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Sharon Faye Ross, age 77, Sturgis, died Thursday, October 12, 2017 at the Lippold Hospice Suite at Sturgis Regional Hospital.
Memorial service for Sharon was held Tuesday, October 17, 2017, at Grace Lutheran Church in Sturgis with Pastor Kris Garlick officiating. Inurnment followed at Bear...
Service of Remembrance for Reed Henschel, age 88, of Faith, SD was held Saturday, October 28, 2017 at the Faith Community Center. Rev. Mark Richardson officiated and cremation will follow.
His family will bury his ashes at a later date at a cemetery in his home town of Princeton, MN.
Reed...
Fredric F. Hendrickson, age 82, Sioux Falls, S.D., passed away at home, Oct. 28, 2017, following a courageous battle with cancer.
Fred was born in Sioux Falls on April 24, 1935. He grew up in Philip, the adopted son of George and Alice Hendrickson.
Fred graduated from Philip High School in...
Belva Jean (Scholl) Searby went to heaven to be with her Lord Jesus on October 22, 2017, at Rapid City Regional Hospital.
Belva Jean was born January 5, 1933, to Peter Fred and Esther Mae Scholl in Wanblee, S.D., where she grew up and attended grade school in her youth.
Belva was united in...
William Montrose Kunkle died Sunday, Oct. 8, in Eugene, Ore. All of his children, their spouses, one grandson and the love of his life, Marvel, his wife of 75 years, were all with him when he died. He was 92.
William (Bill) Kunkle was born March 3, 1925 in Philip, S.D., to Montrose and Esther (...
Donald F. “Don” Nash, age 73, Brookings, S.D. passed away Sunday, October 22, 2017 at the United Living Community in Brookings, S.D.
Memorial Services have been set for 11 a.m. on Friday, October 27, at First United Methodist Church in Brookings, S.D. Memorial Visitation will be from 10 a.m....
Jerry Lee Boyer, age 80, died Wednesday, October 18, 2017 in Rapid City.
Jerry was born on December 22, 1936 at Belle Fourche, S.D., to Emery L. and Dorothy B. (Kachelhoffer) Boyer.
He was raised and educated in Belle Fourche, graduating from Belle Fourche High School in 1954. During his school...
Pat M. Stout, age 90, Philip, S.D., formerly of Sun Lakes, Ariz., died Friday, Oct. 20, 2017, at the Philip Nursing Home.
Pat M. Stout was born Aug. 20, 1927, in Philip, the son of Gordon and Hazel (Hutton) Stout. Pat was raised in his early years on the ranch west of Kadoka.
During the Dirty...
Marlene "Micki" Word, age 77, Kadoka, S.D., died Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017, at the Hans P. Peterson Memorial Hospital in Philip.
Marlene "Micki" Wald was born March 19, 1940, the daughter of Anton and Rose Wald.
Micki grew up on the family farm near Zeeland, N.D., with her four younger brothers,...
Patrick A. Nowlin, age 69, died on Monday, October 9, 2017 as a result of an accident.
He was born on December 10, 1947, the eldest son of James and Ila Nowlin. Patrick enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1965 and proudly served his country for two years in Germany and two years in Vietnam. Following...
