Elsie J Calabrese
Feb 9, 2017
Elsie J. Calabrese, age 102, of Custer, SD, passed away February 9,2017, at Custer Regional Senior Care in Custer. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m., Thursday, February 16, 2017, at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Custer, SD.
Joni Kay Hazen
Feb 6, 2017
Joni Kay Hazen, age 57, of Custer, SD, passed away on February 6, 2017, at the Custer Regional Hospital in Custer, SD. Joni was born on May 2, 1959, in Lincoln, NE, to Ralph and Edna Alice (Reece) Hazen. She was a Med-Aid at Pine Hills Retirement Center in Hot Springs. Joni is survived by her sons, Jackson (Ula) Shymanski...
Norman Andrew Lee
Feb 3, 2017
Norman "Norm" Andrew Lee of Custer, SD, lived his life building relationships and serving others and died while working in his shop on February 3, 2017, with his wife, Sylvia, by his side. Norm followed his twin sister, Norma into this world, on January 27, 1933, on a farm West of Ramona, SD. Norm was the youngest of 7 living...
Deanna L Stites
Feb 1, 2017
Deanna Lou Stites age 79, of Custer, SD, passed away on February 1, 2017, in Custer. Deanna was born in Osceola, IA. She grew up in the Truro area and attended Iowa State University for business. She married her husband Jerry Stites on May 8, 1964, in Omaha, Nebraska. She worked at the United airlines ticket counter, Blue Hills Physical...
Nicholas Vincent Schmaltz
Feb 1, 2017
Nicholas V. Schmaltz, age 67, of Custer, SD, passed away February 1, 2017, peacefully at his home in Custer. Nick was born September 29, 1949, in Belle Fourche, SD, to Vincent and Loretta (Didier) Schmaltz. Nick was raised in Belle Fourche and graduated high school in 1967. He worked in the Parts Department in Belle Fourche, Deadwood, and Newcastle, then...
Dorothy J Thornburg
Jan 31, 2017
Dorothy J. Thornburg, age 83, of Edgemont, SD, passed away on January 31, 2017, at her home in Edgemont. Dorothy was born on July 4, 1933, in Newell, SD, to Dave L. and Alma (Bretthour) Meyer. She retired from the State Veterans Home Hot Springs, SD, where she cared for her Veterans as a nursing assistant. Dorothy is survived by...
Aaron Michael Carrier
Jan 29, 2017
Aaron M. Carrier, age 37, of Custer, SD, passed away on January 29, 2017, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, SD. Aaron was born on November 21, 1979, in Custer, SD, to Michael T. and Kathleen (Ware) Carrier. He attended Custer Elementary, Middle and High Schools, graduating in Class of 1998. He liked bowling, football (his favorite...
Paula Jean Adams
Jan 25, 2017
Paula Jean (King) Adams, age 85, of Custer, S.D., passed away on Wednesday, January 25, 2017, at Oregon Manor in Oregon, WI. Paula was born on July 6, 1931, in Omaha, NE, the daughter of Forrest and Rosemond King. She graduated from Benson High School in Omaha, and furthered her education at Grinnell College in Grinnell, IA, and the University...
Edith M Romey
Jan 22, 2017
Edith (Hop) Marie Romey passed away at Ponderosa Villa in Crawford, NE on January 22, 2017, at the age of 83. Edith Romey was born on February 11, 1933, in Hot Springs, SD to Rupert and Veronica (Martin) Osmotherly. She grew up on a ranch south of Hot Springs and attended the Maitland School grades 1-8 and graduated from High...
Douglas Charles Schmitz
Jan 17, 2017
Sadly our beloved son, brother, uncle, great uncle, nephew and friend, Douglas Charles Schmitz, had his hunting and fishing seasons cut tragically short on January 17, 2017. Doug was born March 21st, 1958, to Dennis C. Schmitz and Regina D. Schmitz (Warnke) in Kirkland, WA. He spent his early years growing up in Gregory, SD. His family made the much...
James Eugene Grazier
Jan 14, 2017
James Eugene Grazier, age 81, of Hot Springs, SD, passed away on January 14, 2017, at his home in Hot Springs. James was born December 18, 1935, in Cheyenne Agency, SD, to Steven and Myrtle (Keoke) Grazier. He served in the United States Navy from 1955, until his honorable discharge in 1958. After the military, James became a ranch hand...
Ronald John Olofson
Jan 12, 2017
Ronald John Olofson, age 80, of Smithwick, SD, passed away, January 12, 2017, at his home near Smithwick. Smithwick on the Prairie—In the last hour of January 11, 2017, the beautiful and courageous energy that was Ron Olofson was released from a humble physical form riddled by congestive heart failure and crippling arthritis only to be set "FREE" to become...
Florence Irma Beseke
Jan 11, 2017
Florence Irma Temlitz Beseke, age 96, passed away January 11, 2017, at her home in Oelrichs, SD. Florence was born November 28, 1920, to Henry and Ricky (Kalmbrunn) Temlitz in Jackson, MN. She lived on a farm near Jackson her first six years, until the family moved to a farm south of Lakefield, MN, where she spent the remainder of...
Dr. Curtis Meyer
Jan 10, 2017
Dr. Curtis Meyer son, husband, father, brother, and loving grandfather. His personality was one of openness, always making others feel welcome. "Doc" as he was lovingly referred, will be well remembered by his healthcare patients for his healing hands, and by his colleagues for his skills in the Chiropractic field. Curt was a mentor for countless people, both personally and...
Margueritta "Mae" Christie
Jan 9, 2017
Margueritta "Mae" Christie, age 97, of Custer, SD, passed away January 9, 2017, at the Custer Regional Senior Care Center in Custer. Mae was born April 14, 1919 to Godfried and Effie May (Downen) Spring on a small ranch east of the State Game Lodge in Custer County, SD. She was educated at a rural school near her home until...
Nancy Joy Elliott
Jan 5, 2017
Nancy Joy Elliott, 69, of Hot Springs passed away January 5, 2017, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, SD. Nancy was born February 9, 1947, to William and Leona (Dockter) Rempfer in Jamestown, ND. Nancy received her Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education and Biology at Concordia in Saint Paul, MN. She further got her Special Education Certification...
Harold Franklin Morgan
Jan 4, 2017
Harold Franklin Morgan, age 88, of Custer, SD, passed away January 4, 2017, at Custer Regional Hospital in Custer. Harold attended school in Custer, grades 1-12. Harold enlisted in the U.S. Navy in May of 1946, and was honorably discharged in May of 1948. After leaving the Navy, Harold attended the University of Montana in Missoula, MT. Harold married Lorraine...
Lora M. Michael
Jan 1, 2017
Lora Mae Michael, age 64, of Hot Springs, SD, passed away January 1, 2017, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, SD. Lora was born September 2, 1952, at the Seven Sisters Hospital in Hot Springs to John William and Vivian Marie (Saxton) Michael, and raised in Fall River County, SD. She graduated from the Hot Springs High...
Pamela Joyce Morsette
Dec 29, 2016
Pamela Joyce Morsette, age 54, of Hot Springs, SD, passed away on December 29, 2016, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, SD. Pamela was born on July 3, 1962, in Rapid City, SD, to Orville E. and Victoria (Long Soldier) Davis. She is survived by her children, Orville Morsette of Milbank, SD; Deena Piekkola of Belle Fourche,...
Adeline 'Addie' Toman
Dec 23, 2016
Adeline "Addie" Eve Toman (Stritecky), 94, passed away on December 23rd, 2016, at the Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Worland, WY. Addie was born on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1921, to John and Clara Stritecky in Colome, SD. She was the third of five children, including three sisters and one brother. Addie helped work on the family farm in...
