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Louie S. Njos
RHAME, N.D. — Louie S. Njos, 98, Rhame, died Friday, Dec. 14, 2001, at West River Regional Medical Center in Hettinger.
Survivors include one brother-in-law, Arthur Johnson, Rapid City; one sister-in-law, Margaret Njos, Rhame; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19, at Bowman Lutheran Church in Bowman, with the Rev. Galen Strand officiating. Burial will be at Tuttle cemetery in Rhame.
Krebsbach Funeral Service in Bowman is in charge of arrangements.
Esther Eide Tech
BELLE FOURCHE — Esther Eide Tech, 76, Belle Fourche, died Saturday, Dec. 15, 2001, at Kiewel's Guardian Angel Home in Belle Fourche.
Survivors include three sons, Arnie Eide, Whitehall, Mont., Elmer Eide, Lincoln, Neb., and Russell Eide, Great Falls, Mont.; two daughters, Ann Stewart, Vermillion, and Sue Kimball, Tucson, Ariz.; two brothers; three sisters; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Arrangements are pending with Funeral Home of the Northern Hills in Belle Fourche.
Gladys Hall
HOT SPRINGS — Gladys Hall, 89, Hot Springs, died Saturday, Dec. 15, 2001, at Castle Manor Nursing Home in Hot Springs.
Survivors include one brother, Oscar Almos, Gary.
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18, at Rooks-McColley Funeral Chapel in Hot Springs. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Matthew Lim officiating. A second service will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19, at Crawford-Eng Funeral Home in Clear Lake, with the Rev. Eldean Thurow officiating.
Burial will be at Lakeview cemetery.
Ida Hertz Halverson
BONESTEEL — Ida Hertz Halverson, 89, Bonesteel, died Monday, Nov. 19, 2001, at Rosebud Country Care Center Nursing Home in Gregory.
Visitation begins at 6:30 p.m., with a 7:30 p.m. prayer service, today and for one hour before services Saturday, Nov. 24, at Hope Congregational Church in Fairfax.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the church. Burial will be at Highland cemetery in Fairfax.
Clausen Funeral Home of Burke is in charge of arrangements.
Robert Arthur Mead
SALT LAKE CITY — Robert Arthur Mead, 48, Salt Lake City and formerly of Deadwood, S.D., and Spearfish, S.D., died Monday, Nov. 19, 2001, in Salt Lake City.
Survivors include his wife, Susan Tripp Smith; two daughters, Dori Mead and
Terri Tull; his mother, Nancy Mead; one brother, Tom Mead; three sisters, Pat Long, Linda Mead and Martha Svatos; and one grandson.
Evans & Early Mortuary of Salt Lake City is in charge of arrangements.
Gertrude Helen Elliott
NEWCASTLE, Wyo. — Gertrude Helen Elliott, 64, Newcastle, died Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2001, at Rapid City
Regional Hospital.
Survivors include her husband, Dwight Elliott, Newcastle; three sons, Lee Elliott and Kent Elliott, both of Newcastle, and Clay Elliott, Lubbock, Texas; one brother, James Bond, Newcastle; one sister, Judy Curtis, Newcastle; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Visitation will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. today at Worden Chapel in Newcastle.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 24, at First United Methodist Church in Newcastle, with the Rev. Robert Firebaugh officiating.
Burial will be at Greenwood cemetery in Newcastle.
A memorial has been established.
Orl Albert Wolcott
CHAMBERLAIN - Orl Albert Wolcott, 85, Chamberlain, died Saturday, Dec. 1, 2001, at Sunset Valley Haven Nursing Home in Chamberlain.
Survivors include his wife, Virginia Wolcott, Chamberlain; two daughters, Deanna Neugebauer, Rapid City, and Dodie Anderson, Ideal; two sons, Lenny Wolcott and Lonnie Wolcott, both of Reliance; one sister, Arline Thompson, Chamberlain; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. today, with a 7 p.m. prayer service, at Wevik Funeral Chapel in Chamberlain.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, at United Church of Christ in Chamberlain.
Burial will be at Riverview cemetery in Chamberlain.
William J. 'Mike' Benbow
NEWCASTLE, Wyo. - William J. "Mike" Benbow, 51, Newcastle, died Friday, Nov. 30, 2001, near Rock Springs, Wyo.
Survivors include his wife, Cathy Benbow, Newcastle; his mother, Tollie Benbow, Newcastle; five children, Sacressa Fleming, Rapid City, Clayton, Jason, Marty and Brian; and one sister, Sharon Fiscus Schaefer, Osage, Wyo.
Visitation will be from 8 a.m. until service time Wednesday, Dec. 5, at Worden Funeral Chapel in Newcastle.
Services will be at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral chapel, with the Rev. Charles Dutcher and the Rev. Bill Haley officiating.
Cremation will follow.
Memorials may be made to Weston County Junior Rodeo Association.
Julianne Creamer
RAPID CITY — Julianne Creamer, 68, Rapid City, died Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2001, at her home in Rapid City.
Survivors include her husband, Bruce Creamer, Rapid City; two sons, Randy Creamer, Homer, Alaska, and Monty Creamer, Aurora, Colo.; two daughters, Karla Krebsbach, Rapid City, and Julie Herman, Rochester, Minn.; one brother, Howard Williams, Rapid City; one sister, Margie Dunlap, Black Hawk; 12 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Arrangements are pending with Osheim-Catron Funeral Home of Rapid City.
Raymond Gillespie Rogers
STURGIS — Raymond Gillespie Rogers, 75, longtime Sturgis resident, died Monday, August 20, 2001, at the Sturgis Community Health Care Center.
Visitation will be Thursday from 8 a.m. until 9 p.m. at Kinkade Funeral Chapel, and for one hour prior to services at the church on Friday.
A wake and Christian prayer service will be Thursday, August 23, 2001, at 7 p.m., at Kinkade Funeral Chapel.
Mass of Christian Burial will be Friday, August 24, 2001, at 10 a.m. at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, with Father Gary Oreshoski officiating. Burial will follow at Black Hills National cemetery.
Ray was born September 13, 1925, at Isabel, S.D., to Harry and Alice (Gillespie) Rogers. He attended school in Isabel and graduated from Isabel High School in 1944.
Ray served two years in the U.S. Army, from 1944 until 1946, serving one year in Alaska.
He returned to Sturgis after his tour of duty with the Army and worked as a gas station attendant for Buster Forbes. He later purchased the gas station in partnership with Merle Reber. From 1954 to 1957, he was employed by Burlington Trailways Bus Company in Rapid City, S.D. From 1957 to 1960, he worked for the City of Sturgis liquor establishment. In 1960, he began employment with the State of South Dakota as a Drivers License Examiner until 1966. He then went to work for the South Dakota National Guard until his retirement in September of 1985.
Ray married
Louise Hamblet on February 23, 1963, in Sturgis, and was married
for 38 wonderful years.
Ray was a member of the St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus, Sturgis American Legion, Sturgis VFW, and the Elks Club.
He is survived by his widow, Louise Rogers, Sturgis; one son and his wife, Jeff and Janelle Rogers, Seattle, Wash.; one daughter and her husband, Cindy and Dan Townsend, Sturgis; one stepson and his wife, Tracy E. and Barb Hamblet, Rapid City; two stepdaughters and their husbands, Vicki and Aaron Forrest, Houston, Texas, and Kristin and Al Szintimrey, Pahrump, Nev.; three sisters, Mary Gates, Fort Walton Beach, Fla., Kathleen Blank, Sabastopol, Calif., and Barbara Rogers, Minneapolis, Minn.; nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
His parents, five brothers, and three sisters preceded him in death.
A memorial has been established to the St. Aloysius cemetery fence project, and also the Ronald McDonald House.
Verle L. Divan
RAPID CITY — Verle L. Divan, 79, Rapid City, died Monday, Aug. 20, 2001, at a local nursing home.
Survivors include two daughters, Dyann Hatzenbuhler, Rapid City, and Deena Leonard, Golden, Colo.; one son, Dennis Divan, Piedmont; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 23, at Kirk Chapel of Light in Rapid City, with the Rev. Les Potts officiating.
Burial will be at a later date in Crawford, Neb.
George E. Fillingham
RAPID CITY — George E. Fillingham, 82, Rapid City, died Monday, August 20, 2001, at Rapid City Regional Hospital.
He was born August 28, 1918, at White Owl, S.D., to Martin and Clarice (Vandusen) Fillingham.
He married
Dorothy Galbriath on Dec. 28, 1940, at Rapid City.
He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Fillingham of Rapid City; two daughters, Georgia Murphy, her husband (Tony) of Spearfish, and Marilyn Fillingham of Rapid City; one son, Terry Fillingham of Rapid City; one sister, Genevieve Shasty, her husband (Bill) of Bloomington, Minn.; five grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and two nieces, Karen Hannien and Elaine Lyman, both of Minneapolis, Minn.
Visitation will be Wednesday, August 22, 2001, from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Behrens Funeral Home, and for one hour prior to services on Thursday.
Funeral services will be Thursday, August 23, 2001, at 10 a.m. at Behrens Funeral Home Chapel, with Captain Robert McClintock officiating.
Burial will be at Black Hills National cemetery near Sturgis, with military honors provided by Sturgis Honor Guard.
Doris E. Crandell, 91
Jan. 16, 1918 - Feb. 4, 2009
Doris E. Crandell, 91, of Pierre, died at her home Feb. 4, 2009.
Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 6, at First Baptist Church in Pierre. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 7 at the First Baptist Church, Pierre. Interment will follow at Riverside cemetery.
Doris E. Parsons was born Jan. 16, 1918, to George and Ethel (Griffith) Parsons in Cozad, Neb. She was their fifth of 10 children. Doris received her education in Cozad and at Ravenswood, W.Va. Her family moved from Nebraska to West Virginia when Doris was young and returned when she was a very young woman.
Doris worked as a housemaid in Gothenburg and later as a waitress in North Platte, where she met Benjamin Franklin Crandell. They were married
on July 4, 1938. They moved to Kearney, where Ben worked as a night clerk and Doris as a waitress at the Midway Hotel. They lived at the same hotel and, as a young married
couple, made lifelong friends. They lived there until after their first son, Larry, was born in January 1941. Keith was born in March 1945.
Because Ben slept days, Doris entertained her boys with games. Playing cards was great fun for all the Parsons get-togethers, which were many and often. Fishing was the other family entertainment. Doris fished, too, except for baiting the hook, and she was known for hollering every time she caught a fish. She was proud to be a homemaker and was the best of the best.
Ben later worked as an REA Express Agent and was transferred to Pierre in 1957. They joined the First Baptist Church, beginning another chapter in their lives. Over the years, Doris was active in Elizabeth Circle, and the church kitchen was where she enjoyed working the most. Doris served lunch at Buchanan School for over 18 years. Ben was transferred from Pierre to Hastings, Neb., in 1963; but they returned to Pierre to stay in 1971. Ben passed away in 1980, and Larry in 1991.
In 1993, Doris moved to Lincoln Apartments, one of 24 new tenants in that new living center. When Mills Property Management celebrated Pierre Lincoln Apartments’15th anniversary in 2008, Doris was the last of the first tenants to still live there.
Survivors, grateful for having been Doris’ family, are her son and daughter-in-law, Keith and Donna Crandell, and Larry’s wife, Myrtle Crandell; grandchildren Barbara Miller, Eileen Lindblom and her husband, Ryan, and Brenda Carroll and her husband, Terry; great-grandchildren Jacob Miller and his wife, Chandra, and Rebekah Miller. She is survived by two sisters, Ellen Major and Virginia Vogt, sister-in-law Evelyn Parsons; and many nieces and nephews. Doris is survived, too, by Sherrie Murphy, whom she had known and loved since Sherrie’s birth, along with her parents, Mel and Elayne Cunningham.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband and love of her life, Ben; her son, Larry; four brothers, Alvin, Charlie, Donald, and Robert; and three sisters, Goldie Buck, Margaret Howat, and Dorothy Hennige and their spouses, as well as brothers-in-law Jim Major and Johnny Vogt. She was the last surviving spouse in Ben’s family of three brothers and two sisters.
