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Nancy Ann Hauer
RAPID CITY - Nancy Ann Hauer, 63, Piedmont, died of lung cancer in Rapid City Regional Hospital on June 27, 2002.
Nancy was born Jan. 5, 1939, in Minnesota, and moved with her parents, Harold and Ella Buckingham, to South Dakota in 1941.
She graduated from Rapid City High School in 1957 and went on to major in speech at the University of Arizona, earning her bachelor's degree in 1961. Nancy taught speech classes for more than 20 years at National College in Rapid City, where she also served as dean of students. While at National College, she wrote a college-level speech textbook that was published in 1986 and continues to be used in colleges around the nation.
Nancy married
John Hauer in 1960. Together, they raised two children, Charles "Bo" Hauer of Piedmont and Kyla Hauer Heinemann, who lives in Grand Junction, Colorado. They also have three grandchildren, Jamie and Michaela Hauer, Piedmont, and Johnny Taylor (and another on the way) of Grand Junction.
The Hauers retired in 1989 and discovered the natural wonders of Moab - in the redrock country of southeastern Utah - where they built and enjoyed a second home. After two decades of raising her own children and dealing with high-spirited students, Nancy found the peace and beauty of the Moab area to be intoxicating. Her two-mile morning walks became spiritual experiences as she hiked among the towering rocks of the silent desert, her "Church of the Redrocks."
Although the desert is a peaceful place, Nancy found it was by no means dull. She was a dedicated bridge player, and soon found others who shared her enthusiasm. There were horses and mules to be ridden and cared for. There were guests to be greeted, and, on many delightful occasions, any peace the desert may have projected was shattered when she was descended upon by her rambunctious grandchildren. Nancy and John spent part of each year in the Moab area and the remainder at their home in Piedmont. They were involved in community activities in both places.
It was a wonderful life, until Nancy was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. Here is what her husband, John, wrote and had printed on a card which he gives to people he sees smoking tobacco products (there is a small photograph of Nancy on the card):
"This is a photograph of Nancy, my wife for 42 years. We have two children and three grandchildren with another on the way. We are retired and enjoy life. Women Nancy's age have a life expectancy of another 20 years, but she has cancer which started in her right lung and has spread to her brain. The doctors say the cancer was caused by a few years of light cigarette smoking and 20 years of absorbing second-hand smoke in the employee lounge where she worked.
"I pray that you and your family will never have to face what we are going through. Please quit smoking. You can call 1-866-737-8487 for help."
There will be a memorial service to celebrate Nancy's life. The service will be held at 7 p.m. at the Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn Hotel in Rapid City on Tuesday, July 2. The Reverend Keith Vanarsdol, Pastor of the Community Church of Moab, Utah, will perform a celebration service that will be followed by an opportunity for Nancy's friends to visit and reminisce and share "Nancy stories."
The family requests no flowers. Memorials have been established for The Nature Conservancy of the Black Hills, 8100 Sheridan Lake Road, Rapid City, South Dakota, 57702, and for the Community Church, 544 MiVida, Moab, Utah.
Carilla Sue Shots With Arrow
ALLEN - Carilla Sue Shots With Arrow, 22, Allen, died Thursday, June 27, 2002, in Allen.
Survivors include one daughter, Alliana Returns From Scout, Allen; her parents, Charles Shots With Arrow and Florence Tallman, both of Allen; one son, Albert Returns From Scout, Allen; eight sisters, Carla Shots With Arrow, Chastity Shots With Arrow, Charmaine Shots With Arrow, Charlene Shots With Arrow, Jessica Shots With Arrow, DeAnne Shots With Arrow and Tina Shots With Arrow, all of Allen, and Sonya Shots With Arrow, Kyle; and five brothers, Travis Thunder Bow, Charles Shots With Arrow and Trudell Shots With Arrow, all of Allen, and Deon Shots With Arrow and Milo Shots With Arrow, both of Kyle.
A two-night wake will begin at 11 a.m. today at Inestimable Gift Episcopal Church in Allen.
Services will be at noon Monday, July 1, at the church, with the Rev. Daniel Makes Good and the Rev. Cordelia Red Owl officiating. Mr. Mike Little Boy will officiate over traditional services.
Burial will be at Inestimable Gift Episcopal cemetery in Allen.
Sioux Funeral Home, Pine Ridge, is in charge of arrangements.
Joseph E. Paluch
RAPID CITY - Joseph E. Paluch, 69, Rapid City, died Thursday, June 27, 2002, at his home with his wife and seven children at his side after a long and courageous battle with cancer.
Joe died 47 years to the day after marrying Minnie Binstock in Regent, North Dakota.
Joe was born on December 4, 1932, in Belfield, North Dakota, to Frank and Helen (Godlesky) Paluch. He served in the Korean War from 1953-1955. He owned and operated Joe's East Boulevard Barber Shop in Rapid City for 33 years, and was also a mechanic. Joe and Minnie enjoyed traveling across the country to visit their children. Joe also enjoyed gardening, fishing and spending time on his computer.
Joe is survived by his wife Minnie, seven children and 15 grandchildren: Daryl (Carolyn, children Whitney and Billy); Dolly Perryman (Kelly, children Kelly Jo and Katie); Dixie Lecy (Dan, children Doug, Dustin and Derrick); Donna Souhrada (Scott, children Conor and Carly); Duke (Marty, children Matthew and Thomas); Darcy (Kristi, children Corey and Morgan); Dayna Miller (Ed, children Austin and Cody). He is also survived by two brothers and one sister: Victor Paluch, Stanley Paluch and Margie Paluch Metzinger.
Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, June 29, 2002, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Rapid City, S.D., with Rev. Timothy Castor as the celebrant.
Inurnment, with military honors provided by Rushmore VFW Post 1273, will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Black Hills National cemetery, Sturgis, S.D.
A memorial has been established. Arrangements are under the direction of the Osheim-Catron Funeral Home.
Jay Dee Lemmel
BOULDER, Colo. - Jay Dee Lemmel, 40, Boulder and formerly of Rapid City, S.D., died Tuesday, June 25, 2002, at his home.
Survivors include his mother, Joan Lemmel, Whitewood, S.D., and one sister, Janeen Brewer, Loveland.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 29, at Howe Mortuary in Longmont, with the Rev. Mike Gerhardt officiating.
Burial services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 2, at Bear Butte cemetery in Sturgis, S.D., with the Rev. Harold Delbridge officiating.
Carlsen & Aldinger Funeral Home of Sturgis is in charge of local arrangements.
Olive May (Sloan) Gage
SPEARFISH - Olive May (Sloan) Gage was born May 2, 1906, the youngest of six children born to Charles and Harriet Sloan at their homestead on Indian Creek, north of Belle Fourche, S.D.
After her father died, Olive and her mother moved to Spearfish when she was nine. She graduated from Black Hills Teachers College and taught near Philip, Crow Peak and Gordon, Nebraska.
After she married
Robert Gage they farmed in Spearfish Valley for many years then moved to Pierre, S.D. After retirement the family moved back to their Spearfish Valley farm.
Olive died Tuesday, June 25, 2002, at home.
Olive was preceded in death by her husband, Robert, and son, Charles. She is survived by Charles's daughters; Lynne Graham of Alabama and their sons, Eric and Spencer, Charlene Oscarson of California and their children, Berklie and Elcie, and Olive's daughter, Janet Merkle, her husband Ronnie and their children; Robert, James, Kaylee and Tawnia of Spearfish.
Graveside services will be held at 9 a.m. Friday, June 28, 2002, at the Rose Hill cemetery in Spearfish, with Rev. Mel Miller officiating.
Ethel Fern Gray
FREEMAN - Ethel Fern Gray, 81, died Monday, June 17, 2002. Services and burial were private. Memorials may be sent to the Campbell, Paula & Quinn Funeral Home, Rapid City, into whose care arrangements were entrusted.
Mark Charles 'Chandler' Honadel
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - Mark Charles "Chandler" Honadel, 35, Palm Springs, died Tuesday, June 18, 2002, at his home.
Survivors include his parents, Richard and Iva Belle Honadel, Evanston, Wyo.; his companion, James Watkins, Palm Springs; and one sister, Sarah Clouse, Casper, Wyo.
Private memorial services will be at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, time or money may be donated to a local hospice.
Arlys K. Christiansen
BELLE FOURCHE - Arlys K. Christiansen, 49, Belle Fourche and formerly of Sturgis and Rapid City, died Tuesday, June 25, 2002, at Blue Valley Lutheran Nursing Home in Hebron, Neb.
Survivors include one son, Jeremy Christiansen, Fairbury, Neb.; two grandchildren; her mother and stepfather, Bernice and Bill Rafferty, Fairview, Mont.; two sisters, Doreen Brabazon, Lemmon, and Myrna Schweigert, Hettinger, N.D.; and two brothers, Gordon Tishmack, Chamberlain, and Kenneth Tishmack, Franklin, La.
Visitation will be from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, June 30, with a 7 p.m. rosary service, at Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Lemmon, and for one hour before services Monday, July 1, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Lemmon.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the church, with the Rev. John Mathai officiating.
Burial will be at Greenhill cemetery in Lemmon.
Patricia Kaye Stewart
CHAMBERLAIN - Patricia Kaye Stewart, 57, Chamberlain, died Thursday, June 27, 2002, at her home.
Survivors include three daughters, Kimberly Stewart, Chandel Stewart and Mary Ashes, all of Chamberlain; one son, Leonard Stewart, Tea; one sister, Joanne Cummings, Pierre; and four grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. today at Wevik Funeral Chapel in Chamberlain. A prayer service will be at 7 p.m. today at United Church of Christ in Chamberlain.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 29, at the church, with the Rev. James Pearson and the Rev. Les Spear officiating.
Burial will be at Riverview cemetery in Chamberlain.
Ambrose R. Tail Sr.
OGLALA - Ambrose R. Tail Sr., 56, Oglala, died Monday, June 24, 2002, in Cheyenne, Wyo.
Survivors include his wife, Susan Tail, Cheyenne; three daughters, Amber Tail, Ellen Tail and Lynette Tail, all of Cheyenne; three sons, Richard Tail, Denver, Ambrose Tail Jr., Portsmouth, W.Va., and Jeremy Tail, Cheyenne; two stepchildren, Carmel Garnier, Cheyenne, and Verlyn Garnier, Fort Lewis, Wash.; four brothers, Don Tail, Al Tail, Cleveland Tail and Fred Tail, all of Porcupine; and eight grandchildren.
A one-night wake began Thursday, June 27, at Makasan Presbyterian Church in Oglala.
Services will be at 10 a.m. today at the church, with the Rev. Asa Wilson officiating.
Burial will be at Makasan Presbyterian cemetery in Oglala.
Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements.
Harold C. Stellwag
CHAMBERLAIN - Harold C. Stellwag, 81, Chamberlain, died Wednesday, June 26, 2002, at Sunset Valley Haven Nursing Home in Chamberlain.
Survivors include his wife, Margaret Stellwag, Chamberlain; one son, John Stellwag, Pukwana; five daughters, Anita Mohr, Armour, Dianne Foltz, Montrose, Colo., Joyce Jorgensen, Harker Heights, Texas, Jayne DeCastro, Rapid City, and Donna Knippling, Chamberlain; eight sisters, Esther Shattuck, Mata Johnson and Ruth Vavra, all of Gregory, Martha Martin, Chamberlain, Frieda Iden, Lincoln, Calif., Dorothy Montoya and Marge Austin, both of Spokane, Wash., and Ida Martin, Burke; 19 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
He served in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1945.
Visitation will be from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 30, at Wevik Funeral Chapel in Chamberlain. A prayer service will be at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Zion Lutheran Church in Chamberlain.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday, July 1, at the church, with the Rev. Daryl Tompkins officiating.
Burial will be at Riverview cemetery in Chamberlain.
Ruth Bennett
BELLE FOURCHE - Ruth Bennett, 95, Belle Fourche and formerly of Durango, Colo., died Monday, June 24, 2002, at Belle Fourche Long Term Care Center.
Survivors include three children, Tom Bennett, Fort Collins, Colo., Gerry Bennett, Spearfish, and Ann Faris, North Garden, Va.; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Her husband, T. Ralph Bennett, preceded her in death.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 29, at Summit Ridge Memorial cemetery near Dolores, Colo.
Matthew David Hall
Elisabeth Anne Hall
FORT RILEY, Kan. - Matthew David Hall and Elisabeth Anne Hall, infant son and daughter of Eric Hall and Diane (Fildes) Hall of Fort Riley, were born and died on June 25, 2002, at Irwin Army Community Hospital, Fort Riley.
Matthew was born at 3 a.m. and weighed 1 pound, 2 ounces and was 11-1/2 inches long. Elisabeth was born at 3:15 a.m. and weighed 1 pound, 1 ounce and was 11 inches long.
Survivors include their parents; maternal grandparents Steve and Cindy Fildes of Rapid City, SD; paternal grandparents Stephen and Janet Hall of Rapid City, SD; great-grandmothers Alice Fildes of Coleman, TX, Virginia Krouss of Los Osos, CA, and Dorothy Hall of East Lansing, MI; aunt and uncles Karen Fildes of Rapid City, SD, Philip Fildes of Rapid City, SD, Bryan Hall of New York City, NY, and Scott Hall of Eugene, OR.
They were preceded in death by an uncle, David Fildes; and great-grandparents Mary Fildes, George Simmons, Lee Fildes, Kay Hall and William Krouss.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Monday, July 1, 2002, at the Fort Riley Post cemetery, with the Rev. David Thompson officiating.
A memorial has been established for Camp Friendship, a summer camp for children and adults with mental and physical disabilities. Memorial contributions can be left in care of the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home, 1616 Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, KS 66502.
