Obits
Keith L. Harner, loving husband, father and grandfather died at Monument Hospice House in Rapid City, SD on October 6, 2023. He was 94.Keith was born in Cold Springs, OK on September 22, 1929 to Joe Laurel Harner and Florence (White) Harner.His family moved many times when he was a child, therefore...
Paul was born in Pierre, SD. He attended elementary school at Plainview and Longvalley, high school at Kadoka, and college at BHSU in Spearfish.Family was Paul’s main priority. When he was 8, his hero and the Dad he always wanted, Raymond Terkildsen came into his life and married Frances. Paul...
Lon Lyman, age 80, of Murdo, South Dakota, died on Saturday, October 7, 2023 at Avera St. Mary's Hospital in Pierre.
Lon M. Lyman was born September 9, 1943, in Denver, Colorado, the son of Lyn and Dorothee (Collins) Lyman. His mother and he lived in Bozeman, Montana for a short time while his...
Samuel Dale Root, age 84, of Midland, South Dakota, died on Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at Avantara Nursing Home in Pierre.October 3, 2023, at 3:30 a.m. this world lost a friend and kind soul to God. Samuel Dale Root died from complications of diabetes. He was 84 years old and had fought this disease...
Pete Ferguson, age 51, of Norris, South Dakota, died on Tuesday, September 19, 2023 near Norris.Peter I. Ferguson was born in Kadoka, South Dakota on June 14, 1972. He was the second oldest out of four children of Ed and Carol Ferguson. He went to elementary school in Mission South Dakota for some...
Phil Carley, age 72, of Milesville, South Dakota, died on Thursday, September 28, 2023 at Monument Health in Rapid City.Philip (Phil) Ray Carley was born in Rapid City, SD to Merrill and Teresa (Haley) Carley on October 21, 1950. He was raised in the Grindstone Area next to the Grindstone Buttes...
Gerald Dean Niederwerder, a wild, determined, story-telling cowboy, passed away at the age of 75 on September 24, 2023 in his favorite place: home.
Gerald was the first of nine children, born to Ernest “Ernie” and Nona (Harris) Niederwerder on the first of September 1948. He grew up on the family...
Gary Melvin Hansen was born March 24, 1941 at Omaha, NE to Harland Melvin Hansen and Elsie Elizabeth Appleby-Hansen. Gary attended schools in Blair, NE. He graduated from high school and received his private pilot license in 1958 from the North Omaha Airport. He attende Dana College and took...
Robert Joseph "Bob" Hanson, 88, passed away peacefully on September 6th, 2023 at Willow Park Nursing home in Willow Park, Texas.Bob was born on July 19th, 1935 at his Grandparents' farm in Midland, South Dakota. He was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph and Marie (Dhaenens) Hanson, and his...
Sharel Spears, age 73, of Wickenburg, Arizona, formerly of Kadoka, South Dakota, died on Friday, September 15, 2023 at her friend's home in Congress, Arizona.We come together to remember and celebrate the radiant life of Sharel Spears, known fondly as Nana or Sis to her loved ones. Sharel was born...
