Gleva May Stafford
Mar 15, 2019
Gleva was born April 25, 1954, along with her twin brother, Eddie. They were the first twins to be born in the Sturgis Hospital. She grew up on a farm in Hereford, SD, and moved with her family to Sturgis her sophomore year of high school in 1969. She graduated from Sturgis Brown High school in 1972, after which...
Floyd Allen Casteel
Mar 15, 2019
Floyd was born to Carl and Rosanna (Fonck) Casteel on December 28,1947. He went to school in Sturgis until 8th grade, when he quit to help his mom. He married Janice Hayford on August 26, 1971. From this union came two children. Floyd joined the Army in 1967. He was stationed in Korea where he met many friends. Once...
Steven Llewellyn Gruetzmacher
Mar 14, 2019
Steven Llewellyn Gruetzmacher, 70, of New Underwood, SD, died Thursday, March 14, 2019, at his place of residence. Steve was born October 29, 1948 in Madison, WI, to Llewellyn "Jim" and Alleda (Nelson-Lützow) Gruetzmacher. He graduated from East High School, Rockford, IL, in 1966. Steve served in the United States Air Force from 1969-1973. He was a Green Bay...
Floretta Ellen Moore
Mar 13, 2019
Ellen was born May 17, 1923, to Joseph and Lillian (White) Bunn in Wood Lake, NE. She graduated from Johnstown High School. On July 12, 1941, she married Donald Moore in Ainsworth, NE. Together they raised four children in Newell, SD. In her early years, Ellen assisted Don with bookkeeping at Moore's Auto Body Shop in Newell. Later on,...
Elizabeth Ann Chihak
Mar 13, 2019
Elizabeth "Betty" Ann Evans was born in Jamestown, ND, on October 7, 1930, to Ford and Catherine (Morrison) Evans, the 2nd of two children; her older brother, James Evans, and herself where her folks managed a Singer Sewing Machine center. They moved to Rapid City, SD. Here she took great pride at attending Garfield Elementary School and later to...
Dennis John Harris
Mar 12, 2019
Dennis John Harris was born January 29, 1939, in Viola, WI, to Ardellis Harris. He was active in sports and played the saxophone in high school. He graduated from the Gays Mill High School in Grove, WI. After High School, he and his mother moved to Sturgis, SD, and it was here that he met the love of his...
Richard Arnold Bigler
Mar 12, 2019
Richard "Dick" Bigler, 89, of Piedmont, SD, passed away Thursday, March 12, 2019, at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, MN. Dick was born May 3, 1929, in Eagle Butte to John and Leta (Reed) Bigler. As a young boy, he told of herding sheep for his dad. He served several years in the Navy, stationed in California. On November...
Brenda Colleen Price
Mar 12, 2019
Brenda was born July 13, 1952, at Faith, SD, to Emery and Dorothy (Harvey) Sternad. She grew up between Opal and Red Owl, on Pine Creek. She attended country school for eight years and graduated from Faith High School in 1970. Brenda worked for Jake and Pauline Block while in high school. After graduation, she moved to Sturgis where...
Charlotte Faye Jordan
Mar 11, 2019
Charlotte Faye Jordan was born April 4, 1939, in Mobridge, SD, to Frank and Agnes Mary (Shynarek) Peterson, the younger of two children. She and her older brother, Dean, grew up and graduated high school in Eagle Butte, SD, where their father, Frank, worked for the railroad. Charlotte married Richard Anderson in 1958, and though the marriage was not...
James Lee Chapman
Mar 9, 2019
This one is for you Doc. Father, grandfather, great-grandfather, son, brother, son-in-law, husband, friend; and AKA Ben Johnson. Let's celebrate the passing of James Lee Chapman by celebrating a story of his life. Please join in with a short story of your own. All who knew, Jim or Doc, had an opportunity to be regaled by his words of...
Tilford Leroy Scofield
Mar 9, 2019
Leroy was born at his folk's ranch house, 5 miles east of Govert, SD, on October 5, 1932. In 1946, his family moved to Newell, where he continued his education. Leroy then moved to Ludlow and worked for 3 years before joining the Army in 1953. He was stationed in Aschaffenburg, Germany as an Artillery Operations and Intelligence Specialist....
Connie Lou Komes
Mar 6, 2019
Connie Lou Wenzel was born August 2, 1947, to Walter L. and Helen (Dutton) Wenzel of rural Bixby, SD. Her first years were on ranches in Perkins County, and in 1954, her family purchased and moved to a ranch in Enning, SD. She attended Enning and Sunnyslope Schools through the 8th grade and graduated from Sturgis High School in...
Carl John Wahl
Mar 4, 2019
Carl John Wahl was born July 2, 1938, in Quinn, SD, to John George and Ella Marie (Johannesen) Wahl. He grew up on the family ranch west of Union Center and graduated from Sturgis High School in 1955. He attended the Ag Program at SDSU. Later, he joined the Air Force, which took him many places, including Guam and...
Lucia May Yeager
Mar 2, 2019
Lucia was born to Claire Drake and Avis (Gould) Drake on June 22, 1923, in Archer, NE, (a town that no longer exists). During her early years, she lived in Nebraska, South Dakota, and Newcastle, WY. Her father was a blacksmith and worked where he was needed - a lot of the time for her grandfather, Charles Gould, in...
Marylin Jo Mcdaniels
Mar 1, 2019
MaryLin McDaniels, 72, Rapid City, passed away peacefully at home with her family by her side on March 1, 2019, after losing her battle with cancer. MaryLin was born October 7, 1946, in Hot Springs, SD, to Rose and Felton Willoughby. She lived in several places growing up; Chadron, NE, Manitou, CO, and Oelrichs, SD, where she was raised...
Ralph David Keffeler
Mar 1, 2019
Ralph David Keffeler was born in Sturgis, SD, on January 22, 1937, to John and Mary (Grubl) Keffeler. He attended school through the 8th grade at the Lower Alkali School. Later, he worked hard, studying on the floor with the kids to obtain his GED. Ralph married Betty Ann Harwood on June 10, 1957, at the St. Francis of...
Cedric Martin Goodman
Feb 27, 2019
Cedric "Sid" M. Goodman, Sr., was born March 17, 1941, at Fort Yates, ND, to Daniel V. Goodman, Sr., and Sophia Long Bull-Goodman. Sid, as most friends knew him, made the pilgrimage to Igloo Army Depot with his parents, his aunt, Sarah Long Bull, and three older brothers (Vincent, Dan Jr., and Herb) where his father served as a...
Marlene Lorraine Popham
Feb 25, 2019
Marlene was born September 25, 1932, in Sundance, WY, to Joseph and Myrtle (Hutchins) Frank. Her father died and her mother married Henry Page who raised her like his own. Marlene graduated from Sundance High School. Marlene married Gerald "Buster" Popham on February 6, 1952, in Newcastle, WY. They lived in Gering, NE, and Sundance, WY. She worked as...
Loretta Luella (Walker) Moser
Feb 23, 2019
Loretta Luella (Walker) Moser passed away February 23, 2019, at Chateau Living, Lake San Marcos, CA. She was 89 years old. Loretta was born September 24, 1929, to Samuel and Christina (Oswald) Walker in Selfridge, ND, where her father owned the local hardware store. In 1934, the family moved to Lodi, CA. The move was short-lived, as Loretta's father...
Ervin Edwin Palmer
Feb 22, 2019
Ervin E. Palmer was born January 8, 1931, in Wessington Springs, SD, to Elbert and Mary (Dey) Palmer. Ervin grew up on the farm with his brothers and sisters. He graduated from Wessington Springs High School in 1949. On November 13, 1950, Ervin was united in marriage to Ethelyn "Sallie" Kjeldseth. Shortly after their marriage, they moved to Huron...
