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Andre Vincent Knott
RAPID CITY — Andre Vincent Knott, 87, of Rapid City, died Friday, Aug. 31, 2001, at his home.
Andre Vincent Knott was born in St. Cloud, Minn., the third of eight children. He had three brothers and four sisters.
He spent most of his boyhood living on a farm at Odessa, S.D. The family then moved to Milbank, S.D., where he helped to run the family dairy business. He graduated from Milbank High School.
He then went on to St. Henry's College in St. Louis, studying to be a priest. After finishing school there, he decided that he wanted to pursue other lifetime pursuits. He returned to Milbank, where he bought a restaurant and bar business.
His career in flying began 69 years ago in South Dakota, where he learned to fly at Chamberlain, earning a private pilot's license at age 18. Three years later, at the minimum legal age, he won his full transport certificate. Today, his pilot's license reads like a catalog of transport planes built in the past 68 years.
On Pearl Harbor Day, he was flying his T-Craft and when he came down, he heard that Pearl Harbor had been bombed. That day, he made up his mind to get his commercial, instructor and instrument rating. He went to flight school at St. Cloud, Minn., where he received all three certifications.
He then instructed at a Navy program at Austin, Minn., and from there went on to Northwest Airlines where he flew for 28 years, 27 as a Captain. While at Northwest, he flew the D3, DC4, DC6, DC7, Stratacruiser, Martin 202, Lockheed Electra, Jet Boeing 720 and Jet Boeing 320-707.
Andy Knott logged 32, 000 hours in airplane cockpits that took him around the world. He flew within the United States, Canada, Alaska, Hawaii, Korea, China and Japan before flying the 707 for the last time at Minneapolis International Airport in 1972.
During World War II, he flew for the Air Transport Command. He flew most of his missions to the Aleutian Islands. After the war was over, he was based in Seattle and ferried returning soldiers back to all points in the United States.
When he returned back to normal status with Northwest Airlines, he was flying routes to Tokyo. He remembers landing at the Tokyo Airport right after the Japanese had surrendered. American gunmen had replaced the Japanese gunmen in the nestholes that shortly before had been guarding the Japanese runways.
He also worked for Honeywell of Minneapolis as a test pilot. He would test planes in which their products had been placed. While in Minnesota, he was made a Deputy Sheriff. He taught the Minnesota Patrolmen how to fly so that they could patrol from the air.
When not flying, he managed and worked his farms in Minnesota and South Dakota. He owned eight farms in Minnesota and South Dakota, raising soybeans, corn and cattle. He was Minnesota's Farmer of the Year in the 1950s.
After retiring from Northwest, he also owned an aviation business and maintained and operated his own airstrip. He
also did charter flights for Gopher Airlines in Minnesota flying Leer jets. This took him all over the world.
He never had an accident while flying commercially or for his own pleasure. He did experience engines blown out by ingesting birds and radio antennas sheared off by chunks of ice cracking away from the leading edges of the wings at high altitudes.
In January 1989, he bought Deadwood Motors in partnership with Jerry Mitchell. When the gambling industry came to Deadwood, they moved to Spearfish where they built a new facility which eventually became Spearfish Motors.
He loved to fish. He owned a seaplane and often flew to Canada for fishing trips. He always had a boat moored by his Florida winter home, where he spent an inordinate amount of time at his favorite pastime.
He also loved to hunt. He enjoyed both bird and big-game hunting. Sometimes he would fly his plane to Wyoming for hunting trips.
He was a member of the American Owners Pilots Association, Airline Pilots Association, Flying Farmers, American Bonanza Society and a member of the Catholic Church. He was a devout Christian and lived by the Golden Rule throughout his life.
He is survived by his wife, Barbara, of Rapid City; three children, Brent Stock and wife, Dr. Deanna, of Easton, Md., Dr. Lorelee Stock of Virginia, Minn., and Todd Stock and
Dr. Connie of Greenville, S.C.; three grandchildren, Jenna, Adam and Loralee.
He was preceded in death by his son, Dana, who died when he was 10 years old.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established.
A memorial mass will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 3, at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Rapid City, with Fr. Bill Zandri as celebrant.
Kirk Funeral Home of Rapid City is in charge of the arrangements.
FLY WEST ANDY — JOB WELL DONE!
Robert Dean Reder
STURGIS — Robert Dean Reder, 72, Sturgis, died Thursday, Aug. 30, 2001, at his home.
Survivors include his wife, Hope Reder, Sturgis; his mother, Florence Reder, Spokane, Wash.; three sons, Monte D. Reder, Miles City, Mont., Ardel Lynn Reder and Robert L. Reder, both of Prairie City; one daughter, Brenda Reimer, Gillette, Wyo.; two sisters, Betty Ellis and Mary Ann Frandsen, both of Spokane; and eight grandchildren.
Visitation will be Monday, Sept. 3, from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis, and one hour before services, which will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 4, at Grace Lutheran Church, with the Rev. James Olson officiating.
Burial will be at Black Hills National cemetery near Sturgis, with military honors by the Sturgis Honor Guard and Masonic graveside rites.
Johnnie H. Nygaard
RAPID CITY — Johnnie H. Nygaard, 89, Rapid City, died Saturday, Sept. 2, 2001, at a Rapid City nursing home.
He was born June 15, 1912, at Brandt, S.D., the son of Martin H. and Clara (Jacobson) Nygaard.
He grew up on a farm near Brandt and attended rural schools.
Johnnie was employed as a farmhand prior to his marriage to Mary F. Cornell on Dec. 14, 1936, at Watertown, S.D.
The couple resided in the Brandt and Gary area prior to moving to Rapid City in 1954. He was employed in Rapid City by the Nash-Finch Co., retiring in 1977.
He was a member of the Calvary Lutheran Church, the Canyon Lake Senior Citizens Center, the Moose Lodge,
Eagles Lodge and the Black Hills Cribbage Club.
He was a past board member of the Canyon Lake Senior Citizens Center.
He was an avid supporter of American Legion Post 22 baseball.
Survivors include his wife, Mary F. Nygaard, Rapid City; a son, M. John Nygaard, Rapid City; two daughters, Doris Brinkman and her husband, Jerry, Arcadia, Calif., and Robin Engen and her husband, Bob, Erie, Colo.; a sister, Alma Flanigan, Pierre, S.D.; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 4, at the Osheim-Catron Funeral Home.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5, at the Calvary Lutheran Church, with Rev. Dwight Stensgaard officiating.
Interment will be at the Pine Lawn Memorial Park cemetery.
Memorials have been established for the Calvary Lutheran Church, the Canyon Lake Senior Citizens Center and American Legion Post 22 Baseball Program.
Ellin M. Dunn
RAPID CITY — Ellin M. Dunn, 92, Rapid City, died Friday, Aug. 31, 2001, at a Rapid City nursing home.
Survivors include one daughter, Jacqueline Sorbon, Rapid City.
Arrangements are pending
Ronni Andrews
RAPID CITY - Ronni Andrews, 47, Rapid City, died Saturday, Sept. 15, 2001, at Rapid City Regional Hospital.
Survivors include her husband, Tom C. Lee, Rapid City; her mother, Marie Bentley, Mesa, Ariz.; and two sisters, Sandi Ralston and her husband Jim, Mesa, and Linda Petersen, Omaha, Neb.
Visitation will be from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19, at Osheim-Catron Funeral Home in Rapid City.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, at South Canyon Baptist Church.
Zona Fills The Pipe
PINE RIDGE - Zona Fills The Pipe, 92, Pine Ridge, died Saturday, Sept. 15, 2001, at her home.
Survivors include one daughter, Starlet Fills The Pipe, Pine Ridge; one son, Peter Fills The Pipe, Pine Ridge; and one sister, Sadie Janis, Rapid City.
Arrangements are pending with Sioux Funeral Home in Pine Ridge.
Genevieve F. Maude
CAPUTA - Genevieve F. Maude, 81, Caputa, died Saturday, Sept. 15, 2001, at Rapid City Regional Hospital.
Survivors include her husband, Walter C. Maude, Caputa; three sons, Marvin Maude, Marion Maude and Marlin Maude, all of Hermosa; one daughter, Marlene Maude, Rapid City; one brother, Marlowe Wilder, Newell; three sisters, Donna Ickes and Geraldine Hill, both of Rapid City, and Pauline Abraham, Billings, Mont.; 12 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, and from 8 a.m. to time of services at Kirk Funeral Home in Rapid City. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19, at Kirk Funeral Home's Chapel of Light, with the Rev. Herbert B. Cleveland officiating. Burial will follow at Folsom cemetery near Hermosa.
Donald Hoffman
SPEARFISH - Donald Hoffman, 77, Spearfish, died Saturday, Sept. 15, 2001, at his home.
Survivors include his wife, Joann Hoffman, Spearfish; three sons, Steven Hoffman, Sammanish, Wash., Michael Hoffman, Bellingham, Wash., and Terry Hoffman, Gig Harbor, Wash.; one daughter, Holly Heintz, Prescott, Ariz.; three adopted daughters, Cerna Rand and Anelyn Jablo, both of Chicago, and Alma Gioketo, Philippines; one sister, Florence Hoffman, Vermillion; and 11 grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17, at United Methodist Church in Spearfish, with the Rev. Kip Roozen officiating. Burial will be at a later date.
Joseph 'Joe' Novey Jr.
WHITE RIVER - Joseph "Joe" Novey Jr., 81, White River, died Friday, Sept. 14, 2001, at his home.
Survivors include five sisters, Alice Sykora, Dixon, Calif., Ruth Winters, Spearfish, Mary Burnette, Clara McDonnell and Emma Brandis, all of White River.
Visitation will be before services at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, at Sacred Heart Hall in White River. Burial will be at White River cemetery.
Dennis Dwight Dixon
NEWCASTLE, Wyo. — Funeral services for Dennis D. Dixon, 63, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, September 18, at Christ the King Lutheran Church, with Rev. Trish Underberg officiating. Burial will follow at Greenwood cemetery with Masonic graveside rites. Worden Funeral Directors is in charge of arrangements. The family prefers memorial contributions to the Shriners' Traveling Fund, or a memorial of the contributor's choice.
Dennis Dwight Dixon, 63, lifetime resident of Weston County, died Saturday, September 15, 2001, at Weston County Health Services in Newcastle, Wyo.
Dennis was born November 16, 1937, in Newcastle, at the log home of Eva and Ray Cummings, to William G. and Pearle I. (Pridgeon) Dixon. He was raised on the family ranch along the Cheyenne River and attended school through the eighth grade at the Dixon Country School on the ranch. He graduated from Newcastle High School in 1956 and attended Sheridan College in Sheridan, Wyo., for one year.
On February 22, 1959, he married
Marlene Vera Beckfield of Igloo, S.D., in Rapid City, S.D. They raised their four children on the ranch until moving east of Newcastle in 1973. He drove the school bus east of Newcastle for a few years and drove many athletic buses and a mail route to Cheyenne. Dennis worked for Karl Thoerning at the Cap 'N' Bottle liquor store and later realized his dream of becoming owner. He loved helping his customers, taking great pride in knowing what they wanted before they walked in the door and tried to know his customers by name.
He was a member of the Masonic Lodge No. 13, Inyan Kara Shrine Club, Royal Order of Jesters, Shriners Dizzie Lizzies, Wyoming Liquor Dealers Association, and the Salt Creek Water District Board.
Dennis loved his family and was willing to help his children whenever they called. Watching his grandchildren play and grow was a favorite pastime. He loved to be outside golfing, fishing, hunting, snowmobiling and driving his 3-wheel trike.
Survivors include his wife, Marlene; one son, Dwight (Kim) Dixon of Gillette, Wyo.; three daughters, Denette (Steve) Price of Newcastle, Jodene (Clay) Branscom of Osage, Wyo., and Patty (Tim) Drum of Gillette; eight grandchildren, Shannon and Kodi Dixon, Ashley and Aaron Price, Taren and Lindsey Branscom, and Michala and Courtney Drum; two brothers, Gideon (Shirley) Dixon of Newcastle, and Gary Dixon of Billings, Mont.; one sister, Judy (Ron) Averett of Springfield, Mo.; two uncles, Don (Gladys) Pridgeon of Gillette and Earl Lynch of rural Newcastle; one aunt, Vera Cooper of Newcastle; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one infant grandson, Brian Thomas Price; one infant granddaughter, Devyn Danielle Drum; and a niece, Gay Lynn Dixon.
