Virgil Milhous Huber
Jan 13, 2019
Virgil was born March 3, 1934, in Murdo, SD, the fourth of five children, to Otto and Helena (Schmidt) Huber. He grew up on his parent's farm, along with his three brothers and a sister, in western Mellette County. Virgil attended elementary school at Prairie View School through the eighth grade. When his two older brothers, Donald and Herbert,...
Cinda Lou Landreth
Jan 12, 2019
Cindy L. (Ward) Landreth, 66, passed away Saturday, January 12, 2019, at Sturgis Regional Senior Care with family by her side. Cindy was born September 29, 1952, in Rapid City, SD, to Price and Juanita (Hassan) Ward. She attended school in Rapid City, including Rapid City Central High School. Cindy was talented in art and music and developed these...
Etta Mae Bateman
Jan 11, 2019
Etta Mae Bateman, 88, Rapid City, passed away peacefully on January 11, 2019. Etta Mae was born January 28, 1930, in Sturgis to John and Virginia (Conlon) Szymanski. She was married to Maynard Louis Backens from November 6, 1949, until his death on May 11, 1968; they had two daughters, Lorna and Charmaine. Etta Mae married Charles Clinton Bateman...
Ronald Dean Perschbacher
Jan 9, 2019
Ronald Dean Perschbacher was born August 1, 1959, in Iowa City, IA. He was the first born of three boys and attended school in Albert Lee, MN, until 1977. Hen then enlisted in the U.S. Army as an Infantryman, continued his education, and received his G.E.D. Ron was stationed at Ft. Riley, KS. He received survival training in Alaska,...
Dorothy Anne Peterson
Jan 7, 2019
Dorothy was born in Newell, SD, on June 5, 1926, to George C. and Hazel (Gadsden) Arpan. In her youth, she lived at Hoover, SD, where she got to spend a great deal of time with her favorite aunt, Alice Hoover, and cousin, Don Hoover, riding horses, hiking the prairies, and loving animals. She moved into Newell where she...
Daisy Florence Plumb
Jan 6, 2019
Daisy Merrill was born July 12, 1919, in rural Sully County. She left this world in the early hours of January 6, 2019. Being in the middle of nine siblings, she was raised on the family farm bordering the Sully-Potter County line. After high school, she moved to the "big town" of Huron to pursue a job. She lived...
Marian Kathleen Eatherton
Jan 6, 2019
Marian Eatherton described herself as "a woman who wears many hats." And so she was. Wife of 68 years to James A. Eatherton, mother of three daughters (Laurie, Debra, and Gwen), grandmother (David, Andy, and Jane), church organist, substitute teacher, piano teacher, Whitewood Elementary School music teacher, and feature writer for the Meade County Times-Tribune. Marian passed away Sunday,...
Anthony Gene Johnson
Jan 3, 2019
Tony was born with drum sticks in hand April 23, 1956, to Christopher Johnson, Jr., and Louella Highley in Salt Lick, KY. He was the baby of the family with 3 siblings: Barb, Ricky, and Sue. At age nine, his father bought him his first drum set and he has been a Rockstar ever since. Playing across the country...
Margaret Helen Harmon
Jan 3, 2019
Margaret Helen Harmon was born August 17, 1957, in Delta, CO, to John "Jack" and Ozella (Allmon) Shea and passed away on January 3, 2019, in Whitewood, SD, quietly in her home from cancer complications, at the age of 61. Margaret graduated from Delta High School in 1975. On August 8, 1981, she was married to Mitchell Harmon in...
Dennis Keith Rottenbucher
Jan 2, 2019
Dennis was born to Joseph and Cora (Wilcox) Rottenbucher on October 17, 1959, at Sturgis, SD. He was raised in Sturgis and graduated from Sturgis Brown High School. He loved the outdoors and going for walks. His greatest love was his motorcycles and going riding when he got a chance. He loved the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally and all the...
Myrna E. Farrar
Jan 1, 2019
Myrna Welsh/Farrar, 93, danced into Heaven on January 1, 2019, peacefully in her sleep at home in Sturgis, SD, surrounded by her daughter and friends. Myrna was born November 2, 1925, in Gordon, NE, to John and Gladys (Cobler) Pouge. She is preceded in death by her parents; brothers and sisters; and daughter, Debra Dansby. Survivors include her children,...
Huston Donald Howard
Dec 31, 2018
Huston Donald "Red" Howard was born January 8, 1929, in Greenwood, KY, to Huston Daniel and Lora (Mills) Howard. He was the youngest of eight children: Oval, Felix "Pete," Wade, Bessie, Steve, Jane "Rusty," and Ruby. He was raised in a rural area of Kentucky called Blue John where he completed the 8th grade (later acquiring his G.E.D certificate)...
Marlene Joann Daane
Dec 31, 2018
Marlene JoAnn Daane, 84, Sturgis, died Monday, December 31, 2018, at Sturgis Regional Senior Care. Marlene was born February 16, 1934, in Dell Rapids, SD, to Dr. M. Chandon and Alida J. (Anderson) Dietrich. During Marlene's childhood, the family moved to Sioux Falls, where she later graduated from Washington High School. The young Marlene Dietrich's early childhood was dominated...
Morris Ivan Johnson
Dec 28, 2018
Morris Ivan Johnson, 86, Deadwood, died Friday, December 28, 2018 at the VA Black Hills Health Care Center at Fort Meade, SD. Born the youngest of five in Rapid City he truly loved the Black Hills, and lived in this area most of his life. He always said, "I was born here and I will die here." He was...
James Owen Aplan
Dec 26, 2018
Shortly after enjoying a televised Christmas choral presentation early on December 26, at their home in Piedmont, South Dakota, Jim Aplan ate a bowl of his favorite ice cream, then gently passed away in the loving arms of his wife and a grandson. He was 87. Born on May 17, 1931, the third and last child of Helen (Fischer)...
Sylvia Bernice Wetz
Dec 26, 2018
Sylvia Bernice (Dobyns) Wetz was born on August 17, 1925, the oldest of eight children born to Clement and Edna (Bennett) Dobyns at Oshkosh, NE. She moved with her family to the Newell/Vale/Nisland area as a child. She graduated from Vale High School in 1943 as salutatorian of her class. She began her teaching career on a six-week certificate...
Lydia Ann Pyle
Dec 21, 2018
Mrs. Lydia Ann Pyle, 71, Sturgis, passed peacefully in her home on Friday, December 21, 2018, after a short battle with cancer. Mrs. Pyle was born April 29, 1947, a native of Crowley, LA, to Ray and Anita (Scott) Toups. She married John Pyle III on December 24, 1965. While being a Navy wife, she raised three sons, and...
Mamie Marilyn Mailloux
Dec 21, 2018
Mamie M. Mailloux, 88, Vale, died Friday, December 21, 2018, in Sturgis. Visitation will be 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Thursday, December 27, at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. A Rosary will be offered at 7:00 p.m. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, December 28, 2018, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Sturgis. Burial will follow at...
William Everett Swesey
Dec 21, 2018
William "Billy" Everett Swesey, 86, Sturgis, died Friday, December 21, 2018, with his family by his side at the VA Black Hills Health Care Center at Fort Meade, SD. Visitation will be 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 26, at Kinkade Funeral Chapel. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, December 27, 2018, at Kinkade Funeral Chapel with Pastor...
Charlotte Lucille Taylor
Dec 20, 2018
Charlotte "Dolly" was born March 26, 1922, to Russell and Sarah (Humphrey) Olmstead of Carthage, SD. She was married to William Taylor June 3, 1939, in Carthage, where they lived and farmed until moving with their young family to Newcastle in 1950. Charlotte and Bill relocated to Missoula, MT, in 1968, and spent many happy years on their little...
