Hometown Newspaper Covering the Greater Belle Fourche & Butte County Area in South Dakota
Roger D. Skallerud passed away at the age of 81 on Saturday, August 17, 2024 in Watertown, SD. There will be no services as per Roger’s wishes. “Others may tell you I have gone to a better life. I was perfectly happy where I was.” – Roger Roger Dennis Skallerud was born December 16, 1942 […]
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Celebration of Life for Rita Holdhusen Saturday, August 31st from 1:00pm-4:00pm Bowman Hall-Herrmann Park, Belle Fourche, SD
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Nathan Parker Neilan, 82, of Newell, South Dakota died August 8, 2024 at the Department of Veterans, Fort Meade, SD. Nathan was born in Burke, South Dakota on December 2, 1941 to Paul and Lorna (Stoltenberg) Neilan. His first job was a newspaper delivery route within the town of Burke. After the passage of his […]
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A Catholic Memorial Mass for Ruth (Velder) Jones, 104, formerly of Newell, will be offered at 10 a.m. on Saturday, September 7, at St. Martin’s Church in Sturgis with Fr. Timothy Castor officiating. Burial was held July 30, 2024, in Newell Hope Cemetery. Community members, friends, and relatives are invited to attend the 10 a.m. […]
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Natalie Mae Elaine Amen Stroschein, born January 2, 1929, in Canton, SD, to Ludwig and Palma (Narum) Fladmark, passed away on July 29, 2024. She was 2½ years old when her father died, leading her mother, sister, and her to live with their maternal grandparents. They eventually moved into their own home during her high […]
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Funeral services will be held on August 17 for Mary Wendt Parfinovics, age 59, who died Wednesday, July 31, 2024 at her parental home south of Belle Fourche. Mary Frances Wendt was born on January 26, 1965, in Belle Fourche to parents Kenneth Wendt and Mary Rail Wendt. She attended grades K-12 in Belle Fourche, […]
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Bret D. Kidd was born on January 12, 1964, in Belle Fourche, S.D. to Lauren and Peggy Kidd. He had one sibling, Murel Kidd who now resides in New Mexico. Growing up in a musical family Bret went on to live his dream, playing music. He shared his musical talents in multiple states. Bret traveled […]
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Trinity Lee Jaskela, on November 20, 1976, a sweet little baby boy was born to Dave and Shawn Langley. They later divorced and she married again in 1979 to Jerry Jaskela. Trin was 2 ½ and we became a family. Jerry adopted him as his own later on. We lived in Vale for 6 years and […]
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Ramona Marie Sebert, 83, of Rapid City and formerly of Aberdeen died July 13, 2024 at the Fountain Springs Healthcare in Rapid City. Ramona was born November 11, 1940 in Minnesota to Clarence and Mary (Bitz) Anderson. She graduated from Selby High School in 1958. She married Leonard Sebert on October 15, 1958 and they […]
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Kendell Craig Stevens, 76, of Belle Fourche passed away Sunday, July 14, 2024, following a long cancer journey. Kendell was born in Huron, SD to Kenneth George “Mac” and Ramona Muriel (Reintsma) Stevens, the third of six. He married Janie Ann Gross on January 9, 1971, and to this union they had 2 sons, Jason […]
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