Obituary Listing

May 2, 2022

Lois 'Bunny' Emery, 90, of Hot Springs, SD passed away May 2, 2022, at her beloved Rose Haven Senior Living in Custer, SD.

Lois was born in Hot Springs, SD on July 17, 1931, to James and Lyda (Emick) Bowker.  She grew up in Buffalo Gap, SD where she attended grade school and graduated from Hot Springs...

May 2, 2022

Timothy Lee Wahle, 72, of Custer, SD, passed away May 2, 2022, in Custer, SD.

Tim was born January 12, 1950, in Pierre, SD, to Antone and Catherine (Hall) Wahle.  In 1957, the family moved to a ranch in Pringle, SD.  Tim attended Custer High School graduating in 1968.

Tim and Jacki Hendrickson were married...

May 1, 2022

Richard Dean Hill

2/14/1937 - 5/1/2022

As a fourth generation Hill, he lived his early years at the family ranch at Cascade and attended the country school at Cascade. He transferred to public schools in Hot Springs from grade 7 to graduation. Richard was athletic and played football, basketball...

Apr 30, 2022

Violet Inman Obituary

Violet Jane (Pritchett) Inman passed away on April 30, 2022, at the Michael J. Fitzmaurice State Veterans Home in Hot Springs, SD.

Violet was born in Sturgis, SD on April Fool's Day, 1926. Yes, she survived 96 years of birthday pranks, which contributed to her fun-loving spirit and the mischievous twinkle in...

Apr 30, 2022

Larry Lee Buchan, 85, of Custer, SD, passed away April 30, 2022, at Good Samaritan Society in New Underwood, SD.  Larry was born May 4, 1936, in Minnesota to John and Carrie Buchan Jr.

Larry attended and graduated in 1955, from Rutland High School in Rutland, Iowa.   He and Sally Ann Warneke were married October 16, 1963...

Apr 28, 2022

Goldie Alberta Reichardt, age 97, passed away April 28, 2022, at Seven Sisters Living Center, Hot Springs, SD.

Goldie was born April 26, 1925, in Plankinton, SD, to Willis Cleo (Bill) and Winifred (Edmonds) Sumners. Goldie was the oldest of 14 siblings. When Goldie was two years old, the family relocated to a farm near White River,...

Apr 25, 2022

Bruce B Larsen of Custer, SD passed away on Monday, April 25, 2022 after a lengthy illness of Parkinson's Disease and Lewy body Dementia at the age of 75.  He was born January 24, 1947 to Benton & Annetta (Johansen) Larsen of Coulter, IA.  He grew up in the Latimer, Coulter, and Alexander, IA. area and attended and graduated...

Apr 25, 2022

Cathy Jo (Childers) Peterson, 72, of Chadron, NE, passed away April 25, 2022, at Monument Health Rapid City Hospital in Rapid City, SD.

Cathy was born May 28, 1949, in Hot Springs, SD to Vincent & Louise (Davis) Childers. Cathy grew up on the family dairy where she loved to ride her horse. She learned at an...

Apr 25, 2022

Leah Leatrice Dirks, 93, went to meet her Lord on April 25 th at the Five County Nursing Home in Lemmon SD.  Leah was born in Rushville NE.  She attended Rushville schools. After graduating she attended Nebraska State Teachers College in Chadron NE receiving a short-term teaching certificate.  Upon completion she taught in rural schools in the Rushville area...

Apr 23, 2022

Doug Wayne Strackbein, 70, of Hot Springs, SD, passed away April 23, 2022, at his residence in Hot Springs.

Doug was born July 5, 1951, to Lyle and Elma (McClure) Strackbein.  After graduating from Hot Springs High School he attended Southern State College in Springfield, SD, not only learning but mastering the mechanics trade.    He worked for...

Apr 20, 2022

Margaret Joan (Birdsall) Merrill McLaughlin, 92, passed away April 20, 2022, at Seven Sisters Living Center in Hot Springs, South Dakota.

Joan was born June 27, 1929 in Crawford, Nebraska, to Harold and Marion (Webster) Birdsall.  She was the youngest of four children following her older sister Julia and brothers John (Jack) and Paul (Jean) Birdsall.  She...

Apr 20, 2022

Elaine (Boudreau) Murphy, beloved friend, sister, aunt, and teacher, began her journey to the spirit world on April 20, 2022.

Elaine, born January 10 th , 1938 at her family home in Bradley, Illinois, was the youngest of the three Boudreau girls. From an early age, Elaine was involved in the Catholic community and attended parochial schools. ...

Apr 18, 2022

Arthur A. Weitschat, 82, of Pierre, previously of Hot Springs, passed away Monday, April 18, 2022. A celebration of his life will be held at 10:00am, Wednesday, April 27, 2022 at St. John's Lutheran Church, Hot Springs, SD. Inurnment of Arthur and his wife Doris will follow at Evergreen Cemetery. Arthur's service will also be broadcast live in the...

Apr 17, 2022

Loren Hobbs, 77, of Custer, SD, passed away April 17, 2022.  Loren was born December 8, 1944, in Hot Springs, SD, to Harry and Bertha (Crofutt) Hobbs.

Loren, along with his brothers, worked at Linde's Sawmill for many years.    Loren loved it here, would never consider leaving, and was known to say, "I'm married to Custer."  Loren...

Apr 14, 2022

Lou Ann Jean Cope, 81, of Oelrichs, SD, passed away April 14, 2022, at Seven Sisters Living Center in Hot Springs, SD.

Lou Ann was born August 5, 1940, in Hudson, SD, to John and Ardith McClain.

Lou Ann is survived by her sons, John (Stacy) Cope of Oelrichs, SD; James (Tina) Cope of Fremont,...

Apr 13, 2022

Peggy Ann (Whitman) Gregg, 77, of Edgemont, S.D., Passed away April 13, 2022, at her home in Edgemont.

Peggy was born January 27, 1945, in Hawthorne, California to Charles and Cora (Robison) Whitman while her father was being transported into the South Pacific theater of World War II. Only a few days old,...

Apr 10, 2022

Barbara Shelquist, 94, passed away April 10, 2022, at the home of her daughter in Hot Springs, South Dakota.  Barbara was born on July 14, 1927, to Hugh and Louie Scott Gray in Albia, Iowa.  She attended Halfway Prairie School and graduated from Albia High School at the age of 16 in 1944.  Due to...

Apr 6, 2022

James Lee Anderson, age 74, passed away at Fall River Hospital in Hot Springs, SD on April 6 th . He was born August 13, 1947 in Brookings, SD to Arthur N. and Olga (Wold) Anderson.

Jim spent most of his career as a guidance counselor working with underprivileged children in Nevada and South Dakota. One of...

Apr 1, 2022

Li's memorial services have been rescheduled to 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at Custer Lutheran Fellowship Church in Custer, SD.

On August 11, 1944, Li Fjerestad was born in Sioux Falls, SD, into an industrious and prosperous Norwegian family.  She graduated from Augustana College and obtained graduate degrees from the University of Western Ontario. ...

Mar 31, 2022

Michael Hewitt, 61, of Hot Springs, SD, passed away March 31, 2022, at Monument Health Rapid City Hospital in Rapid City, SD.

Mike was born March 21, 1961, in California, to Vernon and Margaret (Woods) Hewitt.

Per Mike's wishes, no services will be held.  Interment will take place at Evergreen Cemetery in Hot Springs, SD....