Virgil Leroy Bowman
Feb 3, 2015
Virgil LeRoy Bowman, age 87, of Custer, SD, passed away on February 3, 2015, at the Custer Regional Hospital in Custer. Virgil was born on March 18, 1927, in Catawba County, N.C., to Roy and Eva (Hollar) Bowman. He served in the Navy during World War II from 1944-1946. Virgil survived by two daughters, Sherry (Don) Schnoor of Custer; Vanessa...
Marjorie Delores Tubbs
Jan 30, 2015
Marjorie Delores Tubbs, age 84, of Edgemont, SD, passed away January 30, 2015, at the Seven Sisters Living Center in Hot Springs, SD. Marjorie was born April 15, 1930, at the Evans Hotel Annex in Hot Springs, SD, to Charles and Mildred (Hixson) Hardman. Marjorie spent her younger years in Buffalo Gap, SD, where she attended grade school, later moved...
John Thomas James
Jan 28, 2015
John Thomas James, age 88, of Hot Springs, SD, passed away January 28, 2015. John was born in Lincoln, NE, January 29, 1926, to Thomas A. James and Ruth (Munger) James. He graduated High School in Stromsburg, NE, and then attended the University of Lincoln Nebraska. John enlisted in the Army Air Force during World War II, then in the...
Rita Jean Hamilton
Jan 27, 2015
Rita Jean Hamilton, age 68, of Custer, South Dakota, formerly of Norfolk, Nebraska, died on January 27, 2015, at the Custer Regional Hospital in Custer. Rita was born in Yankton, South Dakota, on June 11, 1946, to Gene and Rita (Schulte) Stevens. She was the oldest of nine children. She grew up in the Hartington area and graduated from Cedar...
Christopher Brian Hacker
Jan 25, 2015
Christopher Brian Hacker, age 41, of San Jose, CA, passed away on January 25, 2015, in San Jose, CA. Christopher was born to Robert and Mary Hacker on February 18, 1973, in Rose Bud, SD. He is survived by his parents, Robert Hacker of Hot Springs, SD, and Mary Hacker of Sunnyvale, CA; brother, Edward Hacker of Lead, SD; sister,...
Frances Wieters
Jan 21, 2015
Frances Fithian Wieters, 96, of Olivet, SD, died January 21, 2015, at Seven Sisters Living Center in Hot Springs, SD. France was the youngest of 9 children born to David Fithian. Twice widowed, David had 5 children from his first marriage to Eva Ward: Florence, Ivan, Maureen, Evelyn, Margaret and 4 from his second marriage to Jennie Petersen: Mary, Alice,...
June Rudell Moen
Jan 15, 2015
June Rudell Moen, 95, of Hot Springs, SD, passed away January 15, 2015, at the Seven Sisters Living Center in Hot Springs. June was born June 8, 1919, in Hillsboro, ND, to John and Anna (Bakkum) Kaldor. She was baptized and confirmed at the Aal Lutheran Church in rural Hillsboro. June married Lawrence Moen on November 20, 1938, in Hatton,...
Robert Thomas Harrison
Jan 13, 2015
Robert "Bob" Thomas Harrison, age 67, of Hot Springs, SD, passed away on January 13, 2015, at Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, SD. Robert was born in Chadron, NE, on July 13, 1947, to William and Eleanor (Slater) Harrison. In 1966, he graduated high school in Chadron. He served in the United States Army from 1967, to his...
Robert Wayne "Bob" Girton
Jan 12, 2015
Robert Wayne "Bob" Girton, age 72, of Hot Springs, SD, passed away on January 12, 2015, at the Hot Springs Veterans Medical Center in Hot Springs. Bob was born on September 28, 1942 in Custer, SD, to Lloyd and Esther (Brill) Girton. He proudly served in the United States Air Force from 1961, to his honorable discharge in 1965. He...
Wanda Juanita Agenbroad
Jan 10, 2015
Wanda Juanita Agenbroad, age 80, a resident of Hot Springs, SD, died in Christ January 10, 2015, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, SD. Wanda was born on March 9, 1934, to Lester and May Sommers, the oldest of three daughters. Wanda was brought up in a Christian home and maintained a lifelong walk with Christ. Wanda...
Laurel E. "Bug" Donnafield
Jan 6, 2015
Laurel (Bug) Donnafield, age 90, of Hot Springs, SD, passed away on January 6, 2015, at the Seven Sisters Living Center in Hot Springs after a long struggle with Alzheimer's. Laurel was born on November 9, 1924, in Spalding, Saskatchewan, Canada, to Frank and Jesse Lake. She was next to the youngest of 9 children. The family moved back to...
Lola M. Schneider
Jan 6, 2015
Lola M. Schneider, age 94, of Custer, SD, passed away on January 6, 2015, at Custer Regional Senior Care Center in Custer. Lola was born on February 24, 1920, in Mobridge, SD, to William and Sarah (Coope) Andrews. She grew up in Mitchell, SD, where she graduated in 1939. Lola met her husband, E.J., there and they wed on June...
Kelsey Nicole Wilson
Jan 5, 2015
Kelsey Nichole Wilson, age 15, of Hot Springs, SD, passed away January 5, 2015, at the Fall River Hospital in Hot Springs. Kelsey was born March 18, 1999, in Alliance, NE, to Jacqueline Nichole Green and Timothy Woodrow Wilson. Kelsey was a red headed spit fire angel who brought joy and love to everyone she met. There was not a...
Richard Galeano
Jan 5, 2015
Richard Wendell Galeano, age 76, of Hot Springs, SD, passed away on January 5, 2015, at the Fall River Hospital in Hot Springs. Richard was born December 8, 1938, in Baltimore, MD, to Joseph and Vera (Niedzewicke) Galeano. He served in the United States Air Force from 1961 until his honorable discharge in 1966. Richard is survived by his wife,...
Ernest Harvey "Ernie" Hagen
Jan 1, 2015
Ernest "Ernie" Harvey Hagen, age 54, passed away January 1, 2015, surrounded by his family and friends at his home in Hot Springs, SD. Ernie was born to Harvey T. and Lillian (Adolph) Hagen on August 19, 1960, in Denver, CO. He proudly served in the United States Army. Ernie spent the last 20 years of his life employed by...
Norma Arlene Thompson
Dec 29, 2014
Norma Arlene Thompson, of Boonville, NY, passed on December 29, 2014, at Regional Senior Center, Custer, SD, following a period of illness. Norma was born on Feb. 21, 1933 in Parker, SD, the daughter of Gerald "Jerry" Hammond and Dorothy Mae (Barber) Hammond. She was raised in Parker. In 1954, while babysitting for family friends in Mitchell, SD, she met...
Debra Jo Duff
Dec 27, 2014
Debra Jo Duff, age 56, of Custer, SD, passed away on December 27, 2014, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, SD. Debra was born on October 21, 1958, in Des Moines, IA, to Robert and Janice (Blunk) Cooper. She worked as a professional cook for various companies. She is survived by her parents, Robert and stepmother Joyce...
Alma R. Steinhauer
Dec 23, 2014
Alma R. Steinhauer, age 93, of Custer, SD, passed away on December 23, 2014, at the Golden Living Center-Prairie Hills in Rapid City, SD. Alma was born on September 17, 1921, in Eureka, SD, to John and Mary (Oster) Braunmeier. Alma obtained her high school diploma in Roscoe, SD. She married Gus Aldinger in July 7, 1940, and worked together...
Jane Andre Miller
Dec 23, 2014
Jane Andre Miller, lifelong resident of Hot Springs, SD, died peacefully at age 93 the evening of Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at the Pine Hills Retirement Community Center in Hot Springs. The oldest child of William McKinley Andre and Gertrude Wright Andre, Jane was often responsible for watching over her siblings, Walter, Carl "Teeny", and Eleanor "Porky" Fleming/Lee, especially when...
Donald "Bud" R. Treloar
Dec 23, 2014
Treloar, Sr., Donald "Bud" R., of Tucson, Az passed away December 23, 2014. He was born in Custer, S.D. on April 5, 1930 to Harry S. and June E. (Larson) Treloar. Bud enjoyed the outdoors and loved to hunt and fish. He had a talent for making others laugh and his twinkling eyes and warm smile would light up the...
