Pennington County, South Dakota Obituaries

Pennington County, South Dakota Obituaries

Unknown, undated newspaper (from scrapbook)
Contributed by Jacque McDonnell

DENSEL MASON

JAMESTOWN. N.D. — Services for Densel Mason, 52, former Rapid City resident, were held at St. James Catholic Church Wednesday with The Rev. Bernard Pfau officiating. He died Sunday at the Jamestown Hospital.

Burial will be Friday at 10 a.m. at the Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis, S.D. Services are under the direction of the Eddy Funeral Chapel.

Mason was born at Highmore, S.D., on March 13, 1935, to Robert and Clara (Gunderson) Mason. He was educated in Highmore, and graduated from Highmore High School. In 1953, he entered the U. S. Army and was stationed at Chicago until his discharge.

He married Joanne Coyle in Rapid City on Nov. 16, 1956. The couple lived in Rapid City for about one year. In 1958, he moved to Highmore, and later lived in Miller, S.D.; Park River, N.D.; Langdon, N.D.; and Virginia, Minn. In 1982, he moved to Jamestown to serve as president and chairman of the board of the First Bank of North Dakota.

He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother and a sister.

[survivor information omitted due to privacy concerns]

Unknown newspaper
Submitted by Jacque McDonnell

STANISLAUS MAUDLIN

The Rev. Stanislaus Maudlin, OSB, 89, a monk of Blue Cloud Abbey, Marvin, died at St. William's Nursing Home in Milbank Sunday, Jan. 22. Funeral Mass will be held at Blue Cloud Abbey Thursday, Jan. 26 at 11:00 a.m. Mundwiler Funeral Home of Milbank is in charge of arrangements.
Father Stanislaus was born in Greensburg, IN, on Dec. 16, 1916. He entered the Order of St. Benedict at St. Meinrad Archabbey, St. Meinrad, IN, in 1934 and professed final vows in 1938. In 1942, he was ordained to the priesthood. He was assigned to St. Ann's Mission, Belcourt, North Dakota, the following year. Named superior of St. Michael's Mission, St. Michael, North Dakota, he remained there for six years, followed by assignment to Immaculate Conception at Stephan, South Dakota, where he served the parishioners of Stephan, Fort Thompson, Big Bend and Pierre. He returned to Belcourt, North Dakota, for a brief time in 1966.
He was a founding member of Blue Cloud Abbey in 1950. In 1967, he was named the Executive Director of the American Indian Culture Research Center at Blue Cloud, a position he held until his death. Bishop Paul V. Dudley of the Sioux Falls Diocese named him Vicar for Indian Ministry and this past December, he received an honorary doctorate from Mt. Marty College in Yankton. Soon after this, he suffered a stroke.
[survivor information omitted for privacy concerns]

Note: died Jan. 22, 2006

The Huronite and The Daily Plainsman
Huron, South Dakota
June 26, 1956

DUAYNE KEELIN

Funeral: June 28, Welter Funeral Home.
Burial: Maplewood cemetery, Iroquois, SD
Age: 35
Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Roy Keelin of Huron

Memorial Folder for Donald Griese
Submitted by Jacque McDonnell

DONALD GRIESE

Born: July 17, 1940, Lebanon, SD

Parents: George & Margie Griese

Education: Gettysburg (SD) High School

Military service: USAF

Died: Friday, May 16, 2003, Boswell Memorial Hospital, Sun City, AZ

Age: 62

July 17, 1940 (Lebanon, South Dakota) – May 16, 2003 (Sun City, Arizona)
Interment: Onida Cemetery, Onida, South Dakota

[survivor information omitted for privacy concerns]

The Daily Plainsman, Huron, South Dakota
April 19, 1966

ERNEST ADOLPH MIESSNER

Birth: Feb. 14, 1900, Orient, South Dakota

Parents: Mr. and Mrs. August Miessner

Died: "Sunday", St. John's Hospital, Huron, SD

Funeral: Trinity Lutheran Church. Buried at St. Michael's Cemetery, Orient

Occupation/Locations: worked at Ellsworth AFB and lived in Rapid City, rancher, relocated to Hand County in 1958.

Survivors: Mrs. Philip Forman (Orient, sister), Mrs. Helen Clement (Huron, sister), Mrs. Roy Ramey (Enumclaw, Washington, sister), Frank (Miller, brother), August (Highmore, brother), nieces and nephews.

The National Tribune: Washington, D.C. January 09, 1908
MUSTERED OUT.
QUIGGLE.- At Rapid City, S.D., Sept. 10, 1907, John B. Quiggle, aged 77 years. Comrade Quiggle was born in Geauga County, Ohio, and resided in Wisconsin since 1844: served as a drummer in 42d Wis. He is survived by his widow and their son.
Transcribed by Kate Watson

A.C. O'Leary
Mr. A. C. O'Leary, owner of the Idlewild Cafe here has returned from an extended vacation in California, he reached Buffalo Monday noon and word was waiting here for him of the death of his father, who lived at Rapid City S. Dakota. Mr. O'Leary left here Monday afternoon for Rapid City, to attend the funeral of his father. [Buffalo (WY) News, 11 November 1926, page 5 - Submitted by a Friend of Free Genealogy]

WARNER
RAPID CITY, S.D.
Feb. 4 - Porter Warner, receiver of the United States land office, is dead from heart disease. Mr. Warner was one of the oldest pioneers of the Black Hills. He established the Daily Times at Deadwood in 1877 and leaves a large family. [Dallas Morning Times 7 Feb 1899 - submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer]