Raymond Joseph Bachmeier
Sep 7, 2018
Ray was born June 14, 1936, at Vale, SD, to Lucas and Elizabeth (Werlinger) Bachmeier. He attended school in Sturgis, graduating from St. Martin's Academy in 1955. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in October 1955. He was stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base for 17 months before serving at Tokyo, Japan as a warehouse specialist with the...
Ray Clarence Edwards
Sep 6, 2018
Ray C. Edwards was born near Dupree to Clarke and Marie (Maynard) Edwards. He attended Lone Tree and Dupree schools. Ray worked as a truck driver, construction worker, owned Ray's Repair, parts manager for several Ford dealerships, owned pizza business, deputy sheriff, managed and maintenance at an apartment building, trainer at Northern Hills Training Center, and vehicle parts delivery...
Judy Lorine Horlick
Sep 6, 2018
Judy was born June 24, 1955, in O'Neill, NE, to Emil and Phyllis Slattery. Her early years were spent on several ranches throughout Nebraska, South Dakota, and Colorado. The family settled in Sterling, CO. Judy finished her high school education in Sterling, and then gave birth to her first daughter, Kim, on September 14, 1972. One year later, she...
Debra Kay Huwe
Sep 5, 2018
Debbie was born March 16, 1966, in Deadwood, SD, to Fredrick and Patricia (Dunn) Goff. Growing up in Sturgis, SD, she was a part of Job's Daughters and spent the summers camping with her family, as members of the Black Hills Hillbillies and Key City Ramblers Camping Clubs. She graduated from Sturgis Brown High School in 1985. After high...
Constance Eileen Ballou
Sep 3, 2018
Constance Eileen Ballou, 61, died in Upton, WY, on September 3, 2018. She was born October 13, 1956.
Galand Franklin Bohn
Sep 3, 2018
Galand was born May 31, 1928, in the original house on the homestead near Holmquist, SD, to Frank and Helen (Malloy) Bohn. He attended country school 1 mile from the farm, Butler High School, and then transferred to Webster High School to play drums and basketball. He graduated in 1945 and joined the National Guard in 1948. He enlisted...
Triena Mae Cunningham
Sep 2, 2018
Triena Mae Cunningham, 59, of Mitchell, SD, died at Avera Queen of Peace, Mitchell, on September 2, 2018.
Triena was born in Indiana to James and Edna (Stohler) Rigney on January 31, 1959.
She married Terry Cunningham on June 4, 1977.
William Warren Franklin
Sep 2, 2018
William was born July 8,1953, in Shreveport, Louisiana, Bill grew up in Jackson, MS. He graduated from Mississippi State and was commissioned into the Air Force where he served for 20 years.
William (Bill) Franklin passed away September 2, 2018, after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer.
He is survived by his wife, Laura Franklin;...
Joyce Evon Williams
Aug 26, 2018
Joyce Evon (Wester) Jones Williams was born in Nisland, SD, June 22, 1931, to Elmer Carl Wester and Bertha (Stoddard) Wester. In 1933, they moved to Sturgis, SD, where she attended school and graduated in 1950. She married Spencer Phillip Jones on September 5, 1951, and to this union four children were born; Norman Spencer, Robert Lee, Richard Leroy,...
John Neil Petree
Aug 25, 2018
John Neil "Johnny" Petree, 68. of Belle Fourche, SD, died August 25, 2018 at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs Hospital, Ft. Meade, SD.
Johnny was the third of 10 ten children born to Howard Lee and Shirley Marie (krauser) Petree. He was born in North Carolina. He served in the US Army during the Vietnam War.
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Merl Eugene Harp
Aug 22, 2018
Merl was the youngest of three children born to Edgar and Luella (Brookhart) Harp on April 2, 1927, in McCall, ID, at the family home. Merl graduated from Cascade High School in 1945. Immediately he enlisted in the United States Navy and was sent to San Diego, CA. He received his Certificate of Graduation by the Bureau of Medicine...
Frank Mathew Merchen
Aug 19, 2018
Frank Merchen was born July 5, 1935, in Murdo, SD, to James and Margret (Gibson) Merchen. Frank was the oldest of 10 children; 6 brothers and 3 sisters. Frank grew up in the Norris and Martin, SD, areas. He attended Bennett County High School. He excelled at playing football and track. Frank also loved to soup up cars for...
Orval Howard Doak
Aug 19, 2018
Orval Howard Doak, age 90, of Hot Springs, passed away on August 19, 2018, at the Michael J. Fitzmaurice State Home Veteran's Home in Hot Springs.
Orval was born on January 11, 1928, Logan Ohio, to Dale and Frances Doak. He served in the United States Navy from 1945, until his honorable discharge in 1948....
George Earl Waterson
Aug 19, 2018
George was born February 22, 1928, at Owanka, SD. He was the second of two children to Maude and William Waterson. George went to school as a child in Viewfield, SD, and attended high school in Sturgis, SD. In the second grade, George and his brother, Billie, rode a horse named "Bud," two miles to and from school. George...
Michelle Ann Goehner
Aug 17, 2018
Michelle was born in Deadwood, SD, on February 27, 1963, to Paul and Mary (Murphy) Burke of Whitewood. Michelle grew up in Whitewood and attended elementary school there. She graduated from Sturgis Brown High School in 1981, went to Black Hills State University and then went on to graduate from Western Dakota Tech as an LPN. She practiced nursing...
Marilyn Phyllis Bender
Aug 15, 2018
Marilyn Phyllis Graeber was born in Des Moines, IA, June 11, 1931, to Robert 'Hutch' Graeber and Mildred Grace Fausch. She was always proud of being born the same year 'The Star Spangled Banner' became our National Anthem! Growing up on a farm in Iowa during the Great Depression she learned the value and importance of family, faith, and...
Christine Dawn Engesser
Aug 14, 2018
"Tina" Engesser was born December 2, 1954, in Bonners Ferry, ID, to Reverend Earl Barnard and his wife, Joy Eve. She went to college in Missoula, MT, for a year, then transferred to Dawson Community College in Glendive, MT, because the love of her life was pursuing his rodeo career there. That miraculous spark between the two of them...
Merle Edward Vig
Aug 14, 2018
Merle Edward Vig was born July 25, 1936, in Faith, SD. He was the second of five children born to Cecil and Edith (Weiss) Vig, and was raised on the family ranch in Opal, SD. Elementary education included Vig School, Cecil Vig home, and Tama School. Merle attended Faith High School for three years and graduated from Newell High...
Janet Elaine Gehring
Aug 13, 2018
Janet Elaine Doan Gehring was born to Clarence and Florence (Miles) Doan on July 19, 1952, in Isabel, SD. Janet attended elementary school in Isabel, SD. Around the age of 10, Janet (and younger sister, Edith) moved with their Uncle Marvin and Aunt Donna (Miles) Bertsch after their Mom passed away. She attended junior high and high school in...
Morris Gene Hallock
Aug 11, 2018
Morris was born in Springview, NE, February 17, 1926, to George and Mae Hallock. His childhood consisted of the Depression, the Dust Bowl, and World War II. He graduated from Keya Paha County High School. Morris's middle name was optimism. His can-do and productive life has too many accomplishments to name. Morris joined the Navy in 1943 as a...
