Obituaries

Keith Blume

Published by admin on Thu, 09/15/2022 - 11:38am

Keith Ray Blume was born in Parkston, S.D., April 9, 1945, to Fredrick and Susan Blume. He joined four brothers.
He graduated high school from Armour, S.D., in 1964 and then went on to proudly serve in the U.S. Army from February 1966 until his honorable discharge in February 1970. Keith loved telling stories about his time spent in Germany.

Rita Anfinson

Published by admin on Thu, 09/15/2022 - 11:38am

Rita Louise Anfinson was born May 29, 1946, in Sioux Falls, S.D., to Rita E. (Thompson) Willis and Joe H. Willis.
Professionally, Rita made a career of caring for others working as a Licensed Practical Nurse at Sioux Valley Hospital, the Hot Springs (S.D.) VA Medical Center and Michael J. Fitzmaurice State Veterans Home.
Rita was united in marriage to Roland Anfinson Jan. 1, 2001, in Sioux Falls, S.F., after a 20-year courtship.

Richard Serino

Published by admin on Thu, 09/08/2022 - 9:22am

Richard G. Serino was born in New York City June 1, 1934.
He was the son of Jerry and Elsie Serino. He attended Iona schools in New Rochelle, N.Y., playing baseball and graduating from high school in 1951. He went on to Syracuse University earning a degree in forestry in 1955.
Following college, he served in the U.S. Navy aboard the aircraft carrier WASP with cold war tours in the Mediterranean and South Atlantic.
Joining the U.S. Forest Service, he was assigned to Custer where he met and married Janet Gates, daughter of Hobart and Ann Gates, in August 1960.

Betty Aldinger

Published by admin on Thu, 09/08/2022 - 9:19am

Betty Lou Aldinger was born Jan. 29, 1944, in Roscoe, S.D., to Alma (Braunmeier) and Gus Aldinger.
Betty moved to Custer, S.D., when she was a small child and lived her life in Custer until moving to Rapid City, S.D., in February 2022.

Sheila Grieme

Published by admin on Thu, 09/08/2022 - 9:12am
Sheila Faye Grieme, 73, of Brookings, S.D., formerly of Hill City, S.D., passed away Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, surrounded by her loving family.  
 
A Celebration of Life was held 4-6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2 at Rude’s Funeral Home, Brookings, S.D.  
 
Memorial Services were 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 4 at the Community Lutheran Church, Hill City, S.D. 
 
Following the service at the church, the family invited everyone to bring their favorite potluck dish that reminded them of Sheila.
 

Connie Vasquez-Florez

Published by admin on Thu, 09/01/2022 - 9:13am

Constance Charolette (Martin) (Micheli) Vasquez-Florez was born in Garden City, Kansas, April 7, 1946, the oldest of six children.
Connie drove a school bus in Pueblo, Colo., for many years, sold real estate and went back to school to become a nurse, an LPN. She was the supervisor of a home healthcare company, where she taught several of her daughters how to be caregivers to the elderly, disabled, veterans and forgotten folks of Pueblo county, a job with many blessings and rewards. She also managed to find time to volunteer and teach.

Cassandra Bradbury

Published by admin on Thu, 09/01/2022 - 9:12am

Cassandra Bradbury, 50, of Custer, S.D. passed away Aug. 25, 2022.
Celebration of life visitation will be held 7-8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2, at Chamberlain McColleys funeral home in Custer.
Arrangements are placed under the local direction of Chamberlain McColleys Funeral Home in Custer.  

 

Sandra Davies

Published by admin on Thu, 09/01/2022 - 9:11am

Sandra Davies, mostly known as Gail, was born in 1940 in Campbellton, New Brunswick, Canada. She was raised in Bellevue, Ontario, Canada.  
Following high school, she enrolled in nursing school and became a registered nurse. She was a practicing nurse in Canada and after marrying her husband, a U.S. Navy sailor, in many U.S. cities until retiring in Newport, R.I,  in 2000.
In 2013 she moved to Custer where she made many friends with Wittrock Road residents and as a member of Custer Zonta Club, Custer Republican Women’s Club and the Do-Nothing Club.

Virginia Tubbs

Published by admin on Thu, 09/01/2022 - 9:11am

Virginia Rose (Parks) Tubbs was born April 24, 1924, at Dewey, S.D., to James and Roseanna (Sieger) Parks. She moved to various places with her family until she was 5 years old, then to Hot Springs, S.D.
She attended Hot Springs schools and graduated as valedictorian in 1942. After graduation she went to work at the Black Hills Ordnance Depot (Igloo, S.D.). She worked as a typist, then later became the colonel’s secretary. She worked also as a teacher’s aide in the Edgemont Elementary School for several years as well as in the office at the high school.

Marjorie O’Brien

Published by admin on Thu, 08/25/2022 - 9:17am

Marjorie  Jean O’Brien was born June 25, 1945, in Sisseton, S.D., to Richard and Helen (Barnhardt) O’Brien.
Marjorie, of Hot Springs, S.D., passed away Aug. 19, 2022, at Monument Health Hospital in Rapid City, S.D. She was 77.
Marjorie is survived by her son, Shaun (Amanda) Hylle of Hot Springs; daughters, Colleen Hylle of Dublin, Ga., and Katie (Juan) Morales of Lakeland, Fla.; brother, Patrick (Eileen) O’Brien of Hot Springs; sister, Colleen Harrington of Katy, Texas, seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.