Obits
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...
"A long life, well-lived." Born a firecracker baby on the 4th of July, 1928, Bill passed away at the age of 91 on August 9, 2019 at the Hospice House in Rapid City.
Born and raised in Bison, the county seat of Perkins County, a small farming community in Northwestern South Dakota, Bill was the...
Joy Klima, age 93, of Belvidere, South Dakota, died on Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at the Philip Nursing Home.
Joy June Klima was born June 18, 1926 in Sundance, Wyoming to Thomas and Hazel (Moore) Straight. While Joy was young, the family moved to Denver, Colorado where she graduated from high school...
Chana Mary Gottsleben of Fort Collins, Colorado formerly of Philip, South Dakota, died on Sunday, August 4, 2019, as a result of a tragic car accident at the age of 27.
Chana was born on December 30, 1991, the first of three girls born to William “Bill” and Jayne Gottsleben of rural Philip.
Chana...
Funeral service for Beatrice Bennett, age 67, of Dupree was held Thursday, August 8, 2019 at the Dupree UCC Church. Burial was at the Dupree Cemetery under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge. Beatrice passed away, Saturday, August 3, 2019 at the Walworth County Care Center in Selby...
Beth Clark Oster passed away July 30, 2019 at Friendship Health and Rehab in Pewee Valley, KY. She was the last surviving child of George W. and Amy B. Clark. Beth and her husband, Jake, who preceded her in death, had three children: Virgil, Dianne, and Randall.
Jack Hansen, age 81, of Philip, South Dakota, died on Friday, July 26, 2019 at the Hans P. Peterson Memorial Hospital in Philip. John Vernon “Jack” Hansen was born January 27, 1938, in Philip, South Dakota, the son of Wallace “Bud” and Marie (Plasschaert) Hansen. He grew up and received his...
