Obits
James "Digger" Beckwith, age 71, of Spearfish, formerly of Kadoka, South Dakota, died on Thursday, November 29, 2018 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital.James "Digger" Beckwith was born on October 2, 1947 to Louie and Alice Beckwith in Philip, South Dakota. He was raised on the Beckwith Ranch west...
Margery Ione Hayes, age 93, formerly of Draper, S.D.; surrounded by her family, went peacefully to the Lord on Friday, November 30, 2018 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D. A visitation will be held in Sioux Falls on Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at George Boom Funeral Home from 5:00 p.m...
Cecilia Melvin, age 86, of Wall, South Dakota, died on Friday, November 16, 2018 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital.Cecilia C. Melvin was born September 11, 1932, in Rapid City, South Dakota the daughter of Patrick S. and Cecilia M. (Delvaux) Melvin. She grew up on a farm north of Wall and...
Wayne F. Donnenwirth, a Faith native, died on October 14, 2018, at a nursing home in Florida. Wayne was born on October 17, 1941, the youngest child of Vernon and Evelyn (Armour) Donnenwirth. He was raised in Faith and graduated from Faith High School in 1959. He graduated from South Dakota...
Ben Stoeser, 95, of Ft. Pierre, died on Thursday, November 8 at Avera St. Mary’s Hospital in Pierre. Visitation will be from 5:30 to 7:00pm on Tuesday, November 13 at St. John’s Catholic Church in Ft. Pierre with a 7:00pm rosary and prayer service. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on...
Charlotte Blom, age 87, of Selby, formerly of Philip, South Dakota, died on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at the Good Samaritan Center in Selby. Charlotte Mae Gerdon was born January 31, 1931 on the family homestead south of Belvidere to Robert and Pearl E. (Voss) Gerdon. She grew up in Belvidere...
Gladys Elaine Simons was born December 20, 1938, in Sturgis, SD, to Sam E. and Ada B. (Burditt) Simons. She was raised on the family farm/ranch between Marcus and Plainview. Gladys went to the Barada School, grades 1-8, where she was a good student, advancing two grades in one year. While at...
Clinton Casey" Everett Jones passed away October 24, 2018. He was born May 3, 1930 to Earl V. and Gertrude (Differding) Jones at their home on Tall Timber Ranch in Chance, South Dakota. He grew up there and attended Happy Hill School, where his Aunt Della taught. Casey's favorite pastimes...
William "Bill" Stahl, age 70, of Philip, South Dakota, died on Saturday, October 20, 2018 at the Hans P. Peterson Memorial Hospital in Philip. On October 20, 2018, the world lost a kind and caring person who fought a 25 day battle with pancreatic cancer. In his words “I drew the short straw”....
Anita (Sinkey) Hamilton passed away on October 9 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Anita Louse Sinkey was born February 24, 1964, at Sturgis, South Dakota, to parents Charles and Betty (Anderson) Sinkey. As a small child she moved with her family to Midland, SD. She attended school there and graduated...
