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...
Dennis Layne Pueppke
Nov 19, 2010
Dennis Layne Pueppke, age 78, of Hot Springs, SD, passed away Friday, November 19, 2010, at the State Veterans Home in Hot Springs. Dennis was born December 11, 1931, in Osmond, NE, to Alva and Adaline (Kumm) Pueppke. He served in the United States Air Force from 1949 until his honorable discharge in 1953. Survivors include his brothers, Don Pueppke...
William Perricone
Nov 18, 2010
William Perricone, age 84, of Custer, SD, passed away Thursday, November 18, 2010, at the Custer Regional Hospital in Custer. He was born February 14, 1926, in St. Louis, IL, to Leo and Hazel (McGee) Perricone. William proudly served in the United States Navy from 1943 until his honorable discharge in 1963. Survivors include his son, Michael Perricone of San...
Raymond Sylvester Holloway
Nov 14, 2010
Raymond Sylvester Holloway, of Smithwick, SD, passed away November 14, 2010 at Hospice of the Black Hills in Rapid City, SD. He was born July 31, 1927 to William and Carrie (Ingenthon) Holloway in Presho, SD. He joined brothers Kenneth, Vernon and Donald and later Dallas completed the family. He met the love of his life, Bonnie, they were married...
Darlene Bertha Bastian
Nov 11, 2010
Darlene Bertha Bastian, 88, of Edgemont, S.D., passed away Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. She was born to John and Bertha (Kemper) Gausman August 27, 1922 in Seward County, Neb. Darlene grew up on a farm near Milford, Neb., and was the youngest of eight children. After high school, she attended the University of Nebraska, Lincoln...
Doris Evon Ross Haug
Nov 10, 2010
Doris Evon Ross Haug, devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, passed from this life on November 10, 2010, near her home in Hot Springs, SD. Doris and her best friend and husband, Edward (Sandy) Haug, have lived happily outside of Hot Springs in a lovely and peaceful area of the Black Hills since 2000. Doris was born on March...
Franklin Delano Mayer
Nov 9, 2010
Franklin D. Mayer, age 77, of Custer, SD, passed away Tuesday, November 9, 2010, at Custer Regional Hospital. He was born June 1, 1933, on the home farm in Edmonds County, SD, as the fifth child of Jacob J. and Anna Mary (Nehlich) Mayer. On December 28, 1953, he married Florence Butler in Aberdeen, SD. Franklin worked most of his...
Dorothy Helen Gordon
Nov 9, 2010
Dorothy Helen Gordon, age 86, a lifelong resident of Hot Springs, SD, was called home to Heaven on November 9, 2010. Dorothy was born April 8, 1924, to Rex and Rose (Mueksch) Sexton in Hot Springs. She grew up on the family farm located on Cascade Road, south of Hot Springs. Dorothy attended Sheps Canyon School for 8 years. She...
Kenneth Monroe Ackman, Sr.
Nov 5, 2010
Kenneth Monroe Ackman, Sr., age 80, of Custer, SD, passed away November 5, 2010, at the Custer Regional Senior Care Center in Custer. Kenneth proudly served in the United States Navy during the Korean War from September 4, 1947, until his honorable discharge on August 29, 1951. He is survived by his wife, Sandra of Custer; three daughters, Lisa Johnson...
Stanley David 'Stan' Bejeski
Nov 3, 2010
Stanley David 'Stan' Bejeski, 62, of Hot Springs, SD, passed away November 3, 2010, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center at Ft. Meade, SD. Stanley was born December 18, 1947 in Boston, MA to Stanley B. and Margaret V. (Iandoli) Bejeski. Stan proudly served in the United States Air Force from December 10, 1968, until his honorable discharge on April...
Evelyn Loraine Kester
Oct 27, 2010
Evelyn Loraine Kester, age 86, of Sebastopol, CA, passed away October 27, 2010 at Fircrest Convalescent in Sebastopol, CA. Survivors include her husband of 63 years, Lewis Kester; five children, Carol Jorgensen Hunt; Ron Kester; Linda Kruzic; Darrel Kester; Barbara Cassidy; nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Evelyn was preceded in death by two sons, Alan Kester and Gary Kester....
Molly Gale Wilson
Oct 27, 2010
Molly Gale Wilson, age 72, of Custer, SD, passed away Wednesday, October 27, 2010, at Custer Regional Hospital in Custer. Molly was born April 9, 1938 in Laramie, WY, the daughter of William and Anita Pacot. She married Robert Hendrickson in December 1956, where they were business partners in Custer. She and Gary Wilson were married in Custer by Bill...
Josephine 'Jo' Edith Sheets
Oct 26, 2010
Josephine (Jo) Sheets, Custer, died peacefully October 26, 2010 in Custer at Custer Regional Senior Care. Josephine Elliott was born November 11, 1911, in Fulton, South Dakota, daughter of Albert A. and Edith Maybell Wright Elliott. With her older brother, Milton, sister, Grace and twins, Morris and Doris, she grew up following the railroads in Hitchcock, Redfield and Custer. Her...
Arlene Marie Perricone
Oct 22, 2010
Arlene Marie Perricone, age 85, passed away Friday, October 22, 2010, at her home in Custer. SD. Arlene is survived by her husband, William of Custer; son, Michael Perricone of San Diego, CA; daughter, Jacqueline Gaasterland of Billings, MT, and four grandchildren. At Arlene's request no services were held. Burial was at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis, SD. Arrangements...
Levi Linton 'Buster' Schaffer
Oct 22, 2010
Levi L. (Buster) Schaffer, age 85, of Hot Springs, SD, left this world on angel wings to be with his Savior in Heaven on October 22, 2010, at VA Medical Center in Hot Springs after suffering a brief illness. Buster was born at Faulkton, SD, on April 29, 1925, to Rose (Schmitgall) and Augustus Schaffer, the fifth of six children....
