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Jeffrey Chapman
RAPID CITY - Jeffrey Chapman, 55, Rapid City, died Sunday, April 7, 2002, at Sioux San Hospital in Rapid City.
Survivors include his wife, Debbie Chapman, Rapid City; one sister, Jane Chapman, Rapid City; and two brothers, Victor Chapman, Fort Yates, N.D., and William Chapman, Sioux Falls.
Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 11, with an 8 p.m. wake, at Behrens Mortuary in Rapid City.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the mortuary.
Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery in Rapid City.
Willard Arnold Howe
RAPID CITY - Willard Arnold Howe, 65, Rapid City, died Monday, April 8, 2002, at a local nursing home.
Survivors include one stepson, Mikey Pesall, Loveland, Colo.; two stepdaughters, Gaye Wolf, Brush, Colo., and Ann Hansen Nebraska; one brother, Henry Howe, Rapid City; and one sister, Jeanette Fitzner, Oral.
His wife, Eva Walton, preceded him in death.
Services will be at 9 a.m. Friday, April 12, at Kirk Funeral Home in Rapid City, with the Rev. Truman Sproles officiating.
Inurnment will follow at Mountain View Cemetery in Rapid City.
Gary Lee Eickelman
RAPID CITY - Gary Lee Eickelman, 59, Rapid City, died Sunday, April 7, 2002, at Rapid City Regional Hospital.
Survivors include three brothers, Francis Eickelman, Pueblo, Colo., Douglas Eickelman, Columbus, Wis., and Darrell Eickelman, Rapid City, and one sister, Eleanor Milberg, Newell.
Visitation will be from 8 a.m. to service time today at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at the funeral chapel, with the Rev. Mel Dietz officiating.
Burial will follow at Black Hills National Cemetery.
Raymond Francis High Wolf Jr.
PINE RIDGE - Raymond Francis High Wolf Jr., 69, Pine Ridge, died Thursday, April 4, 2002, in Los Angeles.
Survivors include his wife, Audrey High Wolf, Pine Ridge; three daughters, Lisa High Wolf, Pine Ridge, Jeanne High Wolf, Bangor, Maine, and Robin High Wolf, Omaha, Neb.; two sons, Clayton High Wolf, Pine Ridge, and Raymond Crow, Chicago; one sister, Geraldine Janis, Pine Ridge; one brother, Charles High Wolf, Kansas City, Kan.; and 17 grandchildren.
He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War.
A one-night wake will begin at 3 p.m. Thursday, April 11, at Billy Mills Hall in Pine Ridge.
Services will be at 9 a.m. Friday, April 12, at Billy Mills Hall, with the Rev. Fred Mesteth and the Rev. Agnes Tyon officiating.
Burial will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis.
Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements.
O'lonzo Harman 'Ole' Minor
RAPID CITY - Funeral services for O'lonzo Harman "Ole" Minor, age 72, of Rapid City will be Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at 2 p.m. at the Interment Service Center at Black Hills National Cemetery, with Chaplain Moe Greiner officiating; military honors will be provided by the Rapid City VFW Post 1273. A lunch will be served at VFW Post 1273 in Rapid City following the service.
Mr. Minor died at the Ft. Meade Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Sturgis on Saturday, April 6, 2002.
Minor served in the U.S. Army for 22 years. He also worked as a parts clerk at H&B Automotive for 20 years prior to his retirement.
Survivors include his wife, Joyce, and children, Scott, Debora, Gerry and his wife Cris, a grandson, Michael, a sister, Virginia Lampman of Redwing, Minn., and many nieces and nephews.
Arrangements were with the Carlsen & Aldinger Funeral Home in Sturgis.
Irene Mary Mayer
PHOENIX - Irene Mary Mayer, 85, Phoenix and Sundance, Wyo., died Saturday, April 6, 2002, at St. Luke's Hospital in Tempe.
Survivors include one daughter, Sanda Mayer Burt, Houston; five grandchildren; two great-grandsons; and one sister, Majorie Den Herder, Medford, Ore.
Arrangements are pending with Fidler-Roberts Funeral Chapel of Sundance.
Elizabeth H. Nichols
RAPID CITY - Elizabeth H. Nichols, 96, passed from this life on Monday, April 8, at Wesleyan Health Care Center in Rapid City, South Dakota.
She was born in Topeka, Kansas, June 19, 1905, to E.H. and Lillian Anderson. She attended Kansas State University, and on September 2, 1928, was united in marriage to Don Nichols, spending the next 72 years together.
They resided in Kansas, Texas, and in 1949 moved to Rapid City, where they remained until 1972, when they moved to their retirement home in Sun City, Arizona.
In 1998 they moved back to Rapid City, where they spent their last years. Liz, as she was fondly known by her friends, was a violinist and a violin teacher. She was most proud to have been a member of the first violin section of the Lubbock (Texas) Symphony Orchestra. In Rapid City she was a member of the Episcopal Church, PEO and the Hospital Gray Ladies.
She also loved to play piano for friends and family, with renditions such as "It Had to Be You" and "Always."
She was preceded in death by her brothers Paul and Dana Anderson Sr.; granddaughter Julie Nichols; and Elizabeth's husband, Don. Elizabeth is survived by her son Stu and his wife Linda and son Phil and his wife Helen; five grandchildren, Scott Nichols, Jeff Nichols, Beth Nichols, Lisa Sanders and Amy Nichols; also three great-grandchildren.
Visitation for family and friends will be Wednesday, April 10, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Osheim-Catron Funeral Home.
A private celebration of Liz's life will be held at a later date.
Stella F. Ernst
CUSTER - Stella F. Ernst, 91, Custer, died Sunday, April 7, 2002, at Colonial Manor Nursing Home in Custer.
Survivors include numerous nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. today at Behrens Mortuary in Rapid City.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, at Zion Lutheran Church in Rapid City, with the Rev. Duane Duley officiating.
Burial will follow at Pine Lawn Memorial Park in Rapid City.
Geraldine Ann Schiefer
RAPID CITY - Geraldine Ann Schiefer, 61, Rapid City, died Friday, April 5, 2002, at a Rapid City nursing home.
Survivors include one son, Ricky Schiefer, Spearfish; four daughters, Debbie Adams, Palmdale, Calif., Crystal Boyd, Fort Collins, Colo., Patricia Dela Cruz, Rapid City, and Jennifer Schiefer, Spearfish; two brothers, Ben Bauer, Rapid City, and Walt Bauer, Portland, Ore.; two sisters, Roberta Freeman, Sturgis, and Doris Ward, Deadwood; and eight grandchildren.
Arrangements are pending with Osheim-Catron Funeral Home of Rapid City.
June A. Akerson
NORTH MANKATO, Minn. - June A. Akerson, 78, North Mankato, died Monday, April 8, 2002, at Oak Terrace Assisted Living in Mankato.
Survivors include two sons, Robert Akerson, Rapid City, and Steve Akerson, Lakeville, Minn.; one daughter, Mary Fahning, Cleveland; six grandchildren; and one sister, Ione Wahl, Maryland.
Her husband, David Akerson, preceded her in death.
Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, at St. Peter Funeral Home-Klein Chapel in St. Peter, and for one hour before services Thursday, April 11, at St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church in St. Peter.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the church, with the Rev. Charles Degner officiating.
Burial will be at Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis.
Jeffrey Chapman
RAPID CITY - Jeffrey Chapman, 55, Rapid City, died Sunday, April 7, 2001, at Sioux San Hospital in Rapid City.
Survivors include his wife, Debbie Chapman, Rapid City; one sister, Jane Chapman, Rapid City; and two brothers, Victor Chapman, Fort Yates, N.D., and William Chapman, Sioux Falls.
Arrangements are pending with Behrens Mortuary of Rapid City.
Willard Arnold Howe
RAPID CITY - Willard Arnold Howe, 65, Rapid City, died Monday, April 8, 2002, at a local nursing home.
Survivors include one stepson, Mike Pesall, Colorado; two stepdaughters, Gay Wolf, Brush, Colo., and Ann Hansen, Nebraska; one brother, Henry Howe, Rapid City; and one sister, Jeanette Fitzner, Oral.
Arrangements are pending with Kirk Funeral Home of Rapid City.
Nellie Mae Willuweit
QUINN - Nellie Mae (Connelly) Willuweit, (born Helen Mary), was born on a blizzard day, March 2, 1913, the daughter of John "Jack" and Mae (Fisher) Connelly on a ranch north of Cottonwood, South Dakota.
Her independence began as a young lady at First Communion when she defied the parish priest, informed him that her name was not Helen Mary, but the English translation for her name was Nellie Mae. She had taken her grandmother's first name and her mother's as a second.
Nell grew up on a ranch north of Cottonwood and went to rural school, St. Joseph's of Clyde, Missouri, and then Mt. Marty High School. She, with one year at Notre Dame College in Mitchell, began her teaching career. She began teaching her home school (Bednar-Doud) with 15 students. At the age of 18, she taught her three brothers, Bill, Steve, and Marlo and three cousins, Paul, Maureen, and Phyllis (all Connellys). She taught at the Geigle School (18 students) and boarded with the Rev. Kraft family. Nell and their daughter Gertrude Kraft (1st-grader) descended from the valley to school two and one-half miles on foot. She later taught at Minnekahta, South Dakota and then left her teaching to work as office manager with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Kadoka, where she became friends with Florence Brown Hogan. Nell then returned to her teaching career at Quinn, South Dakota.
Nell married Bert Willuweit on November 27, 1941, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. They traveled for a few months and then came home to the ranch north of Quinn, South Dakota.
Nell received her degree from Black Hills State College and Presentation College. Nell continued to teach for 35 years.
She has contributed her entire life to the belief that the farming-ranching industry, like teaching, has its significance. Far beyond bright city lights, but not limited to rural life, farming and ranching is the backbone of our community, state and world.
In addition to her 35 years of teaching, Nell was a 35-year veteran of 4-H leadership, a member of Wall school board, South Dakota Stockgrowers, Western Junior Livestock, Peno Basin and Quinn Extension Clubs, Pedro Pals, VFW and American Legion Auxiliary.
Nell was recognized with the Eminent Homemaker award in 1995 in Brookings, South Dakota. As the late Dr. Larry Tennyson quoted, "I myself was among those first-graders in 1942, and the 'proof' of the impact this outstanding, eastern Pennington County rural leader had upon us is to be found in the 'pudding.' Out of our tiny class came teachers, a banker, a realtor, a well-known artist, a university professor and not a bum among us." As the late Bill Hustead quoted, "Nell is a very civic-minded individual. Nell's character, integrity, energy, and enthusiasm make it an honor and pleasure for me to support her in this nomination. She has certainly made our world a better place in which to live."
Her daughter Connie quoted, "My mother's philosophy is summed up: Don't wake up with the attitude 'Good God it's morning;' instead awake with 'Good Morning God.'" She has lived this to the fullest with her positive attitude of never say never. Never is a child not worth teaching, because everyone can learn even a small task. Never is a soul not worth trying to help. And finally, plant a seed whether in the ground or mind, and nurture, have patience, then smile and watch it grow. Definitely "GOOD MORNING GOD."
Most grateful for having shared her life are her sons, Jerry Willuweit of Quinn, South Dakota and his friend Teri Charnholm, and Jim Willuweit of Creighton; her daughter Connie Keil and her husband Dennis of Black Hawk, South Dakota; four grandchildren, Misty Drewitz and her husband Gene of Rapid City, Brandy Daniel and her husband Dean of Lubbock, Texas, and Jami and Will Willuweit of Creigton, South Dakota; four great-grandchildren, Hannah and Haden Drewitz, and Danny and Philip Daniel; three brothers, Bill Connelly and his wife Geraldine of Martin, Marlo Connelly and his wife Mamie of Scottsbluff, Nebraska, and Lawrence Connelly of Wall; her sister, Florence Broderick of Spokane, Washington; a brother in-law, Loren Kloke of Mt. Vernon, Washington; and special lifelong friends, Lois Price Shearn and Mary O'Connell Neil.
Nellie M. Willuweit, age 89, of Quinn, South Dakota, died Sunday, April 7, 2002, at the Good Samaritan Center in New Underwood.
Visitation will be held 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday,
April 10, 2002, at the St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Wall, with a prayer service at 7 p.m.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 11, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, with Father Bob Baden officiating and Deacon Gene Heckathorne assisting.
Interment will be at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Quinn, South Dakota.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to a youth education fund.
Rush Funeral Chapel of Wall is in charge of arrangements.
