Joann Carol Bell
Dec 20, 2009
JoAnn Carol Bell of Edgemont, SD, passed away December 20, 2009, at Rapid City Regional Hospital surrounded by all of her children and numerous loved ones. JoAnn was born the ninth of ten children to William and Gzina (Muilenberg) Plooster, in Mitchell, SD, July 6, 1940. She came into the world with a bang and ascended into heaven with her...
Lyla Janet Johnson
Dec 19, 2009
Lyla Janet Johnson, 73, went to be with her Heavenly Father December 19, 2009. She passed away at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Lyla was born March 10, 1936, to Clyde and Ella Kelley on the family farm near Pleasanton, NE. She graduated from Litchfield High School in 1953. She attended Kearney State Teacher's College for two years earning an elementary...
Forrest Dale Dryden
Dec 19, 2009
Forrest D. 'Forry' Dryden of Oelrichs, SD, passed away on December 19, 2009, at the Chadron Community Hospital in Chadron, NE, surrounded by family at the age of 88. He was born on January 1, 1921, one mile from Oelrichs to Ralph and Alta (Milligan) Dryden. He graduated from Oelrichs High School in 1939. Forry loved to play basketball, football...
Frances Therese Ryan
Dec 19, 2009
Frances Therese Ryan, 82, of Custer passed away Saturday, December 19, 2009, at her home. She was born on October 3, 1927, in Nisland. The family moved to Rapid City where she attended Immaculate Conception Cathedral elementary and high schools. She graduated in 1945 and continued her education at St. John's Hospital School of Nursing. She served as a registered...
Agnes Jane Scott
Dec 15, 2009
Agnes Jane (Harris) Scott was born August 4, 1913, on a farm near Berea, Nebraska, the 10th of 11 children born to Abigail (Kennedy) Harris and Oscar Harris. The family lived on several farms as Oscar worked for the farmers in and around Berea, and farmed on his own. Agnes lived with her family one place in a sod house....
Sophie H. Murawski
Dec 13, 2009
Sophie H. Murawski, 85, of Custer, SD, passed away December 13, 2009, at the Custer Regional Senior Care Center in Custer. Sophie was born April 16, 1924, in Warsaw, Poland, to Joseph and Wanda (Milkowski) Prorok. She attended medical school via the underground during WWII until taken from her home and placed in a labor camp along with her mother....
Gordon Noel Edgar
Dec 9, 2009
Gordon Noel Edgar, 73, of Hot Springs, SD, passed away December 9, 2009, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Hot Springs. Gordon was born December 25, 1935 in Salt Lake City, UT, to Gordon E. and Helen (Christensen) Edgar. He served in the United States Navy from April 19, 1955, until his honorable discharge on April 13, 1959. He loved...
Dale Delos Webster
Dec 8, 2009
Dale Delos Webster of Oelrichs, SD, passed away on Tuesday, December 8, 2009, at Chadron Community Hospital surrounded by family at the age of 74. Dale was born on September 19, 1935, in Chadron, NE to Fern and Morris (Thain) Webster. He was raised on the ranch by his mother, Fern, and grandparents, Fred and Selma Humiston. Fred homesteaded the...
Philip Francis Mccauley
Dec 7, 2009
Philip Francis McCauley, 78, of Hot Springs, died December 7, 2009 at Fall River Hospital in Hot Springs, SD. Proud of his Celtic heritage, he was born to Irish immigrant parents, Philip & Elizabeth McCauley on May 28, 1931, in East Side Hospital on Manhattan Island in NY. As a child, he lived in New York City, NY; Lynn, MA;...
Charles Billy Slayton
Dec 7, 2009
Charles Billy "Bill" Slayton, age 78, passed away December 7, 2009 at his home in Custer, SD. Bill was born October 15, 1931 in Minturn, AR, to Lucion Garfield and Polly (Vinson) Slayton. On August 26, 1963 he married Delores June Ford. They shared many wonderful memories including the birth of a daughter and living in Europe for ten years....
Caroline Fey Hatton
Dec 5, 2009
Caroline Fey (Libby) Hatton, age 81, passed away at her home on December 5th, surrounded by friends and family. She was born December 17, 1927 in Chadron, Nebraska to Grace (Flickinger) and Fred Libby, long time residents of Custer, South Dakota. Caroline attended Black Hills State University, obtained her two-year teaching degree, and began a career in education teaching the...
Florella L. Wiley
Dec 4, 2009
Florella L. Wiley, age 79, of Hot Springs, SD was called to heaven December 4, 2009 at Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, SD. Florella was a beloved sister, mother, grandmother and aunt. She leaves behind one sister, Barbara Dolan (Clifford) Brown of Council Bluffs, IA; two sisters-in-law, Janet Evans Porter of Edgemont, SD; Marrietta Evans Morris of OR;...
Hazel Edna Doughty
Dec 4, 2009
Hazel Edna Doughty , age 81 of Hot Springs, SD, passed away December 4, 2009 at Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, SD Survivors include her husband of 62 years, Roy Doughty of Hot Springs; sons, Roy Dean Doughty (Patricia Keel) of Kentfield, CA; Timothy Michael Doughty (Kyllie) of Woodbury, KY; daughter Ella Louise Overturf (Dennis) of Le Claire,...
Henry Richard Bray
Nov 27, 2009
Henry Richard Bray, 76, of Edgemont, SD, passed away November 27, 2009, at the Fall River Hospital in Hot Springs, SD. Henry was born August 13, 1933, in Mitchell, NE, to Henry Woodrow and Helen (Drazey) Bray. He worked most of his life as an automobile mechanic. Henry is survived by one son, Ricky Bray of Hot Springs; one daughter,...
Lillian E. Schaffer
Nov 27, 2009
Lillian E. 'Lil' Schaffer, age 88 of Rapid City, SD, passed away November 27, 2009 at Hospice House in Rapid City. Lillian was born December 21, 1920 in St. Pall, MN to parents, John and Christina Johnson. She was the youngest of four children. In 1940, Lillian met Charles Arthur Schaffer. They decided to marry April 12, 1941 and lived...
Leonard Grant Wormstadt
Nov 23, 2009
Leonard Grant Wormstadt passed away on November 23, 2009 at his home in Spearfish, SD. Leonard was born on December 13, 1941 in Huron, SD to Walter and Lucille (Drumm) Wormstadt. He attended Hoskins one-room schoolhouse, which is now on display at the SD State Fairgrounds, until the ninth grade. He graduated from Huron High School in 1959. When he...
Mary Sue Hagenson
Nov 21, 2009
Mary Sue Hagenson, age 56, of Rapid City, SD, passed away November 21, 2009 at Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City. Mary Sue was born February 20, 1953 in St. Paul, MN to Leo and Mary C. (Yanz) Hagenson. She attended St. Coletta School for the handicapped in Jefferson, WI for six years beginning at age thirteen. She had...
Charles Martin 'Chuck' Braunersrither
Nov 15, 2009
Charles Martin 'Chuck' Braunersrither, 76, of Hot Springs, SD, passed away November 15, 2009, at the VA Black Hills Health Care System in Hot Springs. Charles was born April 1st, 1933. He was the eldest child of Anne Maple and Martin Braunersrither. He was brother to Opal, Dorothy, Donald, Dick, Colleen, Jim and Betty Ann. He married Joan Marchant on...
Sandra Kay Hansen
Nov 13, 2009
Sandra K. (Solheim) Hansen was born to Richard and Almina Solheim on May 30, 1940, in Sioux Falls, S.D., and passed away on November 13, 2009, in Hot Springs, S.D. Sandra was raised on a farm west of Garretson and graduated from Garretson High School in 1958 and Dakota State in 1962. On June 3, 1962, she was united in...
Ronald Eugene Wham
Nov 8, 2009
Ronald Eugene Wham, age 65, of Pierre, SD, passed away recently at Fort Pierre, SD. Ronald was born June 28, 1944 in Sandwich, IL to Richard and Phyllis (Wilson) Wham. He spent a lifetime of service to the Lord and others. He leaves behind his wife, Anne Wham; his son and daughter-in-law, Brian Wham and Jodi Quatmann of Parkville, MD;...
