Obits
Larry Fite, age 68, Kadoka, SDLarry Fite, age 68, of Kadoka, South Dakota, died on Wednesday, September 4, 2019, at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, Colorado.Larry Fite was born on November 29th, 1950 in Alliance, Nebraska the first son of Laurence and Myrtle (Nelson) Rubottom. Shortly...
Bruce M. Kroetch, age 66 Philip, South DakotaBruce Martin Kroetch, age 66, of Philip, South Dakota, died on Friday, September 6, 2019,at the Philip Nursing Home, in his sleep, after a long battle with cancer.Bruce Kroetch was born in Oakland, CA on January 19, 1953 to Arthur and Eleanor (Johnson)...
Mary E. Eide of Philip, South Dakota, died on Saturday, August 31, 2019 at the Hans P. Peterson Memorial Hospital in Philip at the age of 85.Mary Edith (Smith) Eide was born on September 22, 1933 in Philip, South Dakota to John Roy and Norma Alice (Hicks) Smith. Mary lived with her parents on her...
Barbara "Barb" Hart, age 85 of Thornton, ColoradoBarbara “Barb” Hart, age 85, of Thornton, Colorado, died on Wednesday, August 28, 2019, in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, with her step-children and grandkids by her side.Barbara Ellen Brown was born July 1, 1934, in Elkins, West Virginia, the daughter of...
Lorraine Venhuizen, 92, of Rapid City and formerly of Quinn, died on August 25, 2019 at Touchmark at All Saints senior living in Sioux Falls. A Prayer Service will be held Thursday, August 29 at 2:00 pm at George Boom Funeral home in Sioux Falls, with services and burial to follow in Rapid City at...
Nina Finn, age 89, of Philip formerly of Midland, South Dakota, died on Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at the Hans P. Peterson Memorial Hospital in Philip.Nina Justine Livermore was born November 20, 1929, in Pierre, the daughter of J. Ray and Agnes (Erickson) Livermore. Her mother had arrived by train...
Virginia Guptill of Rapid City, South Dakota, died on Saturday, August 24, 2019 at Hospice of the Hills in Rapid City at the age of 94.Virginia Eva Guptill was born April 2, 1925 in the family farm house in Tyndall, South Dakota to Charles and Sylvia (Dunn) Hisek. At age four, she moved with her...
Stephen Charles Ferris, 57, died Friday, August 23, 2019 at Hospice of the Hills, following a 27 year fight with EHE, a rare cancer.He was born July 21, 1962 to Charles and Winifred (Renner) Ferris in Deadwood, South Dakota. He married Gina Derby in 1991, and together they had two children: Andrew...
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...









