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Betty A. Pascoe
SIOUX FALLS — Betty A. Pascoe, 80, Sioux Falls, died Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2001, at Good Samaritan Center in Sioux Falls.
Survivors include four sons, David, Jeffrey, Thomas and Randy; one brother, Albert Barber; one sister, Nancy Coleman; 13 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be at 2 p.m. today at Miller Funeral Home in Sioux Falls.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 24, at Hope Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls. Burial will be at Woodlawn cemetery in Sioux Falls.
John A. Wolf
PRESHO — John A. Wolf, 81, Presho, died Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2001, at Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls.
Survivors include two daughters, Jan Fuller, Pierre, and Lori Gossie, Sioux Falls; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
His wife, Mary, preceded him in death.
He served in the National Guard and the U.S. Army from 1937 through 1945.
Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., with a 7 p.m. rosary, today at Christ the King Catholic Church in Presho.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 24, with the Rev. Tim Hoag officiating.
Burial will be at Holy Angel cemetery in Presho.
Isburg-Hofmeister Funeral Chapel of Presho is in charge of arrangements.
Oswald Haagensen
NEWCASTLE, Wyo. — Oswald Haagensen, 89, Newcastle and formerly of Sundance, died Saturday,
Dec. 15, 2001, at Weston County Manor in Newcastle.
Survivors include two sons, Howard Haagensen and Keith Haagensen, both of Sundance; one brother, Chester Haagensen, Gillette; and numerous grandchildren.
His wife, Veva, preceded him in death.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18, at Pine Grove cemetery near Oshto, with the Rev. Larry Kellner officiating.
Fidler-Roberts Funeral Chapel in Newcastle is in charge of arrangements.
A memorial has been established to the Sundance Ambulance.
Clarabelle Scheinost Nemer
RAPID CITY — Clarabelle Scheinost Nemer, 82, Rapid City, died Saturday, Dec, 15, 2001, at a local nursing home.
Survivors include one daughter, Darlene Quillen, Rapid City; one son, Edwin
Nemer, Wylie, Texas; one brother, Charles Scheinost, Norfolk, Neb.; four grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18, at Kirk Funeral Home in Rapid City and for one hour before services. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19, at the funeral home, with the Rev. Paul Sneve officiating. Burial will follow at Pine Lawn Memorial Park in Rapid City.
Josephine Fanger
BLUNT — Josephine Fanger, 88, Blunt, died Saturday, Dec. 15, 2001, at St. Mary's Hospital in Pierre.
Survivors include two daughters, Mary Demmon, Doyline, La., and Avis Demmon, Niles, Mich.; two sons, Joseph Fanger and Earl Fanger, both of Blunt; one brother, Paul Burger, Sheridan, Wyo.; 19 grandchildren; 44 great-grandchildren; and 10 great-great-grandchildren.
Her husband, George Fanger, preceded her in death.
Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today, with a 7 p.m. prayer service, at Feigum Funeral Home in Pierre. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18, at Calvary Baptist Church in Blunt. Burial will follow at Pleasant Hill cemetery in Blunt.
LuAnn Thoresen Lane
LEAD — LuAnn Thoresen Lane, 49, Lead, died Saturday, Dec. 15, 2001, at Northern Hills General Hospital in Deadwood.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19, at Trinity United Methodist Church in Lead, with the Rev. Greg Kroger officiating.
Survivors include her parents, Tom and Ardyth Thoresen, Deadwood; her sister Robin Thoresen, Galena, and her twin sister, LeAnn Johns, Lead.
Fidler Funeral Chapel in Lead is in charge of arrangements.
A memorial has been established for Twin City Animal Shelter in Lead.
William D. ‘Bill' Stellner
ABERDEEN — William D. "Bill" Stellner, 67, Aberdeen, died Friday, Dec. 14, 2001, at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls.
Survivors include his wife, Carol, Aberdeen; one son, Kenneth W. Stellner, Columbia, S.C.; one daughter, Vickie Rohrbach, Aberdeen; and five grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and one hour before services today at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Aberdeen. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at the church, with the Rev. Gary Wileman officiating.
Burial will be at Riverside Memorial Park.
Spitzer-Osthus Funeral Home in Aberdeen is in charge of arrangements.
Richard H. Oakland
RAPID CITY - Richard H. Oakland, 70, Rapid City, died Friday, Dec. 14, 2001, at Rapid City Regional Hospital.
He was born June 29, 1931, at Mitchell S.D., the son of Irwin and June Oakland. Richard grew up in South Dakota and attended the University of South Dakota where he majored in Political Science. He then worked in the radio field as a news announcer before moving to Washington, D.C. He is a veteran of the United States Navy, serving in the Far East and Korea during the Korean conflict.
Richard retired in July 1993 as associate director of Sister Cities International headquartered in Alexandria, Va. He served with that organization for 26 years. Prior to that, he was on the staff of the National League of Cities where he was director of publications and communications. He also served as staff liaison between the League and the Civic Committee of the People-to-People program. The Civic Committee was the original committee charged by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to develop and carry out the sister cities concept.
His long association with the national sister cities program, and his career working for cities and towns throughout the United States and the world, has given him a unique perspective on the worldwide movement and the historic imperatives that caused the concept to expand so rapidly after 1945.
Richard was a photojournalist and covered the White House and Capitol Hill both before and after joining the National League of Cities. He has photographed every U.S. President since Harry Truman and interviewed scores of leading politicians at the local, national and international level.
His civic and organizational activities included membership in the National Capital Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, where he was instrumental in helping to create the first international relations committee in the United States. He is also a member of the National Capitol Historical Society, a Smithsonian Associate, the American Legion, the National Wildlife Federation and a number of other societies.
He lived in the Far East for two years, which led to his deep interest in international relations. Since then he has visited dozens of other countries throughout the world and has traveled through every state in the United States. He has been a U.S. delegate to four biannual conferences of the International Union of Local Authorities (IULA), headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands. He served on the organizing committee for the IULA conference held in Washington, D.C., in 1961. He also served on the organizing committee of the US-USSR sister cities conference held just two weeks before the breakup of the Soviet Union. He has also been a delegate to the Conference of European Municipalities (CEM) and has advised a number of international organizations dealing in local government.
Survivors include his wife, Treva Oakland, and a son, Kevin Oakland, both of Rapid City.
Visitation will be from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec.18, and one hour before services Wednesday, Dec. 19, at Osheim-Catron Funeral Home. Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, at Mountain View cemetery, with the Rev. Ted Huffman officiating. Friends may gather at the funeral home before services.
Lawrence R. Styles
RAPID CITY - Lawrence R. Styles, 89, Rapid City, died Thursday, Dec. 13, 2001, at Good Samaritan Center in New Underwood.
He was born June 12, 1912, to Robert and Florence (Young) Styles at Brentford, S.D. He attended SDSU in Brookings, S.D., and graduated with a degree in carpentry. He moved to California where he married
Bonnie Fuhrman of Warner, S.D., on Feb. 23, 1941. He was employed by Lockheed Aircraft during World War II. He moved his family to Rapid City in 1957 and worked in the construction industry until his retirement.
Survivors include his daughters, Sandra Foss of San Antonio, Texas, Jana Messerli of Cascade, Idaho, and Jill Fredericksen of Rapid City; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Memorial services are scheduled for 9 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 20, at Rapid Valley Baptist Church, with Pastor Bob Farmer officiating. A second memorial service will be held in the spring for friends and family unable to travel at this time. Burial will be at Pine Lawn cemetery, under the direction of Behrens Mortuary.
Merial B. Scott
RAPID CITY - Merial Mae (Benson) Olsson Scott, 79, of Rapid City, died Thursday Dec. 13, 2001, at the home of her daughter in Rapid City.
She was born July 5, 1922, in Hot Springs, S.D., to Charles Washington Benson and Nellie (Walker) Benson. Merial graduated from Hot Springs High School in 1940 and received her B.A. from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1944. On March 22, 1946, she was united in marriage to Dr. Gordon Quentin Olsson in Omaha, Neb. The couple moved to Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1946, where Gordon served an internship and Merial worked as a secretary for a travel agency. In 1947, the couple returned to Omaha for Gordon's residencies in pathology and pediatrics, where Merial worked as a field director for the Girl Scouts.
Merial and Gordon moved to Rapid City in 1950 when Gordon entered into practice as a pediatrician at the Rapid City Medical Center. Gordon died on Jan. 22, 1961. On Sept. 26, 1965, Merial married
James M. Scott The couple lived in Rapid City and Lead.
Merial worked for several years as a secretary in both Seattle, Wash., and Boulder, Colo., and upon her retirement in 1987, moved back to Rapid City.
Merial's lifelong passion was writing, especially poetry. Her love of nature and the Black Hills are reflected in her writings. Many of her poems and short stories were published in magazines, Sunday School papers, and religious devotionals. The church programs she wrote were enjoyed by many. Merial was a member of the Black Hills Writer's Group, the League of American Penwomen, Western Women in the Arts and the Canyon Lake Senior Center Writer's Group.
Merial was an active member of Canyon Lake United Methodist Church and also fellowshipped with various Quaker (Religious Society of Friends) groups over the years, including the one in Rapid City. She started the Rapid City Parents Without Partners and was involved in a number of other volunteer organizations including the YMCA board, FISH, the board of Habitat for Humanity, and Positive Approach.
Those grateful for having shared her life are: Lynne and Jerry Garcia, daughter and son-in-law, of Rapid City, Carla and Colin Wilson, daughter and son-in-law, of Paullina, Iowa, Peter Q. and Ute Olsson, son and daughter-in-law, of Anchorage, Alaska; 12 grandchildren, Evanthea Georgas, Alexia Georgas Gillen, Yanni Georgas, David Wilson, Rebecca Wilson, Levi Wilson, Caleb Wilson, Jacob Wilson, Rachel Wilson, Kirsten Valentine, Wulfgang Olsson and Tonelisa Olsson; stepson Sam Scott; and step-daughter Ann Scott Olson.
Merial was preceded in death by her twin sister, Mildred; her parents; her daughter, Marlys Kay Olsson; and her first husband.
Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 18, at Canyon Lake United Methodist Church in Rapid City, with the Rev. Robert Ruedebusch officiating. In lieu of flowers memorial monies may be given to Canyon Lake United Methodist Church, Habitat for Humanity or Hospice of the Black Hills.
Kirk Funeral Home in Rapid City is in charge of arrangements.
Vivian 'Maxine' Wanstrath
HULETT, Wyo. - Vivian "Maxine" Wanstrath, 64, Hulett, died Thursday, Dec. 13, 2001, at Crook County Memorial Hospital.
Survivors include two sons, Randy Snell, Gillette, and Steve Snell; and one brother, Noel Page, Hulett.
Graveside services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19, at Hulett cemetery, with the Rev. Larry Kellner officiating.
Fidler-Roberts Funeral Chapel in Sundance is in charge of arrangements.
LuAnn Thoresen Lane
LEAD - LuAnn Thoresen Lane, 49, Lead, died Saturday, Dec. 15, 2001, at Northern Hills General Hospital.
Survivors include her parents, Tom and Ardyth Thoresen, Deadwood; and two sisters, LeAnn Johns, Lead, and Robin Thoresen, Galena.
Arrangements are pending with Fidler Funeral Chapel in Lead.
Oswald Haagensen
NEWCASTLE, Wyo. - Oswald Haagensen, 89, Newcastle, died Saturday, Dec. 15, 2001, at Weston County Manor.
Survivors include two sons, Howard and Keith Haagensen, both of Sundance; one brother, Chester Haagensen, Gillette; and numerous grandchildren.
Arrangements are pending with Fidler-Roberts Funeral Chapel.
