Joseph William Bogner
Dec 20, 2010
Joseph William Bogner was born at the Sisters Hospital in Hot Springs, SD, on April 16, 1931. He was the youngest of ten children born to August and Elizabeth Hesse Bogner. They lived 10 miles southwest of Oelrichs. Joe attended Chadron High School and graduated in 1949. He served in the Army from January 1952 until January 1954. He was...
Richard J. 'Dick' Hunter
Dec 19, 2010
Richard J. 'Dick' Hunter, age 85, of Hot Springs, SD, passed away December 17, 2010, at Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, SD. Dick was born on the family homestead in Ziebach County, SD, on August 9, 1925. His parents were Fred and Ruth Hunter. Dick attended grade school at a one-room country school in Ziebach County, SD, and...
Kenneth Harvey 'Ken' Granger
Dec 19, 2010
Kenneth Harvey 'Ken' Granger, age 63, passed away Sunday, December 19, 2010 at his home in Custer, SD. Kenneth was born September 5, 1947 in Mitchell, SD, to Marion F. and Lorraine (Swank) Granger. He was a 1965 graduate of Custer High School. He was employed with the Custer County Highway Department until his cancer made him unable to continue...
Dwayne 'Roger' Green
Dec 17, 2010
Dwayne 'Roger' Green, 84, of Hills City, SD, passed away December 17, 2010, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, SD. Roger is survived by his wife, Neoma of Hill City; two daughters, Rachel D. Green of Huron, SD; Rayne L. Dosch of Pierre, SD; and two grandchildren. Memorial Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, December...
Janis Mae Benson
Dec 14, 2010
Janis Mae Benson, age 75, of Hot Springs, SD, passed away Tuesday, December 14, 2010, at the Fall River Hospital in Hot Springs. Survivors include her daughter, Bonnie (Brad Exton) Benson of Hot Springs; half sisters, Sharon (Leroy) Ingrum of Port Angeles, WA and Cheryl Chastain of Darrington, WA. Memorial services will be held at a later date.
Mary Elizabeth Gausman
Dec 12, 2010
Mary Elizabeth Gausman, 91, of Custer, S.D., passed away Sunday, Dec. 12, at Custer Regional Senior Care in Custer, after a long battle with cancer. She was born to Eva Fern (Rodgers) and Arthur Bastian April 3, 1919, in Ft. Collins, Colo. She grew up on a ranch near Chugwater, Wyo. After high school, she earned her diploma from the...
Dorothy R. Zimmerman
Dec 10, 2010
Dorothy R. Zimmerman, age 85, of Custer, SD, passed away December 10, 2010 at Castle Manor in Hot Springs. SD. Dorothy is survived by her daughter, Diane Trithart of Custer; grandson, Tim (Kristina Hendrickson) Trithart of Rapid City, SD; great grand-children, Ella Blue Trithart and Sawyer Gray Trithart; sisters, Helen Burns McConnel of Pittsburg, PA, and Virginia Lunt of Johnstown,...
James Poscu Popescu
Dec 8, 2010
James Poscu Popescu, 78, Hot Springs, passed away Wednesday, December 8, 2010, at the Fort Meade Veterans Affairs Medical Center near Sturgis, SD. James was born September 6, 1932, in Plentywood, MT, to Poscu and Josephine (Westerling) Popescu. His mother died when he was 1 year old. His father and uncle 'Jim' raised him. After graduating from Plentywood High School...
Martha Pool Anderson
Dec 4, 2010
Born in Hot Springs, SD November 2, 1931; Died December 4, 2010—age 79 Completing her early education in the Hot Springs public schools and the Greeley, Colorado public schools, she received her undergraduate degree from Colorado A&M (now Colorado State University), specializing in occupational therapy. After interning at Bellevue Hospital in New York she completed residency requirements at the VA...
James William Blaine
Dec 3, 2010
James William (Jim) Blaine, 91, long-time Custer resident, died Friday, December 3, 2010, in his home of natural causes. He was born at Elk Mountain of pioneer parents on November 1, 1919. He was enlisted in the CCCs from 1938 to 1940. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the Navy where he served on a PBM as...
Viola Louise Albright
Dec 2, 2010
Viola Louise Albright, age 85, of Edgemont, SD, passed away Thursday, December 2, 2010, at the Castle Manor Nursing Home in Hot Springs, SD. Viola was born October 28, 1925, in Palmer, NE, to Henry and Lorna (Lewis) Hagen. She married Frank Albright June 29, 1947. Viola and Frank lived in Grand Island, NE, until 1952 when they moved to...
Bernice Miller
Dec 1, 2010
Bernice Fleming Miller, age 83, passed away Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at her home in Edgemont, SD. Bernice was born May 8, 1927, on a farm 12 miles northwest of Kimball, SD, to Richard and Delia (Foley) Fleming. She attended Brchan School until March of seventh grade, finishing school in Kimball and graduating in 1945. She received a two-year certificate...
Ronald Eugene Kane
Nov 29, 2010
Ronald Eugene 'Ron' Kane, age 71, of Hot Springs, SD, passed away Monday, November 29, 2010 at the Michael J. Fitzmaurice State Veterans Home in Hot Springs. He was born October 6, 1939, in Hot Springs to Joe A. and Marie (Marking) Kane. His younger years were spent on the family ranch in Niobrara County, Wyoming. Gene served two years...
Shirley Faye Denke
Nov 28, 2010
Shirley Faye Denke, 81, of Custer, SD, passed away while in hospice care at her home, on Sunday, November 28, 2010. Shirley was born July 12, 1929, in Dupree, SD, to Agnes Florence Marple (O'Donnell) and William Oscar Marple. She attended school through the 12th grade in Dupree, SD. She attained a nursing degree in Pierre, SD and practiced nursing...
Harold Everly Maudlin
Nov 24, 2010
Harold Everly Maudlin,91, passed away peacefully at Colonial Manor in Custer on Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. Harold was born on the Maudlin ranch in Custer County, SD on March 8, 1919 to Walt and Lucinda (Stevens) Maudlin. After graduating from Custer High School, he served with the United States Army during WWII from 1941 to his honorable discharge in 1945...
Debora Anne Middlebrook
Nov 22, 2010
Debora Anne Middlebrook, age 61, passed away Monday, November 22, 2010 at her home in Custer, SD. Debora was born April 22, 1949 in Pennington County, SD, to William H. and Macy May (Gieger) Middlebrook. Survivors include her friend and caretaker, Emma Rippe and her family Blair and Donna Waite and Jon Getz; four daughters, April (Mike) Cheney and their...
Lavona B. Uhl
Nov 21, 2010
Lavona B. Uhl, also known lovingly as "Tudy" by family and childhood friends, passed away on Sunday, November 21, 2010, at the South Dakota State Veterans Home in Hot Springs. Lavona was born at home on the family farm East of Crawford, Nebraska on June 30, 1926. She attended country school, graduated from Crawford High School, and received a teaching...
Erma Mae Gould
Nov 21, 2010
Erma Mae Gould, age 86, of Custer, SD, passed away Sunday, November 21, 2010, at Custer Regional Hospital in Custer. Erma was born May 1, 1924 in Creighton, SD, to Robert and Ida (Davis) Mitchell. Survivors include two daughters, Sandra (Marvin) Curl of Caro, MI; Karen (Jim) Knapp of Black Hawk, SD; eight grandchildren; five great grandchildren and very special...
