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Eleanor Jeanne Richards
RAPID CITY — Eleanor Jeanne Richards, 67, of Rapid City, entered the presence of our Lord after a long illness on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2001, at a local nursing home.
Eleanor Jeanne was born in Pittsburgh, Penn., on June 7, 1934, to Phillip and Eleanor (Rowen) McNally. She was known to many in her life as "E.J." She graduated from St. Veronica's High School, Pittsburgh, in l952. In keeping with her love of the theatre, city life and warm weather, E.J. moved to Los Angeles to follow a dream in 1955. In 1960, she married
the love of her life, Jerome (Jerry) G. Leadingham. Together they raised two daughters, Joanie and Laurie, and E.J. enjoyed success as a real estate agent. Following Jerry's death in 1975, E.J. and her daughters moved to the lovely, art-centered community of Laguna Beach, California. In 1979 she married
Clinton E. Richards and enjoyed world traveling through the 1980's. In 1995 Mr. Richards died and E.J. relocated to Rapid City, S.D., to be near her daughter and grandchildren. She came to love the friendliness of South Dakota and the beauty of the Black Hills.
E.J. had tremendous capacity to love and be compassionate, always spotting out the best qualities in everyone and offering encouragement to them. Her love of Jesus carried her through many difficulties throughout her life. She will be remembered for her generosity in giving and her special fondness of babies, dogs and cats! E.J. loved books, plays, movies and music and was unbeatable at the game of Scrabble. We will all miss her sparkling green eyes, bright smile and wacky sense of humor.
Besides her first and second husband, she was preceded in death by both of her parents and her sister, Joan Lewis, in 1988.
E.J. is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Joanie and Joel Anderson of Rapid City, and Laurie and Jeff Schick of Peoria, Arizona. She was known as "Grandy" to her five grandchildren, Alden, Laurie, Ryan and Holly Anderson and Elizabeth Schick. She is also survived by four nieces and one nephew and a special friend, Colleen Kerk of Rapid City and her three children, Josie, Steven and Janna.
We love you, Mom ... you are always in our hearts and our thoughts and we thank God for you in our prayers. God bless you.
The family would love to offer sincere thanks to all of the staff of the Clarkson Mountain View Guest Home for always going the extra mile to make Mom so comfortable and for meeting so many needs in her life during the past 17 months. Our thanks also extend to Hospice of the Black Hills for helping make her transition to Eternal Life easier.
Services will be directed by Kirk Funeral Home of Rapid City. Visitation will be held on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2001, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the funeral home, with a public prayer service at 7 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Blessed Sacrament Church in Rapid City, with Fr. Matthew Fallgren as celebrant. Visitation will be at the church for one hour before services.
Interment will be at Pine Lawn Memorial Park in Rapid City. Following interment, there will be a gathering at noon to celebrate E.J.'s new heavenly home and a fellowship luncheon at Woodhaven Church, 414 South Canyon Road, in Rapid City.
In lieu of flowers, E.J. has requested donations be made to Behavior Management Systems Endowment Fund.
Jeannette E. Kinyon
RAPID CITY — Jeannette E. Kinyon, 86, Rapid City, died Thursday, September 13, 2001, at Rapid City Regional Hospital.
She was born June 15, 1915, at Huron, South Dakota, to Frank and Mildred (Wagner) Kuehn. She graduated from Huron High School and attended the University of Minnesota, where she received her B.A. degree in English.
She was married
in August of 1939 at Huron to Frank Kin-yon, and the couple resided in Huron, Humboldt, Iowa and Spearfish for a time prior to moving to Rapid City in the spring of 1957. She taught English at Central High School, and following the death of her husband in 1964, attended California State College in Fresno, California, receiving a M.A. degree in English literature. She returned to Rapid City, where she taught another year of high school before joining the Humanities Department at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, teaching English and English literature.
Jeannette retired in 1980 and moved to Fresno to be near her sisters. In August of 2000 she returned to Rapid City, residing at Westhills Village.
Survivors include a daughter, Mary Keenan, Rock Hill, South Carolina; a sister, Lois Johnson, Fresno, California; and six grandchildren.
Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, September 17, at the Canyon Lake Methodist Church, with Rev. Bob Ruedebusch officiating.
A second service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19, at the First United Methodist Church in Huron, with Rev. Dick Rinearson officiating. Inurnment will be at the Riverside cemetery at Huron. A memorial has been established to the American Red Cross.
Services are under the direction of the Osheim-Catron Funeral Home.
Winifred 'Winn' Weaver
EDGEMONT — Winifred "Winn" Weaver, 86, Edgemont, died Thursday, Sept. 13, 2001, at Castle Manor Nursing Home in Hot Springs.
Survivors include two daughters, Audrey Manke and Pat Spencer, both of Edgemont; three grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 17, at Rooks-McColley Funeral Chapel in Hot Springs.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, at Baptist Church in Edgemont, with the Rev. Marion Gray officiating.
Burial will follow at Buffalo Gap cemetery.
James C. Mullen
VALENTINE, Neb. - James C. Mullen, past Nebraska State Commander of the DAV from 1980-81, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 2, 2001, in Broken Bow, Neb.
He is survived by his daughters, Kathy Kreischer of Merced, Calif., Pat Storm of Owensboro, Ky., and Maureen Hansen of Wichita, Kan.; sons, Clancy of North Platte, Neb., and Shawn of Delafield, Wis.; one brother, A.C. Mullen of Virginia; and a special companion of 10 years, Alice Ostrand of Broken Bow.
A memorial has been set up in honor of "James C. Mullen" for the local Disabled American Veterans. Memorials may be sent to Clancy Mullen, 708 S. Eastman St., North Platte, NE 69101.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held for James C. Mullen at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5, at St. Nicholas Catholic Church in Valentine.
Burial followed at Mount Hope cemetery in Valentine.
Sandoz Chapel of the Pines in Valentine was in charge of the funeral arrangements.
Winifred 'Winn' Weaver
EDGEMONT - Winifred "Winn" Weaver, 86, Edgemont, died Thursday, Sept. 13, 2001, at Castle Manor Nursing Home in Hot Springs.
Survivors include two daughters, Audrey Manke and Pat Spencer, both of Edgemont; three grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 17, at Rooks-McColley Funeral Chapel in Edgemont.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, at Baptist Church in Edgemont, with the Rev. Marion Gray officiating.
Burial will follow at Buffalo Gap cemetery.
Dennis E. Fairbanks
RAPID CITY - Dennis E. Fairbanks, 57, Rapid City, died Friday, Sept. 14, 2001, at Rapid City Regional Hospital.
Survivors include his wife, J.J. Soule, Rapid City; two sons, Darwin Johnson, Memphis, Tenn., and Duane Johnson, Kalispell, Mont.; three daughters, Denise Johnson, Dufur, Ore., Denae Jones, Frenchtown, Mont., and LuAnn Fairbanks, Heber Springs, Ark.; one sister,
Arlene Dutton, Casper, Wyo.; and 10 grandchildren.
Services will be at 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 17, at Osheim-Catron Funeral Home in Rapid City, with the Rev. Tim Coates officiating.
Inurnment will be at St. Mary's cemetery in Missoula, Mont.
Rose Englebert
HOT SPRINGS - Rose Englebert, 93, Hot Springs, died Saturday, Sept. 15, 2001, at Castle Manor Nursing Home in Hot Springs.
Arrangements are pending with Rooks-McColley Funeral Chapel in Hot Springs.
Lucille Lyke
RAPID CITY - Lucille Lyke, 79, Rapid City, died Saturday, Sept. 15, 2001, at Rapid City Regional Clarkson-Mountain View Nursing Home.
Lucille Lyke was born in Fergus Falls, Minn., on Feb. 20, 1922. Her mother died when she was 10, and she and her sister were raised by their father and a special
uncle.
From the first day of school Lucy decided she wanted to be a teacher. She taught school in Minnesota for two years before moving to Portland, Ore.
She met her future husband, Darwin, while he was stationed in Portland with the Navy. They were married
on Valentine's Day in 1946. They lived in Berkeley, Calif., until 1948, when Darwin was discharged from the Navy. They lived both in North Dakota and Minnesota before establishing their home in Rapid City.
Lucille balanced motherhood and substitute teaching until the death of her husband in 1963.
At the age of 40, she returned to college to complete her teaching degree. After graduation, she taught at Horace Mann school from 1966 to 1987. She was the "favorite teacher" of many second graders.
She loved traveling, and she was an avid reader.
After her retirement, she enjoyed traveling to some of the places she had read about.
Lucille is survived by two daughters, Peggy Heidgerken of Rapid City and Lynda Mentele of Black Hawk; two sons, Pat Lyke of Hot Springs and Larry Lyke of New Haven, Conn.; and five grandchildren, Ben and Aaron Heidgerken, Jason Mentele, Jennifer Lyke and Caleb Lyke.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and sister.
A memorial service will be held at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, at Campbell, Paula & Quinn Funeral Home.
A memorial has been established to benefit students at Horace Mann school.
Mary J. Anderson
WINNER - Mary J. Anderson, 86, Winner, died Thursday, Sept. 13, 2001, at Elder Inn in Winner.
Survivors include two daughters, Connie Heggestad and Jane Assman, both of Winner; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Mason Funeral Home in Winner.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 17, at United Methodist Church in Winner.
Burial will be at Winner cemetery.
Ronni Andrews
RAPID CITY - Ronni Andrews, 47, Rapid City, died Saturday, Sept. 15, 2001, at Rapid City Regional Hospital.
Survivors include her husband, Tom Lee, Rapid City; and her mother, Marie Bentley, Mesa, Ariz.
Arrangements are pending with Osheim-Catron Funeral Home in Rapid City.
Dr. Bertram R. Berg, DVM
HETTINGER, N.D. - Bertram "Bert" Rangvold Berg, 71, died unexpectedly from a heart attack, on Sept. 13, 2001, in the West River Medical Center in Hettinger, N.D.
Bert was born June 12, 1930, to parents Andrew and Gina (Wisness) Berg in Maddock, N.D. He was baptized and confirmed at Viking Lutheran Church, attended Quarve School No. 2, a one-room elementary school, and Benson County Agriculture and Training High School in Maddock, N.D., graduating in 1948. He attended and graduated from NDSU in pre-veterinary Medicine and Animal Science in 1953. He returned to Maddock to farm, and in 1954 was an IFYE (North Dakota International Foreign Youth Exchange) delegate to England/Wales where he met Francie Marie Brink, an IFYE delegate to Switzerland from Montana. They were married
on June 2, 1957, and farmed in Maddock until 1962. He then attended the University of Minnesota School of Veterinary Medicine and graduated in 1966. He moved to Hettinger with his family where he practiced at the West River Veterinary Clinic until his retirement in July of 2000.
He is survived by wife, Francie, daughter Kathy Walsh and son-in-law Dennis of Harvey; son Rick and daughter-in-law Tracy of Fargo, daughter Cindy Halunen and Todd of Minneapolis, Minn., son Mike and daughter-in-law Wendy of St. Louis, Mo.; brother Rolf and wife, Helen, Maddock; six grandsons, Brian, Aaron and Kevin Walsh, George and soon-to-arrive Baby Halunen, and Jack Berg; special nieces, Katie and Janet
Sallgren Tobin and husband Phil, Golden, Ill.; and numerous nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.
Bert was a dedicated veterinarian, but he was foremost a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend. He touched the hearts of everybody and anybody he ever came in contact with. He measured success not in dollars and cents, but in friends and especially family. His wealth came in friendships and he knew no strangers, only friends he hadn't met. His life was devoted to helping others and his true joy came from making lives better for those around him.
Bert loved North Dakota and believed in giving his time and energy to organizations, which had a positive impact on people's lives.
Bert was a lifetime supporter of 4-H. He was an IFYE delegate, a 4-H Leader for 38 years, served as ND 4-H Foundation Director and president. In 1990, he received the Distinguished Service Award, the highest 4-H award given, for a lifetime of service to youth and 4-H.
Dr. Berg deeply cared for and respected animals. He was active in the North Dakota Veterinary Medical Association for over 30 years, serving in many leadership roles including president of the organization. He was recognized as Veterinarian of the Year by NDVMA in 1998. Dr. Berg also served the American Veterinary Medical Association for over 30 years, most recently on the Judicial Council and the Accreditation Committee.
Bert was an NDSU Bison from 1948 when he entered NDSU through his recently completed 9-year term as Alumni director, he believed in leadership and scholastic opportunities for students.
Bert was a living example of community spirit. He was always in the middle of any Hettinger event that helped kids or promoted the community. His role as 9-year president of the Hettinger Black Devils Booster Club, even after his children graduated, is symbolic of a lifetime of supporting and encouraging others. He loved all sports and activities, especially those his family participated in.
Bert was a State FFA Officer, Sunday School teacher for over 20 years, member of Viking Lutheran Church for over 50 years, ND Stockman's Association for 35 years, and on the Maddock School Board.
A memorial will be established by the family.
Visitation will be from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, Sept. 17, at Evanson Jensen Funeral Home, Hettinger.
A Prayer Service will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Hettinger Lutheran Church.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, at Hettinger Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Robert Boxrud and Pastor Phil Tobin, nephew, officiating.
Burial will be at Hettinger cemetery.
Arrangements are by Evanson Jensen Funeral Home, Hettinger.
