Hill City Prevailer

Hiram Neiffer

Published by admin on Thu, 12/29/2022 - 10:18am
Hiram Melvin Neiffer was born Feb. 9, 1931 to Jake and Viola (Kursave) Neiffer in his grandfather’s store in Longvalley S.D. He joined older brother Eugene and was raised in Longvalley with younger siblings, Mardella (Preble), Roger, Dean, Elaine and Edward, attending school through the eighth grade, leaving school to work on the family farm and for neighboring farms until he left to drive fuel liner trucks.

Julie Goldsberry

Published by admin on Thu, 12/22/2022 - 9:42am

Julie Marie Goldsberry was born Jan. 18, 1960, in Corona Calif.
Julie and husband, Kim, made Hill City, S.D., their home in 2007 after falling in love with the Black Hills of South Dakota.
Julie bravely fought Stage 4 metastatic  breast cancer for 2-1/2 years.
Julie passed away Dec. 3, 2022. She was 62.
Loved by everybody, her laughter and smile shined brighter than the sun.
Julie will be lovingly missed by all those who knew her and will live on their hearts.

Larry Walker

Published by admin on Thu, 12/08/2022 - 2:29pm

Larry E. Walker was born Jan. 4, 1945, in Pierre, S.D., to Chet and Vera (Hopkins) Walker. He grew up and spent most of his life on a ranch in southeast Meade County, South Dakota, on the scenic Cheyenne River breaks. Throughout his childhood, he rode horseback with his four other siblings to attend rural grade school. Larry graduated from Wall (S.D.) High School and went on to attend Black Hills State University (S.D.).

Doris ‘Dotty’ Mae Tillman

Published by admin on Thu, 11/17/2022 - 10:07am
On April 24, 1932, the lives of Arthur and Dorothy Gould were brightened when they welcomed a tiny little baby girl into this world. They named her Doris Mae Gould. But she preferred to be called “Dotty.”
 
Doris grew up in Hill City, S.D. She attended all 12 years of school in the original Hill City school building. She was active in choir, science and debate (which she enjoyed all her life). Doris had a beautiful singing voice.
 

Lane Snell

Published by admin on Thu, 11/03/2022 - 9:05am
Lane Ellsworth Snell was born to Dwayne E. and E. Jean (Batsell) Snell Aug. 31, 1963, in Hutchinson, Kansas. He attended various schools in South Dakota and Indiana and graduated from Brandon-Valley High School in Brandon, S.D. in 1981. 
 

Gladys Clemetson

Published by admin on Thu, 10/20/2022 - 10:28am
Gladys M. Clemetson (Deneke) passed away Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, in Rapid City, S.D. 
 
She is survived by husband, Robert Clemetson, sister Evelyn Bradley (Gary) and sister-in-law Doris Deneke. Daughters, Lesia McLaughlin (John), and Carol Siemonsma, son Kevin Clemetson (Melissa). Grandchildren, Colton McLaughlin (Julie), Kendra Michel (Jason), Zachery Siemonsma, Brianna Clemetson, Dawson Clemetson, Allison Clemetson. Great-granddaughters, Kinsley and Kenna McLaughlin, and Rylee Jo Michel. 
 

Norma Henderson

Published by admin on Thu, 10/13/2022 - 8:56am
Norma Jean Henderson was born April 9, 1931, in Wessington Springs, S.D., to Lloyd Vernon Johnson and Mary Agnes Hayes Johnson. Her family were teachers and farmers; Norma was a product of rural life. She graduated as valedictorian of her high school and took a post as a teacher at the one-room Pleasant Valley School in Hand County, S.D. She began with 12 students in eight grades and maintained throughout her life that her foremost accomplishment was teaching children to read.
 

Kevin Locke

Published by admin on Thu, 10/06/2022 - 9:02am

Kevin Locke (Lakota name Tȟokéya Inážiŋ, meaning “The First to Arise” is Lakota (Hunkpapa band) and Anishinaabe. He is a preeminent player of the North American Indigenous flute, a traditional storyteller, cultural ambassador, recording artist, fluent Lakota language and Indigenous sign language speaker and educator. He is most known for his hoop dance, The Hoop of Life.

Patricia Hott

Published by admin on Thu, 10/06/2022 - 9:02am

Patricia Walker Hott was born Nov. 5, 1943, and was the daughter of Allen and Barbara Walker of Pistol River, Ore.
Patty went to school and worked in San Francisco and Eureka, Calif.  She retired from the Department of Transportation in California and moved to Custer, S.D., where she married the love of her life, Robert Hott.  
Patty loved Custer and the area. She enjoyed and attended  all the summer events in the Hills. She was an artist, quilter, embroiderer, photographer and avid reader. She loved music, movies, art work and good food.

Sharon Terviel

Published by admin on Thu, 09/29/2022 - 9:14am
Sharon Lee Terviel was born April 3, 1949, in Lancaster, Penn., to Vernon and Edna (Grodland) Kahl. 
 
As a child, Sharon and her family moved to Illinois and then to Hill City, S.D., where she married her second love, Ronald Terviel, Sr. 
 
Sharon died Sept. 24, 2022. She was 73.
 
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Clifford Lee Jennings; mother, Edna; father, Vernon Kahl; sisters, Jennifer Forrest, Joyce Cofield and Shirley Doyle;  and maternal and paternal grandparents.