Mildred C. Zadel
Jul 13, 2009
Mildred C. Zadel, age 91, of Rapid City, SD, and formerly of Clifton County, CO, passed away Monday, July 13, 2009 at Hospice House of the Black Hills in Rapid City. Mildred is survived by one brother, Eugene Arthur, and one sister, Leona Best, both of Rapid City. She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Theresa Arthur;...
Merle Allison Kezar
Jul 13, 2009
Merle A. Kezar, 78, of Hot Springs, SD, died on Monday, July 13, 2009, at the V.A. Hospital in Hot Springs after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born February 19, 1931 to Norbert and Blanche (Pike) Kezar, in Belvidere, South Dakota. A graduate of Belvidere High School, Merle enlisted in the Air Force and enjoyed 21 years of...
Helen Lucille Mcgeeney
Jul 7, 2009
Helen Lucille (Shehi) McGeeney, 91, of Louisburg, KS, and formerly of Custer, SD, died on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at Louisburg Care Center. She was born on January 8, 1918 near Westmoreland, KS, the youngest of five children of John Andrew "Jack" and Johanna "Josie" Kennedy Shehi. She attended grammar school at Spring Creek School which her grandfather, George Washington...
Marjorie Jean Parker
Jul 2, 2009
Marjorie Jean Parker departed her earthly home in Custer, SD on Thursday 2 Jul 2009; just eight days shy of her 89th birthday. She was born to Willard B. Ward and Gertrude M. Lahr Ward on 10 Jul 1920 in Ames, Iowa. She grew up in West Lafayette, Indiana, graduating from Purdue University with B.S. in Life Science Studies in...
Mary Margaret Popescu
Jun 30, 2009
Mary Margaret Popescu, age 78, of Hot Springs, SD, passed away Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at Golden Living Center-Bella Vista in Rapid City, SD. Margaret was born July 1, 1930 in Raymond, MT to Carl and Antionette (Corckery) Stadstad. She attended grade school there. She attended Plentywood High School 1948. On August 24, 1955 she married James Pascu Popescu in...
Ruth Nancy Baldwin
Jun 28, 2009
Ruth 'Nancy' Baldwin, of Hot Springs SD, died June 28, 2009 at the Dorsett Regional Senior Care Center in Spearfish, SD. She was 86 years old. She now resides in Heaven. Nancy was born April 11, 1923 to Byers and Celia (Brimmer) Reed in Huron, SD. Beginning the third grade, she moved to Pierre, SD. She then moved to Hot...
Linda Klippenstein
Jun 25, 2009
Linda Epp Klippenstein of Hot Springs, South Dakota passed away in her home June 25th 2009. She was 93. Linda was born on her parent's homestead near Laird, Saskatchewan, Canada. Five brothers and one sister preceded Linda into the spiritual world. Her younger sister, Clara lives in B.C. Canada. Linda met and married her soul mate, W.B Klippenstein on June...
Florence L. Bebbington
Jun 24, 2009
Florence (Flossie) Bebbington was born October 15, 1927 to Jim Beavers and Millicent (Poole) Beavers at the family homestead in Shirttail Canyon, S.W. of Pringle, SD. She was the second-youngest of 2 brothers and 5 sisters. Her parents separated when she was quite young and she moved to Custer with her mother and siblings where her mother worked at the...
James Clarence Stringer
Jun 23, 2009
James Clarence Stringer, age 62, passed away June 23, 2009, at his home in Hot Springs, SD. James was born July 29, 1946 in Colorado Springs, CO, to Ancil R. and Mary (Middleton) Stringer. He served in the United States Navy from December 2, 1963, until his honorable discharge on June 30, 1967. James is survived by his son, James...
Kevin John Thomson
Jun 16, 2009
Kevin John Thomson, age 47, a local artist passed away Tuesday, June 16, 2009, at his home in Custer, SD. Kevin was born December 10, 1961, at Arlington, VA, to John Edward and Loretta Irene (Hayes) Thomson. Kevin is survived by one sister and two brothers. A private family memorial service will be held at a later date. Arrangements have...
Florence Jewell Mattox
Jun 15, 2009
Florence Jewell Mattox, age 75, passed away Monday, June 15, 2009, at her home in Custer, SD. Florence was born July 28, 1933 in Custer County, SD to George James and Vienna (Akes) Woodford. She graduated from the eighth grade at the Park School in rural Custer County. Florence lived on her parents' ranch, northwest of Custer, until 1960 when...
Laverne E. Harrington
Jun 14, 2009
LaVerne E. Harrington, age 75, passed away Sunday, June 14, 2009 at his home in Buffalo Gap, SD. Survivors include sons, Steve (Judy) Harrington of Newcastle, WY; Shawn (Heidi) Harrington of Verndale, MN; step-son, David Harrington of Butte, MT; step-daughters, Jeanette (Sergio) Orozco of Rapid City, SD; Missy (Bob) Dickenson of Salisbury, MD; brothers, Marv Harrington of Ronan, MT; Donald...
Clayton Lambeth
Jun 13, 2009
Clayton Lambeth of Hot Springs died on Saturday, June 13, 2009 in Rapid City from a brief illness. He was 69 years old. Born in Ridgely, Tennessee to Hugh and Pauline Lambeth in 1939, he worked on farms as a young man in Texas and then in Arizona, graduating from Casa Grande High School in 1958. He attended the University...
Donald Leslie Parsons
Jun 13, 2009
Donald Leslie Parsons, age 76, of Custer, SD, passed away June 13, 2009, at the Michael J. Fitzmaurice State Veterans Home in Hot Springs, SD. Donald was born December 19, 1932, in Custer County, SD to Leslie M. and Verna Irene (Stanton) Parsons. He attended the Custer schools and graduated from Custer High School in 1952. He served in the...
Mary Pauline (Moody) Geiser
Jun 12, 2009
Mary (Moody) Geiser, 78, died at the Fall River Hospital on June 12, 2009. She was born on March 10, 1931, on a ranch about ten miles north of Crawford, NE, the last of Tom and Sara (Lutie) Moody's ten children which included seven brothers and two sisters. Survivors include her daughter, Connie Sue Geiser, Hot Springs; son, Tom (JoAnne)...
Florence Lorraine Huxford
Jun 1, 2009
Florence Lorraine Huxford, 90, of Hot Springs, SD passed away June 1, 2009, at the Golden Living Center-Prairie Hills Nursing Home in Rapid City, SD. Florence was born January 8, 1919 in Macedonia, Iowa to Vay Isaac and Clara Etta (Flowers) Denton. She went to school in McIntosh, SD and later moved with her parents to Hot Springs, SD in...
George Les Doughty
May 28, 2009
George Les Doughty, age 80, of Custer, SD, died May 28, 2009, in Reno, NV, while visiting his son. Les was born September 24, 1928, in Creighton, SD, to George and Esther (Hicks) Doughty and moved to Custer, SD, in 1937, where his parents ranched west of Custer. George served in the U.S. Marine Corps during WWII and north China...
Otto Fredrick Woelk
May 28, 2009
Otto Fredrick Woelk, 92, of Hot Springs, SD, passed away May 28, 2009, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Hot Springs. Otto was born on the farm in Minot, ND, to Herman and Maria (Braun) Woelk on September 3, 1916. In 1920 the family moved to Tripp County, SD, where Otto completed 8th grade in country school. The family...
Mary S. Rowe
May 27, 2009
Mary Elizabeth (Sellers) Rowe January 23, 1918 - May 27, 2009 Mary S. Rowe, 91, died Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at Castle Manor Nursing Home in Hot Springs, SD. She was born in Bainbridge, Georgia to Thomas B. and LouDelia Sellers and attended schools in Decatur County, GA. She graduated from Providence Hospital School of Nursing in Mobile, Alabama. Mary...
Jerad William Hiermeier
May 26, 2009
Jerad William Hiermeier, age 21, of Wright, WY, passed away in Gillette, WY on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 due to health complications. Jerad was born August 25, 1987 in Custer, SD, the son of Rodney 'Butch' Hiermeier and Shelley Hiermeier Dammann. He enjoyed working on his "special projects", his vehicles. He took pride in all his accomplishments. Jerad was employed...
