Obits
Henry Lowell Luken, 92, passed away August 20, 2018 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Lowell was born on April 10, 1926 to Harley and Nora (McCullough) Luken in Murdo, South Dakota. He was the fourth born out of seven children. After leaving the family farm, he worked at Homestake gold mine...
Pat John was born October 21, 1941 in Pierre, South Dakota. He was raised in Prairie City, South Dakota by Ike and Claire John. He earned his Bachelors Degree in History from Black Hills State College in Spearfish, SD and a Masters Degree in Elementary Administration from Winnona, MN.After working...
William Jerome “Bill” Greiner passed away on August 20th at the age of 68 after a long battle with cancer. Bill was born in Pierre, SD to parents William Milton and Leila Lucille (Church) Greiner and was the second of four children. Bill grew up in Murdo, SD, and attended his later high school...
Herbert "Randy" Franks, age 89, of Philip, South Dakota, died on Saturday, August 18, 2018 at the Philip Nursing Home.Herbert Randall "Randy" Franks was born April 17, 1929, in Swain, Arkansas, the son of Layton D. and Edna Lou (Honder) Franks.Randy served in the US Army from January 1951 until...
John "Johnny" Brewer, age 73, of Pierre formerly of Rapid City, South Dakota, died on Monday, August 13, 2018 at his home in Pierre.John Richard Brewer, better known as “Johnny” by his family and friends, was born January 9, 1945 in Gregory, South Dakota. Johnny was the third of six children born...
Dick James Daum, age 81, of Murdo, South Dakota, passed away from cancer on Monday, August 20, 2018, at the Rapid City Regional Hospice House,Dick was born January 23, 1937 in Murdo, SD; the youngest of 11 children born to Nickolas and Elizabeth (Hoekman) Daum. He grew up on the family farm, and...
Norma Jean Hopkins, age 90, of Kadoka, South Dakota, died on Monday, August 13, 2018 at the Hans P. Peterson Memorial Hospital in Philip. Norma Jean Hopkins was born November 7, 1927, to Louris and Louise (Jones) Johnston at the family homestead south of Belvidere, South Dakota. She attended grade...
The memorial service for Kyle Theodore Hulm, age 33, of Bison, SD, was held on Sunday, August 19, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. at the Bentley Memorial Building in Bison, SD. Pastor Tera Kossow officiated with burial at the Gallaway Cemetery at Meadow, South Dakota.Kyle Theodore Hulm, 33, was born July 6, 1985...
Janet Elaine Doan Gehring was born to Clarence and Florence (Miles) Doan on July 19, 1952, in Isabel, SD. Janet attended elementary school in Isabel, SD. Around the age of 10, Janet (and younger sister, Edith) moved with their Uncle Marvin and Aunt Donna (Miles) Bertsch after their Mom passed...
Merle E. Vig, 82, Opal, died Tuesday, August 14, 2018 in Rapid City. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at the Faith Community Center. Burial follows at the Opal Cemetery. Merle Edward Vig was born on July 25, 1936, in Faith, SD. He was the second of five children...
