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Tuesday, April 5, 2005 www.rapidcityjournal.com RAPID CITY JOURNAL Milton Erlin Foreman BELVIDERE Milton Erlin Foreman, age 76, of Belvidere, passed away on April 3, 2005, at the Hans P. Peterson Memorial Hospital in Philip, after a long-fought battle with can- cer. Milton Foreman was born August 31, 1928 on his grandparent's homestead northeast of Belvidere. He was the first of three children born to Porter and Tillie (Blom) Foreman. When he was a young boy the family lost their home in a fire.

His parents bought and moved to a farm four miles north of Belvidere. Milton attended grade school at Valley School, a small country school in Jackson County. He graduated from Belvidere High School in 1946 and farmed with his father. He worked for the railroad a couple of summers and was later a heavy equipment operator with Jensen and Sanftner until he went into the service. In October 1951 Milton enlisted in the Army.

He spent 16 months in Germany and during this time, he received electrician schooling. Home on furlough, Milton was united in marriage to LaVonne Gerdon, daughter of Bob and Pearl, on April 15, 1952 at Rapid City. "He received an honorable discharge from the Army on September 19, 1953. Milton and Vonnie lived and ranched on the Thode Ranch south of Belvidere from 1954 until 1962, when at that time they moved four miles north of Belvidere and purchased the Foreman and raised wheat and cattle. In addition to ranching and farming, Milton was a truck driver for many years.

He hauled cattle for Harold Eckert from 1955 until the earMilton ly 1970s and later was a fuel transport driver for Foreman Burns Bros. Truck Stop in Kadoka for 10 years. His handle on the CB radio during his truck- driving years was "shotgun." Due to health reasons Milton and Vonnie moved to the Gateway Apartments in Kadoka October 28, 2004. Milton served on the FSA committee for 15 years, was a member of the Peterson-Stoddard American Legion Post 144 for 53 years where he served the post commander, the post adjutant and he was the district commander for two years. Milton was also a member of the Belvidere Presbyterian Church.

One of Milton's favorite hobbies was trap shooting, attending trap shoots across the state, and he brought home numerous trophies. Milton was also an avid bowler. It wasn't until his retirement years that he acquired a new hobby fishing. There wasn't a thing Milton would not tackle. He was a carpenter, plumber, electrician and a mechanic.

One of Milton's happiest days was his birthday August 31st, 2004; his great Carter Iversen, was born. Grateful for having shared his life are his wife, La Vonne of Belvidere: two children Ronda Dennis and her husband Rick of Kadoka; Rod Foreman and his wife Kim of Hyannis, Nebraska; five grandchildren; Lori Iversen and her husband Aaron of Murdo: Bobbi Jo Eckert of Rapid City; two Marine grandsons Sgt. Ryan Foreman of Cairo, Egypt, Cpl. Brent Foreman of Kuwait and his wife Jessica of Lincoln, NE, and Mitchell Foreman of Hyannis: one great-grandson Carter Iversen; one sister, Connie Niedan and her husband Kenneth of Hershey, Nebraska and a host of other relatives and friends. Milton was preceded in death by one infant son Neil, his parents; and one brother Conrad.

Memorial services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, April 7, at the Belvidere Presbyterian Church in Belvidere, with Pastor Gary McCubbin officiating. A memorial has been established. Rush Funeral Chapel of Kadoka is in charge of arrangements. Written tributes may be made at www.rushfuneralhome.com Barbara D.

Loescher SPEARFISH Barbara D. Loescher, 71, of Spearfish 1 has left town and is not expected to return. A gathering to honor and to celebrate Barb's life with her children and grandchildren is scheduled for Friday, April 8th from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at her home 2725 Diamond Drive in Spearfish.

Memorials may be given to Grace Balloch Memorial Library in Spearfish. She is survived by her son Jeffery Loescher, St. Louis, MO, two daughters; Deborah (Kim) Thrasher, Parker, CO and Rebekah Loescher, Aurora, CO, a sister Candace (Richard) Spiher, NV, four grandchildren; Amanda Woolhiser, Brynne Nathan Thrasher, and Rylee Loescher. She was preceded in death by her parents, one brother and a niece, Jennifer Spiher. The Carlsen Aldinger Funeral Home of Spearfish has been entrusted with the arrangements.

Dorothy Theresa Johnson BLACK HAWK Dorothy Theresa Johnson, 93, died Tuesday, March 29, 2005, in Black Hawk. Survivors include two daughters, Patricia Struessel, Colorado Springs, and Christine Spader, Black Hawk; three grandchildren; and one great Services were at 10 a.m. Friday, April 1, at St. James Church in Denver. Burial was at Green Hill Cemetery in Laramie, Wyo.

Osheim-Catron Funeral Home in Rapid City was in charge of local arrangements. Ellsworth Air Force Base invites its neighbors to attend the next Restoration Advisory Board Wednesday April p.m. Douglas Middle School Commons 401 Tower Road, Box Elder The Ellsworth Air Force Base environmental team holds Restoration Advisory Board meetings to keep the public informed about environmental cleanup activities at the base. The meeting also provides a forum for voicing concerns and answering questions about the cleanup program. Restoration Advisory Board Meeting Agenda East Plume and Water Main OU-4 and Pride Hangar Remediation Remediation Technology BG-04 Ground Water Quality Update Questions Investigation reports of the various Ellsworth cleanup sites are available for review at the locations listed below, or by appointment at the base environmental office, (605) 385-2680.

Rapid City Public Library Holbrook Library 610 Quincy St. 2650 Doolittle Dr. Rapid City, SD 57701 Ellsworth AFB, SD 57706 394-4171 385-1586 For more information or to be added to our mailing list, contact Lt Carrie Kessler, 28th Bomb Wing Public Affairs, at (605) 385-5056 or e-mail carrie. kessler af. mil.

Norma Lucille Mills HOT SPRINGS Norma Lucille Mills, 77, Hot Springs, entered the Spirit World April 1, 2005, at her home in Hot Melvin Eschenbaum, 88 Winner Juanita M. Garrett, 83 New Underwood Ernest White Hawk, 68 Manderson Chancey L. White Wash 78 Pine Ridge Murile Loyd Hansen, 78 Torrington, Wyo. Milton Erlin Foreman, 76 Belvidere Barbara D. Loescher, 71 Spearfish Dorothy Theresa Johnson, 93 Black Hawk Norma Lucille Mills, 77 Hot Springs Arthur Scott, 79 Sioux Falls Charles M.

Wilson, 84 Sundance, Wyo. Lillian Joachim, 97 Pierre Mark McGuire, 89 Rapid City Elnora Krier, 89 Rapid City Dorothy McDaniels Andersen, 85 Rapid City Melvin Eschenbaum 1U WINNER Melvin H. Eschenbaum, 88. Winner, died Saturday, April 2. 2005, at his home.

Survivors include his wife, Clara: two sons, John Eschenbaum, Acapulco, Mexico, and Jeffrey Eschenbaum, Mitchell; two daughters, Jane Heying, Winner, and Judy Bush, Tulsa, one stepdaughter, Nancy Bertsch. Casa Grande, eight grandchildren, 9ix step-grandchildren; and tithe -grandchildren. Visitation will from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. CDT, with a 7 p.m.

prayer service, today at Mason Funeral Home in Winner. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 6, at the funeral home. Burial will be at 3 p.m. at Faulkton City Faulkton.

Juanita M. Garrett NEW UNDERWOOD Juanita M. Garrett, 83. New Underwood, died Monday, April 4, 2005. at a New Underwood nursing home.

Survivors include one son, David Garrett, New Underwood; one daughter, Deborah Eberly, New Underwood: one brother. Franklin Curry, Freeport, five grandchildren: and three great-grandchildren. Arrangements are pending with Kirk Funeral Home in Rapid City. Ernest White Hawk MANDERSON White Hawk, 68. Manderson.

died Friday, April 1, 2005, at Pine Ridge Hospital. Survivors include one son, Dean White Hawk. Manderson; two daughters, Trudine White Hawk, Manderson, and Cheryl Circle Bear, Rapid City: and 20 grandchildren. Two-night wake services begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 6, at St.

Agnes Catholic Hall in Manderson. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m., Friday, April 8, at the hall, with the Rev. Harold Eagle Bull and the Rev. Joe Brown Thunder officiating. Burial will be at Messiah Episcopal Cemetery in Wounded Knee.

Sioux Funeral Home in Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements. Correction Kenneth Fenton The obituary for Kenneth Eugene Fenton that appeared on Page D2 in Sunday's Journal contained incorrect information. The Sturgis Veterans Honor Guard will provide military honors. See more obituaries on Page B3. Today's services Mary J.

Ankrum -2 p.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Philip Leona Estelle Cook 10 a.m. at United Church in Philip Kenneth Eugene Fenton 10 a.m. at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis Mildred M. Fisher 2 p.m.

at First United Methodist Church in Newcastle, Wyo. Roger Howard Goodwin 2 p.m. at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis Chancey L. White Wash PINE RIDGE Chancey L. White Wash, 78, Pine Ridge, died Friday, April 1, 2005, at Gordon Memorial Hospital in Gordon, Neb.

Survivors include one sister, Hazel Pumpkin Seed, Pine Ridge. Two-night wake services begin at 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 6, at Mediator Episcopal Church in Kyle. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, April 8, at the church, with the Rev.

Cordelia Red Owl officiating. Burial will be at Mediator Episcopal Cemetery. Sioux Funeral Home in Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements. Murile Loyd Hansen TORRINGTON, Wyo. Murile Loyd Hansen, 78, died March 27, 2005, in Torrington.

He was born Nov. 26, 1926, in Bison, S.D. He married Orpha Bailey and to this union nine children were born. I He married again to Fannie Franklin. He served in the U.S.

Army during World War II. Survivors include his wife Fannie, Torrington; seven sons, Leslie, Lonnie, Loyd, Lee, Loel, Lorry, Lynn; two daughters, Kandie and Cindy; one sister, Helen Trautman; one brother, Veral Hansen; and several grandchildren and great -grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one brother, Leonard Hansen; his parents, Leonard Hansen Sr. and Elsie Hansen; and one great -grandchild. There will be no services.

If you don't plan today, it's anybody's guess tomorrow. Call for more information on pre-arrangement options. TAN "Thoughtful Funeral Service" Osheim-Catron Funeral Home Ozzie Osheim, owner Family-owned and operated 27069 Blvd. Rapid City, SD 57702 605.343.0077 Funeral Directors Robb Schmidt, Clint Jolley, Dwight Edstrom Springs. As a young girl, Norma lived with and Julia Red Bear in Wolf Creek.

She Holy Rosary Mission in Pine Ridge. In Hot Springs, to live with her mother, Waters and stepfather George Waters. In 1954, Norma married Archie during their marriage they had eight gan her 24-year career with the School cafeteria as a 1999, as cook foreman Norma was made an Cheyenne River Sioux of this honor. She Humanity Jimmy Carter 1994 on the Cheyenne She volunteered her planning and supply the kitchen crew that meals a day for 1,500 of the housing project. She enjoyed sewing, tening to music, crossword her grandparents, Martin attended school at the her teens she moved to Alice (Red Bear) Mills LeBeau of Eagle Butte, and children.

In 1975, she Butte dishwasher and retired in at the age of 71. honorary member of the Tribe and was very proud participated in the Habitat for Housing Project in River Sioux Reservation. time by assisting with meal ordering and was part of cooked and served three to 2,000 daily volunteers Norma Mills crocheting, cooking, lispuzzles and playing Foreman cards and board games with her children and grandchildren. Norma had a self-sacrificing love that was always kind, generous and compassionate. She always believed in the best of others.

She also had a great sense of humor and a strong faith. Survivors include four daughters, Carla LeBeau of Hot Springs, Kathy LeBeau of Chugiak, Alaska, and Lori Stengl and Tisha Moran, both of Eagle Butte; three sons, Greg LeBeau and Michael Shane LeBeau, both of Eagle Butte, and Thomas Mills (Frenchy) LeBeau of Pacifica, three cousins, Martin (Ida) Red Bear of Rapid City, Calvin (Delores) Mills of Pine Ridge, and Grace Bradley of Hot Springs; 35 grandchildren; 41 great-grandchildren; and her extended Tiospaye family which includes numerous nieces and nephews and their children. A one-night wake will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Hot Springs.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 6, at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Hot Springs, with Monsignor James Mortimer officiating. Pallbearers are her grandsons, Travis LeBeau, Troy LeBeau, Everett Lesmeister, Rocklyn LeBeau, Jason Vanderheide, Derek LeBeau, Dathan Little Wounded, and Paul Returns. Interment will follow at the Evergreen Cemetery in Hot Springs.

A memorial dinner will be held in Eagly Butte at the H.V. Johnson Cultural Center on Sunday April 10 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. McColley's Chapel of the Hills in Hot Springs is in charge of arrangements. Arthur Scott Scott 2005 1925 1943 He was Arthur Scott Falls, Falls, his ster can be SIOUX FALLS Arthur Scott, 79, died on Sunday, April 3, at Sioux Valley Hospital.

Mr. Scott was born on August 29, at Mitchell, SD. He graduated from Mitchell High School in and enlisted in the Army Air Corps Pilot Training Program. discharged in 1946 and attended Dakota Wesleyan University for two years. He graduated from Minneapolis Business College in 1950.

He married Maxine Nordin on June 10, 1954 at Willmar, MN. They moved to Sioux Falls where he continued his employment with Great Lakes Pipe Line Co. He worked for Josten Concrete and Wilbert Vault Co. and as manager of Goodwill Industries of Sioux Falls, retiring in 1986. He was a charter member of Westminster Presbyterian Church serving as Deacon and Elder; Elks Lodge, American Legion Post 15 and National Rifle Association.

Survivors include his sons, Steven, Sioux Bob (Michelle), Hurley, SD; daughters, Nancy Scott, Sioux Cathleen Comp, Rapid City, SD; nine grandchildren; and nephews and nieces. Memorial services will be 2 p.m. CDT Wednesday at WestminPresbyterian Church. An online guest registry and obituary found at www.millerfh.com. In Our Care: R.

Elnora Krier: Graveside services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 6, 2005 at the New Underwood Cemetery with Pastor Ed Wyatt officiating. Visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, 2005 at Behrens-Wilson Funeral Home. Dorothy McDaniels Andersen: Arrangements are pending.

BEHRENS WILSON FUNERAL HOME Please visit us at behrenswilson.com I rancis Rapid City: Jim Director OFFICIAL BALLOT SPECIAL CITY ELECTION CITY OF BOX ELDER PENNINGTON COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA APRIL 12, 2005 SHALL THE CITY OF BOX ELDER, PENNINGTON COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA, ISSUE ITS NEGOTIABLE TAX INCREMENTAL REVENUE BONDS WHICH CONSTITUTES INDEBTEDNESS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL PURPOSES IN AN AMOUNT NOT EXCEEDING $6,275,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING THE WATER AND SEWER SYSTEMS OF THE CITY OF BOX ELDER. YES SHALL THE ABOVE PROPOSITION BE APPROVED AND THE BONDS ISSUED? NO INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS Any voter desiring to vote in favor of issuing bonds will mark a cross (X) or a check mark (V) in the square before the word "YES." Any voter desiring to vote against the issuing bonds will mark a cross (X) or a check mark (V) in the square before the word "NO.".