Obituaries

Nicholas Holcombe

Published by admin on Wed, 03/27/2024 - 11:14am

Nicholas Lee Holcombe was the third child welcomed by his parents, Cathy and Steve Holcombe of Columbus, Neb. He was happily greeted by his big sister and brother, and just two years later this little group became a gang of four when another little brother was born. They were “one for all and all for one,” creating a bond of enduring love, still in place today.
Nicholas was an honor student at Western Dakota Tech in Rapid City, S.D., and graduated, earning his associate of applied science degree.

Maynard Downen

Published by admin on Wed, 03/27/2024 - 11:12am

Maynard Downen, 95, passed away Thursday, March 21, 2024, in Rapid City, S.D. Celebration of life will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 13, 2024 at the Fairburn Civic Center.
Kirk Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.

Sheryl Spooner

Published by admin on Wed, 03/20/2024 - 11:00am

Sheryl Lyn Spooner, 42, of Jefferson, Wisc., passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024 as a result of a motor vehicle accident. Sheryl was born on August 17, 1981, in Custer County, South Dakota. She attended school and graduated Custer High School, class of ‘99.  Sheryl was very athletic and involved in several sports including wrestling, volleyball, basketball, softball and most recently she joined the Jefferson Rowing Team.  She made any athletic activity look easy, and earned many awards and medals. She loved coaching youth teams.

Kalomera Stabnow

Published by admin on Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:58am

On Feb. 10, 2024, Kalomera M. Stabnow exited this life and journeyed to a city with foundations whose Builder and Maker is God. She retained salvation through Jesus Christ late in life and strove to grow in grace and sanctification through prayer and scripture study. She attended church at Break Free Agape Fellowship under the guidance of Pastor Russell. When visiting with friends and family she would often “earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints” according to the scriptures (Jude 1:3).

Maxine Mills

Published by admin on Wed, 03/13/2024 - 10:26am

Maxine Elaine Mills was born in Rapid City, S.D., to Clifford Oney and Minnie Craven Dec. 6, 1924. She went to high school in Rapid City,  S.D., later graduating from the University of New Mexico. She worked as a nurse for the Indian Health Service for 35 years starting at Sioux Sanitorium, then later throughout Alaska, Arizona and New Mexico.
Maxine, of Hill City, S.D., and previously of Grantz, N.M., passed away on March 6, 2024. She was 99.

Sandra Scott

Published by admin on Wed, 03/13/2024 - 9:22am

Sandra Sue Scott was born Sept. 1, 1950, in Waukegan, Ill., the oldest of three girls of Lewis William and Bernyce Ann (Tracy) Stilwell.
Sandy’s family has deep ties to the Baha’i Faith. In 1937, her grandmother, Margaret Russell Tracy, worked at a factory assembling fur coats, where she started investigating the faith through a coworker at the age of 48 and became a Baha’i – this faith was shared across generations, including Sandy who embraced the Baha’i Faith at the age of 18.

Gary Sharkey

Published by admin on Wed, 03/13/2024 - 9:20am

Gary Michael Sharkey, or “Sharkey,” as he was widely known, was born March 18,1953 in Valentine, Neb., to Michael and Helen Sharkey. He grew up devout in his Catholic faith on the family farm near Keyapaha, S.D., west of Winner, S.D. It was there that Sharkey developed his work ethic that he would carry through his entire life.
Sharkey was the oldest of six children and attended rural country school on horseback while making sure his siblings’ horses were also properly saddled and ready to go. He was active in 4H, church and sports throughout his childhood.

Russell ‘Sam’ Schultz

Published by admin on Wed, 03/06/2024 - 10:24am

Russell Samuel “Sam” Schultz was born Oct. 28, 1939, to Nellie Mae and Russell Lewellyn Schultz in Rensselaer, Ind. He grew up in Kentland, Ind., and graduated from A. J. Kent High School in 1957. He loved athletics and played football, basketball and track. He excelled in track, breaking school and county records in the quarter mile and the high jump.

John Button

Published by admin on Wed, 03/06/2024 - 10:23am

John Button was born May 1, 1956 in Waukegan, Ill., to Duane and Ann Button.
John was the oldest of four children and graduated from Carmel Catholic High School in 1974. Although he never went to a formal college program, John always had a strong desire to learn something new.
John married his lifelong partner, Stacey Behrens three times—Oct. 28, 1979, Nov. 3, 1979, and Aug. 19, 1990.
He operated Button Construction from 1973 to 1997 in Illinois. While in Illinois, John raised Red Angus, milked Holsteins, and began a Christmas tree farm.

Gary Roberts

Published by admin on Wed, 03/06/2024 - 10:22am

Gary Dennis Roberts was born March 26, 1948, in Highland Park, Mich., to Andrew and Patricia (Briggs) Roberts. After serving 20 years in nuclear submarines he retired in 1990 from the U.S. Navy.  He also retired from the Idaho National Laboratory as a quality assurance engineer.