Curtis "Curt" Lee Larive

  

Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 8, at McColley's Chapels of the Hills in Hot Springs. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, May 9, at United Churches in Hot Springs, with the Rev. Morris Nelson officiating. Burial, with Masonic rites by Harmony Masonic Lodge No. 110 AF&AM and full military honors by Hot Springs Honor Guard, will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Hot Springs. A memorial has been established to the Naja Shriners for transportation to the Shriner's Hospital. Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapel in Spearfish and McColley's Chapels of the Hills in Hot Springs are in charge of arrangements. An online guest book is available at www.fidler-isburgfuneralchapels.com.

Curtis "Curt" Lee Larive, 77, Spearfish, formerly of Hot Springs, died Sunday, May 4, 2008, at Dorsett Regional Senior Care in Spearfish. Survivors include his wife, Lorraine Larive, Spearfish; a daughter, Dodie McDill, Spearfish; a son, Michael Larive, Gillette, Wyo.; three sisters, Maxine Fredrickson, Barbetta Casbeer and Claudia Herman, all of California; a stepsister, Jodie Kaiser; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Carolina Fern (Brown) Roberts

  1925-2008

Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday, May 9, at the funeral chapel, with the Rev. Steve Agan officiating. Burial will follow at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis. isitation will be from noon to 9 p.m. Thursday, May 8, and for one hour before services at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. . A memorial has been established to Hospice of the Northern Hills. An online guestbook is available at kinkadefunerals.com.

Carolina Fern (Brown) Roberts, 82, Whitewood, died Tuesday, May 6, 2008, in Spearfish. Survivors include her husband, Mick Roberts, Whitewood; one brother, Fredrick Fonck, Sturgis; and a stepson, Jay L. Roberts, Deadwood. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Raymond.
Carolina was born at Sturgis on May 23, 1925, to Joseph and Bertha (Collins) Fonck. She grew up ini Sturgis and graduated from Sturgis High School in 1942. She worked for the Meade County ASCS office and was married to Raymond James Brown at Whitewood, SD on February 3, 1946. Carolina worked for Montana Dakota Utilities for 10 years and served as Meade County Clerk of Courts for 21 years prior to her retirement in 1985. Carolina was a member of the Black Hills Pioneer Society, American Legion and VFW Auxiliary, Moose Lodge Aux. of Belle Fourche.

Dale Leroy Rear

  

Services for Dale Rear will be 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 8, the funeral home, with the Rev. Brian Carpenter officiating. Visitation will be from noon to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 7, at the Black Hills Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Sturgis. A memorial has been established to the family. An online guestbook is available at blackhillsfuneralhome.com.

Dale Leroy Rear, 65, Sturgis, died Sunday, May 4, 2008, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Survivors include his wife, Loretta Rear, Sturgis; one son, Scott Rear, Carver, Minn.; three daughters, Tracy Hall, Deadwood, Lorie Rear, Rapid City, and Shelly Crowser, Sturgis; two brothers, Kenny Rear, Whitewood, and Darcy Rear, Lead; one sister, Lois Hafner, Sioux Falls; and 10 grandchildren.

Georgia Ann Howie

  

Services will be 1:30 p.m., Thursday, May 8, at First Presbyterian Church in Sturgis, with the Rev. Harold Delbridge and the Rev. Denzel Nonhof officiating. Burial will be 3:45 p.m. at White Owl Cemetery. Visitation will be from noon to 9 p.m. Wednesday, May 7, at Kinkade Funeral Chapel. Memorials have been established to Meade County 4-H and Hospice of the Northern Hills. An online guestbook is available at www.kinkadefunerals.com.

Georgia Ann Howie, 79, White Owl, died Friday, May 2, 2008, at her residence. Survivors include her husband, Raymond, White Owl; three sons, Andy, Newell, Ron and Mike, White Owl; three sisters, Neoma Kaye, Colorado Springs, Colo., Mickie McChesney, Florence, Colo., and Jinger Stuckey, Thorton, Colo.; eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Gladys Amelia Woods

  1915-2008

A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 7, at Kirk Funeral Home in Rapid City, with Pastor Larry Martin officiating. Burial will be at the Highland Park Cemetery in Hermosa. A memorial has been established to the Hermosa Fire Department. Friends and family may sign Glady's online guest book at www.kirkfuneralhome.com.

Gladys Amelia Woods, 92 of Rapid City, passed away on Sunday, May 4, 2008, at a local nursing home. Gladys was born August 30, 1915, in Rural Meade County, SD, to Max and Nora (Mcabee) Meyer. She was raised and graduated High School in Sturgis. Gladys married Dean A. Woods on September 24, 1934, in Sturgis. They worked off and on for 10 years on the Keffler and Grubl Farms during the busy harvest season. In 1944, they bought a ranch and moved to Hermosa, where they raised their five children, and spent the next 40 years. Gladys worked several jobs in town while the children were in High School in order to drive them to and from school every day, some of the neighbor kids also benefited from this. She enjoyed baking bread, quilting and canning vegetables from her very large garden. Gladys was also a very gifted writer and would send her articles to the Custer Weekly. Shortly before Dean's death in 1992, she took up painting and continued painting for many years. She is survived by her daughter, Linda D. Pray and husband Allan of Hermosa; four sons, Max Jerome Woods of Manassas, VA, Darrel Dean Woods and wife Elsie of Edinburg, VA, Jim A. Woods of Austin, TX, and Randy J. Woods and wife Paulette of Hillsborough, NC; two sisters, Hazel Moore and husband Warren of White Plains, MD, and Shirley Mullins and husband Moon of Upton, WY; 12 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Dean; two brothers, Carl and George Meyer; five sisters, Toddy, Dorothy, Clara, Lucy and Bertha; and one grandson, Scott.