MCCOLLEY'S CHAPEL

Stacey Lee Bauer, age 57, of Custer, SD and previously a 30-year resident of Owatonna, MN, passed away at home on November 23, 2023, after a one-and-a-half-year battle with brain cancer. There will be a celebration of Stacey's life in Owatonna, MN in the spring of 2024. A full obituary may be seen at chamberlainmccolleys.com and a recording of the funeral service may be seen a short time after the service on December 2, 2023 on the same website.

Robert Edison Davis, 95, of Hot Springs, SD, was born in Elkhart, Indiana, April of 1926, and passed away November 18, 2021, of natural causes. Bob was drafted into the Army Infantry group while a senior in high school. He served in World War II and was deployed to Germany in September 1944 to fight for our freedom. While there, Bob was wounded and honorably discharged September 1945, being awarded the Purple Heart and 2 bronze star ribbons. He is survived by his wife of 72 years, Shirley Loraine Escott Davis, 3 children, Terrel; Carolyn; Ronald; 8 grandchildren; 9 great grandchildren and brother-in-law, Stanley B. Escott. Bob's Life Celebration will be held 10:30 a.m., Saturday, April...

Jill Annette Kettle passed peacefully at home on November 16, 2020, in Custer, SD at the age of 57. Jill Kettle was born on June 23, 1963, in Edgerton, WI, to Thomas and Beverly (Schultz) Geske. She graduated from Milton High school in 1981, and moved onto attending Black Hawk Technical College. Jill married Ron Kettle May 7, 1988, and lived in Janesville, WI before moving to Sioux Falls, SD. They eventually moved further west to the Black Hills in Custer, SD. This is where Jill became active in in the Pringle United Methodist Church. Jill loved jewelry, purses, dogs, nature, motorcycle rides, driving her convertible along with people. Jill was the Custer Senior Center director; where...

Brian J. Boyer, prominent Custer businessman and civic leader passed away May 24, 2020, surrounded by love, with his wife, son and friends by his side. Brian, 59 had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in June, 2018, and fought the disease for 2 years. He was born in Minneapolis, MN on August 20, 1960, the first of 6 children born to Benedict and Barbara Boyer. Brian was raised in Gettysburg, SD and graduated from Gettysburg High School in 1979. He then went to USD majoring in Journalism and Political Science where he was editor of the Volante. After graduation in 1983 he took a newspaper job in Iowa but decided to return to college for a teaching degree which he received from...

CUSTER Sue Brown, 74, passed away peacefully in her home in the Black Hills surrounded by her family on May 10, 2020 from metastatic breast cancer. Sandra Sue Zimmerman was born July 13, 1945, in Fort Bragg, NC, to Dr. Gifford and Carol Mathwig Zimmerman. After Giff was discharged from the Army, the family moved to the Zimmerman's home town in Geneseo, IL. Sue graduated from Geneseo High School in 1963 and cum laude from Lawrence University in Appleton, WI, in 1967. At Lawrence, Sue was a member of Delta Gamma, Mortar Board Senior Honor Society for scholarship, leadership, and service, and many other organizations and activities. Family friend and fellow Geneseo native Dr. W. O. "Bill"...

Orlando G. Thompson, 80, of Hot Springs, South Dakota, passed away March 3, 2020, at Monument Health Hospital in Rapid City, SD. Arrangements have been placed in the care of Chamberlain McColley's Funeral Home in Hot Springs, SD.

Daniel Lee Holler, 51, passed away January 25, 2020, at his residence in Hot Springs, SD. Daniel proudly serviced in the U.S. Navy until his honorable discharge in 1990. Memorial services will be held 1:00 p.m., Saturday, February 1, 2020, at United Church of Christ 101 South Merrill Street in Chamberlain, SD with Pastor Jim officiating. Interment will be at Black Hills National Cemetery in the Spring.