Sundance Times - Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884

Barbara Agnes Clark died July 17, 2021, after a day of activities with friends and family. Born October 18, 1931, to Mamie (Bierlein) and Kenneth Stoddard at the Kirk and Agnes Stoddard place (presently Ista’s old house). Living on Elkhorn Creek...

Terry Newlin was a great father, grandfather, friend, and patriot who left this world on June 27, 2021, at the age of 74. He was born to Russell and Patricia Newlin on April 30, 1947, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The family then moved to Sundance,...

Jon Stanley “Fiskr” Larsen died at home on July 22, 2021, after a long battle with esophageal cancer. Jon was born June 18, 1954, in Deadwood, South Dakota, to Stan and Joan (Hammond) Larsen. As a child, he lived in Rapid City, Spearfish and...

Cynthia Gail Schlau, 62, of Sundance, Wyoming, passed away on Thursday July 15, 2021, at the Crook County Memorial Hospital in Sundance. The Schlau family is celebrating the life of Gail, who was known to most people as “Gator”. She was born a da...

Bruce Dean Daane passed away at the age of 58 July 8, 2021 in Sundance, Wyoming. Bruce was a very talented mechanic tech who leaves behind his father, Al Daane; his mother, Shirley Leas; stepfather, Craig Leas; his sister Tammy (and Ron) Burtz; his...

Michael William Duvall was born on February 6 right in the middle of the great blizzard of 1949 in Torrington, Wyoming, to Dillard and Freda (Richardson) Duvall. Mike was their first son. He grew up and attended school in Sundance, Wyoming. After a...

John Peters, M.D., passed away June 19, 2021, in Battle Mountain, Nevada. A life celebration will be held on August 7, 2021, 8 a.m.-12 p.m., at Elquist Park, 561 Altenburg Ave, Battle Mountain, NV. Dr. Peters served as a family practice physician in...

Betty Bernice (Hedger) Nicholson was born March 15, 1930, to Santford Lee and Doris Muriel (Page) Hedger, in Piniele, Montana. She departed this life to enter her eternal Heavenly home on July 6, 2021, at the age of 91 years. Betty was united in...

The Gray family is celebrating the life of loving father, grandfather and great grandfather Richard Gray. Obituary is below with service information. Richard Gray passed away Saturday, July 3, 2021 at the Weston County Manor. The family is very...

Helen Agnes Knipp passed away June 30, 2021 in Rapid City, South Dakota. Funeral services will be held July 9, 2021 at noon at the Meridian Mortuary in Newcastle, Wyoming....

Teddie Lou Eberspecher Ellis was born on July 19, 1936, to Rachel Elizabeth Duncan and Clarence Theodore Eberspecher in the home of her maternal aunt and uncle in Glenrock, Wyoming. She was raised in various locations north of Douglas including a...

Steven Ray Rolf, a beloved resident of Madison County, Alabama, has passed away peacefully on June 27, 2021, at his home at the age of 72. Steve was born on April 9, 1949, in Spearfish, South Dakota, to Lloyd and Patricia (Finch) Rolf. His birth was...

Terry Lee Newlin, age 74, of Sundance, Wyoming, passed away Sunday, June 27, 2021, at Crook County Memorial Hospital in Sundance. Arrangements are pending with Fidler-Roberts and Isburg Funeral Chapel of Sundance....

Graveside services for George Zimmerschied were held Friday, June 25, 2021, at Pine Grove Cemetery, Oshoto, Wyoming. George Lee Zimmerschied 75, lifetime Crook County Pioneer, passed away peacefully in his sleep at home on June 21, 2021. George was...

Paul Benoit, age 78 of Aladdin, Wyoming, died Saturday, June 5, 2021, at the Monument Health Rapid City Hospital. A private family service was held June 9 at Leverington Funeral Home of the Northern Hills in Belle Fourche.  Paul is survived by his...

Loretta Dale (O’Haver) Durfee, 101, of Sundance, Wyoming, passed away June 12, 2021, at the Crook County Memorial Hospital.  Loretta was born to George Henry and Mary Belle (Penwell) O’Haver on March 25, 1920, on the family homestead ten miles...

Arthur H. “Art” Wood, St., born January 20, 1936, passed away from Alzheimer’s on May 21, 2021. Art was a native of Wyoming and is now a permanent resident of a better place in Heaven. He resided in Edgerton for over 40 years. Through the...

A Memorial Service for Les Fullerton will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 19 at the Sundance United Methodist Church. Lunch will be held at the church after the service. For those interested, interment of the ashes will follow at the Upton...

Larry J. Potter, age 85 of Belle Fourche, South Dakota, died Wednesday, June 9, 2021, at the Monument Health Rapid City Hospital, with his loving family by his side. The funeral service will be held 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 17, 2021, at the...

June 4, 2021, marked the passing of Sean Tracy Amann in Belle Fourche, South Dakota. An accomplished attorney and father of seven children: Amy Vail, Tabitha Richardson, Madison Amann, Molly Amann, Mason Amann, Megann Amann and Grace Amann. He is als...

Ruth Marie Gurkowski passed away peacefully in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on December 22, 2020, at the age of 90. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, June 10, 2021, at Sundance United Methodist Church in Sundance. Online condolences may be...

A memorial service for LeRoy Bush will be held Saturday, June 19, 2021 at 10 a.m. at the First Baptist Church of Hulett. Burial will be held at the Hulett Cemetery....

Thomas J. Stein “T.J.” passed away peacefully in Sundance, Wyoming, on May 28, 2021, at the age of 78. TJ was born August 12, 1942, at his parent’s house in Cold Spring, Minnesota. He lived there with his parents Joseph Frederick Stein and Kath...

Eva Kyar, 82, went to sleep peacefully on May 17, 2021 and is in the Good Lord’s hands now. She married Roger Kyar in 1963. They had one daughter, Pam. In 1966 they moved to the Sundance area and have lived in the area ever since. She enjoyed...

On Flag Day, July 14, 1939, Henry and Laura Engelhaupt welcomed Mary to their family. She joined siblings, Joe, Richard and Evelyn in a family whose privilege in life was being raised by loving, caring and devoted parents who taught them the value...