Obits
Earl Dwight Dahlke age 84, of Draper, S.D., recently living in the Avantara-Pierre Nursing Home in Pierre S.D. for the last 2 3/4 years died on December 28 at Pierre Avera St. Mary’s Hospital.
Earl’s funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in...
In the early morning hours of Dec 29th, 2020, Lois Jean Wendt of Vivian, S.D. passed from the loving arms of her family into the welcoming arms of her Redeemer. Her painful, five-year battle with cancer ended quietly and comfortably, surrounded by family, in Comfort Care at the CHI hospital in...
Joe McTighe, 92, lifelong Meade and Perkins County Rancher/Cowboy, passed away peacefully at the Hospice House in Rapid City, SD on Tuesday, December 29, 2020.
Cumian Joseph McTighe Jr. – Joe – was born June 1st, 1928 to Cumian Joseph Sr. and Julia Marguerite (Swafford) McTighe on their homestead...
Shirley May Moore, 84, of Red Wing, died January 1, 2021 at Bay View Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born September 3, 1936 in Blockton, Iowa to Darrel and Virginia Alexander. She attended high school in Martin, South Dakota. She married her high school sweetheart, Virgil Moore, Jr. on...
Katherine F. “Kate” DeVries, age 92, of Kadoka, died January 4, 2021, at the Kadoka Nursing Home.Survivors include her daughter Ruth Ann Niehoff and her husband Dennis of Carson City, Nevada; eight grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; a sister Anna Mae Kimball of Duluth, Minnesota;daughter-in-law...
J.C. Heath, Jr., age 74, of Cottonwood, South Dakota, died on Monday, December 28, 2020 at the Hans P. Peterson Memorial Hospital E.R. in Philip.Survivors include three sons Jeff (Sherry) Heath of Cottonwood, Trenton Heath of Cottonwood, and Travis Heath and his son Tanner Heath of Scottville,...
Edna Fortune, age 99, of Quinn, South Dakota, died on Friday, January 1, 2021 at the Philip Nursing Home.Survivors include five sons Roger (Bonna) Fortune of Quinn; Kelly (Pat) Fortune of Interior; Dewey (Tina) Fortune of Cayman, Arizona; Bob (Ruth) Fortune of Belvidere, and John (Ruby) Fortune of...
Marvin "Mike" Groven, age 92, of Kadoka, South Dakota, died on Sunday, January 3, 2021 at the Kadoka Nursing Home.Marvin Jerome Groven, better known as “Mike” by his family and friends, was the fourth child born to Ole and Christine (Ellingson) Groven on February 15, 1928 at Hoople, North Dakota....
In the early morning hours of Dec 29, 2020, Lois Jean Wendt of Vivian, S.D. passed from the loving arms of her family into the welcoming arms of her Redeemer. Her painful, five-year battle with cancer ended quietly and comfortably, surrounded by family, in Comfort Care at the CHI hospital in...
Evelyn Grace Hale, 86, passed away on Tuesday, December 22, 2020, in Sturgis, SD.
Evelyn was born on March 26, 1934, in Kadoka, SD, to Jay and Grace Long. She grew up on their ranch at White Owl, SD. She graduated from Sturgis High School in 1952, and went onto Black Hills Teacher College in...
