Frances Helen Oaks
Feb 27, 2010
Frances Helen Oaks of Hot Springs passed away Saturday, February 27, 2010, at Castle Manor Nursing Home in Hot Springs. She was 101 years old. Frances was born on November 4, 1908, in Sioux County, Iowa, to Chris and Anna (Hazlitt) Koltze. She lived near Fairview, S.D., until she was six years old. She attended Oakland school for one year....
Earl Wayne Long
Feb 26, 2010
Earl Wayne Long, 78, of Hot Springs, SD, went home to the Lord February 26, 2010, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Earl, son of Oval Raymond "Pappy" and Lucille (Cope) Long, was born in Hot Springs, SD. Earl was the youngest of three children, having an older bother Ralph "Chub" Long and older sister Ethel Long. The three rode horse...
Roger David Carbaugh
Feb 26, 2010
Roger David Carbaugh, 56, passed away February 26, 2010, at his home in Hot Springs, SD. Roger was born in Denver, CO, March 19, 1953, to Elmo and Violet Mae (Pixler) Braden. Roger served in the United States Air Force from February 10, 1974 until his honorable discharge on February 10, 1978. Roger took great pride in his family and...
Ovid S. 'Bozo' Mccoy
Feb 26, 2010
Ovid S. 'Bozo' McCoy, 92, of Newcastle, WY, passed away February 26, 2010, at the Weston County Manor Nursing Home in Newcastle. He was born December 2, 1917, at Middlebourne, West Virginia to Ira and Alma (McIntyre) McCoy. Bozo was educated in Oklahoma. He spent three years in the United State Army where he earned three bronze stars, including the...
Alta Mae Biever
Feb 25, 2010
Alta Mae Biever, 100, Hot Springs, SD, died Thursday, February 25, 2010, at Castle Manor Nursing Home, Hot Springs. Alta Mae was born in Edgemont, SD, on April 28, 1909, to Anna Amanda (Adams) and Charles Henry Petro. They were one of Fall River County's pioneer families and Alta Mae lived her entire life in Fall River County. She attended...
Trisha Lynn Palmer
Feb 23, 2010
Trisha Lynn Palmer, 38, passed away February 23, 2010, at her home in Hot Springs, SD Trisha is survived by her husband, Aaron Palmer of Custer, SD; sons, Forrest (Miranda) Montgomery of Hattiesburg, MS; Brett Lee; Eli Lee and Bailey Lee all of Yucca Valley, CA; daughters, Alexandra Lee and Lindsey Lee of Yucca Valley, CA; mother. Susan Halderman of...
Genevieve G. Harris
Feb 22, 2010
Genevieve G. Harris, 87, of Hot Springs, SD, passed away February 22, 2010, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, SD. Genevieve was born January 19, 1923, in Rushville, NE, to Thomas and Gladdis (Bruce) Mulcahy. She attended rural schools in Sheridan County, NE and graduated high school in 1941 from Gordon High School. Genevieve was married to...
Samuel Frank Scott
Feb 20, 2010
Samuel Frank Scott, 83, long time Custer businessman, was born October 5, 1926, to Frank Samuel and Evelyn (Robinson) Scott in Hot Springs, SD. He attended schools in Hot Springs and Custer and graduated in 1944 from Hot Springs High School. He enlisted in the US Navy in 1944, served as medical technician and was honorably discharged. In 1946, Sam...
Ted L. Dryden
Feb 19, 2010
Ted L. Dryden, 80, of Oelrichs, SD, died Friday, February 19, 2010, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital with his family by his side. Ted was born July 26, 1929, to Ralph and Alta (Milligan) Dryden. He spent most of his life in Fall River County. Ted and his brothers helped his dad on the ranch. He graduated from Oelrichs...
Gladys Irene Winkler
Feb 18, 2010
Gladys Irene Winkler, of Hot Springs, passed away February 19, 2010, at the Castle Manor Nursing Home in Hot Springs, SD. She was 85 years old. Gladys was born on June 24, 1924 in Tuthill, SD, to Frank and Mary Gertrude (Parks) Hoyt and grew up in the Crawford, NE, area. Gladys met the love of her life, Sennett (Wink)...
Charlotte Josephine Andersen
Feb 7, 2010
Charlotte Josephine Andersen, age 81, of Edgemont, SD, passed away February 7, 2010, at the Weston County Manor Nursing Home in Newcastle, WY. Charlotte was born August 19, 1928 in Newcastle, WY to Tobias and Elizabeth (Cullum) Kaiser. She spent her life in the Newcastle WY area where her family ranched. As a young teenager she moved with her family...
Dorothy E. Eirich
Feb 6, 2010
Dorothy Edna Eirich, age 91, died in her sleep February 6, 2010, at her home at the Pine Hills Retirement Community, Hot Springs, SD. Dorothy was born May 5, 1918, at St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of William and Elsie (Moeller) Wurl. Her son, Wayne, adds this: "God saw that she was getting tired, and a cure was not to...
Everett T. Gillis
Feb 6, 2010
Everett T. Gillis, 102, of Hot Springs, SD, passed away February 6, 2010, at the Fall River Hospital in Hot Springs. Everett was born on April 23, 1907, in the "middle of Fall River County". He spent all but a few years right in Fall River County. He attended grade school at Fairview School on Sorghum Flat and then graduated...
Robert Alton 'Bob' Johnson
Feb 3, 2010
Robert Alton (Bob) Johnson, 52, of Hot Springs, SD passed away February 3, 2010 at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Hot Springs. Bob was born January 7, 1958 in Minneapolis, MN, to Robert H. and Lois (Hartneck) Johnson. He attended Park Center High School in Brooklyn Park, MN. Bob received his Bachelors of Applied Studies from the University of...
Mildred Alice Biltoft
Feb 3, 2010
Mildred Alice Biltoft, 92, of Edgemont, SD, passed away February 3, 2010 at Custer Regional Senior Care Center in Custer, SD. Mildred was born November 9, 1917 in Cherry County, Nebraska to Alfred and Lena (Hoffman) Rogers. On July 5, 1938, she married Richard Louis Biltoft in Valentine, NE. She worked at the Black Hills Army Depot. She was a...
Dorothy June Voorhees
Feb 2, 2010
Dorothy June Voorhees was born April 2, 1926 to Harry and June (Larson) Treloar in Colton, SD, and went to be with her Lord, February 2, 2010. Our mother was a woman of unshakable faith, devoted to Prayer and Bible study. As a wife and mother, her love was unconditional. Her words of instruction were wise and truthful, given in...
Franklin 'Frank' D. Burgess
Jan 30, 2010
Franklin, (Frank) D. Burgess, gathered his bedroll, saddled up one last time and continued his journey to that distant ridge on January 30, 2010. Frank was born on August 31,1942, to Ed Burgess and Mary McCray in Hot Springs S.D. Growing up on horseback from a young age, he was raised by his Grandparents in the Pleasant Hills country east...
Alice J. 'A.J.' Fraas
Jan 25, 2010
Alice J. "A.J." Fraas, age 78, of Hot Springs, SD, died January 25, 2010 at her home in Hot Springs. She was born December 23, 1931, in Columbus, OH and was the daughter of W. Lester and Carolyn Griffith. She lived in Ohio until moving with her husband and children to South Dakota in 1973. A.J. graduated from Worthington High...
Stanley Gardener Snider
Jan 25, 2010
Stanley Gardner Snider, 70, of Custer, SD, passed away January 25, 2010, at Custer Regional Senior Care in Custer. He was born on June 22, 1939 in Maywood, NE to Charles Nelson and Daisie (Gardner) Snider. The family moved to Fort Lupton, CO in 1942, where Stanley attended school and made many friends. He served in the US Army taking...
Raymond Allen Petersen
Jan 22, 2010
Raymond Allen (Pete) Petersen, 83, died at his home in Hot Springs and went to be with the Lord on Jan. 22, 2010. Ray was born December 30, 1926, to Lester and Ida Petersen in Martin, SD. Ray proudly served his country during and after World War II as he performed duties in Japan and Germany. Ray married Delores Russell...
