Elmer G. Hauge, 83, Spearfish and formerly of Sturgis, died Saturday, January 13, 2007 at the Fort Meade VA Black Hills Health Care Center. Visitation will be noon until 9 pm at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis on Wednesday with a family prayer service beginning at 7:30 p.m. Visitation resumes one hour prior to services at the Church on Thursday. Funeral services will be 1 pm Thursday, January 18, 2007 at the Grace Lutheran Church in Sturgis with Pastor Michael Fox officiating. Burial with military honors will be at the Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis. Elmer was born July 6, 1923, at the ranch at Whitney, SD, to Alfred and Esther (Christiansen) Hauge. He attended grade school at Hay Hill and graduated from Lemmon High School in 1941. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1943 and served as a gunner on the USS Monterey which was part of the 3rd fleet in the South Pacific. Elmer was honorably discharged in November of 1945. Upon returning home, he bought the family ranch and married Colleen Connery on June 8, 1945. Two children were born to the family; Cheryl (Hauge) Nehl and Brad Hauge. Elmer served on school and election boards. He was the chairman of the building committee for Indian Creek Lutheran Church. He was a Perkins County Commissioner and was a fieldman for Lemmon Livestock Sales and later the Sturgis Sale Barn. Elmer was a member of Grace Lutheran Church, the Bison Toastmasters, Lion Club International, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion. Survivors include his wife Colleen Hauge, Spearfish, one daughter, Cheryl (Mike) Nehl, Belle Fourche; one son Brad (Mary Kay) Spearfish; three grandchildren, Jason (Jennifer) Nehl, Sundance, WY, Jessica (Dan) Dunn, Albany, OR, Matt (Sara) Nehl, Lincoln, NE; three great grandchildren; sisters, Irene (Lonnie) Lowe, Spearfish, Myrtle (Norbert) Ham, Piedmont, Alice (Floyd) Lovelette, Shorewood, MN. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, two sisters and one nephew.
Ken Colyer
CUSTER - Kenneth Richard Colyer, 78, Custer, died Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007, at Custer Regional Senior Care.
Survivors include his wife, Bunny, Custer; one son, John Colyer, Custer; two grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; one sister, Anna Rose Rice, Gas City, Ind.; and two brothers, Russell Colyer, Marion, Ind., and Larry Colyer, Jonesboro, Ind.
Services will be at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 26, at Berean Bible Church in Custer, with the Rev. Gary Pokorney officiating.
Suzanne Klasi
Mabel Olson 1918 - 2007
Mabel was born Dec 15, 1918 at Colome, SD.
She married Archie Olson in 1941. They had five children, Duane, Dennis, Delaine, Dorene and Donna.
Mabel enjoyed reading, gardening, sewing, quilting and spending time with family and friends. She enjoyed working with the young children in the AWANA program in the churches that she attended.