Obits
Kay Payne, age 75, Philip, S.D., died on Friday, Dec. 4, 2015, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital.
Wilma "Kay" Abel was born June 4, 1940, in Pierre, the daughter of Myrna (Boal) and Wilmer Abel.
Kay started her education in the Presho elementary school. In the fall of 1951, she moved with her...
Wynn Bergeson, 77, Fort Pierre, S.D., passed away December 2, 2015.
Winifred Ruth was born to Edward and Elizabeth (Puryear) Nemec of Midland.
Wynn attended Pheoba country school for grades one through eight and then graduated from Midland High School in 1956.
After high school, Wynn went to Black...
Wesley Carrol Welsh, 84, Wall, S.D., passed away on Nov. 26, 2015, at Select Specialty Hospital in Sioux Falls. He was surrounded by his girls and the overwhelming love they had for him.
Wesley Carrol Welsh was born on Dec. 4, 1930, to Harold and Mary (McDonald) Welsh in Wall, S.D. He graduated...
Francis Vander May, age 88, of Long Valley, S.D., died Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City.
Francis Joseph Vander May was born July 22, 1927, at White River, S.D., to Leonordus and Katherine (Crampton) Vander May. He attended grade school at Plainview,...
Jimmy D. "Snapper" Knapp, 74, of rural Metamora, Ill., passed away at 11:33 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015, in the emergency room of OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, Ill.
He was born on Feb. 12, 1941, in Woodward, Okla., the son of YuVonne O. and Mescal A. Huen Knapp. He married Janice F...
George Jr. Harwood, 85, Loma Linda, Calif, died Monday, Nov. 9, 2015, at the Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center in Loma Linda.
He was born Sept. 19, 1930, to George and Zilvia Harwood on a farm near Elm Springs. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1951 to 1955 during the Korean Conflict. ...
Bonnie Dee Leiby, 82, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, at her longtime home, with all of her children and most of her grandchildren present.
Bonnie was born on Dec. 31, 1932, in Quinn to Reba and Ray Hillery. As a child she lived near Interior, fought off Rheumatic Fever, worked on her family’s...
Mass of Christian Burial for Bernice L. Kari, age 74, of Bison, South Dakota, will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 12, 2015, at the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Bison, SD with Fr. Tony Grossenburg and Fr. Arnold Kari officiating. Burial will be in Bison, SD.
Bernice Lorraine...
Linda G. Farries, 65, Midland, S.D., passed away Oct. 14, 2015, at Rapid City Regional Hospital.
Linda was born Dec. 31, 1949 in Bentonville, Ark., to Arnold and Dorothy Hedges.
She is survived by her husband Keith Farries, Midland; and her children, Keith Farries, Jr., Ft. Pierre, Stacy Hatchet (...
After a brief illness and stay at Hans P. Petersen Memorial Hospital in Philip, Leland E. “Lee” Schoniger, Jr., 89, Philip, S.D., passed away on Nov. 4, 2015, with his family by his side.
He will be remembered as a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather as well as respected...
