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Paul Patrick Hohn, 56
November 1, 1959 - August 21, 2016
A Celebration of Life will be held at Saints Peter and Paul Parish Hall, Dimock, Sunday, October 30, from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Paul Patrick Hohn, age 56, of San Ramon, California, (formerly of Dimock) died August 21 in Houston, Texas. He was buried at Sunset View cemetery, El Cerrito, California.
Paul, son of Alvin M. and Adel (Weber) Hohn was born November 1, 1959 in Parkston. He grew up on their family farm near Dimock. He attended the parochial elementary school in Dimock and graduated from Parkston High School, where he actively participated in the school’s wrestling program. He attended South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, graduating cum laude and was a member of Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honors society. While attending SDSM&T, Paul worked a summer internship and then took a job with Getty Oil upon graduation.
Paul worked for Chevron as a Decision Analyst. He traveled all over the world to evaluate oil fields for development. He received a great deal of gratification from his career at Chevron. Paul began his career with Getty Oil in Bakersfield, California. Getty merged with Texaco in 1985, which merged with Chevron in 2001. During the early 1990s, he worked in Indonesia for five and a half years before moving to Houston to work for Texaco. With the Chevron/Texaco merger, he moved to San Ramon. His career took him to Duri, Indonesia; Calgary, Canada; Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Lagos, Nigeria. He also traveled to Venezuela, Kazakhstan, Russia, Vietnam and Australia for work.
Paul met his fiancée, Sheri Ellerbeck, seven years ago, and they had planned to marry this October. In addition to work travel, Paul and Sheri, traveled extensively through France, Spain and Portugal. They also traveled extensively, enjoying both trekking and backroad trips including the Canadian Rockies, Italy, Switzerland and France. He also spent several weeks traveling around Germany with his son, David, and daughter, Rachel.
Paul’s brothers will remember one of their “Little Brother’s” traits was being very competitive in everything that he did, always playing by the rules and refusing to cheat. Paul’s hobbies included traveling, hiking, biking, camping, and wine and beer tasting, and jazz, folk and blue grass music. He was an avid baseball fan and football fanatic. He was a Minnesota Vikings fan, through and through, and he was blessed with an extra-worldly talent for fantasy football. When the football season was over his attention turned to basketball, hockey and baseball.
In addition to his children Ryan, San Francisco, California, David, San Diego, California, Rachel, Santa Cruz, California, and Sheri, his fiancée; Paul also is survived by his brothers. Tom and wife Sharon, Sterling, Virginia, and John and wife, Kathy, Mt. Carmel, Illinois. Paul was preceded in death by his wife
Paul Seth Clifford Sr.
RAPID CITY - Paul Seth Clifford Sr., 81, Rapid City, died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2001, at his home.
Survivors include five daughters, Irene Clifford and Mona Clifford, both of Rapid City, Francine Clifford, Chicago, Barbara J. Clifford, Detroit, and Paulette Clifford, Los Angeles; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
A prayer service will begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, at Mother Butler Center in Rapid City. Services will be at 12:10 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, at St. Isaac Jogues Catholic Church, in Rapid City, with the Rev. Pat McCorkell officiating. Burial will follow at Black Hills National cemetery near Sturgis.
Kirk Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Emma Jacobsen
RAPID CITY - Emma Jacobsen, 87, Rapid City, died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2001, at Rapid City Regional Hospital.
Survivors include one daughter, Jacqueline Jacobsen, Rapid City.
Visitation will be from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12, at Behrens Funeral Home in Rapid City. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, at the funeral home, with the Rev. Tim Coates officiating. Burial will follow at Mountain View cemetery.
Lela Smith
PIERRE - Lela Smith, 76, Pierre, died Friday, Nov. 9, 2001, at St. Mary's Hospital in Pierre.
Survivors include one son, Steven of Columbus, Mont.; five daughters, Judith Perry, Fort Pierre, Sharon Williams, Margaret Koll and Patricia Sterling, all of Pierre, and Nancy Sietsema, Wolf Point, Mont.; one brother, Donald Selleck, White; 21 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. today at Feigum Funeral Home in Pierre. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12, at First United Methodist Church in Pierre. Burial will be at Riverside cemetery.
Alfred Korb
WINNER - Alfred Korb, 83, Winner, died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2001, at Winner Regional Healthcare Center.
Survivors include his wife, Betty of Winner; three sons, Alfred Korb, Wood, Kenneth Korb, Academy, and Dennis Korb, Prague, Okla.; two daughters, Lila Korb and Cathleen Pirnie, both of Aurora, Neb.; 11 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, at Mason Funeral Home in Winner. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, at First Baptist Church in Winner. Burial will be at Winner cemetery.
Madysen Faye Helton
SIOUX FALLS - Madysen Faye Helton, infant daughter of Kerry and Brooke Helton, died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2001, at Sioux Falls.
Survivors include her parents, Kerry and Brooke Helton, Sioux Falls; one brother, J.J. Helton, Sioux Falls; her grandparents, Jeff and Becky Eckholt, Hartford, and Gene and Rhonda Helton, Altamonte, Fla.; and a great-grandfather, R. E. "Chub" Long, Hot Springs.
Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at George Boom Funeral Home in Sioux Falls. Memorial services will be at 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12, at Christ Lutheran Church in Hartford.
Olinda (Schultz) Fuerst, 83
August 4, 1932 - May 11, 2016
Funeral services for Olinda Fuerst were held May 14 at First American Lutheran Church in Tripp. Burial was in Gracehill cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of the Will Funeral Chapel.
Olinda (Schultz) Fuerst was born August 4, 1932, on a farm near Menno to Christian and Lydia (Holzwarth) Schultz. She was named after the little sister that Christian had left behind in Russia. She was baptized by the Rev. William Huenemann in the Reformed faith at Johannestahl Church west of Freeman and confirmed June 29, 1947, by the Rev. William Korn at Kassel Church near Menno.
Her family moved around a lot. She attended grade school at various country schools through the eighth grade. They settled on a farm east of Tripp.
She married
Clinton Fuerst April 24, 1955, at Friedens Reformed Church in Tripp. They lived on the farm with Clinton’s parents for seven months, at which time his parents moved to Tripp. They stayed on the farm until their retirement in 1990, when they moved to Tripp. She entered the Good Samaritan Society, Tripp, March 2, 2016.
She was a 4-H leader for many years and a member of the First American Lutheran Church in Tripp and the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary.
She died May 11 at the Good Samaritan Society, Tripp at the age of 83 years.
She is survived by her husband, Clinton, of 61 years; six children, Carol (Doug) Adams, Ethan, Dennis (Jodi) Fuerst, Tripp, Joyce (Kevin) Callies, Sioux Falls, Douglas (Lisa) Fuerst, Mitchell, Robert (Tammy) Fuerst, Mitchell, Rachel (Matt Bolster) Fuerst, Ames, Iowa; 15 grandchildren; seven great-granchildren; one brother, Gideon Schultz, Yankton; and a sister, Loretta Kirschenman, Menno.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and two brothers, Ted Schultz and Nathanael Schultz.
Charles Edward "Chuck" Burchfield
Jul 18 1933 - Apr 11 2010
Charles “Chuck” Edward Burchfield 76 of Spearfish passed away Sunday, April 11, 2010 at the Ft. Meade VA Medical Center.
Visitation will be 8:30am until 9:30am Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at the Black Hill Funeral Home, with burial to follow at 10:00am at the Black Hills National cemetery. Full military honors will be provided by the Sturgis Area Veteran’s Honor Guard.
Survivors include his wife LeAnn of Spearfish, son Frank of Summerset, SD, daughter Debra Heath of Little Rock, Ark, brothers Archie & Noel Burchfield of Crossett, Ark, Billy & David of Baton Rouge, LA, sister Patty Burchfield of Crossett, Ark, and 3 grandchildren.
Wilma A. Miller
RAPID CITY - Wilma A. Miller, 74, Rapid City, died Friday, Nov. 30, at a local nursing home.
She was born Sept. 27, 1927, the daughter of Earnest and Cleo (Kimpson) Parker in Orient, Iowa. After graduating from high school in Grant, Iowa, she attended business school in Des Moines, Iowa. Wilma then moved to Oakland, Calif., and worked for Civil Service. While in California, she married
Don C. Miller in December of 1946. They moved back to Watertown, S.D., in 1947. Wilma moved with her family to Rapid City in 1960, where she worked for JC Penney Co. for 28 years. Wilma loved sewing, making quilts and afghans. She will be greatly missed by all family members and friends whom she shared her life with. Wilma was the most wonderful wife and mother one could have.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Earnest and Cleo Parker; one brother, Bernard Parker; and one nephew, Glenn Parker. Surviving are her husband, Don C. Miller, Rapid City; three sons, Raymond and his wife, Bonnie, Laramie, Wyo., Harold and his wife, Cam, Rapid City, and Larry, Fort Collins, Colo.; two brothers, Gene Parker and his wife, Anna Marie, Elliot, Iowa, and Gerald Parker, Sebring, Fla.; and one sister-in-law, Mavis Parker, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Wilma shared her love of life with seven grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2001, at the Osheim-Catron Funeral Home. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, at Knollwood Heights United Methodist Church, with Rev. Jim Patrick officiating. Burial will be in Pine Lawn Memorial Park. A memorial has been established to Knollwood Heights Methodist Church in Rapid City.
Beth Raber
BELLE FOURCHE - Beth Raber, 37, Belle Fourche, died Saturday, Dec. 1, 2001, at her home.
Survivors include her husband, Monte Raber; two children, Kathryn Raber and Kurtis Raber, both of Belle Fourche; her parents, Ron and Phyllis Watson, Sundance, Wyo.; one brother, Doug Watson, Sundance; and one sister, Ronda Fox, Englewood, Colo.
A community prayer service will be at 6 p.m. today, Dec. 3, at Belle Fourche United Methodist Church.
Visitation will be from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4, at Funeral Home of the Northern Hills in Belle Fourche.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Sundance, with the Rev. Ben Wright officiating.
Jerry Aspelin
WOLSEY - Jerry Aspelin, 62, Wolsey, died Saturday, Dec. 1, 2001, at Huron Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include his wife, Joan Aspelin, Wolsey; two sons, Brock Aspelin, Onida, and Chad Aspelin, Spearfish; six grandchildren; his mother, Lila Aspelin, Glenwood, Minn.; three brothers, Arnold Aspelin, Oren Hill, Md., Bruce Aspelin, Alexandria, Minn., and Kent Aspelin, Black Duck, Minn.; and one sister, Jean Wendland, Alexandria, Minn.
Visitation will be from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. today, Dec. 3, with a 7 p.m. prayer service at Kuhler Funeral Home in Huron.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4, at American Lutheran Church in Huron, with the Rev. Steven Brandsrud officiating.
Burial will be at Wolsey cemetery.
Cassie (Arnold) Washer
GILLETTE, Wyo. - Cassie (Arnold) Washer, 22, Gillette, Wyo., died, Friday, November 30, 2001, at Rapid City Regional Hospital.
She is survived by her husband, Randy Washer of Gillette, Wyo.; mother, Shelly Briggs of Gillette, Wyo.; father and stepmother, John and Kathy Briggs of Pinedale, Wyo.; one sister, Kaylin Briggs of Pinedale; two brothers, Bryant Briggs of Pinedale, Wyo., and Bobby Briggs of Fort Monmouth, N.J.; grandparents Tex and Helen Arnold of Rapid City, and Jean Briggs and Sandra Hermans, both of Gillette, Wyo.
Visitation will be today, Dec. 3, 2001, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Behrens Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2001, at 2 p.m. at Peace Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Robert Bailey officiating.
The family prefers stuffed animals in lieu of flowers to be given away to Toys for Tots.
Josephine M. Park
HOT SPRINGS - Josephine M. Park, 92, Hot Springs, died Sunday, Dec. 2, 2001, at Hot Springs Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Survivors include numerous nieces and nephews.
Arrangements are pending with Behrens Funeral Home of Rapid City.
Ada L. Feigel
RAPID CITY - Ada L. Feigel, 98, Rapid City, died Sunday, December 2, 2001, at Westhills Village Health Care Center.
Miss Feigel was born May 21, 1903, the fourth daughter of Lydia and Edward L. Feigel.
Miss Feigel graduated from the Rapid City High School in 1921, attended the School of Mines for one year, attended the Black Hills State College, and later graduated with a BA Degree from Chadron State College.
Miss Feigel's life work was teaching. One year at Hayward, S.D., five years at Hermosa, and 37 years in Cheyenne, Wyo., where she resided for 54 years. Returning with her sister, Dorothy, to Rapid City on Sept. 6, 1983, where she has resided ever since at Westhills Village.
She was preceded in death by her parents and four sisters, Ethel, Mary, Adele and Dorothy.
Survivors included numerous nephews and nieces.
Graveside services will be Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2001, at 10 a.m. at Mountain View cemetery, with the Rev. Ted Hoffman officiating.
Behrens Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
