Obits
Terri Lynn Hoeltzner, 51, of Platte, S.D. passed away Sunday, September 26, 2021 as the result of an automobile accident. Memorial Services are 10:30 a.m. Friday, October 8, 2021 at Mount Funeral Home in Platte. Visitation will be held at the funeral home from 9:30-10:30 a.m. prior to services on...
Cathy Ann (Miller) Fried was born on May 29th, 1955, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, in a quonset hut on the Westover Air Force Base to C.R. “Sam” and Donna Ruth Miller. Cathy came into the world a little on the small side at a whopping 4 pounds, with the doctor giving her a 50% chance of survival....
Eldon Lavern Esmay Sr. (91) of Murdo, South Dakota passed away Wednesday September 29th, 2021.
He was born to Charles and Zella (Stark) Esmay on the family homestead north of Murdo February 23, 1930. He attended East Harrington country school and graduated from Murdo High School in 1948. He then...
Carol L. (Bieber) Bockman went home to be with her Lord on September 24, 2021, In Hermiston, Oregon at the age of 85. She had been living with daughter Wanda and son-in-law Frank Kontur.
Carol was born November 21, 1935 in Dupree, South Dakota to parents, John and Thelma (Schuchhardt) Bieber and...
Bill was born to Carl and Canzetta Schaffer on August 1, 1927 at Clarendon, Texas. Bill had one brother, Carrol and two sisters, Dorothy and Kay. Bill grew up in the three corners area.
His dad had a ranch on the Cimmaron River in New Mexico. They leased land in Colorado and they got their...
Funeral services for Anthony Clark, 56, of Faith were held Friday, October 1, 2021, at the Faith Community Center. Burial was at the UCC Cemetery in LaPlant under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge. Visitation was held Thursday at the Community Center in Faith. Anthony passed away...
Melvin Lewis Carleton was born to Paul and Rosa Carleton on May 31, 1934, in Gonzales, Texas, near San Antonio. Seven more children were born into this family – three daughters and four more sons to Paul and Rosa.
Melvin graduated from Devine Texas High School and entered the United States Air...
Cindy Wilmarth, age 71, of Wall, formerly of Kadoka, South Dakota, died on Monday, October 4, 2021 at Monument Health in Rapid City.Cynthia Ann Marvin was born in Huron SD on Feb 21, 1950 to Merle and Esther Marvin. Cindy grew up in Huron with one sister Cathy and brother Paul. She graduated from...
Cynthia “Cindy” Wilmarth, age 71, of Wall, formerly of Kadoka, died Monday, October 4, 2021, at Monument Health in Rapid City.
Survivors include her husband Ken of Wall; two daughters Tammy Merchen and her husband Tim of Norris, and Tricia Amiotte of Wall; five grandchildren Ty (Val) Merchen of...
Kenny Ireland of rural Philip, South Dakota, died on Saturday, October 2, 2021 at Monument Health Hospital in Rapid City at the age of 75.Kenny, the third son of Forrest Howard (Shorty) Ireland and Betty Nell Mansfield Ireland, was born in the old Sundet hospital at Kadoka, SD on July 28, 1946.He...
