Obits
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...
Michael “Mickey” George Friedman passed away on December 23, 2025. Mickey was born on February 4, 1959 to Robert and Shirley (Collins) Friedman in Wild Rose, WI. Shirley, his mother, was a Kadoka High School graduate, Class of 1950. Mick grew up in many places such as Wild Rose, Ft. Sill, Oklahoma...
Rick Sutter, age 76, of Wall, South Dakota, died on Thursday, January 15, 2026 at the Kadoka Nursing Home.Ricky Bert Sutter was born on January 26, 1949, in Des Moines, Iowa, to Rodney and Veda (Ersland) Sutter, joining sister Roxann and brother Sam. He was baptized and later confirmed in Bethlehem...
Kristi Lynn Lensegrav-Birkeland left this world on January 10th, 2026. Though she fought like mad to stay with us, we picture her now on her favorite horse, Walsh, riding the hills, visiting the cows, and marveling at a technicolor sunset that defies earthly language.
Celebration of Kristi's life...
Richard Larry Holmes was born in Rapid City, S.D. December 2, 1945 to Richard Lewis and Daisy Lou (Wheeler) Holmes. He attended country grade school in Westover, S.D. and graduated from Murdo High School in 1963. September 1963, he enlisted in the United States Navy.
Over his 20-year navy career,...
