earl William Weiss
Feb 15, 2019
Earl William Weiss was born in the home of his parents a few miles south of Akaska, SD, in Walworth County. He was the fourth child of Ernest and Olga (Wiedman) Weiss. He was baptized at the Lutheran Church in Akaska on November 11, 1927. He attended the first grade at a country school in Walworth County before the...
Douglas Wilbur Baldwin
Feb 14, 2019
Douglas Baldwin Sr. was born August 31, 1947, to Wilbur and Alberta Baldwin in Mitchell, SD. As a young man, Doug enjoyed sports of all kinds. He was a state Golden Gloves Boxer, played football, did weight lifting, played baseball, and enjoyed racing. He raced both bicycles and racing cars. Doug also enjoyed playing fast pitch softball and dabbled...
Hattie Josephine Grubbs
Feb 13, 2019
Hattie Josephine Cline Walker Grubbs, 89, Spearfish, passed away peacefully on February 13, 2019 at Good Samaritan in New Underwood, SD. Hattie Cline was born June 19, 1929. Her parents, Leslie and Irene Cline, named her after each of her grandmothers; Hattie and Josephine. But eventually her name evolved into Jo, Jody or Aunt Jo; however, some called her...
Mary Ann Staudinger
Feb 11, 2019
Mary Ann Staudinger was born July 30, 1929, in South Heart, ND, to Sebastian and Helen (Wetzstein) Fischer. She grew up in South Heart. When she was 16, she moved to Glen Ullin, ND, where she lived for a short time before moving to Buhl, ID. Mary Ann married Raphael Staudinger on November 21, 1947, in Buhl, ID. They...
Tyler F. Trohkimoinen
Feb 9, 2019
Tyler F. Trohkimoinen was born to Bob and Sheryl Trohkimoinen on December 15, 1977. He was raised on the family farm near Vale, SD, with his older siblings, Toby and Jill. He graduated from Believers Fellowship Academy in 1996. Tyler met the love of his life, Jill O'Grady, and they were married on May 18, 2002. Tyler and Jill...
Florence Augusta Euerle
Feb 7, 2019
Florence Augusta Louise (Rosenow) Euerle was born April 16, 1929, in Harvey Township, Meeker County, MN, on the family farm. Her parents, William H. Rosenow and Emilie H. (Marquardt) Rosenow, saw the need to baptize her quickly so the elderly pastor was called. Because the pastor was too ill to finish, Florence's grandmother completed the baptism. Florence attended the...
Lucille Ann Pritchard
Feb 6, 2019
Lucille "Ann" Hilbig Pritchard, 78, passed away peacefully at the Hospice House in Rapid City, SD, on February 6, 2019. Ann was born on March 8, 1940, in San Bernardino, CA. She moved to Deadwood, SD, with her husband in 1983. They purchased and operated Twin City Cleaners and Laundromat for 20 years before retiring. Ann and her husband...
Stanley Eugene Edwards
Feb 2, 2019
Stanley Eugene Edwards was born September 9, 1939, in Phoenix, AZ. After graduating from high school, he served in the U.S. Air Force for 21 years. Around the time he retired from the Air Force, Stan met his wife, Marion, and they were married on June 8, 1979. Stan will long be remembered by those who knew and loved...
Robert Gene Burke
Feb 1, 2019
Bob was born in Belle Fourche, SD, to William and Harriet (Alexander) Burke, he grew up on the 2U Ranch near Redig, SD, along with his younger sister, Jennifer. He attended grade school at the Dunn School and then went to high school in Spearfish, SD, graduating in 1969. While in high school, Bob participated in football, basketball, and...
Vicki Lynn Stratton
Jan 31, 2019
Vicki was born July 9, 1954, in Bakersfield, CA, to Carl and Mettie Bernice (Capps) Houchins. She married Jerald Stratton on May 23, 1981. Vicki Lynn Stratton, 64, Hot Springs, died Thursday, January 31, 2019, at Home Plus Health Hospice House in Rapid City. Survivors include her husband, Jerald; three children, Laurie, Shawn, and Victoria; and three grandchildren, Andy,...
Lora Jean Crouch
Jan 28, 2019
Lora Crouch, 60, of Belle Fourche, SD, lost her battle with cancer on January 28, 2019, at Rapid City Regional Hospital surrounded by her family. Lora was born August 30, 1958, in McVille, ND, to Bernice (Trostad) and Samuel Samuelson. Lora went to school in Warwick/Devils Lake, ND. She was a cheerleader. She graduated from high school in 1976....
Joan Arline Priest
Jan 27, 2019
"I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing" - Herman Melville. Joan Arline Barnhart was born in Flint, MI, on October 17, 1927, to Victor and Letha Barnhart. As a young woman, she met and married her surviving husband of 74 years, Paul Priest, after he returned from...
Steven Ray Ehrich
Jan 27, 2019
Steven Ray Ehrich, 65, of Piedmont, SD, formerly of Ismay, MT, passed away on January 27, 2019. Steve donated his body for research at Mayo Clinic. He made this his gift to help others. Born in 1953 in Aberdeen, SD, Steve was the son of the late Robert Ehrich and Lorraine (Fuss) Ehrich. His love and memory will forever...
Richard Owen Gorman
Jan 27, 2019
Richard "Rick" Owen Gorman was born December 27, 1951, to Owen and Joan (Hurley) Gorman in Sturgis, SD. He graduated from Sturgis Brown High School in 1970. Upon graduation, he enlisted in the US Navy and was stationed in San Diego, CA. After receiving an honorable discharge, he returned to Sturgis and went to work for the SD Department...
Kenneth Glenn Mailloux
Jan 26, 2019
Kenneth was born February 4, 1927, in Grandma Mailloux's house in Rapid City, SD. He was one of seven children of Napoleon and Bernice Mailloux, along with six other siblings, Dale, Jack, Lynn, Duane, Betty, and Shirley. This young family experienced all the events that took place during the 30s. Times were tough for everyone in those days; hand-me-downs...
Mae Anna Strohschein
Jan 26, 2019
Mae Anna Strohschein, 88, of Newell, SD, passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 26, 2019. Mae was born March 16, 1930, to Amel and Anna Flaigg on the Flaigg Homestead near Hoover, SD. She joined 7 brothers and 2 sisters. Mae attended country school and talked often of riding her horse into a cold east wind, uphill. She would...
Karen Sue Bryan
Jan 25, 2019
Karen Sue Bryan, born January 1, 1955, died unexpectedly January 25, 2019. She was born in Belle Fourche, SD, to Dorwin and Hope Weiss. She was the third of four siblings. She graduated nursing school in Rapid City in 1982 and went on to become a certified nurse practitioner. She is survived by four children. Shohn (Jimmy) Humphrey of...
