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Idella Sunshine Wade
HILL CITY — Idella Sunshine Wade, 80, Hill City, died Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2001, at Colonial Manor in Custer.
Survivors include one son, Robert Wade, Auburn, Ala.; two daughters, Eileen Millage and Debora Wade, both of Brookings; one sister, Mary Cook, Grand Junction, Colo.; and two grandchildren.
Visitation will be from noon to 9 p.m. today and for one hour before services Friday, Oct. 12, at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral chapel, with the Rev. Robert Anderson officiating.
Burial will follow at Black Hills National cemetery near Sturgis.
Joseph M. Hitzel
AUBURN, Neb. — Joseph M. Hitzel, 64, Auburn, Neb., formerly of Spearfish, S.D., died October 7, 2001, at his home in Auburn.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, October 12, 2001, at the United Church of Christ, Spearfish, with Rev. Mel Miller officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Hill cemetery.
A memorial has been established.
Joe was born April 10, 1937, in Spearfish, to Harry and Myra (Boden) Hitzel. He was raised on Redwater River on the family farm originally homesteaded by his great-grandfather, and in 1955 he graduated from Spearfish High School. He farmed and ranched with his father and brother, which he continued to do most of his life.
On February 10, 1957, he married
the former Frances Groner in Newcastle, Wyo., and the couple had three children. In 1991, Joe moved to Belle Fourche and later to Palestine, Texas, to be with his daughter and her family. He spent the last few months in Auburn, Neb., where his son and his family lived.
Grateful for having shared in Joe's life are his son, Doug (and Barbra) Hitzel, Auburn, Neb.; daughter Kim (and Don) Earl, Tyler, Texas; one granddaughter, Christine (and Steven) Porter, St. Joseph, Mo.; seven grandsons, Justin Moser, Belle Fourche, Douglas J. Hitzel, Shane Hitzel and Matthew Hitzel, all of Auburn, and Michael Johnson, Donnie Earl and Jacob Earl, all of Tyler, Texas; one sister, Helen (and Richard) Marsh, Spearfish; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his daughter, Julie Moser; one brother, Morton Hitzel; and his parents.
Fidler Funeral Chapel, Spearfish, has been entrusted with arrangements.
Dale Joseph Looks Twice Sr.
WANBLEE - Dale Joseph Looks Twice Sr., 48, Wanblee, died Thursday, Oct. 25, 2001, at Pine Ridge Hospital.
Survivors include his wife, Delphine Eagle Hawk-Looks Twice, Manderson; eight sons, Reuben Looks Twice, Joseph Looks Twice, Quentin Looks Twice, Justin Looks Twice and Dale Looks Twice Jr., all of Manderson, Jason Apple, Sioux Falls, and Lloyd Looks Twice and Boyd Looks Twice, both of Pine Ridge; five daughters, Elizabeth Looks Twice, Edith Looks Twice and Gayle Looks Twice, all of Manderson, Christian Apple, Tama, Iowa, and Sunni Dawn Eagle Hawk, Marshalltown, Iowa; eight sisters, Mamie Twiss, Rockyford, Karen Pourier, Sharp's Corner, Sandra Brown and Margaret Freeman, both of Pine Ridge, Iva Jumping Eagle, Manderson, Audrey Yankton, Rapid City, Velma Janis, Kyle, and Madonna Sanchez, Winslow, Ariz.; one brother, Francis Thunder Hawk, Porcupine; and 13 grandchildren.
A two-night wake will begin at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28, at Wounded Knee School Gym in Manderson.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30, at the gym, with Mr. John Around Him, Mr. Oliver Red Cloud and Mr. Zach Bear Shield officiating over traditional ceremonies.
Burial will be at St. Phillip's Episcopal cemetery in Manderson.
Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements.
Alice C. Hoffman
RAPID CITY - Alice C. Hoffman, 86, Rapid City, died Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2001, at a Rapid City nursing home.
Survivors include one daughter, Therese Adam, Lead; three sons, Gene Hoffman and Stephen Hoffman, both of Silver City, and Mark Hoffman, Tampa, Fla.; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
The funeral procession will leave at 1:15 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29, from Osheim-Catron Funeral Home in Rapid City.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Black Hills National cemetery near Sturgis, with the Rev. Preston Brown officiating.
Andrew R. Johnson
RAPID CITY - Andrew R. Johnson, 92, Rapid City, died Friday, Oct. 26, 2001, at Rapid City Regional Hospital.
Survivors include two sons, Francis Johnson, Rapid City, and Dennis Johnson, Rock Valley, Iowa; two daughters, Rosemary St. Pierre and Patti Ruml, both of Rapid City; two brothers, Alfred Johnson and Rudy Johnson, both of Platte; two sisters, Gladys Sletten, Platte, and Josephine Thesenga, Wichita, Kan.; 16 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
Arrangements are pending with Kirk Funeral Home of Rapid City.
Grace Strain
WHITE RIVER - Grace Strain, 91, White River, died Thursday, Oct. 25, 2001, at Rapid City Regional Hospital.
Arrangements are pending with Isburg-Hofmeister Funeral Chapel of Pierre.
Dennis Lee Skyberg
AULT, Colo. - Dennis Lee Skyberg, 61, of Ault, died October 25, 2001, at his home in Ault.
He was born on January 3, 1940, in DeSmet, South Dakota, the son of Chester Milton and Gertrude Elaine Tibbetts Skyberg. Dennis graduated from DeSmet, S.D., High School and attended RHEMA Bible Training Center in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. He was a member of Resurrection Fellowship Church in Loveland, Colo. He worked as an electric-utility inspector. Dennis served in the National Guard from 1956 to 1963. He married
Sandra Kay Simons on October 26, 1963, at Brookings, S.D. She survives.
Survivors include his wife, Sandra, of Ault, Colorado; his daughter, Connie Johnson, of Auburn, Washington; his son, Troy, of Eaton; son Jody and his wife, Debbi Skyberg, of Ault, Colorado. His wife's stepfather, Roy Muchow of Brookings, S.D.; his brother-in-law Rod and his wife, Carla Simons, of Brookings, S.D.; his sister-in-law LaQuita and her husband, Arnie Olson, of Brookings, S.D.; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild also survive. He was preceded in death by his wife's stepmother, Sophie Berkelo Simons-Muchow of Brookings, S.D.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29, at Resurrection Fellowship Church, 6502 East Crossroads Blvd., Loveland, CO 80538. Pastor Tom Ewing will officiate. Burial will be in the Ault cemetery, in Ault, Colorado. Visitation will be at the church from 11 a.m. until service time. Friends unable to attend the service may sign a register book at the obituary page of www.TheFuneralStore.net. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice and Palliative Care of Northern Colorado, or Resurrection Fellowship Church, care of Wright's Colorado Cremation Centers, 1213 West Eisenhower Blvd., Loveland, CO 80537.
Dorothy M. Parfrey
BUFFALO - Dorothy M. Parfrey, 78, Buffalo, died Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2001, at her home.
Survivors include two daughters, Jeanette Damm, Gilbert, Ariz., and Dorothy Parfrey, Buffalo; four sons, James Parfrey, Belair, Md., Lyle Parfrey, Tacoma, Wash., Stanley Parfrey, San Diego, and Larry Parfrey, Buffalo; two sisters, Anna Stenerson, Buffalo, and Elvida Hack, Radcliffe, Ky.; three brothers, Arley Iverson, Questa, N.M., Iver Iverson, Sturgis, and Norman Iverson, Des Moines, Iowa; 15 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28, at Krebsbach Funeral Home in Bowman, N.D., and from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday at Grand River Lutheran Church in Buffalo.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 29, at the church, with the Rev. Arthur Weitschat officiating.
Burial will follow at Buffalo cemetery.
Richard E. Kulesza
STURGIS — Richard E. Kulesza died October 10, 2001, at Sturgis, S.D., at the age of 90. He was the third of five children, born on May 23, 1911, to Alexander and Helen (Christy) Kulesza. He is survived by his wife of 69 years, Ada; a sister, Ellen Nelson of Sheridan, Wyo.; and nieces and nephews, Helen Arends and Betty Anderson of Rapid City and Wall, S.D., Charles of Rapid City, Eugene of Redlands, Calif., and Nels III, Brad and Brett Nelson of Sheridan.
Richard ranched on the family homestead in Meade County, South Dakota, from 1929 until 1966, marrying Ada Dodge in 1932. They purchased the ranch from his family after the death of his father in 1941. His mother died when he was 14. His brothers, Bernard, Alvin and Elbert, preceded him in death. He served more than three decades on the Board of Directors of the Golden West Telephone Cooperative, Inc. This group was the influencing factor in bringing telephone service to the plains of western South Dakota. By 1979, they had 5, 500 subscribers.
After the blizzard of 1949, Richard installed skis on his Cessna and proceeded to do what he loved the most, "help people." He made trips to Rapid City with people needing hospital care, carried medications and groceries to farms and ranches all around the area, picked up his brother-in-law's wife, who was pregnant, and took her to a car waiting on an open highway for transfer to the Sturgis Hospital (the baby, John Bennett, was born the next morning), and many other missions of mercy.
The mail carrier, Orville Rankin, called Richard and asked for help in mail delivery. They picked up mail at New Underwood, sorted it, tied it in packets and delivered it each day for 17 days. They became quite good at dropping it into a marked area from the air. Richard was also thoughtful of his male counterpart. He always had plenty of chewing, smokes and coffee on hand for delivery to those fellows in need.
Richard enjoyed doing custom combining in western South Dakota, with the help of his brothers-in-law, Wilburt and Junior Bennett. This he continued doing after retirement. In the late 30s, he was softball coach for the Haydraw girls team, sponsoring them and getting many of them to the practices and Sunday games.
Richard and Ada sold their ranch holdings in 1966 and retired to a home they purchased in Sturgis. He often remarked that the happiest time of his life was spent on that wonderful prairie ranch, with his most adored wife, Ada.
Visitation for Richard will be Sunday from noon until 9 p.m. and Monday from 8 a.m. until service time at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis.
Funeral services will be Monday, October 15, 2001, at 2 p.m. at Kinkade Funeral Chapel, with Rev. Harold Delbridge officiating. Burial will follow at Bear Butte cemetery.
A memorial has been established to the Sturgis Long Term Care Center.
Dexter E. Barlow
RAPID CITY — Dexter E. Barlow, 81, Rapid City, died Thursday, Oct. 11, 2001, at Fort Meade Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Sturgis.
Survivors include four sons, Tom Barlow, Jim Barlow, Pete Barlow and Frank Barlow, all of Rapid City; one daughter, Jayne Riske, Rapid City; one brother, Cecil Barlow, Sioux Falls; 11 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Arrangements are pending with Osheim-Catron Funeral Home of Rapid City.
Lillian B. Canfield
WOODBURY, Minn. — Lillian B. Canfield, 94, Woodbury and formerly of Lead, S.D., died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2001, at Woodbury Health Care Center.
Survivors include two daughters, Adele Gonsoir, Webster, S.D., and Joyce Sailer, Rapid City; four sons, Dale Canfield, Bertha, Minn., Larry Canfield, Mahtomedi, Minn., Grant Canfield, Maplewood, Minn., and Lauren Canfield, Swansee, S.C.; many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Martha Hansel, San Diego, and Esther Hinds, Vallejo, Calif.; and three brothers, Walter Wickard, Woodbury, Grant Wickard, Denver, and Eldo Wickard, Mesa, Ariz.
Services were held Wednesday, Oct. 3, at Woodbury Health Care Center.
Anderson Funeral Home of St. Paul was in charge of arrangements.
George William 'Bill' McFarland
STURGIS - George William "Bill" McFarland, 78, Sturgis, died Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2001, at Sturgis Community Long Term Care Center.
Survivors include his wife, Ramona McFarland, Sturgis; one son, Timothy McFarland, Germany; two daughters, Helen Hendrickson, Belle Fourche, and Rachelle Williams, East Peoria, Ill.; three brothers, Jim McFarland, Hoover, Gregor McFarland, Tilford, and David McFarland, Hot Springs; four sisters, Mary Ellen Jones, Oklahoma City, Margaret Snyder and Lucille Bickley, both of Arizona, and Genevieve Brechtel, Spearfish; and seven grandchildren.
Visitation will be from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21, at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis, and for one hour before services Monday, Oct. 22, at First Wesleyan Church in Sturgis.
A prayer service will be at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at the church.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday at the church, with the Rev. Dwight Peterson officiating.
Burial will follow at Bear Butte cemetery in Sturgis.
Anna Mae Tesch
WATERTOWN - Anna Mae Tesch, 84, died early Friday, Oct. 19, 2001, at the Jenkins Living Center in Watertown.
She was born May 9, 1917, at Watertown to Charles and Anna Sophia Cook.
Her husband, Arthur Hermann Tesch, preceded her in death in 1991. They were married
and farmed near Watertown for 56 years. South Dakota State University named her the 1976 Eminent Homemaker of South Dakota.
She is survived by her five daughters and their husbands: Wanda and Bill Lightfield, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Louann and Howard Paulson, Sioux Falls, Lois and Ronnie Greenfield, Castlewood, Jane and Jim Green, Clark, and Marie Tesch and Pat Dobbs, Rapid City; 14 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. (CDT) Monday, Oct. 22, at St. Martin's Lutheran Church in Watertown. Burial will be at Mount Hope cemetery in Watertown.
Sogn-Messer Funeral Home of Watertown is in charge of arrangements. Memorials have been established.
