Dean Niemann

Dean Carl Niemann, Retired USN ETC, was born in Windom, Minn., Feb. 17, 1944. After graduating Rapid City (S.D.) High School he joined the U.S. Navy.  He served our great country for 21 years in the Navy traveling the world, experiencing 52 countries. He then spent another 23 years in service through the Department of Defense.
Some of Dean’s fondest memories were hunting in Maine and being a cowboy on the Flying V Ranch in Hermosa, S.D. He had a great love for the Black Hills and for his family.
Dean passed away Oct. 18, 2021, at home, in Hot Springs, S.D. He was 77.  
Dean is survived by his loving wife, Betsy; brothers, Kent, Paul and Ross Niemann and their wives Sarah, Carol and Bonnie; his children, Candace and her husband Mark Gobble, Derek and wife Emily Niemann, Ryan and his wife Jenn Steele and Aleaha Niemann; grandchildren, Marah and husband Ryan, Kendra and husband Kyle, Benit and Lanie Steele, and Aaron, Rawley and Rok Niemann; great-grandchildren, Kaytee, Juniper, Lillian, Hunter, Hayden, Jagger and Adeline; and many cousins. Dean was a friend of Bill W’s for 28 years.
Inurnment will be at a future date in the Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis, S.D.  We will honor his life in the summer of 2022 (date to be determined) in the Black Hills.

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