Betty Jean Bradbury
Oct 3, 2007
Betty Jean Bradbury, age 83, passed away Wednesday, October 3, 2007, at her residence in Hot Springs. Betty is survived by her husband, Donald E. Bradbury of Hot Springs; one son, Donald R. (Therese) Bradbury of Hot Springs; one brother, Daniel B. Nickeson of Denver, CO; four sisters, Shirley Carpenter of Springfield, OH, Dorothy (Virgil) Larson, Helen Granato, Doris (Tom)...
John Paul Linde
Oct 3, 2007
John Paul Linde, 64, of Willmington, DE and formerly of Custer, SD passed away suddenly Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2007 in Buffalo, NY. John was the youngest of six brothers born to Reinhardt and Martha (Lyndoe) Linde in Rapid City, SD and he was raised in Custer, SD. He then graduated from the University of Wyoming with a BS in mechanical...
Blanche Mead Poe
Oct 1, 2007
Blanche Mead Poe, 89, Custer, SD, died October 1, 2007 at Custer Regional Senior Care. Blanche was born May 7, 1918 in Huron, SD to Ralph Robert Mead and Mary Jane (Barnes) Mead. Blanche attended country school for grades 1 through 8 and graduated from Wolsey High School in 1936. She graduated from Sprague School of Nursing in Huron in...
Paul Wayne Needham, Jr.
Sep 28, 2007
Paul Wayne Needham Jr., age 73, passed away Friday, September 28, 2007 at his residence in Hot Springs, SD. Paul served in the US Marine Corps from 1955 to1959. Paul is survived by his wife, Pat; two sons, Jeffery (Melodie) Needham of River Falls, WI, Clayton (Liz*) Needham of Hot Springs, SD; one daughter, Dana (Jim) Cedarbloom of Hastings, MN;...
Arlis Rae Hoime
Sep 22, 2007
Arlis Rae (Manke) Hoime, died at Mary House in Pierre, SD on Saturday, September 22, 2007. Her parents were Bernel and Lois ( Ingalls) Manke of Selby, SD. Arlie and her twin sister Fran, were born January 1, 1937 in Bowdle, SD. She loved growing up in Selby surrounded by many family members and friends. She never forgot that beloved...
Roland J. Strnad
Sep 22, 2007
Roland Strnad of Custer, SD died, Sept. 22, 2007 in the Black Hills of SD. He was born March 26, 1927 to John and Blanche Strnad in Kansas. He served in the US Navy during WWII, had a career as a General Contractor building custom homes and commercial buildings, and was active in missions work at St Johns United Methodist...
Kenneth Raymond 'Kenny' Rutter
Sep 20, 2007
Kenneth Raymond 'Kenny' Rutter, 88, of Oral, SD passed away September 20, 2007 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital. Kenny was born August 2, 1919, in Mitchell, NE to Ross and Edna Rutter. He attended public schools in the Mitchell area and entered the United States Army on March 25, 1942 and served until his honorable discharge on November 13,...
Lois Louise Test
Sep 7, 2007
Lois Louise Geise Test (age 94) passed away September 7, 2007 at Rose Haven near Custer, SD. Lois was born March 7, 1913, in Virgil, SD. The family moved to Clark, SD when she was 3 months old, and within 4 years she had a younger sister and brother. Lois graduated from high school in Clark and then received a...
William J. Fisher
Sep 3, 2007
William J. "Bill" Fisher, 91, of Hot Springs, SD passed away September 3, 2007 at the Fall River Hospital in Hot Springs. Bill was born November 20, 1915, in Van Tassell, WY to Antone and Lousia (Armtrust) Fisher. He lived in Van Tassell until he was 24. In 1939 Bill married Mary Christian in Gearing, NE. He moved from Harrison,...
Carlos William Bentz
Aug 30, 2007
Carlos W. Bentz, age 95, of Hot Springs, SD, died of natural causes at his residence, Thursday, August 30, 2007. He was born October 25, 1911 to Karl and Elizabeth Bentz, on a homestead 20 miles west of Belle Fourche, SD. Carlos was one of eleven children, five boys, John, R.H., Adolph, Jacob, Carlos; six girls, Millie, Lillian, Emma, Katherina,...
Janice Joy Rongstad
Aug 29, 2007
Janice Joy Rongstad, age 62, passed away Wednesday, August 29, 2007 at her residence in Hot Springs, SD. Janice was born October 15, 1944 in Presho, SD to Adolph and Mayme (Larson) Atkinson. Survivors include two sons, Bill Langley of Isanti, MN, Leon Rongstad of Rapid City, SD; four daughters, Sherry Leblanc of Hot Springs, SD, Delvine Langley of Hot...
Gerald William Parks
Aug 26, 2007
Gerald William Parks of Edgemont SD (formerly of Newcastle, WY and Big Timber, MT) died Sunday, September 26 at Cactus Hills Retirement Community. He was born July 26, 1929 to Amos Clark and Stella Cross-Clark in Meda, MO. Upon his mother's death, he was taken in by Jim and Agnes Parks, who adopted him and his twin sister Geraldine. Gerald...
Betty Jo Graf Hall
Aug 25, 2007
Betty Jo Hadden Graf Hall passed away Saturday, August 25, 2007, in Hot Springs, after 76 years of love and laughter. On April 30, 1931, Betty Jo was born in Nemo, South Dakota, to Charles and Dorothy Hadden. She attended school in Nemo with her sister, Lorry Lou, and graduated from Deadwood High School. She met her husband, Don Graf...
Dorothy Ellen Lampert
Aug 23, 2007
Dorothy Ellen Lampert, age 85, of Custer, SD passed away Thursday, August 23, 2007 at Wedgwood Regional Senior Care in Custer. Dorothy was born on June 12, 1922 at Manville, WY to Clarence and Lola (Beck) Patten. She grew up and attended both elementary and high school at Manville, graduating as Valedictorian in 1940. Dorothy attended the University of Wyoming...
Floyd Merlin Livingston
Aug 19, 2007
Floyd Merlin Livingston, 74 years old, Custer, SD Born: November 4th, 1932 to Floyd & Alena Hansen Livingston Died: August 19, 2007, Rapid City Regional Hospital As a young man he was a corpsman in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean Conflict working as a medical corpsman at Ellsworth A.F.B. He attended college at S.D. School of Mines &...
Bessie L. Burke Duffy Jeffries
Aug 15, 2007
Bessie L. Burke Duffy Jeffries, age 102, passed away August 15, 2007 at Custer Regional Senior Care Center in Custer, SD. Bessie was born August 26, 1904 in Pottawattamie County, IA to Ellery and Jenny (McGill) Burke. She attended Augustana College in SD and was a teacher for many years, and taught school in the 1920's and 30's in Mellette,...
Rex Elliott Mcmichael
Aug 14, 2007
Rex Elliott McMichael, age 57, passed away August 14, 2007 at the Veterans Medical Center in Hot Springs, SD. Rex was born November 27, 1949 in Salem, OR to Frank and Ruby (McKinley) McMichael. He was a Vietnam veteran and served his country in the United States Army from 1969 until 1989. Rex is survived by his wife, Joan McMichael...
Lucy Emily Benson
Aug 13, 2007
Lucy Emily Benson, age 92, died Monday, August 13, 2007 at Sturgis Regional Senior Care Center in Sturgis, SD. Lucy was born December 20, 1914, on the Petty ranch near Hot Springs to Arley and Martha (Kneuple) Petty. They moved to the ranch northwest of Smithwick in 1923 where Lucy and her late sister Edna and late brothers Arley and...
Irene Christine (Roth) Conrad
Aug 11, 2007
Irene Christine Conrad age 97, of Hot Springs, passed away Saturday, August 11, 2007 at the State Veterans Home in Hot Springs. Irene was born on September 21, 1909 in Edgemont, SD to Ira and Christina (Peterson) Thomas of Hat Creek, WY. Irene attended rural school in the Hat Creek and Red Bird, WY area. She entered into marriage January...
Leon Duane Holthus
Aug 9, 2007
Leon Duane Holthus 80, of Custer, passed away Thursday, August 9, 2007 at the Custer Regional Hospital. A memorial Service will be held 11:00 a.m., Monday, August 13, 2007 at the Custer Lutheran Fellowship Church. In lieu of flowers a memorial has been established in Leon's name to benefit the Custer Hospice House and the Custer Lutheran Fellowship Church with...
