Ernest Henry 'Ernie' Hammer
Apr 25, 2008
Ernest 'Ernie' Henry Hammer, 78, of Hot Springs, SD passed away April 25, 2008 at the Michael J. Fitzmaurice State Veterans Home in Hot Springs. Ernest was born July 7, 1929 at home in Pringle, SD to Irene and Joseph Hammer. As a young boy he lived with his family in Pringle where he attended elementary school. The family later...
Harold S. Arter
Apr 22, 2008
Harold S. Arter, 86, of Oral, SD passed away April 22, 2008 at the Fall River Hospital in Hot Springs, SD. Harold was born December 18, 1921 to Winfield and Nellie (Duncan) Arter in Mariaville, NE. He attended school in Rock County, NE. Harold served in the United States Army during World War II with the 40th Engineer Operations in...
John L. Prall
Apr 21, 2008
John L. Prall, age 77, of Hot Springs, SD. passed away April 21, 2008 at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Hot Springs. John was born in Alliance, NE on July 12, 1930 to John G and Julia Hazel (Hafner) Prall. He joined the National Guard in 1947 and was mobilized in 1950 during the Korean War, and served in...
Arthur 'Jiggs' M. Mower
Apr 15, 2008
Arthur M. 'Jiggs' Mower, age 83, passed away April 15, 2008 at his home in Hot Springs, SD. Jiggs was born February 5, 1925 to William and Jeanette (Willhoite) Mower in Fort Pierre, SD. He attended Hermosa School before enlisting in the U.S. Navy. He served our country from 1943 until 1946 when he was honorably discharged. On December 4,...
Gordon Lawrence Davis
Apr 1, 2008
Gordon Lawrence Davis, age 92, passed away April 1, 2008 at Custer Regional Senior Care in Custer, SD. Survivors include two daughters, Cece (Rick) March of Custer, SD; Dede (John) Adams of Hershey, NE; seven grandchildren, Tresha Cancino; Jesse Thompson; Alex Haynes; Taylor March; Jenny Good; Travis March; Tony Cancino; and five great-grandchildren. Memorial services will be held in Wheatland,...
Kenneth S. Field
Mar 29, 2008
Kenneth S. Field, 83, of Hot Springs, SD passed away peacefully surrounded by his family March 29, 2008 at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Hot Springs. Ken was born November 26, 1924 to Erick and Sarah Field at the family farm near Lake Preston, SD. He was graduated from Hetland High School in 1942. He served in the US...
Mary Louisa Reder
Mar 29, 2008
Mary Louisa Reder, age 64, passed away Saturday, March 29, 2008 at her home in Hermosa, SD. Mary, daughter of Allan and Leota Coates, was born in Hot Springs, SD on August 24, 1943. She spent her childhood living in Edgemont until 1955 when her father became Sheriff and moved to Hot Springs. She attended both Edgemont and Hot Springs...
Darrel 'Mick' Dryden
Mar 27, 2008
Darrel E. 'Mick' Dryden, age 58, passed away March 27, 2008 at his residence in Edgemont, SD. Mick is survived by one son, Darrel A. (Heather) Dryden of Douglas, WY; one daughter, Anna Dryden of Mountain Home, ID; one brother, James A. (Patricia) Dryden of Sturgis, SD and three grandchildren, Gabriel; Kordell and Daniel. Visitation will be from 5:00 until...
Lewis E. Marden
Mar 21, 2008
Lewis (Louie) E. Marden III, passed into God's care on March 21, 2008 at his residence in Hot Springs, SD. Louie was born in Oshkosh, WI where he completed High School. He served his country as a naval crewman aboard an aircraft carrier. Louie moved to the Rocky Mountains of Colorado in 1985, embracing the "mountain man" lifestyle every moment...
Dale W Pullins
Mar 16, 2008
Dale Wesley Pullins, age 83, passed away Sunday, March 16, 2008 at his home in Hot Springs, SD where he resided for the past 49 years with his beloved wife of 60 years at his side after a brief struggle with cancer. Dale was born September 21, 1924 at Fox Ridge, SD to Earl F. and Christina R. (Patterson) Pullins....
Joanna Lynn Reinhardt
Mar 7, 2008
Joanna Lynn Reinhardt, age 48, passed away Friday, March 7, 2008 in her residence in Hot Springs, SD. Joanna was born December 17, 1959 in Minneapolis, MN to Howard and Gertrude (Maas) Michaelson. Joanna is survived by her husband, Scott, three children, Dustin, Dylan and Breanna all of Hot Springs; stepchildren, Jody Reinhardt of the Twin Cities, MN; Tamara (Keith)...
Elmer Leland Brown
Feb 28, 2008
Elmer Leland Brown, age 94, of Custer, SD, died Friday, February 27, 2008 at the Custer Regional Senior Care Center in Custer. Elmer was born November 30, 1913 at Eddyville, NE to George and Cynthia (Lindsay) Brown. On December 10, 1936, he married Elfrieda Marie Lammers in Lexington, NE. He was engaged in farming and ranching in Dawson County, NE...
Carl Glenn Fields
Feb 27, 2008
Carl Glenn Fields, 60, of Chadron, NE., died Wednesday, February 27th at Black Hills VA Hospital, in Hot Springs, SD. He was born July 19, 1947 in Colby, Kansas to Glenn and Verla Fields. Carl graduated from Boulder High School, Boulder, CO., in 1966. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1967, serving in Japan, then in Vietnam. He proudly...
Charlotte M. Spears
Feb 24, 2008
Charlotte M. Spears, 82, of Hot Springs, SD passed away February 24, 2008 at the Fall River Hospital in Hot Springs. Charlotte was born October 11, 1925 in Aufhausen, Germany to Heinrich and Maria (Koehle) Strobel. She spent her childhood in Stuttgurt, Germany and later moved to Erhangen, Germany where she worked until the end of World War II. From...
Kathryn Jo Broyles
Feb 21, 2008
Kathryn Jo Broyles passed away February 21, 2008 at her residence in Hot Springs. She was 58 years old. Kathy was born on December 29, 1949, to Clair and Ann (Teeman) Eckholt in Yankton. She attended and graduated from Washington High School in Sioux Falls, and moved to Hot Springs shortly thereafter where she met and married Gordon Forbord on...
Nellie Marguerite Wall
Feb 19, 2008
Nellie Marguerite Wall, age 85, went home to be with the Lord and loved ones February 19, 2008 in her home at Pine Hills Retirement Community, Hot Springs, SD. She will be missed by her family and friends. Nellie was born to Blanche and Emil Sand on July 14, 1922 in Brush, CO. Nellie was the oldest, with two brothers,...
Betty Lou Stevens
Feb 17, 2008
Betty Lou Stevens, 71, of Hot Springs, SD died Sunday, February 17, 2008 at Rapid City Regional Hospital, due to complications resulting from surgery for a brain tumor. She was born April 4, 1936 in Dewey, SD to Pete and Fern (Evans) LeLaCheur. She attended school in Hot Springs graduating in 1955. On December 29, 1958 she married her High...
Aaron Moses Miller
Feb 16, 2008
Aaron Moses Miller, age 59, passed away February 16, 2008 at his residence in Edgemont, SD. Aaron served in the US Army from 1967 until his honorable discharge in 1969. Survivors include his wife, Ina of Edgemont; father, Luther Miller of Tucson, AZ; mother, Effie Miller of Everett, WA; two sons, Danny Wilson and Aaron Wilson both of Oklahoma City,...
Mason Moore Miller
Feb 15, 2008
Mason M. Miller, 86, Edgemont, SD died Friday, February 15, 2008 at the VA Medical Center in Hot Springs, SD. Mason was born November 22, 1921 to Mason and Carrie Miller, Sr. in Edgemont. He grew up on a ranch south of Edgemont, attended school in Edgemont and then was a roughneck in the Wyoming oil fields until being drafted...
Ronald Petroski
Feb 7, 2008
Ronald Petroski, age 67, of Hot Springs, SD, passed away February 7, 2008 at Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, SD. Ronald was born September 5, 1940 in Chicago, IL, to Edward and Olga (Lemke) Petroski. I'll always remember my husband Ron, we both came a long way. His friends and family members laughed with jokes. They would say...
