Obits
Jim Orwick, 92, passed away on February 19, 2026. Visitation will be held Friday, February 27, 2026, from 5-7 pm, with Rosary at 7 pm, at ST. Mary’s Catholic Church in Newell. Mass of Christian Burial will be held Saturday, February 28, 2026, at 10:30 am at ST. Mary’s. Burial will take place at...
Levi Wesley Eaton (74) passed away peacefully on February 7, 2026, at the Hospice House in Rapid City, South Dakota.
Levi was born in Faith, SD, on February 13, 1951, to Wesley and Barbara Eaton. He was the 3rd born with six siblings. He grew up on a ranch north of Red Elm, where he attended a...
Danny Miles, a man of grit, grease, and a great deal of heart, passed away on January 27th, 2025. Known as the guy who could fix anything with a motor, Danny was a determined, tireless worker who poured himself into every job, making sure to fully enjoy every hard-earned adventure when he finally...
Susan VanTassel, age 67, of Ottumwa, South Dakota, died on Thursday, February 12, 2026 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls.Susan Kay Alber was born on February 28, 1958 to Harold and Myrtis (Nissen) Alber in Red Cloud, Nebraska. She attended high school in Bladen, Nebraska. After high school...
Pat Dinkins, 86, of Bison, South Dakota passed away on Saturday, January 31, 2026.
Service of Remembrance for Pat was Saturday, February 7, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. MT at the Bentley Building in Bison, South Dakota. Pastor Tera Kossow and Vicar Jen Seffrood officiated and burial followed at the Bison...
Thomas Glenn Tifft, 74, passed away on February 1, 2026, in Spearfish, South Dakota. Born on August 15, 1951, in Rapid City, South Dakota, Tommy lived a life deeply connected to ranching in rural Meade County.
Tommy found joy in the enduring pleasures of rural life. He had a lifelong love for...
Merrill Eddie Miller passed away from cancer on February 2, 2026, in his home. He was born October 25, 1942, to Merrill and Esther (Branger) Miller. He graduated with a Master’s Degree from Montana State College (now MSU) in Bozeman, MT in June 1965 and that same busy month married Karen Coleman...
Virginia Caroline (Clark) Gerbracht, 75, Faith, was peacefully called home into the loving arms of Jesus on January 24, 2026 after enduring cancer with grace and faith. She was born on December 8, 1950 to Benjamin E and Hope M (Van Cleave) Clark in Sturgis, SD, the baby girl of the family with...
Sidney Lew Fairbanks was born September 24, 1954 in Ainsworth, Nebraska. Sid spent his childhood in rural Cedar Butte, South Dakota. He attended country schools, Butterfield and Runningbird through eighth grade. He asked Zelda LaHaye to the first Homecoming Dance and for the next 53 years never...
Myrnaloy (Sebade) Smith passed away on Friday, January 23, 2026, at the age of 89.She was born in Wall, SD, on April 13, 1936. During the war, as a young child her family moved to Tacoma, WA, for a few years and then moved back to Wall. She graduated as an Hawk from Wall High School in 1954.She met...
