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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...
Melva M Witthoeft
Feb 4, 2008
Melva M. Witthoeft Melva M. Witthoeft passed into her Savior's waiting arms February 4, 2008 at her daughter's home at Chili, Wisconsin at the age of 89 years, 9 months, and 21 days. She will be deeply missed by her family and loved ones. Melva Marcedes (Rawstern) Witthoeft was born to Joe and Ruby (Otto) Rawstern on April 14, 1918...
Steven Roy Merkel
Feb 3, 2008
Steven Roy Merkel, age 57, of Hot Springs, SD passed away February 3, 2008 at the Michael J. Fitzmaurice State Veterans Home in Hot Springs, SD. Steve served his Country in the United States Army from 1970 until his honorable discharge in 1972. Steve returned to the family farm after discharge from the Army where he worked for several years....
Ida Myrtle Nyquest
Jan 26, 2008
Myrtle Nyquist was born November 2, 1917, to Lee and Ida Cornwell. She went home to be with our Lord on January 26th, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. at Mountain view Care Center in Bozeman, MT. Myrtle was born and raised in Glasgow, MT, on her family's ranch. On January 29th of 1953 she married Jay W. Nyquist. They lived and...
Ida Myrtle Nyquist
Jan 26, 2008
Myrtle Nyquist was born November 2, 1917, to Lee and Ida Cornwell. She went home to be with our Lord on January 26th, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. at Mountain view Care Center in Bozeman, MT. Myrtle was born and raised in Glasgow, MT, on her family's ranch. On January 29th of 1953 she married Jay W. Nyquist. They lived and...
Kenneth Earl 'Sonny' Larson
Jan 25, 2008
Kenneth Earl 'Sonny' Larson, 66, of Hot Springs, SD passed away January 25, 2008 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, SD. Sonny was born March 12, 1941 in Rosebud, SD to Floyd and Edith (Longcor) Larson. and then attended school in Igloo, SD. He served in the National Guard. Sonny was employed at the VA Hospital in...
Lucille 'Mike' Kirkpatrick
Jan 24, 2008
Lucille 'Mike' Kirkpatrick, age 76, of Hot Springs, SD passed away January 24, 2008 at Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, SD. Mike was born in Valentine, NE, November 23, 1931 to Ed and Edna Ogle. After graduating High School she attended Nursing School in Alliance, NE and received her LPN license. Mike married Roy J. Kirkpatrick on September...
Betty Jean Huntley
Jan 21, 2008
Betty Jean Huntley, age 80, died at the Fall River Hospital, Hot Springs, SD on January 21, 2008 from natural causes. Betty was born on July 19, 1927 in Faulkton, SD to Roy D. and Cora M (Fjune) Travis. She married Charles L. Huntley June 23, 1946 in Clear Lake, IA. Together they established their own commercial bakery in Manly,...
James Paul 'Jim' Nighswonger
Jan 17, 2008
James Paul 'Jim' Nighswonger, age 86, of Hot Springs, SD, passed away January 17, 2008 at Fall River Hospital in Hot Springs. Jim was born June 12, 1921 to Floyd Marion Nighswonger and Violet Anna Johnson in Banner County, NE. Jim served in the US Army as a Communications Tech during WWII. On September 5, 1946 he married Joyce Hottell....
Herman Paul 'Buddy' Heck
Jan 15, 2008
Herman Paul 'Buddy' Heck, 83, of Edgemont, SD passed away January 15, 2008 at the Fall River Hospital in Hot Springs, SD. Buddy was born on the family ranch at Burdock, SD to Walter and Anna (Schmid) Heck on September 7, 1924. He attended the Burdock Rural school and taught himself to be a mechanic and thus was able to...
William Laray Soper
Jan 13, 2008
William LaRay 'Bud' Soper, age 84, of Hot Springs passed away peacefully, January 13, 2008 at Michael J. Fitzmaurice State Home in Hot Springs, SD. surrounded by the love of his family. William was born August 8, 1923 to Cecil and Edna Soper in Argyle, WI. He attended school in Nebraska. Bud proudly served in the United States Navy submarine...
Irene Edna Salverson
Jan 11, 2008
Irene Edna Salverson, 86, of Hot Springs, SD passed away January 11, 2008 at the Rapid City Regional Hospice of the Hills in Rapid City, SD. Irene was born August 8, 1921 in Anamoose, ND to Robert and Elizabeth (Roder) Buchholtz. She graduated from Mobridge High School in 1939 and then went on to secure her nursing degree from Presentation...
Lawrence Edward Chattick
Jan 11, 2008
Lawrence Edward Chattick, 81, of Hot Springs, SD passed away January 11, 2008 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, SD. Lawrence proudly served his country in the United States Air Force from 1944 until his retirement and honorable discharge in 1967 Memorial services will be held 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at the Michael J. Fitzmaurice...
Eugene 'Nick" Charles Comstock
Jan 9, 2008
1929. He served his Country in the United States Air Force from 1946 until his honorable discharge in 1955. He is survived by his wife, Susan of Hot Springs; three daughters, Debbie (Patrick) Dahl of Ft. Worth, TX; Cindy (Simon) Waller of Ft. Worth, TX; Brenda Kistler of Ft. Worth, TX; four sisters, Joanne Brownly of Antioch, CA; Geraldine Berman...
Irene May Whitford
Jan 8, 2008
After a valiant fight to the very end, Irene Whitford, age 71, lost her battle with pancreatic cancer January 8, 2008 in her home in Hot Springs, SD with her family at her bedside. Irene was never one to give up, having lived with Epilepsy for the majority of her life and COPD with oxygen dependence for the last 6...
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