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Where there’s smoke...
First truck was good investment
Cemetery directories completed for Memorial Day
Fantastic finish
Where there’s smoke...
Beemer’s Volunteer Fire Department made use of a perfect day Sunday for a practice burn. Firemen set an hold house on fire at the farm place of the late Marcella Belling, located on County Road 15, about 3.5 miles from Beemer. Basic fire practice, including entering a burning house, was conducted during the controlled burn.
First truck was good investment
By Bev Wieler West Point News Reporter /
Seventy-seven years ago Eddie Doescher took a chance and sold the only vehicle he owned and bought a truck. It marked the beginning of Doescher Transfer Company, located in Beemer.
Doescher’s family acknowledges that his initial investment proved to be a good one.
Doescher’s family acknowledges that his initial investment proved to be a good one.
Cemetery directories completed for Memorial Day
By Bev Wieler West Point News Reporter /
Lance Parsons searched for several years to find where his father was buried. He had lost contact with him through the years and knew he had died.
At about the same time as he was searching, Lance was also doing work on a directory for Mount Hope Cemetery in West Point.
At about the same time as he was searching, Lance was also doing work on a directory for Mount Hope Cemetery in West Point.
Fantastic finish
It wasn’t by chance, but rather hard work and dedication that Bluejay senior Emily Petz evolved into a star sprinter.
It was also her love for the sport that allowed Petz to place a giant exclamation mark on her Central Catholic track career with four medals in four events at the 2013 state track and field meet held this past weekend at Omaha Burke.
It was also her love for the sport that allowed Petz to place a giant exclamation mark on her Central Catholic track career with four medals in four events at the 2013 state track and field meet held this past weekend at Omaha Burke.
Doris Bartling - September 07, 2011
Doris Delores Bartling was born to Paul and Elsie (Murphy) Johnson on April 3, 1926, south of Macy. She passed away Aug. 30, 2011, at Fountain Springs Healthcare in Rapid City, S.D., after a lingering illness due to a broken pelvis.Memorial services were Wednesday Sept. 7, 2011, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Rapid City. Pastor Josh Jones officiated. A second service will be Friday, Sept. 9, 2011, at Light of the World Gospel Ministries, Main Street, Decatur, with Pastor Paul Malcomson officiating. Interment will be at the Hillcrest Cemetery, Decatur.
Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Edward ‘Dow’ and LaDonna Bartling, Rapid City; one daughter and son-in-law, Elizabeth Jane and Steven Smidt, West Point; one brother and sister-in-law, Emmett and Shirley Johnson, Decatur; three grandchildren, Aryn Smidt, Alicia Jones, Justin Bartling Martinez and one great-grandchild, Sophia Jones.
A memorial has been established to benefit Clothe-A-Kid thru Love, Inc., of the Black Hills and/or Disabled American Veterans in memory of Doris.
Behrens-Wilson Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements and condolences may be conveyed to the family at www.behrenswilson.com
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