Helmut Peter Augustin
Jan 6, 2013
Helmut 'Hal' Peter Augustin, age 83, of Hot Springs, SD, went to be with the Lord on January 6, 2013, at Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, SD. Hal was born December 25, 1929, in Heidelberg, West Germany to Peter and Elsa (Wappler) Augustin and immigrated to the United States in July of 1951. He married Dorann B. Wagner...
Morris 'Ferg' Dee Ferguson
Jan 2, 2013
Morris Dee 'Ferg' Ferguson, age 94, of Custer, SD, passed away January 2, 2013, at Custer Regional Senior Care in Custer. Ferg was born July 17, 1918, in Alvord, TX to John and Jewel (Howard) Ferguson. He served in the US Army from 1943 until 1946 and fought with the combat infantry in Europe during World War II, receiving a...
Morris G. Vetch
Dec 29, 2012
Morris G. Vetch, age 85, of Kadoka, SD, and formerly of Edgemont, SD, passed away December 29, 2012, at the Kadoka Nursing Home in Kadoka. Morris was born November 5, 1927, in Edmunds County, SD, to Anton and Mary (Kraft) Vetch. Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, January 4, 2012, at the Edgemont Cemetery in Edgemont, SD,...
Earl Harold Sheets
Dec 28, 2012
Earl Harold Sheets, 69, of Hot Springs, SD, passed away December 28, 2012, at the Fall River Hospital in Hot Springs. Earl was born in Custer County, August 3, 1943, to Glen and Leona (Rasmussen) Sheets of Hot Springs. Earl spent many of his younger years working on a dairy farm in eastern South Dakota. After moving back to Hot...
Dewey Lowell Trent
Dec 28, 2012
Dewey Lowell Trent, Oelrichs, went to live with his Heavenly Father on December 28, 2012 following a lengthy battle with cancer. He had been a resident of Hospice of the Hills, since February 8, 2012 where he quickly won the hearts of those who served him with his quick wit, sparkling eyes and infectious smile. The third child of Harry...
Winthrop 'Winnie' Maciejewski
Dec 27, 2012
Winthrop 'Winnie' Maciejewski, age 81, of Custer, SD, passed away December 27, 2012, at the Custer Regional Senior Care in Custer. Winnie was born April 30, 1931, in Merriman, NE, to Edward and Ethel (Hubbard) Maciejewski. In 1938, when he was 7 years old, he moved with his family to Martin, SD, where they lived on a farm raising cattle,...
Fredrick Michael 'Fred' Walgren, Jr.
Dec 25, 2012
Fredrick Michael 'Fred' Walgren, 92, of Hot Springs, SD, passed away December 25, 2012, at the VA Medical Center in Hot Springs. He was born December 18th, 1920, in Hay Springs, NE, to Fredrick Michael and Margaret (Linden) Walgren, Sr. where he was raised on a family farm/ranch. Fred proudly served in the United States Navy from 1942 until his...
Margaret 'Peggy' Rae Bockman
Dec 24, 2012
Margaret Rae 'Peggy' Bockman, age 76, of Hot Springs, SD, passed away December 24, 2012, at Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, SD. Survivors include sons, Bill (JoLynne) Bockman of Fairmont, MN; Steve (Margaret) Bockman of Greybull, WY; daughters, Tammy (Greg) Trout of Casper, WY; Lori (Mark) Peloquin of Casper; Jill (Alan) Siers of Loveland, CO; brother, William (Joan)...
Peter Anthony Stathis
Dec 22, 2012
Peter Anthony Stathis, age 78, of Hot Springs, SD, passed away December 22, 2012, at the VA Medical Center in Hot Springs. Survivors include his wife, Doris of Hot Springs; sons, Rick (Marcie) Stathis of Lakewood, CO; David (Pam) Stathis of Lakewood, CO; daughter, Lynette (Kenneth) Bloget of Hot Springs; step-sons, Dan Lien of Fredericksburg, VA; Scott (Debbie) Lien of...
Alfred E. Hatch
Dec 19, 2012
Alfred E. Hatch, age 81, of Hot Springs, SD, passed away December 19, 2012 at the VA Medical Center in Hot Springs. Alfred was born January 20, 1931, in Helena, MT, to Walter and Martha (Benton) Hatch, Sr. He served in the National Guard near the end of the Korean War, being called to active duty for the last 18...
Richard Brual Flora
Dec 19, 2012
Richard Bural Flora, age 71, of Rapid City, SD, passed away December 19, 2012, at Custer Regional Senior Care in Custer, SD. Survivors include his brother, Robert Lee Flora of CA; sister Grace (Sam) Fleming of Ashdown, AR; one niece and two nephews. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, December 20, 2012, at the Mt. Calvary Cemetery...
John 'Mike' Leroy Michaels
Dec 18, 2012
John LeRoy 'Mike' Michaels, age 90, formerly of Edgemont, SD, passed away December 18, 2012, at the State Veterans Home in Hot Springs, SD. Mike served in the US Army from 1942 until his honorable discharge in 1945. Survivors include his wife, Phyllis Michaels of Hot Springs; sons, Sidney (Susan) Michaels of Rapid City, SD; Rodney Michaels (Lori Brooks) of...
Claude Boyd King
Dec 17, 2012
Claude 'Boyd' King, age 86, of Chamberlain, SD, passed away on Monday, December 17, 2012, at Castle Manor Nursing Home in Hot Springs, SD. Boyd was born on a farm near Iona, SD, the third of four boys born to Edwin and Leona (Wallace) King. He spent his youth on his parent's farm in Hamill, SD, and was a graduate...
Clifford 'Cliff' Flanagan
Dec 11, 2012
C. Clifford 'Cliff' Flanagan born November 25, 1967, passed away of an accidental death in Black Hills, South Dakota on December 11, 2012. Devoted son of Dee Flanagan and Paul Flanagan (deceased); adored brother of: Paul (Susan), Michael, Bobby (Susan), Dolores, Mark (Donna), Kevin (Janelle); beloved Uncle of Isaac, Aretha, Brendan, Shane, Meghan, Rourke, Mark, and Kevin. Loved by many...
Darlene K Roeser
Dec 8, 2012
Darlene Roeser-Fechner, 64, of Custer, SD, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, December 8, 2012, at her home in Custer. Darlene was born July 19, 1948, to Evelyn Fechner-Bennett and Ruben Fechner in Wagner, SD. During 1958, the Fechner family moved to Custer where Darlene grew up, attended school, and met her beloved husband Keith Roeser of Spooner, WI. Darlene and Keith...
Joseph D. Price
Dec 7, 2012
Joseph D. Price of Custer, SD, passed away peacefully at Custer Regional Senior Care, Friday December 7, 2012. Joseph and my mom and family were devote Catholics, with family members as clergy. Joe was born August 21, 1921, in O'Neil, NE, to Earnest and Mary Elizabeth (Nauchman )Price, His seven brothers, Mom and Dad were farmers., Joe served in the...
Esther Porter
Dec 7, 2012
Esther Ruth Porter, 87, died peacefully in her sleep of natural causes on December 7, 2012, at her home in Edgemont. Esther was married for 66 years to Harry Edsel Porter of Edgemont; and is the mother of Terry Lee (Wally) Durham of Palos Verdes Estates, CA; Douglas Porter of San Antonio, TX; Michael (Tamara) Porter of Spearfish, SD; eight...
Frank Edward Hamilton
Dec 2, 2012
Frank Edward Hamilton, aged 89, of Hot Springs, SD, passed away December 2, 2012 at the VA Medical Center in Hot Springs. Frank was born near Lees Creek, AR on March 31, 1923 to Louis and Clara Mae (Wieberg) Hamilton. As a young child, his family moved to Woods Landing, WY, where his mother later died in childbirth. Frank grew...
Mable Irene Einspahr
Dec 1, 2012
Mable Irene Einspahr, age 91, of Hot Springs, SD, died Dec. 1, 2012. Mable was born May 27, 1921, to Howard and Mary Ireland in Vian, NE. Mable was the 7th of 14 children. She graduated high school in Chester, NE in 1938. On May 27, 1940, Mable married Otto Einspahr in Valentine, NE. They farmed south of Mission, SD,...
Wilma Jacobson
Dec 1, 2012
Mrs. Wilma M. Jacobson, of Hot Springs, SD, passed away at the Custer Regional Senior Care Center in the early morning on Dec 1st, 2012. Mrs. Jacobson was born and raised in Plattsmouth, Ne. Following high school, she earned her nursing degree at Clarkson Memorial Hospital where she met her future husband, Dr. T.R. Jacobson. They were married at the...
