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,...
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...
