Helen Fern (Haugan) Ackerson was born on May 6, 1938, in St. Paul, Minnesota, to Helmuth and Anna Pegorsch. She grew up alongside her older sister, JoAnn, with whom she shared a very close bond. The sisters loved singing together in the choir at House of Hope Church and shared a lifelong passion for horses.

Bill was born on a farm in Sutherland NE to Almer and Acenath Hughes. He graduated from Sutherland High School and left for Longview Texas to attend LaTourneau College. Graduating with a degree in Electrical Engineering. Joined the USAF in 1960 as a navigator. Beginning his career flying B57 doing nuclear testing WB47 with Air Weather Reconnaissance, B57 and C47 in Viet Nam, B52 with Strategic Air Command, EC 135 ACCS Airborne Command and Control squadron. Retiring from the Air Force in Rapid City in 1962. He then started is own business mowing soccer fields for the city and was recognizable by the yellow lab accompanying him.

David Eric Brost was born November 9, 1965 in Grand Junction, CO to Eddie & Carolyn (Sherlock) Brost. He lived with his mom and dad and his three older brothers, Will, Mark and Wayne in Grand Junction, at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, in Sturgis, SD and in Boulder Canyon, between Sturgis and Deadwood. David was born with down syndrome. It never slowed him or prevented the joy and love he spread and received from all who ever met him in passing or those who embraced him for 60 years.

Leon Dennis Nielsen was born on October 24th, 1950, in Tyler, MN.  When he was one, the family moved to Marshall.  Then, at age six the family moved to Rapid City, SD.  He graduated from Rapid City high school in the class of 1968.

Gregory "Greg" Lawrence Frey, beloved father, grandfather, brother, and friend, passed away peacefully on August 27, 2025, at the Fort Meade VA Medical Center in Sturgis, South Dakota, at the age of 78.

Bryan Jeffery Westberg, 54, died peacefully at home in Whitewood, S.D., after a short fight with pancreatic cancer, surrounded by his family and Pastor.  Bryan was born June 14th, 1970, in Mobridge, S.D., to Jeff and Julie Westberg.