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Virginia A. Bennett
PHILIP - Virginia A. Bennett, 80, Philip, died Saturday, Oct. 27, 2001, at Rapid City Regional Hospital.
Survivors include two sons, Merlin Bennett, Pierre, and Glen Bennett, Philip; three daughters, Shirley Moore, Redwing, Minn., Nancy Halabi, Diamond Bar, Calif., and Toni Rhodes, Albuquerque, N.M.; nine grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30, at Rush Funeral Chapel in Philip, and one hour before services, which will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31, at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Philip, with the Rev. David Otten officiating.
Terri Niedan Chamberlain
RAPID CITY - Terri Niedan Chamberlain, 39, Rapid City, died Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2001, at her home.
Survivors include one son, Brian Niedan, Rapid City; one daughter, Jessica McNally, Bunker Hill, Ind.; and one brother, Larry Niedan, Rapid City.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Calvary Lutheran Church in Rapid City, with the Rev. Dwight Stensgaard officiating. Burial will be at Mountain View cemetery.
Kirk Funeral Home in Rapid City is in charge of arrangements.
Adzit Edward Tucholke
HOT SPRINGS - Adzit Edward Tucholke, 87, Hot Springs, died Sunday, Oct. 28, 2001, at Hot Springs Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Arrangements are pending with Rooks-McColley Funeral Home in Hot Springs.
Georgia Heidt
JAMESTOWN, N.D. - Georgia Heidt, 76, Jamestown, died Sunday, Oct. 28, 2001, at Hi-Acres Manor.
Survivors include eight sons, Roger Heidt, Pierre, S.D., Ron Heidt, Jamestown, Randy Heidt, Dublin, Va., Rich Heidt, Denver, Russ Heidt, Mandan, Ray Heidt and Dave Heidt, both of Bismarck, and Dean Heidt, Rapid City; two daughters, LaVonne Bender, Jamestown, and Marietta Toepke, Mandan; one sister, Josie Heidt, New England; and 20 grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30, and Wednesday, Oct. 31, and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., with a 7 p.m. prayer service, Thursday, Nov. 1, at Haut Funeral Home in Jamestown. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 2, at Basilica of St. James in Jamestown, with the Rev. Bernard Pfau officiating. Burial will be at North Dakota Veterans cemetery in Mandan.
James Cloud Eagle
BOX ELDER - James Cloud Eagle, "Akicita Witco, " 59, Box Elder, died Sunday, Oct. 28, 2001, at Sioux San Hospital.
Arrangements are pending with Kirk Funeral Home in Rapid City.
Sean Michael Kissack
October 13, 1967 - June 26, 2014
RAPID CITY - Sean Michael Kissack was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, October 13, 1967. He died June 26, 2014 at his home in Rapid City after an extended illness.
He grew up in Laramie, Wyoming, and graduated from Laramie High School. He also attended the University of Wyoming.
Sean served as a medic with the 1022 Air Ambulance Unit of the Wyoming Army National Guard, and he was deployed with the 1022nd during Desert Shield/Desert Storm.
He was an EMT and firefighter with the Johnson Siding Volunteer Fire Department for 16 years. During those years Sean served as a training officer and an assistant chief. He was also named firefighter of the year for his department. Sean saw his service with the department as a way to give back to his community and to fulfill his commitment to helping others.
Sean loved the mountains and natural beauty of Wyoming and South Dakota, and he loved his animals. We will miss his kind and generous spirit.
Sean is survived by his wife, Cindi Kissack of Victoria, TX; mother, Barbara Lloyd Kissack of Laramie, WY; father, Ronald E. Kissack of Colorado Springs, CO; brother, Brian Kissack of Seattle, WA and by his beloved cat, Samson.
Graveside services will be held at Mountain View cemetery in Rapid City at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, July 12, 2014 with the Rev. Marilyn Engstrom officiating.
Memorial contributions may be sent to the Sean Kissack Memorial, Black Hills Federal Credit Union, P.O. Box 1420, Rapid City, SD 57709. The memorial in Sean’s name will provide scholarships for paramedic students in South Dakota through the South Dakota EMT Association.
Alvira Victoria (Rembold) Spomer, 89
October 18, 1926 - July 28, 2016
Alvira Victoria Spomer (nee Rembold) of Tripp, beloved mother, grandmother, aunt, sister and friend, slipped her earthly bonds July 28. She rose to walk with Jesus and join her husband, Walter, her parents, sisters, cousins and many other family members and friends who went before her.
Alvira was a member of the greatest generation, hard working country folk who weathered the storms of drought, depression and the inconsistent rewards of an agricultural economy. A beautician for 60 years, Alvira managed Spomer’s Beauty Shop in Kaylor and The Hair Pin in Tripp, now owned by her long-time friend and associate, Lynn Stoebner. Dozens of women had their crowning glory brushed, clipped and permed to perfection by Alvira.
In her spare time, this energetic woman helped her husband cut and wrap meat in Spomer’s Market, baked thousands of pies sold at The Lunch Box cafe in Tripp, cooked and waited tables in the same establishment and, along with Walt, prepared traditional German foods for weekly German Night at The Lunch Box. In the 1960s, Alvira worked with Walt, their two sons, Robert and Ronald, and many dedicated and hard working employees like Richard Lagge, Ole Vetter, Esther Weisser and Rosie Breitkreutz, operating food stands at the Hutchinson County Fairgrounds during various dances, fairs and sporting events. Alvira baked dozens of her spectacular pies for sale.
After the tables were cleared and the doors locked, Alvira, intuitively artistic, usually retired to a leisurely, late night creative session of crocheting, painting ceramics and sewing. Each summer, she maintained a garden and canned a winter’s supply of fruits and vegetables. Often, she made old fashioned lye soap, which she and many daughters of the Dirty Thirties knew to be a superior cleanser.
Sundays found Alvira in church. She sang in many choirs directed by Walt, taught Sunday school and represented Emmaus Lutheran at Lutheran Layman’s League conventions. She and Walt raised money for missions and collected shoes for orphans. When the Soviet Union collapsed, Alvira and Walt journeyed to Latvia to help restore Lutheran churches long banned by communists.
The youngest of five children, Alvira was literally born in a sod farm house north of Kaylor October 18, 1926, to Katherine Kraemer and Fred Rembold. Three years later, the economic Crash of 1929 guaranteed she would not be raised in the lap of luxury. The ensuing Dust Bowl years of the 1930s taught her the values of hard work, economy, persistence, family and fidelity that would serve her well the rest of her life.
Alvira was preceded in death by her mother and father, sisters Edwina and Aurelia, brother Lorenz and many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and friends. She is mourned deeply by oldest son Robert Lynn Spomer and his wife, Kay Slama of Minnesota; son Ronald Lee and his wife Elizabeth of Idaho; granddaughter Sarah Katy Spomer of Texas; sister Frieda Dvorak of Tripp; and dozens of friends around the world.
Leroy Goehring, 86
May 8, 1930 - July 27, 2016
Funeral services for Leroy Goehring were held July 30 at Friedens Reformed Church in Tripp with Koehn Bros. Funeral Home, Parkston, in charge of arrangements.
Leroy Goehring was born May 8, 1930, in Hosmer to Reinhold and Lydia (Pressler) Goehring, Sr. At the age of four, he moved with his parents to the family farm near Delmont. He attended country school until the sixth grade and then continued his education at Armour High School.
He served in the United States Army from February 1, 1956, and was honorably discharged January 14, 1958. After his service, he farmed with his father and brother, Reiny, on the family farm.
On November 24, 1964, he married
Violet Helen Merkwan in Tabor. They purchased a farm north of Delmont where they raised their children. He retired in 2004.
He died Wednesday, July 27, at the Good Samaritan Society, Tripp, at the age of 86 years.
He is survived by his wife, Violet Goehring; children, Lori Hoesing, Maskell, Nebraska, Tony Goehring, Delmont, Gregory Goehring, Tucson, Arizona, Richard Goehring, Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Robert Goehring, Mitchell, Karen Goehring, Sioux Falls, and Timothy (Kimberly) Goehring, Hartfold; sisters, Lucilla Dewald, Laverna Simpfenderfer, and Arvilla Reich; brother, Jerald (Donna) Goehring; sister-in-law, Carol Goehring; grandchildren, Rachel Hoesing, Lindsey Hoesing, Andrew Hoesing, Matthew Hoesing, Megan Goehring, Olivia Goehring, Jackson Goehring, Lillian Goehring, Jonathan Goehring, Benjamin Goehring; and one great-grandchild, Maci Wudel.
He was preceded in death by his infant twin daughters, Mary Lou and Katherine Lee; parents; brother, Reinhold Goehring Jr.; and sister-in-law, Barbara Goehring.
Erin R. Wagman
January 15, 1971 - October 20, 2013
Erin Wagman, also known as Erin Borgmann, died of acute alcohol poisoning on October 19, 2013 in Rapid City. She was 42 years old. She died alone.
Erin was born on January 15, 1971 in Rapid City. For her new, 18-year-old mother, she was a handful—precocious, bossy, cranky—and unusually independent for a tyke who still wore diapers.
She attended Rapid City schools, where her favorite classes were Art and Music. Her favorite place was her grandparents’ ranch, out in the paddock where her grandmother taught her horseback riding. She loved grooming and could turn a burr-snarled mare’s tail into a salon-worthy coif like a pro.
Erin loved Duran-Duran, double denim, and—after a hellish time learning how to drive a stick—her crummy little first car, a tiny white two door named “Shoe.”
In spite of her rocky “wild child” adolescence, Erin graduated from Stevens High School in 1989, then went on to earn an MFA in Studio Art from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She then attended Eastern Virginia Medical School, where she was granted an MS in Art Therapy.
She became a Licensed Clinical Therapist in Denver, where the steep Rocky Mountains and a crush on Lance Armstrong turned her into a devoted cyclist. She joked that her bike was worth more money than her car and for years, used the power of her own legs to commute 20 miles to and from work.
Surely Erin’s descent into alcoholism happened incrementally, but most of us witnessed just the four final years, the point at which she had fallen so deep that she couldn’t be reached. Like that independent toddler, Erin did alcoholism her way, and along the path—tragedy after tragedy and crisis after crisis—her strength never wavered. She was an optimistic drunk, a drunk with hopes and dreams, a drunk that was going to make it. She hoped someday to write a book about her recovery.
Erin is survived by her son Charlie Borgmann, age 9, of Westminster, CO; by her sister Rachel Bredemus, her crazy dog Hope, and her parents Bruce and Deborah Wagman, all of Lawrence, KS; as well as her grandfather Mick Vickers of Rapid City. She will also be loved and missed by her friend Lawton Thompson of Tulsa OK.
With heartfelt gratitude, the family thanks all of those who cared for, counseled and even incarcerated Erin during her journey.
Erin’s memorial service will be held at 1:30 pm on Friday, October 25 at Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home, 2700 Jackson Boulevard in Rapid City, with Fr. Brian Lane officiating.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Pennington County Humane Society.
Minnie Schmidt
Funeral services for Minnie Schmidt, 90, of Vernal, Utah, and formerly of Mound City, were held Monday, Sept. 26, 2011, at Kesling Funeral Home in Mobridge.
Burial will be in the Mound City cemetery under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge. Minnie passed away Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, in Vernal.
Minnie (Holzwarth) Schmidt was the eighth of 17 children born to Emanuel and Katherine (Stadel) Holzwarth on May 2, 1921, in rural Campbell County. She grew up and attended school in rural Campbell County.
Minnie married
Edwin Schmidt on June 13, 1943 in Eureka. She spent her life caring for her family and enjoyed playing card games of many kinds, but enjoyed Rook the most. She was also an avid jigsaw and search-a-word puzzle solver. Her proudest moment was when she was TOPS queen in Mound City.
Edwin and Minnie lived in the Campbell County area and a 30-mile radius of Mound City until 2005 when they moved to Utah to live with their daughter.
Edwin passed away in 2007, and in 2008, Minnie moved into assisted living in Vernal. Although she kept busy with playing cards and crafts, she continued to miss Edwin and wished only to join him.
Minnie is survived by her children, Ruth (Arlen) Humphries of Vernal, Ronald Edwin (Jan) Schmidt of Nipomo, Calif., and Fred DeRay Schmidt of Sturgis; six grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, 11 step great-grandchildren and five step great-great-grandchildren. Also surviving are two brothers, Emanuel “Brownie” Holzwarth and William E. Holzwarth; and two sisters, Bertha Holzwarth (Helmet) Sandmeier and Meta Holzwarth (Clarence) Rau.
Dennis R. Holub
February 6, 1947 - August 28, 2014
Dennis Ray Holub, 67, of Rapid City, died at his home on Thursday, August 28, 2014.
Dennis Ray Holub was born February 6, 1947 in Burke, South Dakota, the son of Arthur J. and Alma B. (Kahler) Holub. He graduated from Rapid City High School in 1965 where he was very active in debate and drama, winning many oratory, dramatic reading and acting awards on the state level. He received a BFA degree in speech and theatre from the University of South Dakota in 1969 and an MA theatre degree in 1970 from the University of Indiana in Bloomington. At USD he was a company member of the Black Hills Playhouse. At Indiana University he performed with its touring Indiana Repertory Theatre.
After briefly working in New York City theatre, Dennis returned to South Dakota to direct plays at the Black Hills Playhouse from 1971 to 1973. At the same time he was employed by the South Dakota Arts Council to initiate the state's Artists in Schools and Communities Program. He continued to work for the state arts council for 38 years, serving as executive director from 1988 until his retirement from state government in 2009.
While at the South Dakota Arts Council, Dennis helped to establish many of the 40 local arts councils throughout the state. South Dakotans for the Arts, the state Dance on Tour Program, Prairie Arts Management Institute and the Art for State Buildings Program. Regionally and nationally, he served on the board of directors for Arts Midwest, a regional arts organization from 1988 to 2014, the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies from 2000-2003, and the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress from 2002-2009. He served on several grant application review panels for the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, DC.
Locally he was a board member of the Black Hills Playhouse Alumni Association, and represented the group on the Black Hills Playhouse board of directors. In 2004 he was honored with the Gary Young Award from the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies for exemplary leadership in the field of state arts councils. In 2009 he received an Honorary Governor's Award in the Arts for outstanding service to the arts in South Dakota.
Dennis loved to travel and took many trips to foreign countries. He visited all of the fifty states in his lifetime, often with his traveling companion, John A. Johnson.
Dennis is survived by Uncle Arthur (Ruby) Kahler of Sioux City, IA and his special friend John A. Johnson, Key West, FL along with several cousins throughout the country.
Dennis was preceded in death by his father, Arthur Holub and his mother, Alma Holub, Rapid City.
Dennis was a member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Rapid City, but often attended MCC services in Key West.
Memorials have been established at the Black Hills Playhouse (PO Box 2513, Rapid City, SD, 57709) or www.blackhillsplayhouse.com.
A celebration of Dennis’ life will take place in the afternoon of October 26, 2014 from 2 - 5 pm at the Dahl Fine Arts Center in Rapid City.
Rubye Klay
July 29, 1924 - September 12, 2014
Rubye Klay left this world to be with her God in heaven on September 12, 2014. She was born Rubye Philipp on July 29, 1924, in Welcome, Minnesota. Growing up on the family farm, she was the only daughter with two older brothers and two younger brothers.
After graduating from Welcome High School, Rubye earned her teaching certificate from Winona State Teachers’ College and went on to teach elementary students in Redwood Falls and Luverne, Minnesota. Living in a boarding house in Luverne with a group of other teachers and young professionals, she met Reynold Klay, a young man from Rock Valley, Iowa, who was just beginning his banking career. Rubye and Rey were married
on June 14, 1949, and continued to work and live in Luverne where in 1952 their first daughter, Nancy, was born. Rubye ended her teaching career to become a full-time mother. A few years later, Rey was transferred to a bank in Sauk Centre, Minnesota and had a son, Jim, in 1955. Rey was transferred again in 1962, and the family moved to Huron, South Dakota. Soon after, another daughter, Julie, was born. Rey was transferred one last time to Rapid City in 1971, becoming the President of the National Bank of South Dakota until his retirement.
Rey and Rubye quickly became very involved in the Rapid City community and loved their life in the Black Hills area, and Rubye made volunteer service her second career in life. She spent many years volunteering for First Presbyterian Church in a variety of roles, working with Rapid City Lariats and the Chamber of Commerce, working at the Rapid City Hospital gift shop, and belonging to many local organizations such as PEO, Mt. Rushmore Society, and others. She loved to travel, and she and Rey took many wonderful trips together throughout the United States and Canada. One of Rubye’s favorite places to visit was Coronado Island in San Diego where, after Rey’s retirement, they often spent the month of March. There she loved walking on the beach and collecting shells, especially her special sand dollars. Rey and Rubye had a great love of baseball. They spent many summer evenings at the Post 22 baseball games here in Rapid City, and even had a tournament named after them.
Rubye’s family today includes daughter Nancy and her husband Kosta, living in Fort Collins, Colorado, son Jim and his wife Holly, living in Atlanta, Georgia, and daughter Julie and her husband Mel living in Nevada City, California. She was also known as “Grandma Rubye” by Nancy’s and Kosta’s nieces and nephew and now their grandnieces and grandnephews. Rubye has been a very special friend to many people, both young and old, over the 90 years of her life. She is survived by her three children and their spouses, her brother Marvin Philipp, her sister-in-law Mary Ann Philipp, and brother-in-law Russell (Georgia) Klay. She was preceded in death by her husband Rey in September 2005, her parents, three brothers, six sisters-in-law, and five brothers-in-law.
Rubye will be laid to rest alongside Rey at Black Hills National cemetery and the family will hold a memorial service on Friday, October 10th, at 3:00 pm, at the First Presbyterian Church, Rapid City.
