Obits
Our beloved Todd D Heathershaw, passed away at UCSF Medical Center Hospital in San Francisco, CA on August 4, 2019, at the age of 55.He was born June 24, 1964 to Bobby Lytle Heathershaw and the late Ron Heathershaw.Todd grew up in the Wall, SD area, and graduated from Wall High School in 1982. He...
Erma Lavonne Draine was born June 1, 1934, in Chance, SD, to Clifford and Estella (Knittel) Reese. She was the youngest of three children. Erma grew up on a homestead in the Maurine area.
Erma graduated from Faith HS, and shortly thereafter married Robert Emo Draine on January 24, 1953. To this...
Wayne Allen Weishaar, age 76 of Lemmon, SD passed away after a 15 year battle with cancer on Thursday, August 22, 2019 at the West River Regional Medical Center in Hettinger, ND.
Funeral Services were held on Sunday, August 25, 2019 at 2:00 pm at Calvary Lutheran Church in Lemmon. Pastor Charlotte...
Born prematurely during a January 17, 1937, blizzard eight days after his father died, Norman Arnold Smith, of Hettinger, ND, passed quietly from this life on Thursday, August 15, at West River Health Services hospital in Hettinger after a four-month challenge with cancer. He was 82.
The youngest...
Arlene Caldwell 81, of Murdo, South Dakota, died on Saturday, August 17th , 2019 at the Avantara nursing home in Pierre, South Dakota.Arlene was born on October 26, 1937 to Joseph and Cecilia (Kosalski) Leschinski in Detroit, Michigan. She grew up and attended school in Hamtramck. She married...
Wanda Olson of White River, South Dakota, died on Monday, August 12, 2019 at the Kadoka Care Center at the age of 86.Wanda Mary (Barry) Olson was born Thursday, June 29, 1933 at the Barry home in Rosebud, South Dakota to Orville and Laura (Salmon) Barry. She was born fifteen minutes after her twin...
Roger Duane Jensen was born in Millboro, SD, to Christian DeWitt Jensen and Marvel Belle (Painter) Jensen on September 17, 1933. He was number three in what would be nine children. As a young boy, they moved to the Eagle Butte, SD, area. He attended country schools and graduated from Eagle Butte...
Wanna (Speed) Young was born November 10, 1923, at Clough, SD, to Lawson and Mable (Ferguson) Speed. She attended high school at Stoneville, SD.
She married Robert J. Young January 3, 1945, at Sturgis, SD. To this union, two children were born, Linda and Bob.
Wanna was a member of Eastern Star (...
Mary Shea, age 101, of Philip formerly of Winner, South Dakota, died on Thursday, August 15, 2019 at the Philip Nursing Home.Mary Margaret Peters was born January 8, 1918 at Colome, South Dakota, to Paul and Nora (London) Peters. As a child Mary lived in the Colome area, as well as, Gretna,...
Kathleen Louise Oviatt of Aurora, Colorado, died on Thursday, August 15, 2019 at the Denver Hospice Care Center at the age of 69.Kathleen Louise (O’Reilly) Oviatt was born September 19, 1949 in Pierre, South Dakota, the oldest of five children born to Loren and Maxine (Thorson) O’Reilly. She grew...
