Obits
Char Price-Stangle, age 57, Philip, S.D., died Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018, at her home north of Philip.
Charlotte Ann Price was born July 14, 1960, in Miles City, Mont., the daughter of Reatha Tall Bull. She was of Native American Northern Cheyenne blood and would never forget her roots. She felt...
Marie Lamm, age 89, Philip, S.D., died Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018 at the Hans P. Peterson Memorial Hospital in Philip.
Marie Lamm was born April 22, 1928, in Medford, Minn. She was the first of nine children born to Alpine and Orma (Hanson) McInnis. When Marie was 13, she traveled from Minnesota to...
William “Bill” Stone age 64, Kadoka, S.D., died Friday, February 9, 2018, at the Hans P. Peterson Memorial Hospital in Philip.
William Gene “Bill” Stone was born September 7, 1953, in Kadoka, the son of Gene and Barbara (Hedeen) Stone. Bill spent some of his school age years in Wiggins, Colorado...
Vespersia Marie Pennington, age 92, Gardner, Kan., passed away January 13, 2018, at Meadowbrook Rehab Center of Gardner.
Vespersia was born March 29, 1925 in Philip, S.D., to Morgan and Vera (Ernest) Smith. She grew up in South Dakota on the Quarter Circle Diamond Dot cattle ranch.
Vespersia...
Cleon Boomer, age 86, Interior, died Friday evening, February 9, 2018, at the Bennett County Hospital in Martin.
Cleon Hawley Boomer was born to George Hawley and Minnie (Thomsen) Boomer on September 26, 1931 in Valentine, Neb.. He and his older sister, Hope Caroline, grew up south of the Headlee...
Edith Carol “Fuller” Meland was born on December 25, 1919, on a farm south of Dupree, South Dakota to George and Lillian “Bulleous” Fuller. Edith was the youngest of five children. She joined her three brothers: Leslie “Tuffy”, twins: Hobert and Harlow; and one sister, Bessie. The family lived in...
Merla Dawn Price was born April 4, 1949, in Sturgis, SD, to Merle and Addie Boyd (Howie) Weyer. Her childhood years were spent in Marcus where she attended rural school. She graduated in 1967 from Faith High School.
After graduation, she attended National College of Business in Rapid City. In...
Mass of Christian Burial for Lorane McLellan, age 90, Spearfish, S.D., formerly of Lantry, was celebrated Monday, February 5, 2018, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Dupree. Burial was in the Lantry Cemetery under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge. Lorane passed away Monday,...
Phil Stark, age 73, Cottonwood, S.D., died on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018, at his home.
Philip Tex “Phil” Stark was born May 16, 1944, in Bishop, Calif., the son of Tex and Hazel (Wall) Stark. At the age of five, he moved with his family to Philip, where he grew up and received his education,...
Sylvia Myrtle Davis was born June 20, 1923, on the banks of the Cheyenne River, in the log cabin her parents, Guy Davis and Myrtle Rose Davis, built on their homestead in 1906.
From a very young age, Sylvia felt deep ties to the land and the ranching way of life. Her childhood was spent helping...
