Obits
Susan VanTassel, age 67, of Ottumwa, South Dakota, died on Thursday, February 12, 2026 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls.Susan Kay Alber was born on February 28, 1958 to Harold and Myrtis (Nissen) Alber in Red Cloud, Nebraska. She attended high school in Bladen, Nebraska. After high school...
Pat Dinkins, 86, of Bison, South Dakota passed away on Saturday, January 31, 2026.
Service of Remembrance for Pat was Saturday, February 7, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. MT at the Bentley Building in Bison, South Dakota. Pastor Tera Kossow and Vicar Jen Seffrood officiated and burial followed at the Bison...
Thomas Glenn Tifft, 74, passed away on February 1, 2026, in Spearfish, South Dakota. Born on August 15, 1951, in Rapid City, South Dakota, Tommy lived a life deeply connected to ranching in rural Meade County.
Tommy found joy in the enduring pleasures of rural life. He had a lifelong love for...
Merrill Eddie Miller passed away from cancer on February 2, 2026, in his home. He was born October 25, 1942, to Merrill and Esther (Branger) Miller. He graduated with a Master’s Degree from Montana State College (now MSU) in Bozeman, MT in June 1965 and that same busy month married Karen Coleman...
Virginia Caroline (Clark) Gerbracht, 75, Faith, was peacefully called home into the loving arms of Jesus on January 24, 2026 after enduring cancer with grace and faith. She was born on December 8, 1950 to Benjamin E and Hope M (Van Cleave) Clark in Sturgis, SD, the baby girl of the family with...
Sidney Lew Fairbanks was born September 24, 1954 in Ainsworth, Nebraska. Sid spent his childhood in rural Cedar Butte, South Dakota. He attended country schools, Butterfield and Runningbird through eighth grade. He asked Zelda LaHaye to the first Homecoming Dance and for the next 53 years never...
Myrnaloy (Sebade) Smith passed away on Friday, January 23, 2026, at the age of 89.She was born in Wall, SD, on April 13, 1936. During the war, as a young child her family moved to Tacoma, WA, for a few years and then moved back to Wall. She graduated as an Hawk from Wall High School in 1954.She met...
Arron Ace Foster, 60, of Freeport, IL, formerly of rural Perkins County, South Dakota, passed away January 16, 2026 while on a motorcycle tour of Ecuador.
Ace was born in Rapid City, South Dakota on May 5, 1965 to Randy and Vonnie Foster. He grew up on Thunder Butte Creek, riding ponies, wielding a...
Troy Howard Chapman, 69, passed away peacefully at Garden Hills Assisted Living in Spearfish, SD on Saturday, January 10, 2026.
Troy was born December 23, 1956, in Hettinger, ND, to Howard Robert Jr. and Viola Bernice (Long) Chapman. He joined siblings, Keith, Roxanne (Sis/Roxie), Thomas (Tom),...
Louis F. Dean Jr., 73, Belle Fourche, formerly of White River, SD, went to rest with the Lord on Saturday, January 10, 2026, at Heartland Senior Living, in Spearfish.Born May 26, 1952, in Kadoka, SD to Louis Faye Dean Sr. and Florence Omdahl. Louis was the first of five children. Spending his first...
