Obituaries

Jun 28, 2018

Maynard Bailey "Mike" Briggs, 93, of Piedmont, SD, died June 28, 2018 at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Fort Meade, SD.

He was born in South Dakota to George William and Inez Elsie (Collins) Briggs on March 23, 1925.

He was married to Mary La Rea (De Haven) Briggs. His wife preceded him death in...

Jun 27, 2018

Richard Wade Reutner, 85, of Gillette died Wednesday, June 27, 2018, at the VA Black Hills Health Care System's Fort Meade, South Dakota, campus.

Jun 25, 2018

Terry G. Mahaffy was born March 13, 1943, in Faith, SD, to Theodore E. and Marie (Foote) Mahaffy.  He grew up on the family ranch near Marcus, SD, on Sulphur Creek and attended country school at Howie School.

His love of trucking started in 1963 when he bought his first gravel truck in Sioux Falls, SD.  This...

Jun 25, 2018

A dedicated wife, loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother in life, Marcella was born January 10, 1927, in Kingman, KS, to Benedict and Genevieve Wieser. As a young girl, her family moved to New Underwood, SD, and set up operations on a ranch that has stayed in the family to this day. She met her husband, Robert Marvin Skinner, and...

Jun 24, 2018

Carla Ann Caneva, 76, of Deadwood died Sunday, June 24, 2018, at Lead-Deadwood Regional Hospital after a courageous battle with neuroendocrine cancer. She is survived by her children: Brandon (Laura) Caneva of Sturgis and their children, Connor and Annika; Deana (Moses) Ward of Lead, SD, and their children, Evan, Isabel, and Quinn; and Collin (Angie) Caneva of Lincoln, NE,...

Jun 24, 2018

Phyllis Marian Oliver was born August 30, 1932, to Lemuel McMains and Florence (Bronson) McMains in Belle Fourche, SD. Phyllis graduated from Newell School and married Dean Oliver, right out of high school in December 1950. They had 63 years of wedded bliss before Dean passed away in June of 2015 (okay, it wasn't all bliss!). The couple moved...

Jun 24, 2018

James Henry Whitaker, 64, of Anderson, passed away on June 24, 2018, at Fort Meade VA Medical Hospital, Sturgis, South Dakota.

He was born on April 3, 1954, in Anderson, Indiana. James graduated from Mountain Home High School in Mountain Home, Arkansas. He served his country in the Navy. He was a concrete pourer. He was a...

Jun 24, 2018

Ronald C. "Ronnie" Anders was born May 22, 1929, to Carl & Alice (Edwards) Anders, and was raised in the Marcus, SD, area where he worked on various ranches. On September 21, 1949, he married Wanda Raetz in Sturgis, SD, and began their life together. In 1952, he got his first truck and started hauling gravel for various contractors....

Jun 21, 2018

Janet was born September 19, 1959, in Sturgis, SD, to William Howard and Alyce (Sparks) Boyer. Janet was called home to be with her parents on June 21, 2018, at Sturgis Regional Hospital. She fought a short battle with cancer. Janet met the love of her life, Dave Schone, on a blind date with her sister, Jill. They fell...

Jun 19, 2018

Harland Thomas Hermann, Sr., was born in Lincoln, NE, raised in rural Nebraska and graduated from Valley High School in 1936 at the age of 16. He completed his undergraduate degree in pre-med from the University of Nebraska Lincoln in 1939, and completed his doctorate in medicine from the University of Nebraska Omaha in 1943. He was the first...

Jun 18, 2018

Harlean Joan Engstrom was born December 19, 1940, to Robert and Marie (Rein) Yekel. She graduated from Bayard High School in 1958. She graduated from West Nebraska Hospital School of Nursing in 1961 and enjoyed many years of working as a Registered Nurse. Harlean was blessed with a son, Russell Allen, September 11, 1968. She married Bill Engstrom November...

Jun 13, 2018

Mary Ann was born January 2, 1956, in Rapid City, SD. Mary Ann Adams, 62, Deadwood, died Wednesday, June 13, 2018, at Deadwood Regional Hospital. She is survived by her husband, Mike Adams, Deadwood; daughter, Jennifer Broadbent and Kevin Carrier, McKinney, KY; her father, Nels Johnson, Rapid City; two sisters, Jackie (Dick) Podgett, Casper, WY, and Jan Lubin, Novato,...

Jun 13, 2018

Jacen Bradley Stott, 61, of Odessa, TX, died June 13, 2018, Piedmont, SD

Jacen was born in Missouri to Paul and Betty (Crow) Stott, October 13, 2018.

Jun 12, 2018

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Jun 12, 2018

Kyle was born in Rapid City, SD, to Jill and Tim Stumpf on December 17, 1993. Kyle was a graduate of Sturgis Brown High School in 2012. He loved football, weightlifting, was an avid "gamer" and most recently took up the game of golf. He was currently employed at the City of Sturgis Water Department. We cannot begin to...

Jun 10, 2018

This is the dash of Lenore "Lonnie" Helene Levy. Lonnie was a beautiful woman that was loved, is missed, and will always be cherished. She was a devout wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Her story begins on August 27, 1939. She was born the second of four children to Alex and Anna Malenosky in Sioux City, IA. At a...

Jun 9, 2018

Betty Louise Bennett, 95, of Newell, SD, died June 9, 2018 at Belle Fourche Healthcare Community, Belle Fourche, SD.

Betty was born in New York to George and Mary (Sarbon) Atkins on June 16, 1922.

Jun 9, 2018

Gary was born May 11, 1944, in Sioux Falls, SD to Rosella (Tokheim) Pletan and Burnette Pletan. Gary married Pam Ortman of Canistota June 14, 1969. Gary spent his childhood in Canistota, SD, and graduated from Canistota High School. He graduated from Huron College in 1967. After graduation he taught school in Clear Lake, SD, for several years. He...

Jun 6, 2018

Dorothy was born June 14, 1926, to Ray and Alva (Bekken) Horton in Zeona, SD.

Dorothy was a jack of all trades and a master of some!

Whether she was your 1 st grade Sunday school teacher or made your (angel food) wedding cake, made sure your car was fixed at Ray's Repair in the...

Jun 6, 2018

Graham was born on May 28, 1926, in Saginaw Michigan. He spent his youth enjoying the beautiful outdoors and lake country with his parents Howard and Bernice (Graham) Chesnut and sisters, Joanne and Marilyn. After graduating from Marysville, Michigan High school, he served in the U.S. Navy during WWII in the South Pacific. When the war ended, he was...