Brian James Gray
Jun 6, 2008
Brian J. Gray, 26, of Overland Park, KS died Sunday, June 8, 2008. Brian was born July 28, 1981 to Don and Lana Gray of Hot Springs. He grew up in the Phoenix, AZ area. He was employed by BNSF Railway. Memorial services will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday, June 21, 2008 at McColley's Chapels of the Hills, 401 N...
Joseph Hardy
Jun 6, 2008
Joseph Hardy, age 86 of Hot Springs, SD passed away June 6, 2008 at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Hot Springs. Joseph was born February 11, 1922 in Harrison, NJ to Michael J. and Ellen (McStravick) Hardy. He served in the US Air Force from 1943 until his honorable discharge in 1945. On February 20, 1949 he married Mary...
Bonnie J. Rock
Jun 1, 2008
Bonnie Stephens Rock died June 1, 2008 at her home in Hot Springs, SD after a three year battle with cancer. She made this journey with courage and dignity. Bonnie was born January 6, 1943 in Minneapolis, MN to Winfield R. and Janet O. (Simons) Stephens, Jr. She was raised and went to school in Edina, MN, graduating from Edina...
Irma Jeane' Young
May 31, 2008
Irma Jeane' Young, age 62, of Hot Springs, SD passed away Saturday, May 31, 2008 at Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, SD. Irma was born May 28, 1946 in Hot Springs to Spencer and Katherine (DeSersa) Young, Sr. Survivors include husband, Ramon Tyon of Hot Springs; one son, Lawrence (Louie) Bordeaux of Custer, SD; five daughters, Crystal Bordeaux;...
Lloyd Theodore Honadel
May 30, 2008
Lloyd Theodore Honadel passed away after a short illness, on May 30, 2008, at Castle Manor in Hot Springs, SD, at the age of 85 years 5 months and 13 days, of congestive heart failure. Lloyd was born December 17, 1922 at Edgemont, SD to Theodore Jacob and Caroline Johanna (Schlagenbusch) Honadel. He lived all of his life with his...
Richard 'Rick' Lee Green
May 28, 2008
Richard 'Rick' Lee Green, age 52, formerly of Hot Springs, SD passed away Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at his home in Rapid City, SD. Rick was born in Chadron, Nebraska on December 26, 1955 to Foster and Dorothy (McCullah) Green. He attended school in Hot Springs and graduated from Hot Springs High School in 1974 he went on to attend...
Dorothy Estella Morgan
May 21, 2008
Dorothy Estella Morgan, age 81 of Oelrichs, SD, passed away May 21, 2008 at Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, SD. Dorothy was born September 10, 1926 to Fred C. and Bethel (Wilder) Rasmussen on the ranch at Hay Canyon. She attended school in Hay Canyon, Smithwick, Buffalo Gap and graduated from Hot Springs High School in 1945. On...
Ruben S. Hofer
May 19, 2008
Ruben S. Hofer, age 87, of Hot Springs, SD passed away May 19, 2008 at Custer Regional Senior Care in Custer, SD. Ruben was born June 15, 1920 in Beadle County, SD to Paul J. and Elizabeth (Mandel) Hofer. He attended eight years of country school and graduated from Doland High School in 1939. On May 16, 1946 he married...
Timothy Martin Griffin
May 14, 2008
Timothy Martin Griffin, 52, was born February 20, 1956 in Rapid City to Donald and Vallis Griffin. He died May 14, 2008 at his home in Custer, SD. Tim moved to Custer when he was nine years old with his dad and stepmother. He graduated from Custer High School and attended Mitchell Vo Tech in Mitchell where he graduated with...
Thelma Marie Stratton
May 13, 2008
On Saturday, May 17, 2008, family and friends gathered to celebrate the life and grieve the passing of Thelma Marie (Clark) Stratton. Thelma was born on June 17, 1916, in Livingston, Mt. to Artie Mae (Norman) Clark and Clem Clark. When she was 12 years old a baby brother, Donald Clark arrived. He is her only surviving sibling. At 17...
Irene C Kirk
May 13, 2008
Irene C. Kirk, age 96, of Custer, SD passed away May 13, 2008 at Custer Regional Senior Care in Custer. Irene was born in Hill City, SD, the daughter of Wilson (Teak) and Elizabeth Pettit on November 9, 1911. Irene grew up in the Black Hills and graduated from high school in Rapid City, SD. She attended the University of...
Walter J. "Jim" Bell
May 1, 2008
Walter J. "Jim" Bell, 83, of Edgemont, SD died Thursday, May 1, 2008 at Custer Regional Senior Care Center in Custer, SD. Jim was born April 11, 1925 to James Delbert and Dorothy Phelps Bell on the Battle Creek Ranch east of Hermosa, SD. Shortly there after, Dorothy died. Jim spent the next four years with his grandparents, Dudley and...
Beatrice Consuelo 'Connie' Torres
May 1, 2008
Beatrice Consuelo 'Connie' Torres, age 78, of Edgemont, SD left this life to be with our heavenly father on Thursday, May 1, 2008. Connie was born September 21, 1929 in Edgemont, SD to Dolores and Candido Torres, Sr. She graduated from Edgemont High School in 1952 and from St. John's McNamara School of Nursing in Rapid City, SD in 1957...
Leona Josephine Harding
May 1, 2008
Leona Josephine Harding, age 83, of Hot Springs, SD passed away May 1, 2008 at the Michael J. Fitzmaurice State Veterans Home in Hot Springs. Leona is survived by her husband, Donald of Hot Springs; two sons, Donald R. (Anne) Harding of Colorado Springs, CO; Robert (Carol) Harding of Edgemont, SD; two daughters, Jean (Edwin) Cutler of Hot Springs; Helen...
Colleen Ramona Moe
Apr 28, 2008
On Monday, April 28, 2008, Colleen Ramona Moe passed away at the age of 79 years with her husband, sons and daughters-in-law gathered around her bedside. Born July 20, 1928, in Garretson, South Dakota, Colleen grew up in rural South Dakota until her graduation from the Sioux Valley Hospital School of Nursing in the class of 1949. She then worked...
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,...
