Obituaries

Elvis Hand Boy, age 64, of Eagle Butte, SD, entered the Spirit World on Thursday, November 18, 2021 at Avera McKennen Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD.  Funeral arrangements have been entrusted with Rooks Funeral Home of Eagle Butte.

Germaine Iron Hawk, 58, of Red Scaffold, passed away Saturday, November 20, 2021 at her home.  Funeral services are currently pending.  Luce Funeral Home of Gettysburg has been entrusted with Germaine’s arrangements. 

Bennett A. Red Elk, 33, of Eagle Butte, passed away Thursday, November 11, 2021, at his home in Eagle Butte.  Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. MST, Tuesday, November 23, 2021, at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Eagle Butte. Burial will follow in the St. Thomas Cemetery, On The Tree, SD. A wake service will be held at 7:00 p.m., Monday, […]

Denver Charles (Charlie) Rost passed away at his home on November 4, 2021 at the age of 74 years. A family service will be held at a later date in 2022.

Bennett A. Red Elk, 33, of Eagle Butte, passed away Thursday, November 11, 2021, at his home in Eagle Butte.  Funeral services are currently pending. Luce Funeral Home of Gettysburg has been entrusted with Bennett’s arrangements.

Curtis D. Marshall, Sr., age 74, of Swift Bird, SD entered the Spirit World on Thursday, November 12, 2021, at Sanford Medical Center at Bismarck, ND. A visitation will be held from 7:00 PM to Midnight on Thursday, November 18, 2021, at Rooks Funeral Home in Eagle Butte. A funeral service will begin at 10:00 AM, Friday, November 19, at […]

Dillion G. Heideman, age 19, of Ft. Pierre, SD, entered the Spirit World on Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at Ft. Pierre, SD. A wake service will begin at 7:00 PM, Thursday, November 18, 2021 at St. John’s Episcopal Church at Eagle Butte. A funeral service will begin at 10:00 AM, Friday, November 19, at St. John’s Episcopal Church, with Mother […]

Gloria Belmonte, age 74, of Cherry Creek, SD, entered the Spirit World on Monday, November 8, 2021, at the Cheyenne River Health Care Center at Eagle Butte, SD.  A wake service began at 7:00 PM, Tuesday, November 16, 2021, at the Cherry Creek Community Gym. Funeral services began at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, November 17 at the Cherry Creek Community Gym. […]

Lavuya Jade Baker, age 28, of Eagle Butte, SD entered the Spirit World on Wednesday, November 3, 2021, at Fergus Falls, MN. A funeral service began at 1:00 PM Friday, November 12, at Rooks Funeral Home with Pastor Sam Own officiating. Burial followed at St. Paul’s Episcopal Cemetery at LaPlant, SD. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Rooks Funeral Home […]

Alverda May (Bagola) Zephier passed into the Spirit World on Tuesday November 2, 2021 in Aberdeen, SD. Alverda was born on May 16, 1933 in Dupree, SD. She is a proud Mnincoju Lakota woman, a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. Alverda’s parents were Whitley Bagola (1902-1949) and Mary Mollie (Scar Leg) Bagola (1900 – 1987) of Dupree and […]