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Samuel L. Pitts
NEW UNDERWOOD - Samuel L. Pitts, 41, New Underwood, died Sunday, July 14, 2002, at Curlew Lake near New Underwood.
Survivors include four children, Tyia Pitts, Deisirae Pitts, Anashia Pitts and Samuel Pitts, all of New Underwood; his mother, Joan Denton, Farwell, Mich.; his father, Wayne Pitts, Washington; two brothers, Steve Pitts and Mick Pitts, both of Farwell; and one sister, Michelle Sulivan, Farwell.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, July 19, at Behrens Mortuary in Rapid City, with Chaplain Chris LaPack officiating.
Jarred W. Red Cloud
WOUNDED KNEE - Jarred W. Red Cloud, 14, Wounded Knee, died Sunday, July 14, 2002, in Pine Ridge.
Survivors include his parents, Karen Boltz, Wounded Knee, and Manuel Red Cloud, Pine Ridge; three brothers, Merle Boltz, Wounded Knee, Michael Cuny, Manderson, and Case Red Cloud, Pine Ridge; one sister, Brittany Clifford, Manderson; his maternal grandparents, Mark and Lillian Fire Thunder, Lincoln, Neb.; and his paternal grandfather, Pedro Red Cloud, Pine Ridge.
One-night wake begins at 3 p.m. Friday, July 19, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Wounded Knee.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 20, at the church, with the Rev. Jim Ryan officiating.
Burial will be at Messiah Episcopal cemetery in Wounded Knee.
Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements.
Richard J. Coupe
RAPID CITY - CMSGT (Ret) Richard J. Coupe, 65, Rapid City, died at Rapid City Regional Hospital on Monday, July 15, 2002.
Richard was born September 22, 1936, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, to Robert and Constance (Akstin) Coupe. He graduated from Pawtucket High School, then joined the U.S. Air Force. He retired after 30 years of active duty and served an additional 15 years as a civil service Fitness and Recreation Manager.
CMSGT Coupe's awards and decorations include: the Silver Star for bravery in action, the Distinguished Flying Cross, Meritorious Service Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Medal with 5 Oak Leaf Clusters, Good Conduct Medal with 6 Oak Leaf Clusters, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with 6 Oak Leaf Clusters, Air Force Longevity Award with 6 Oak Leaf Clusters, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal and Small Arms Marksmanship ribbon.
CMSGT Coupe was a member of Elks Lodge 1187, Veterans of Foreign Wars, The Retired Enlisted Association and the Caribou Association.
Survivors include his wife, Paula of Rapid City; his mother, Constance Coupe of Montana; two sons, Richard J. Coupe and Jim Coupe, and two daughters, Debbie Coupe and Donna Coupe, all of California. He was preceded in death by his father.
Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Thursday at the Osheim-Catron Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held Friday, July 19, at 10:00 a.m. at the funeral home, with Rev. Pat McCorkell, S.J. officiating. Interment will be in the Black Hills National cemetery, with military honors provided by Rushmore VFW Post 1273 of Rapid City. A memorial has been established.
Henry Wilson Oliver
BELLE FOURCHE - Henry Wilson Oliver, 86, Belle Fourche and formerly of Glendive, Mont., died Saturday, July 13, 2002, at Belle Fourche Long Term Health Care Center.
Survivors include three sons, Dennis Oliver, Whitefish, Mont., Darrell Oliver, Colorado Springs, Colo., and Norman Oliver, El Cajon, Calif.; four daughters, Marella Worth, St. Louis, Mary Lloyd, Helena, Mont., Yvonne Olmstead, Glendive, and Roberta McCartney, Sheridan, Wyo.; one brother, Albert Oliver, Rapid City; 21 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, July 19, and from 9 a.m. until service time Saturday, July 20, at Kline-Frost Funeral Chapel in Belle Fourche.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral chapel, with the Rev. Rick Brennan officiating.
Burial will follow at Pine Slope cemetery in Belle Fourche.
Dr. Edgar Colin Smart
CHANDLER, Ariz. - Dr. Edgar Colin Smart, 71, of Chandler, AZ, passed away Friday, July 12, 2002, after a short but courageous battle with cancer. Dr. Smart was a well known physician in the East Valley. He was born May 31, 1931 in Oldhill, Staffordshire, England, and graduated from the University of London, England, in 1956. He completed his Externship at West Minister and Gordon Hospital, London, where he was an assistant to Sir Stanford Kaid, the physician and surgeon to the Royal Family. In 1957-60, he joined the U.K. Army to do national service in the Royal Army Medical Corp where he was a Captain. That is where he met his wife, Celia, a nurse Lt. in the Queen Alexandria Royal Army Nursing Corp. They were married
in Aldershot, Hampshire, in 1958. He was a surgeon in Aldershot, Rinteln, Germany and Berlin, and in 1960, he passed the OB-GYN boards in the United Kingdom. For the next seven years, Dr. Smart joined the medical practice in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, until emigrating to the United States to Tioga, North Dakota, in October of 1967. In Tioga, Dr. Smart was in private practice and did all types of surgery. He often flew an airplane to nearby towns to deliver babies and give anesthetics for other doctors. He owned and operated a six and a half thousand acre ranch in White Earth, North Dakota. In 1973, the Smart family moved to Belle Fourche, South Dakota, where he owned his own practice and specialized in surgery and OB/GYN. Dr. Smart moved his family in 1979 to Chandler, Arizona. He joined Drs. Eicher and Garbayo until 1987. He then moved his practice to Sun Lakes, where his wife, Celia, worked alongside him as his nurse and office manager until he sold the practice in 1992. He was the Medical Director at FHP until it dissolved and joined Maricopa Health Plans in 1999 until the present as their Medical Director. Dr. Smart was president of the Chandler Chamber of Commerce twice, Man of the Year in 1985, and a member of the Chandler Regional Hospital Board of Directors since 1982. He and Celia have four children and three grandsons all residing in the East Valley: Nicholas and Pattie Smart; Julia and Tolm Marreel, Helen Smart, James and Amy Smart, and grandsons, Andrew and Michael Marreel and Wilson Smart. He is preceded in death by his parents and sister, Jennifer. Friends called from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, July 14, at Bueler Mortuary, 14 W. Hulet Dr., Chandler. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to East Valley Regional Cancer Center, 1875 W. Frye Rd., Chandler, AZ 85224.
Ted D. Ricketts
BELLE FOURCHE - Ted D. Ricketts, 44, Belle Fourche, died Wednesday, July 17, 2002, at his home.
Survivors include his parents, Ted and Sonia Ricketts, Belle Fourche, and one brother, Trevor Ricketts, Sandstone, Minn.
Arrangements are pending with Funeral Home of the Northern Hills in Belle Fourche.
Florence M. Madison
HOT SPRINGS - Florence M. Madison, 76, Hot Springs, died Tuesday, July 16, 2002, at Fall River Hospital in Hot Springs.
Survivors include her husband, Dr. Leslie Madison, Hot Springs; two daughters, Joanne Burkett, Blum, Texas, and Ruth Burkett, Hillsboro, Texas; three sisters, Althea Auspurger, Miller, Helen Wilbourne, Corona, Calif., and Kathy Jacobson, Blaine, Minn.; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, July 19, at McColley's Chapels of the Hills in Hot Springs.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 20, at Calvary Baptist Church in Hot Springs, with the Rev. Matt Limm officiating.
Burial will follow at Evergreen cemetery in Hot Springs.
Donald Cornelius Nelson
NEWELL - Donald Cornelius Nelson, 77, Newell, died Wednesday, July 3, 2002, at Fort Meade Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Sturgis.
Survivors include his wife, Greta Nelson, Newell; one son, Gary Nelson, Sturgis; one daughter, Dawn Hill, Buffalo Gap; and four grandchildren.
He served in the U.S. Navy.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday, July 8, at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis, with the Rev. Herbert
Cleveland officiating.
Inurnment will follow at Black Hills National cemetery near Sturgis.
A memorial has been established to Ward 148E at Fort Meade VA Medical Center.
Mabel D. Roth
MITCHELL - Mabel D. Roth, 79, Mitchell, died Tuesday, July 2, 2002.
Survivors include her husband, Robert Roth, Mitchell; one son, Ron Roth, Fulton; four daughters, Diane
Hartman, Mitchell, Marilyn Getz, St. Charles, Minn., Carolyn Tipton, Black Hawk, and Pam Crawford, Ipswich; and two sisters, Lora Gerlach, Parkston, and Donna DeCook, Ogallala, Neb.
Visitation will be from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday,
July 4, with a 7:30 p.m. Scripture reading, at Will Funeral Chapel in Mitchell.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, July 5, at Holy Family Catholic Church in Mitchell.
Burial will be at Calvary cemetery.
Paul F. Sack
SPEARFISH - Paul F. Sack, 76, Spearfish, died Wednesday, July 3, 2002, at Kokesh Loving Care Home in Spearfish.
Survivors include his wife, Sylvia Sack, Spearfish; two sons, Michael Sack, Spearfish, and Kelly Sack, Newport Beach, Calif.; one daughter, Paula Mowry, New Delhi, India; three sisters, Jeanne
Johnson, Manteno, Ill., Eileen Hoffer, Onida, and Ann Bridges, Fort Pierre; four brothers, Leland Sack and Frank Sack, both of Fort Pierre, Donald Sack, Snohomish, Wash., and Dan Sack, Kansas City, Mo.; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Arrangements are pending with Fidler Funeral Chapel of Spearfish.
Mowis E. 'Morris' Kills Back
PORCUPINE - Mowis E. "Morris" Kills Back, 77, Porcupine, died Tuesday, July 2, 2002, in Pine Ridge.
Survivors include four daughters, Suzanna Kills Back and Blanch Kills Back, both of Porcupine, Ruby Kills Back, Sacramento, Calif., and Germaine Lays Bad, Greeley, Colo.; six sons, Morris Kills Back, Leonard Kills Back, Hugh Kills Back and Lyle Kills Back, all of Porcupine, Vernon Kills Back, Sacramento, and Ted Crow, Porcupine; 31 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
He served in the U.S. Army in the Korean War.
A two-night wake will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 6, in the Porcupine School gym.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, July 8, in the school gym, with the Rev. Cecil Weston officiating.
Burial will be at Porcupine Presbyterian cemetery.
Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements.
Levi W. Houska
RAPID CITY - Levi W. Houska, 85, Rapid City, died at Rapid City Regional Hospital Wednesday, July 3, 2002.
He was born September 26, 1916, at Kimball, S.D., the son of James and Helen (Pipal) Houska. He grew up at Kimball and attended Kimball schools. Levi married
Helen Ellis on March 2, 1938, at Chamberlain, S.D. He farmed in the Kimball area until 1951. The family moved to Igloo, S.D., in 1951, and he was employed at the Army Depot in Igloo until 1966. They moved to Rapid City in 1966 and he was employed with Civil Service at Ellsworth Air Force Base until his retirement in 1980. Levi enjoyed his family, fishing and gardening.
Survivors include his wife, Helen Houska, Rapid City; two daughters, Carol McCollam and her husband, William, Rapid City, and Yvonne Bollwerk and her husband, Joseph, Rapid City; two sisters, Detta Milner, Chamberlain, S.D., and Rita Hignel, Salinas, Calif.; a brother, James Houska, Kimball, S.D.; three grandchildren, Bill Bollwerk, Rapid City, Lorna Mercier, Bailey, Colo., and Kristina McCollam Wiebe, Champaign, Ill.; and five great-grandchildren, Samantha Bollwerk, Carlee Bollwerk, Angela Mercier, Katherine Mercier and Mary Helen Mercier.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother; two sisters; and a son, Ronald Houska, in 1990.
Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the Osheim-Catron Funeral Home. Services will be at 11 a.m.
Saturday at Osheim-Catron Funeral Home, with the Rev. Tom Hagger officiating.
Interment will be at the Pine Lawn Memorial Park cemetery.
A memorial has been established.
Bradley Wayne Lone Elk
OGLALA - Bradley Wayne Lone Elk, 4 months, Oglala, died Tuesday, July 2, 2002, in Oglala.
Survivors include his parents, Wade and Mavis Lone Elk, Oglala; one sister, Morgan Lone Elk, Oglala; his paternal grandmother, Norma Lone Elk, Oglala; and his maternal grandfather, Cloetus Rouillard, Oglala.
A one-night wake will begin at 3 p.m. Friday, July 5, at Our Lady of the Sioux Catholic Hall in Oglala.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 6, at the hall, 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.
