Helen Ruth Erickson
May 9, 2015
Helen Ruth Erickson, age 96, of Hill City, SD, passed away on May 9, 2015, at the Custer Regional Senior Care Center in Custer, SD. Helen was born on September 6, 1918, to Franklin and Anna (Bergstrum) Wahlheim in Geneseo, IL. She worked hard as a Registered Nurse for various medical centers. Helen is survived by her sons, Ralph (Karen)...
Dorothy Marie Fetters
May 9, 2015
Dorothy M. Fetters, age 98, of Weyauwega, WI, passed away after a brief illness, May 9, 2015, at the home of her daughter, Barb Fetters, MD, near Hot Springs, SD Dorothy was born May 18, 1916, in Neenah, WI, the daughter of Christ and Frances (Simon) Christensen. Dorothy grew up in Neenah, attended St. Pat's grade school in Menasha, and...
Dorothy M. Newkirk
May 9, 2015
Dorothy M. Newkirk, 94, of Custer, SD, passed away on May 9, 2015, at the Custer Regional Senior Care Center, in Custer. Dorothy was born on June 5, 1920, to John and Martha (Schmidt) Peabody in Helena, MT. She is survived by her son, Dan (Shirley) Lake of Custer, SD; step children, Timothy Newkirk of CA; Barbara Schelp of Corvallis,...
Doudand Frederick Hunter
May 8, 2015
Doudand Frederick Hunter, Jr., age 71, of Chadron, NE, passed away May 8, 2015, at the VA Medical Center in Hot Springs, SD. Doudand was born January 30, 1944, in Vesta, MN, to Doudand and Loneta (Lemcke) Hunter. He proudly served in the United States Air Force from August, 1962, until his honorable discharge in February, 1965. Doudand had no...
Mary Elizabeth Krebs
May 7, 2015
Mary Elizabeth Andersen Krebs, age 79, of Edgemont, SD, passed away on May 7, 2015, at her home in Edgemont. Mary was born on February 8, 1936, in Edgemont, SD, to Henry John and Mary Belle (Dennis) Andersen. Mary attended grade school for 8 years at the Burdock rural school, followed by her high school years and graduation from Edgemont...
Richard Donald Gerstner
May 5, 2015
Richard Donald Gerstner, age 89, of Custer, SD, passed away May 5, 2015, at the VA Medical Center in Hot Springs, SD. Richard was born May 5, 1926, in Rochester, NY, to Edward and Mildred (White) Gerstner. He proudly served in the US Navy from 1943 until his honorable discharge in 1946. Richard worked most of his life as an...
Kristin Denise Krull Mercy
May 4, 2015
Kristin Denise Krull Mercy, age 32, of Rapid City, SD, passed away May 4, 2015, in Deadwood, SD. Kristin was born December 7, 1982, in Armour, SD, to Dennis and Kim (Hertz) Krull. Kristin was known for her infectious laugh, her ready smile and a sincere desire to have a "good time". She valued her time with friends but the...
E.W. Roy Miller
Apr 30, 2015
E.W. Roy Miller, 83, of Pringle, SD, died Thursday, April 30, 2015 at Rapid City Regional, Rapid City, SD surrounded by his family. He was born April 26, 1932 in Marion, South Dakota to Edythe (Goering) and John P. Miller. He grew up on a family farm near Freeman, SD. He graduated from Freeman Academy in 1952. He dreamed of...
Karen Louise Brown
Apr 30, 2015
Karen Louise Brown, age 76, of Custer, SD, passed away April 30, 2015, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, SD. Karen was born November 20, 1938, in Minneapolis, MN, to Elvin B. and Muriel Louise (Hedlund) Johnson. Karen graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1960 with a degree in home economics. She married Jim Brown on...
Kay Marie Smith Wical
Apr 29, 2015
Kay Marie Smith Wical, age 52, passed away on April 29, 2015, at her in home in Hot Springs, SD. Kay was born in International Falls, MN, on January 21, 1963, to Matthew and Fern (Dunbar) Smith. She is survived by her brother Mike (Yvette) Smith, of Santa Monica, California. Private committal services were held at an earlier date.
Thomas Paul Mcdill, Sr.
Apr 28, 2015
Thomas Paul McDill, Sr., age 93, passed away on April 28, 2015, at his ranch near Custer, SD. Thomas was born on October 14, 1921, in Lincoln, NE, to Paul and Emma (Engel) McDill. He proudly served in the United States Army and Air Force. McDill enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1940, where he arrived in the...
Dee Ann Heller
Apr 27, 2015
Dee Ann Heller, 71, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Monday April 27, 2015, at her home in Hot Springs, SD. She was born February 19, 1944, in Rapid City, SD to Aaron & Mildred Hansen, the youngest of 11 children. Dee Ann married Lewis Heller in 1967, beginning a life of companionship with a man who would be...
Benny Joe Gossel
Apr 25, 2015
Benny Joe Gossel, age 68, of Hot Springs, SD, passed away April 25, 2015, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, SD. Benny was born April 30, 1946, in Hot Springs, to Bernard and Mary Ann (Hawk) Gossel. Benny was a caring, compassionate, giving father; grandfather, brother, uncle and friend. He would give you the "shirt off his...
Frank James Albright
Apr 24, 2015
Frank James Albright, age 99, of Edgemont, SD, passed away on April 24, 2015, at his home in Edgemont. Frank was born on October 2, 1915, to Frank and Ella (Gilkey) Albright at the Albright homestead in Red Canyon. He received his education while attending the Red Canyon County School. While working for the CB&Q Railroad in 1942, he received...
Gladys Lucille Reed
Apr 19, 2015
Gladys Lucille Reed, age 93, of Custer, SD, passed away on April 19, 2015, at the Custer Regional Senior Care Center in Custer. Gladys was born on September 6, 1921, in Fedora, SD. She attended school through high school before moving to Pringle, SD, with her parents Henry and Edna Rabenstein. She met and married Don Reed and became a...
Sarah F. Kain
Apr 16, 2015
Sarah F. Kain, age 94, of Hot Springs, SD, passed away April 16, 2015, at the Golden Living Center Black Hills in Rapid City, SD. Sarah was born December 12, 1920, in Danville, IL, to William M. and Bertha (Kiger) Beach. Sarah is survived by 3 nieces and 2 nephews: Judy Grams (Bill), Bill Elliott (Nancy), Pam Burgess, Tony Elliott,...
Robert Dee Hott
Apr 14, 2015
Robert Dee "Bob" Hott, age 81, of Custer, SD, passed away on April 14, 2015, at the Fall River Rural Health Clinic in Hot Springs, SD. Bob was born on July 9, 1933, in Decatur, IN, the second of three sons born to Lee and Geraldine (Bugh) Hott. He attended school in Fort Wayne, IN, Tucson, AZ, and Dupree, SD,...
Harold Eugene Hoover
Apr 14, 2015
Harold Eugene "Gene" Hoover, age 76, of Custer, SD, passed away on April 14, 2015, at the Michael J. Fitzmaurice South Dakota Veterans Home in Hot Springs, after a long battle with cancer. Gene was born on October 19, 1938, in Holdenville, OK, to Albert and Evelyn (Brooker) Hoover. He graduated from high school in Texas. Following graduation, Gene enlisted...
Colleen "Coke" Rae Hicks
Apr 10, 2015
Hicks, Colleen R. "Coke", of Custer, SD, passed away on April 10, 2015. She was born in Custer on September 8, 1937. She was the youngest of 10 children, born to Harry S. and June E. (Larson) Treloar. Like her mother, Coke was appreciated as a good cook (her cinnamon rolls were legendary). She was a number one fan of...
Benjamin Paul Larson
Apr 10, 2015
Benjamin Paul Larson, age 33, of Rapid City, SD, passed away on April 10, 2015, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City. Benjamin was born at Reynolds Army Hospital, Fort Sill, OK, on May 9, 1981. He was Army from day one; a battery of howitzers crossing the road interrupted his ride home from the hospital. Ben grew...
