Obits
Mary Jane Dugan, age 92, of Rapid City, S.D., passed away on Nov. 7, 2016, at Clarkson Health Care Center in Rapid City.
Mary Jane Dugan was born on April 23, 1924, in Midland, S.D., to Jack and Margaret (McCullough) Huston, one of nine children, all of whom preceded her in death with the exception...
Luvern Kari, age 86, Spearfish, S.D., died Friday, November 4, 2016, at Belle Fourche Healthcare. Funeral services will be held Thursday, November 10, at 2:00 p.m. at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. Visitation will be from noon until service time at the funeral chapel. Luvern (Tillie)...
Sandra King James, age 75, died of cancer on October 16, 2016 at her home in Spring, Texas. Sandra Eileen King was born to Louie and Isabell (Kovarik) King in Faith, SD at the Kinney Maternity Home on May 28, 1941. She attended seven years of Faith Elementary School and the eighth grade in...
Lillian (Keehner) Caughron, age 67, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital Auxiliary Hospice House. Lillian was born on June 6, 1949 at Sturgis, SD to Harold Keehner and Diane (Udager) Keehner. She graduated from Faith High School in 1967. Her first marriage was...
Myra J. Starkey, age 66, of Wessington Springs died Tuesday, September 20, 2016, at the Prairie View Care Center in Woonsocket. Myra Dolezal Starkey was born November 8, 1949 in Pierre, S.D., to Frank and Lillian Dolezal. She lived her childhood years in the Draper area, where she graduated...
Ray Becker, age 90, of Kadoka, S.D., died on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, at the Kadoka Nursing Home. Ray Lawerence Becker was born on July 3, 1926, in Lake Andes to Walter and Bertha (Jacoby) Becker. In 1933, the family moved to a farm-ranch near Hisle, S.D. He received his education in the...
Arthur Hanson, age 71, of Black Hawk, S.D., died on Friday, Nov. 4, 2016, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital. Arthur Harry Hanson was born on Oct. 16, 1945, in Pennington County, S.D., and was adopted by Harry and Anna (Benson) Hanson. He attended Hart and Marietta country schools in rural...
Marjorie Jeffords, age 93, of Kadoka, S.D., died on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016 at There's a Hart Assisted Living in Rapid City. Marjorie Darlene Hamilton was born Dec. 31, 1922, at Springview, Neb., the fourth of five children born to Charles and Jessie (Jewett) Hamilton. Marjorie grew up on a...
Harvey Byrd, age 57, of Kadoka, S.D., died Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016, at the Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls. A celebration of life service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, Nov. 4, at the Kadoka City Auditorium in Kadoka (friends and family will be invited to share favorite memories...
Elma Elizabeth Church Anderson Vreeland was born in Waukon, Iowa, January 3, 1920. She went to be with her Lord and Savior October 16, 2016, at the Kopper Krest Home in Mesa, Ariz., at the age of 96. The spring of 1920 the Church family moved from Maryland to Murdo, S.D., with the exception...
