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Richard Dick' Howe
RAPID CITY Richard D. Howe, 67, of Rapid City died Thursday, February 14, 2002, at Rapid City Regional Hospital.
Dick was born March 19, 1934, in Pine Ridge, S.D., to Marvin and Hazel (Bowman) Howe. When Dick was a small boy, he and his sister Marva and parents lived in Lance Creek, Wyo., which at that time was a booming oil field. Dick's father and mother owned and operated a drugstore and pharmacy in Lance Creek. Dick attended the elementary schools in the Lance Creek area and went his freshman year at Manville, Wyo. During the summer of 1949, Dick and his parents and sister moved to a country home a few miles southeast of Martin to live at what later became known as the headquarters of the Howe ranch. Dick finished his three years of high school at Bennett County High School, where he was active in sports and various other school activities. Dick and his girlfriend, classmate Lois Smith, graduated in May 1952 and were married on September 14, 1952, at St. Katharine's Episcopal Church. Dick and his lovely bride, Lois, went to work for Dick's grandparents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bowman, on their Hereford cattle ranch about 30 miles southeast of Martin in the sandhills. In the early summer of 1956, Dick and Lois moved to the Howe ranch just southeast of Martin on Little White River, where they ranched with Dick's parents for many years and ended up on their own ranch northeast of Martin on Bear Creek. In 1987, Dick and Lois leased their ranch and moved to Martin, where Dick worked at the Bennett County Hospital and Nursing Home, Martin Auction Company, and Audiss Aviation until August 1989, when they moved to Rapid City, where they were employed as assistant managers of LaCrosse Estates Apartments, of which they later became managers, before leaving LaCrosse Estates and becoming managers of Storage Unlimited. Due primarily to medical reasons, Dick retired from working at Storage Unlimited on April 13, 2001. Lois had previously retired on October 1, 1999.
Over the years, Dick has kept abreast of the changes in the cattle and aviation industries by attending short courses and seminars of both industries. Dick was an E.M.T., a member of the Bennett County Ambulance Association, and a certified Ground and Flight Instructor. Dick was active in the Episcopal Church over the years and was also active in Hospice of the Hills as a Hospice Volunteer from November 1993 to April 2000.
Survivors include his wife, Lois, of Rapid City, S.D.; daughter Dicksy Noyes and husband Harvey of Marshall, Minn.; sons Craig of Rapid City and Kent of Escondido, Calif.; sister Marva Hicks and husband Ross of Martin, S.D.; and mother Hazel Howe of New Underwood, S.D. Dick was preceded in death by his father, Marvin Howe.
Visitation will be at Kirk Funeral Home Sunday, February 17, from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Services for Richard will be at 9:30 a.m. Monday, February 18, at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Rapid City, with Fr. William Hibbert officiating, assisted by Fr. Philip Allen and Deacon Virginia Bird. Following the service, the funeral party will proceed to St. Katharine's Episcopal Church in Martin, S.D., where a second Burial Service will be held at 2 p.m. with Fr. Philip Allen officiating, assisted by Fr. William Hibbert and Deacon Virginia Bird. Visitation at St. Katharine's in Martin will be from 10 a.m. to noon on Monday. Burial will be at the Martin Community Cemetery.
A memorial has been established to the Hospice of the Hills in Rapid City.
Glenn O. Anderson
RAPID CITY Glenn O. Anderson, 53, known as Tom Franklin in the advertising world, passed away Wednesday afternoon, February 13, 2002, at Merit Care Hospital in Fargo, N.D., following a sudden illness.
Glenn was born November 6, 1948, in New Rockford, N.D., to Lawrence and Myrtle (Grina) Anderson. He grew up in New Rockford, attended and graduated from high school in New Rockford, N.D., in 1966. After graduation, he served in the U.S. Air Force from 1966 to 1970, and was stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. He married Betty Cole on June 20, 1970, in Presho, S.D.
He started his radio career in Pierre, S.D., then moving to Valley City, N.D., and then to Rapid City, and was one of Rapid City's favorite disc jockeys, Tom Franklin, at KKLS, from 1972 through 1979. In 1979, he and his wife founded their ad agency, Franklin and Associates, which they owned and operated until 2000, when they sold their business.
In accordance with his entrepreneurial spirit, he and his wife founded The Friendship Factory in Rapid City and Sioux Falls. They also owned and operated video stores in Pierre, Aberdeen and Mobridge with their partners and longtime friends, Chris and Michala Huse.
Grateful for having shared his life are his wife, Betty, of Rapid City; two daughters, Nichole Ossenfort and her husband, Scott, and their children, Jordan and Logan, of Rapid City, and Amy Ellis and her husband, Chris, and their children, Kinsey and Cade of Rapid City; and his son, Ryan Anderson and his loving friend Renate Haugevik, of Bozeman, Mont.; his brother, Marlyn Anderson and his wife, Margie, of Sherman, Texas; his sisters, LaVonne Anderson of Los Osos, Calif., and Ardyce Marshall, of Olympia, Wash.; his mother-in-law, Helen Cole, of Presho, S.D.; his brothers-in-law, Larry Cole and his wife, Alice, of Rapid City, S.D., and Robert Cole and his wife, Linda of Winnemucca, Nev.; numerous nieces and nephews; and many, many friends.
Glenn will be remembered as a loving husband, father, grandfather and wonderful friend. His sensitivity, compassion and spirit touched the lives of all who had the privilege of knowing him and sharing his life. His spirit will forever live through the lives of his wife, children and grandchildren, for we have been deeply blessed by his love and devotion. He was gifted with many friends because of his passion for life and selflessness towards others. All will miss his wonderful sense of humor and wit.
Glenn and Betty shared 32 wonderful years of marriage and friendship. They truly believed themselves to be soul mates. Glenn and Betty enjoyed working together as well as traveling throughout the USA and abroad. Glenn enjoyed golfing, scuba diving, softball, bowling, playing cards and making people laugh.
He was a member of Calvary Lutheran Church, founding member and first president of the Black Hills Advertising Federation, past president of the Noon Optimist Club and a member of the Elks Club.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Donald Anderson.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, February 19, 2002, at Calvary Lutheran Church in Rapid City, S.D., with Rev. Dwight Stensgaard officiating.
Burial will follow at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis. Closed-casket visitation will be held at Osheim-Catron Funeral Home on Monday, February 18, 2002, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., with the family present.
A memorial has been established.
Louis F. Harding
PIERRE Louis F. Harding, 78, Pierre, died Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2002, at his home.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Harding, Pierre; three sons, Richard Harding, Lebanon, Pa., James Harding, Phoenix, and David Harding, Pierre; one daughter, Jann Weber, Longmont, Colo.; nine grandchildren; one brother, Homer Harding, Pierre; and two sisters, Eula Creed, Philadelphia, and Clela Wallace, Peoria, Ariz.
He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II.
Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, with family present from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., at First United Methodist Church in Pierre.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18, at the church.
Burial will follow at Riverside Cemetery in Pierre.
Feigum Funeral Home of Pierre is in charge of arrangements.
Dorothea Naltazan Victor
STAFFORD, Ariz. Dorothea Naltazan Victor, 83, Stafford, died Saturday, Feb. 9, 2002, at Copper Mountain Inn Nursing Home in Stafford.
Survivors include three sons, Hutch Noline and Gavins Noline, both of San Carlos, and Robert Allen, Phoenix; one daughter, Geraldine Victor, Chicago; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
The family suggests contributions to those in need on the San Carlos Apache Reservation.
Morris-David's Stafford Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Keith Small
LAKEWOOD, Colo. - Keith Small, 79, Lakewood and formerly of Blunt, S.D., died Monday, Feb. 11, 2002, at St. Anthony's Central Hospital in Denver.
Survivors include his wife, Lea Small, Lakewood; one daughter, Linda, Santa Clara, Calif.; five sons, Michael Small, Aubrey, Texas, Mark Small, San Luis Obispo, Calif., Gregory Small, Lillington, N.C., Jerry Small, Carrolton, Texas, and Joe Small, Tustin, Calif.; 15 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one brother, Donald Small, Sioux Falls, S.D.; and one sister, Helen Jean Hoover, Onida, S.D.
He served in the Army Air Force from October 1942 to January 1946.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, at Blunt School Gymnasium.
Inurnment will follow at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Blunt.
Feigum Funeral Home of Pierre is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials may be made to South Dakota WWII Memorial, South Dakota Community Foundation, P.O. Box 296, Pierre, SD 57501.
Donald James Lahn
RAPID CITY - Donald James Lahn, 67, Rapid City, died Thursday, Feb. 14, 2002, at Fort Meade Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Sturgis.
Survivors include one daughter, Laurie Miller, Rapid City; one brother, Richard Lahn, Sioux Falls; and four grandchildren.
His wife, Dorothy High Crane Lahn, preceded him in death.
He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict.
Private graveside services will be at Custer Cemetery.
Kinkade Funeral Chapel of Sturgis is in charge of arrangements.
Ruby Alice Wilson
RAPID CITY - Ruby Alice Wilson passed away Monday afternoon, February 11, 2002, at Westhills Village Care Center in Rapid City, South Dakota.
Ruby was born September 8, 1907, in Elm Creek, Nebraska, to Ed and Maude Sandstead, the fifth of six children. She grew up in Bethany, near Lincoln, Nebraska. She attended and graduated from the University of Nebraska with a teaching degree.
After graduation, she taught music in the public school system in western and central Nebraska. In the early 1930s, she met Don Wilson, and the couple was married in 1932.
After several years in Nebraska, where Don worked with the telephone company (Omaha, North Platte and later Grand Island), the family, then including sons Don and Mark, was transferred to Rapid City, South Dakota, where they lived the next 20 years. Here a son, Roger, was born. It was during this period that Ruby made many life-long friends in western South Dakota, often while playing cards. She and Don played well as a team and won several contract bridge trophies in South Dakota during the 1950s.
In 1963, Don was transferred to Sioux Falls, and in 1965, the couple retired to Paris, Illinois. They found a century-old Victorian home, from which they operated an antiques business for several years. After Don's death in 1973, Ruby returned to Rapid City, where she continued in the antiques business for the next 15 years.
In addition to being in the antiques business, Ruby was an accomplished musician (violin and piano). She taught music in the school systems as well as being involved in the church and youth choirs. She was an expert seamstress, often sewing many of her own clothes. She mastered the art of colonial rug-braiding to the level that for many years she taught classes to people as far away as 75 miles. She decorated not only her own home but her children's homes with these unique and beautiful rugs. She was a person of uncommon creative talents.
Ruby enjoyed reading and flower gardening. However, one of her favorite pastimes was any card playing, especially bridge, poker and gin rummy. She loved to travel, making many trips abroad to purchase antiques as well as to explore the world.
Ruby is survived by three sons, Don Jr., Rapid City, Mark, Spokane, Wash., and Dr. Roger (wife Diane), Rapid City; two granddaughters, Dr. Elizabeth Kieffer (Dr. Joseph), Lakenheath AFB, England, and Katherine Kieffer (Chris), Lawrence, Kan.; one brother, Russell Sandstead, Florida; and many nieces and nephews.
Memorial services will be held on Monday, February 18, 2002, 2 p.m., at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, with Fr. David Cameron officiating.
In lieu of flowers, memorials have been established to Emmanuel Episcopal Church and the Rapid City Public Library.
Arrangements are with Osheim-Catron Funeral Home.
Prudie H. Bettelyoun Whipple
MARTIN - Prudie H. Bettelyoun Whipple, 75, Martin, died Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2002, at Rapid City Regional Hospital.
Survivors include one daughter, Loretta Witt, Martin; and five grandchildren, whom she raised, Paula Witt, Mission, Nichola Witt and Wayne Witt, both of Martin, and Karla Lowe and Lola Gangone, both of Sisseton; and 10 great-grandchildren.
A rosary will be at 8:30 p.m. today at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church in Martin.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, at the church, with the Rev. John Hennessey officiating.
Burial will be at Grace Cemetery, south of Martin by LaCreek Refuge.
Ziegler Funeral Home of Martin is in charge of arrangements.
Everett Dwaine Banghart
LEBANON - Everett Dwaine Banghart, 69, Lebanon, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2002, at Gettysburg Medical Center.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, at Luce Funeral Home in Gettysburg, with the Rev. Ken Lulf officiating.
Burial with military honors will be at St. Mary's Cemetery in Lebanon.
Mildred Tobin
PIERRE - Mildred Tobin, 84, Pierre, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2002, at Beverly Healthcare in Pierre.
Survivors include three daughters, Carolyn Ugland, Lakewood, Colo., Janet Talley, Rapid City, and Nancy Boyd, Athens, Ala.; one son, Raymond Tobin, Pierre; 13 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Her husband, Eugene Tobin, preceded her in death.
Visitation will be from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, with a 3 p.m. Scripture wake service, at Feigum Funeral Home in Pierre.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 18, at Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Pierre.
Burial will be at 10 a.m. MST Tuesday, Feb. 19, at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis.
