John Carlson Sr
Nov 5, 2026
John Carlson SR was born September 13, 1935, to Carl and Hallie (Pond) Carlson. John passed away November 5, 2026, at the age of 91 years.
John grew up in the Pleasant Valley area in Custer County & attended school at the Pleasant Valley school.
John married Mary Hines and to this union, two daughters were born Sharron and Carmen. After John...
Michael Dean Greff
Nov 5, 2026
Michael Dean Greff, age 78, of Custer, South Dakota, passed away on November 5, 2026, surrounded by his wife and family. He was born September 27, 1948, in Dickinson, North Dakota, the son of Michael and Gladys (Uhler) Greff.
While pursuing a degree in accounting, Mike enlisted in the U.S. Navy after being drafted and served on the USS Coral Sea.
After...
Leland E. Maciejewski
Nov 3, 2026
Leland E. “Leo” Maciejewski was born May 26, 1937, in Merriman, Nebraska, to Edward J. Maciejewski and Ethel (Hubbard) Maciejewski. His family moved west of Martin, South Dakota, where he spent his childhood and lived until he was drafted into the U.S. Army on October 12, 1960. Following his discharge on September 19, 1962, he returned to Martin.
Before long, Leo...
Jesse Lincoln Cloyd
Oct 30, 2026
Jesse Lincoln Cloyd, age 102, of rural Edgemont, SD, passed away October 30, 2026.
A visitation for friends and family will be held at McColley Funeral Home, Hot Springs, from 5pm to 7pm on Tuesday evening, November 3rd, with prayer services at 7pm.
Visitation at Greenlawn Funeral Home in Springfield, MO, will be held 5pm until 7pm, Thursday, November 5, 2026. Funeral...
Dale Schrier
Oct 26, 2026
Dale Schrier
Dale Schrier, a longtime resident of Hill City, South Dakota, passed away on October 26, 2026 at home, at the age of 89. Born June 14th, 1937 in Corning Iowa to Clarence and Violet (Smith) Schrier. Dale and Dolores were married in 1958.
In 1969, Dale and his wife, Dolores "Dee" Schrier, moved their family from their farm in Iowa...
Jimmy Knapp
Oct 24, 2026
Jimmy Eugene Knapp, "Wizzer," 79, passed away on October 24, 2026, at the Highmore nursing home in South Dakota. Born to Iris Josephine (Taylor) and Vernon Alfred Knapp in Alliance, Nebraska, he attended school in Oral, SD. Throughout his life, Jimmy worked on the family farm, as a farmhand for neighbors and later at a refuse center before residing in...
Sherlee K. Renteria
Oct 24, 2026
Sherlee K. Renteria died and went to heaven on October 24, 2026. Sherlee was born in Holdrege, NE, May 6, 1946, to Billy and Minnie Arlene Woodruff.
Her beloved grandparents, Jess and Cecile Norman, raised her. When she was 8 years old the family moved to Alliance, NE, where they farmed 12 miles west of Alliance. It was her great grandpa,...
Joyce I. Yotter
Oct 22, 2026
Joyce Irene Yotter, 89, of Custer, SD, passed away peacefully with family by her side on October 22, 2026, at the Hospice House in Rapid City, SD.
She was born in Woonsocket, SD, on November 4, 1936, and married Charles Yotter on October 28, 1957, in Bemidji, MN. They lived throughout South Dakota, in both the eastern and western parts of...
Franklin D. Foster
Oct 18, 2026
Franklin D. Foster of Hot Springs, South Dakota, passed away on October 18, 2026, in Rapid City, South Dakota.
Franklin is survived by his beloved wife, Rose Foster; his son, Frank (Carol) Foster of Hot Springs; his grandchildren, F. Reed Foster, Kristen (Foster) Dilley, Marilyn Foster, Erick Goin, Scott Crandell, and William Crandell; and fourteen great-grandchildren.
Franklin was a proud veteran of...
Wayne Layton
Oct 17, 2026
Wayne Albert Layton, 53, of Sumner, WA, previously from Cheyenne WY, passed away, October 17, 2026. He was born August 2, 1973, in Wheatland, WY. Wayne graduated from Guernsey-Sunrise High School in 1992 and from the Power Plant Technology portion of Bismarck State College in 1995.
His career consisted of head operator at Frontier Refining (now Sinclair HF) from 1996-2017, owner...
Arthur Raymond Tramp
Oct 15, 2026
Celebration Of Life for Art Tramp
Arthur “Art” R. Tramp, 81 years old from Custer, SD was received into the loving arms of his Savior at home surrounded by family and the love of his life, Anna Belle, on October 15, 2026.
Art was born in Burbank, CA on November 11, 1944. Art grew up with four brothers on a farm in...
Dennis Dixon Brafford
Oct 14, 2026
Dennis Dixon Brafford was born in Igloo, SD on November 25, 1947, to Ephraim and Gertrude Brafford. He was the oldest of seven children. Dennis graduated high school in 1965 and was proud to be a Provo Rattler. Upon graduation, Dennis was drafted into the U.S. Army where he served as an M.P. and was a qualified marksman and did...
John Winfield Holmes
Oct 14, 2026
John Winfield Holmes went home to his Lord and Savior on October 14, 2026. He was born May 8, 1934, in Gilman, Iowa, to Russell C. Holmes and Grace (Wade) Holmes.
John grew up in Montour, Iowa with his four older sisters Jean, Margaret, Clarice, Ardis, and his younger brother Bill Holmes. Growing up, he watched his neighbors drive cows past...
Michael Allen Davidson
Oct 8, 2026
Michael A. Davidson
November 17, 1947 – October 8, 2026
Michael A. Davidson, age 78, of Custer, South Dakota, passed away while fishing in Custer State Park on October 8, 2026.
Michael was born in Rapid City, South Dakota, on November 17, 1947, to the late Frank and Edna Davidson. He spent his childhood growing up in Keystone, South Dakota, and went on...
James 'Ole' M. Oberpriller
Oct 6, 2026
James Michael “Ole” Oberpriller (73) of Hot Springs, South Dakota, passed away peacefully at his home on October 6, 2026, after a three-year battle with cancer.
Jim was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on August 21, 1953, to Lawrence John and Shirley Ann (Parsons) Oberpriller. Over the next five years, he welcomed three younger siblings—Margaret, Sally, and Paul—and the family moved to...
Rebecca 'Beckie' A. McCann
Oct 5, 2026
Rebecca McCann Obituary
Beckie was born to Joseph and Verda Lollman August 6, 1949, in LaPorte, Indiana. She married Gene McCann in LaPorte on June 21, 1969. They traveled throughout Europe and the United States for 12 years.
Beckie became a Registered Nurse in 1981 and worked at LaPorte Hospital, retiring in 2008. In 2010 they sold their home and belongings and...
Charles Robert Ballinger
Oct 3, 2026
Charles Robert Ballinger (Chuck Ballinger) was born in Polk County Missouri on April 29 1931 to Mary Ella Human and John P Ballinger during the Great Depression. He was born just before the Japanese invaded Manchuria in September 1931. This event and his time during the Great Depression would lead for him, like most people of that time, to Believe...
Vera E.I. Miller
Oct 3, 2026
Vera Miller, 88, of Hot Springs, passed away peacefully on October 3, 2026.
She was born to the late Willi & Hedwig (Reiss) Hesse, January 13, 1938, in Trier, Germany.
She married Richard (Gene) Miller in 1961, and they lived together on the family ranch in Hot Springs. Vera is survived by three children: Thomas Miller (Penni), of Hot Springs; Michael Krause...
Carol Jean Greeb
Oct 1, 2026
Carol Jean Greeb, 67, of Custer, SD, passed away October 1, 2026 at her home in Custer.
Carol is survived by her husband, Chuck Greeb and daughter, Sarah Greeb.
Fred Carl Knuth
Sep 29, 2026
Fred Carl Knuth, 101, of Hot Springs, South Dakota, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, at Fall River Health in Hot Springs.
Fred was born July 3, 1925, the 3rd of 10 children, to William and Minnie (Poppe) Knuth on the family farm in Lake Belt Township, rural Dunnell, Minnesota. Fred once said, with a twinkle in his eye,...
