Obits
Dale Richardson, age 78 of St. Onge, died Saturday, November 25, 2023 at the Monument Health Rapid City Hospital.A visitation was held 5 to 7 pm (MST) Wednesday at Leverington Funeral Home of the Northern Hills in Belle Fourche, followed by a reception at the Moose Lodge. Another visitation will...
Deanna Jean Brooks, passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of Wednesday, November 22, 2023, at the age of 84 years.Deanna was born on May 19, 1939, to Walter and Rose (Klukas) Willman in Wessington Springs, SD. She was the youngest of five children born to the couple, Willard, Maynard,...
Lillian Joan DeKnikker, 88, of Gettysburg, passed away Friday, November 17, 2023, at Avera Oahe Manor, Gettysburg. Funeral Mass will be 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, November 28, 2023, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Gettysburg, with Fr. Brian Simon presiding. Burial will be 12:00 p.m. MST, Wednesday,...
Virgil “Dale” McLaughlin, Jr. was born on November 6, 1969 in Rapid City, SD, to Virgil, Sr. and Pearl (Annis) McLaughlin. Virgil passed away on November 10, 2023 in Rapid City, SD.
Dale grew up on the Temple Ranch and attended elementary school at Rocky Ford. He would spend his days working on the...
Jim Oldenberg, age 83, of Philip, South Dakota, died on Monday, November 20, 2023 at Scotchman Living Center in Philip.James Ralph Oldenberg was born in Rapid City, SD on September 12, 1940 to Wilbur and Marion (Eide) Oldenberg. He grew up on the family ranch north of Philip, SD. He was called home...
October 14, 1944-November 11, 2023Mary Lou Michael Schimke went home to our Lord November 11, 2023 after enduring Parkinson’s and dementia at her home in Albuquerque NM. Mary Lou was born near her home in Philip, South Dakota. She was preceded in death by her parents George and Emma Michael; sister...
Jon J. Dougherty, 73, of the Black Hills, SD, died November 11, 2023. He was born in Ponca, Nebraska on August 5, 1950 to John B. Dougherty and Alice M. Kniefl Dougherty. Being the youngest of 8 children, Jon was often enticed to climb trees that his older brother David would rapidly chop down,...
Mercades Dahlvang, age 32, of Piedmont, formerly of Philip, South Dakota, died on Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at Monument Health in Rapid City.Badass, adventurous, fun-loving, beautiful blue-eyed Mercades (Martin) Dahlvang, with the heart of an angel, was taken from us too soon. A blessing to so...
Margaret “Peggy” Hook, age 85, of Philip, South Dakota, died on Sunday, November 19, 2023 at the Hans P. Peterson Memorial Hospital in Philip.Margaret “Peggy” Ellen Hook was born on September 25, 1938, to Margaret (O’Connell) and Lawrence Gittings in Midland, South Dakota. Peggy attended elementary...
Robert Lyle Lang, 76 of Fort Meade and formally of Hill City, died November 6, 2023 at the Department of Veterans Affairs in Fort Meade.
He served in the US Navy from 1965 until 1968.
A full obituary from West River Funeral will follow.
