Funeral Homes in Spearfish, SD

Facts about the city

• Some of the notable people born here have been: Jeff Trandahl (politician).

Spearfish (Lakota: hočhápȟe) is a city in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 10,494 at the 2010 census.

Spearfish Obituaries

It was written by Orange County Register on March 6th, 2022 that Nancy Hetherington (Corr) died in California.  Ms. Hetherington was 69 years old and was born in Spearfish, SD.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Nancy's life.

It was written by The Advocate on August 26th, 2021 that Kay Theil Becker passed away in Spearfish, South Dakota.  Becker was 70 years old.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Kay Theil's life.

It was written by Register Guard on December 14th, 2019 that Robert J "Bob" Biegler passed on in Benton Co, Oregon.  Biegler was 78 years old and was born in Spearfish, SD.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Robert J "Bob"'s life.

It was reported on July 18th, 2019 that Judith Hobbs (Hein) passed away in Spearfish, South Dakota.  Ms. Hobbs was 77 years old and was born in McCook, NE.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Judith's life.

It was noted by Hutchinson News on February 11th, 2019 that Gordon D Foulk perished in Hutchinson, Kansas.  Foulk was 76 years old and was born in Spearfish, SD.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Gordon D's life.

It was disclosed on July 5th, 2017 that Dennis Vern Gray passed away in Spearfish, South Dakota.  Gray was 72 years old and was born in Whitehall, WI.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Dennis Vern's life.

It was disclosed on February 18th, 2017 that Lucille Marie "Lucy" Fox (Farrell) perished in Mesa, Arizona.  Ms. Fox was 69 years old and was born in Spearfish, SD.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Lucille Marie "Lucy"'s life.

It was noted by San Diego Union-Tribune on December 25th, 2016 that Lillian May Palmer (Reilly) passed on in San Diego, California.  Ms. Palmer was 98 years old and was born in Spearfish, SD.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Lillian May's life.

It was disclosed on October 8th, 2016 that Allan M Wallman passed away in Spearfish, South Dakota.  Wallman was 87 years old.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Allan M's life.

It was noted by The News Tribune on July 31st, 2016 that Mark Albert Magnuson passed on in Tacoma, Washington.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Mark Albert's life.

History

Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, who visited Spearfish Canyon (located between Spearfish and Deadwood, South Dakota in 1935, later called the area "unique and unparalleled elsewhere in our country," and wondered "how is it that I've heard so little of this miracle and we, toward the Atlantic, have heard so much of the Grand Canyon when this is even more miraculous". Once the gold rush started, the city was founded (1876) at the mouth of Spearfish Canyon, and Spearfish grew as a supplier of foodstuffs to the mining camps in the hills. Discovered by Louis Thoen on the slopes of Lookout Mountain, the stone purports to be the last testament of Ezra Kind who, along with six others, entered the Black Hills in 1833 (at a time when whites were forbidden by law and treaty from entering the area), "got all the gold we could carry" in June 1834, and were subsequently "killed by Indians beyond the high hill." While it may seem unlikely that someone who has "lost my gun and nothing to eat and Indians hunting me" would take the time to carve his story in sandstone, there is corroborating historical evidence for the Ezra Kind party. In 2007 after the death of Joseph Meier, the amphitheater and surrounding it were put on up for sale. In 1887, the accepted history of gold mining in the Black Hills was thrown into question by the discovery of what has become known as the Thoen Stone.