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Marion Shaffer Filley
LEESBURG, Va. Marion Shaffer Filley, formerly of Rapid City, passed away Tuesday, January 15, 2002, in Leesburg, Va., after a four-month illness.
Marion was born May 14, 1916, in Bristol, Conn., the youngest of six daughters of Francis A. and Gertrude Hills Shaffer.
She is survived by her husband of 62 years, Colonel (Retired) Oliver Dwight (O.D.) Filley Jr. of Leesburg; a sister, Deborah Shaffer Cave of Hartford, Conn.; a daughter, Barbara Filley Gardner of Purcellville, Va.; a son, Oliver Dwight Filley III, two grandsons and three great-grandsons, all of El Paso, Texas.
Marion and O.D. lived in Rapid City from 1972 to 1998 and were active members of St. Andrews Episcopal Church. Marion was also an active member of the Order of the Eastern Star in both Keystone and Rapid City.
A memorial service was held at St. James Episcopal Church in Leesburg on Thursday, January 17. Internment will be at the Mountain View Cemetery, Bloomfield, Conn.
Remembrances may be sent in her memory to the Captain Oliver Filley House, c/o Wintonbury Historical Society, Box 7454, Bloomfield, CT 06002.
Clarence L. Riggs
SPEARFISH Clarence L. Riggs, 93, Spearfish, died Sunday, Jan. 20, 2002, at David M. Dorsett Health Care Facility in Spearfish.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Riggs, Spearfish; two sons, Keith Riggs, Bella Villa, France, and Charles Riggs, Portland, Ore.; and two daughters, Peggy Stessel, Port Saint Lucie, Fla., and June Harvey, Creswell, Ore.
Arrangements are pending with Fidler Funeral Chapel in Spearfish.
Arlene Kallas
RAPID CITY Arlene Kallas, 46, Rapid City, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2002, at her home.
Survivors include her husband, Wendell Kallas, Rapid City; and a sister, Jean Burke, Dallas, Texas.
A visitation-reception will be held from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, at Osheim-Catron Funeral Home in Rapid City.
Doyle L. Hayworth
CARLILE, Wyo. Doyle L. Hayworth, 87, Carlile, died Friday, Jan. 18, 2002, at his home.
Arrangements are pending with Fidler-Roberts Funeral Chapel in Sundance.
Clarence Schweigert
MCINTOSH Clarence Schweigert, 62, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2002, at SCCI Hospital in Mandan, N.D.
Survivors include one brother, Roger Hengel, McIntosh; and two sisters, Joyce Sauer and Gloria Sauer, both of Carson, N.D.
Visitation will be from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, at Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Lemmon and one hour before services at the church.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan, 23, at Presbyterian Church in McIntosh, with the Rev. Richard Mayforth officiating.
Burial with full military honors provided by Ralph T. Ankerson American Legion Post will be at McIntosh Cemetery.
Dan Shyne
BALTIC Dan Shyne, 58, Baltic, died Friday, Jan. 18, 2002, at his home.
Survivors include his wife, Marie, Baltic; one son, John, Sheldon, Iowa; one daughter, Jean Marie Karn, Grand Island, Neb.; one brother, Mike, Denver; three sisters, Mary Jean Shyne and Judy Shyne, both of Sturgis, and Dorothy Byers, Cleveland, Okla.; and six grandchildren.
Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. today at Minnehaha Funeral Home in Baltic. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, at Mount Calvary Cemetery in Rapid City.
Gary Alan Michelson
FARGO, N.D. Gary Alan Michelson, 48, Fargo, died Friday, Jan. 18, 2002, in Fargo.
Survivors include his parents, Wilbur and Shirley Michelson, Fargo; three daughters, Nicole, Jessica and Kayla, all of Moorhead, Minn.; two sons, Greg and Lucas, both of Moorhead; one sister, Linda Michelson, Rapid City; and one brother, Ken Michelson, Fargo.
Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. today at Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home in Fargo, and one hour before services at the church.
A prayer service will be at 7 p.m. today at the funeral home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, at Hope Lutheran Church, North Campus. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Fargo.
Henry Hank' C. Blom
RAPID CITY Henry "Hank" C. Blom, 81, Rapid City, died Sunday, Jan. 20, 2002, at Fort Meade Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Survivors include two daughters, Nicola Geary and Susan Albers, both of Rapid City; three brothers, Rolen "Bob" Blom, Burns, Ore., Fred Blom, Leadore, Idaho, and Adrian Blom, Anaconda, Mont.; five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Arrangements are pending with Kirk Funeral Home in Rapid City.
Phyllis M. Larimer
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Phyllis M. Larimer, 80, Colorado Springs and formerly of Rapid City, died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2002, at Colorado Springs.
Survivors include two sons, Rylie Larimer, Colorado Springs, and Jerry Larimer, Aurora; one sister, Patricia O'Brien, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.; one brother, Wally Dyer, Seattle; and five grandchildren.
Arrangements are pending with Osheim-Catron Funeral Home in Rapid City.
James Jim' Solaas
GILLETTE, Wyo. James "Jim" Solaas, 67, Gillette, died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2002, at his home.
Survivors include his wife, Ella "Loue" Battest, Gillette; one brother, Jerald Solaas, Lakewood, Colo.; one sister, Betty Solaas Sisk, Worland; one stepdaughter, Gracie Loue of Oklahoma; and several step-granddaughters.
Visitation will be from 3 p.m. to service time at 5 p.m. today at Wilson Funeral Chapel in Gillette, with the Rev. Orvil Holden officiating, and one half-hour before services at the church in Spearfish.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 21, at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Spearfish, with the Rev. Kent Stillson officiating.
Burial will follow at Spearfish-Rose Hill Cemetery.
A memorial has been established to Northeastern Wyoming Hospice or the Cancer Center at Campbell County Memorial Hospital.
Fidler Funeral Home in Spearfish is in charge of local arrangements.
Ivan R. Stocks
HURON Ivan R. Stocks, 91, Huron, died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2002, at Huron Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include two sons, Steven Stocks, Rapid City, and Eugene Stocks, Huron; one sister, Patty Backus, Timber Lake; and four grandchildren.
Private services were held under the direction of Kuhler Funeral Home in Huron.
Lucille Blanche Montgomery Baird
NEWCASTLE, Wyo. Lucille Blanche Montgomery Baird, 91, Newcastle, died Monday, Jan. 7, 2002, at Weston County Manor in Newcastle.
Survivors include three sons, Jerold, Newcastle, Jim, Bozeman, Mont., and Glenn David, Torrance, Calif.; one daughter, Diane Baird Hudson, Newcastle; one brother, Cleland Montgomery, Yucaipa, Calif.; 12 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Her husband, Glenn Baird, preceded her in death.
Worden Funeral Home in Newcastle was in charge of arrangements.
A memorial has been established to Weston Manor Activities Fund.
Arthur Nelson
DEADWOOD Arthur Nelson, 92, Deadwood, died Friday, Jan. 18, 2002, at Northern Hills General Hospital in Deadwood.
Survivors include two daughters, Carol Wuitschick, Central City, and Betty Ann Lehto, Abilene, Texas; three sons, Arnold Nelson, Borrego Springs, Calif., Art Nelson and Bob Nelson, both of Lead.
Arrangements are pending with Chaput Memorial Chapel in Lead.
Ella Maude Cammack
STURGIS Ella Maude Cammack, 90, Sturgis, died Friday, Jan. 18, 2002, at Sturgis Community Health Care Center.
Survivors include two children, Floyd Cammack, Stoneville, and Carol Bruch, Sturgis; one sister, Inez Clarin, Sturgis; 11 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-granddaughter.
Visitation will be from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, Jan. 21, at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis and one hour before services on Tuesday at Union Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, at Central Meade County Community Center in Union Center, with the Rev. Wes Labrier officiating. Burial will follow at Bear Butte Cemetery.
James L. Morris
CASPER, Wyo. James L. Morris, 72, Casper and formerly of Sundance, died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2002, at Life Care Center in Casper.
He served in the U. S. Army during the Korean War.
Survivors include two sons, Ken Morris, Sundance, and Louis Morris, Florence, Mont.; three daughters, Doris Backus, Casper, Wanda Hulit, Laramie, and Shelly Morris, Sheridan; five brothers, Robert Morris, Wickenberg, Ariz., Henry Morris, Glendive, Mont., Bill Morris and Ben Morris Jr., both of Newcastle, and Richard Morris, Osage; and two sisters, Helen Knipp, Osage, and Joyce Hammell, Casper; and seven grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 21, at Fidler-Roberts Funeral Home in Sundance. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, at United Methodist Church in Sundance, with the Rev. Ed Bollack officiating. Burial will follow with full military honors provided by Devils Tower VFW Post No. 4311 and American Legion Post No. 45, at Green Mountain Cemetery, in Sundance.
A memorial has been established to Sundance Senior Citizens Center and Sundance Volunteer Fire Department.
Daisy A. Myers
RAPID CITY Daisy A. Myers, 91, Rapid City, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2002, at a Rapid City nursing home.
Survivors include one son, Don Myers, Rapid City, and one daughter, Glenda Carter, Fort Smith, Ark.
Arrangements are pending with Behrens Mortuary in Rapid City.
Wilma Rhynard
STURGIS Wilma Rhynard, 89, of Sturgis, died at her residence on Friday, January 18, 2002.
Wilma Marian Miner was born at Dalzell, S.D., to homesteaders Asa and Ethel (Peabody) Miner on May 22, 1912. She attended the Fenner School in that area and for two years, a school held in the old bunkhouse at the Ward Ranch on the Belle Fourche River. Her formal education ended with the eighth grade.
As a young woman, she worked as a "hired girl" for several families, including the Mortensons who ran the Creighton Store at the time, the Franklin King family in Sturgis and for the Carls in Rapid City.
She married John C. Rhynard at Deadwood, S.D., on June 23, 1937, and the couple honeymooned driving to Los Angeles, Calif., where John had employment as a hod carrier. Once again, Wilma found housekeeping work. By 1941, the couple had saved enough money to return to South Dakota with their two oldest children and begin farming on a rental farm at Dalzell.
In 1947, they purchased a small farm at Creighton and moved their family there. Wilma was a hard worker who milked cows, raised poultry and always had a garden, while raising her family and filling the traditional woman's role. When her younger children were in high school, Wilma cooked at the Quinn Dormitory and later at the New Underwood Hospital.
Her husband died in 1968, and in 1969, Wilma moved to Sturgis where she cared for her two brothers and her mother, Ethel Miner, who lived to be 105 years of age.
Wilma was a quiet woman who found happiness in helping others. She had the gift of listening with her heart and was able to offer much comfort and solace to many people over the years. The children at the Woodland Trailer Court, where she lived for 32 years, knew her as the Candy Lady. She had the knack of always having a meal ready for her family and friends who dropped by. Her trailer house in Sturgis was the scene of many happy gatherings of her children, their spouses, and her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She loved animals and could be counted on to feed the stray cats and dogs in the trailer court. She was never without a pet cat until the last two years of her life.
Two sons, John Duane Rhynard and his wife, Rene, of Mud Butte, S.D., and Zane Rhynard and his wife, Norma, of Newcastle, Wyo., survive Wilma. She is also survived by four daughters, Patricia Buck and her husband, Gene, of Casper, Wyo., Marcia Gorton of Inglewood, Calif., Judy Stafford of Ocala, Fla., and Anita Milne of Houston, Texas. Other survivors include 16 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and two very special friends, Linda Erion and Carol Crance. Her family also remembers three neighbors, Alice Schroeder and Paul and Sheryl Frey, who were extremely helpful during Wilma's later years, with gratitude.
Wilma was preceded in death by her husband, her parents; two brothers, Everett and Elvis Miner; a daughter-in-law, Tammy Rhynard; a son-in-law, Mike Gorton; and one great-grandson, Rocko Simone.
Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, January 21, 2002, at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel, with Rev. Charley Conger officiating. Burial will be at the Elm Springs Cemetery at 3 p.m.
Visitation will be at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel today from noon until 9 p.m., and on Monday prior to the services.
Memorials may be made to the Banner Hospice in Spearfish and to the Elm Springs Community Church.
