Custer County Chronicle

Joan Meyer

Published by admin on Thu, 04/29/2021 - 11:59am

Joan J. Meyer was born Sept. 19, 1930 to Rex and Cecile (Ickler) Marker.    
Joan was a faithful and beloved wife to Leo for 42 years. She was a mother of six children, not the least of which included her special son, Darren, whom for 41 years she provided care for.  
Joan, of Custer, S.D., passed away April 20, 2021, at Monument Health Custer Hospital. She was 90.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Leo; and sons, Dennis and Darren.

Samuel ‘Skip’ Pomper

Published by admin on Thu, 04/15/2021 - 8:58am

Samuel Richard “Skip” Pomper was born Dec. 26, 1947, in Long Island, N.Y. He traveled around the U.S., always finding his strength in helping young people.
Skip had a huge heart for students and seeing them succeed in getting their diploma was a huge joy for him. He worked as a paraprofessional in the Custer School District the last seven years of his life.
Skip has a daughter who lives in Maryland and a son in Florida.
He proudly served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War as a Yeoman with the Sixth Fleet staff until his discharge in 1971.   

Robert Miller

Published by admin on Thu, 04/01/2021 - 9:59am

Robert “Bob” H. Miller was born April 21, 1930, to Ivan and Amy (Busman) Miller in Bryant, S.D.  
Bob died Saturday, March 13, 2021 at Sanford Health Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D. He was 90.    
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Bob’s honor to cancer research or disabled veterans as both of those cause were import to him.
Burial will be a private affair with family only at Black Hills National Cemetery.

Wayne Compton

Published by admin on Thu, 03/25/2021 - 9:06am

Wayne L. Compton was born Feb. 12, 1935, to Lewis M. and Evangeline Compton at his father’s homestead on the Limestone near Moon, S.D. This remained his home until he was 19 years old when he took a seasonal job with the U.S. Forest Service at Teepee Ranger Station. He worked as a logger and ranch hand in the Newcastle, Wyo., area.

Malcolm Campbell

Published by admin on Thu, 03/25/2021 - 9:06am

Malcolm Emerson Campbell was born Aug. 5, 1937, in Glenrock, Wyo., to George and Minny (Sarvey) Campbell.  He attended schools in Glenrock and Custer, S.D.
Malcolm lived and worked in Wyoming and South Dakota. He was employed in the mining and mineral industries independently and worked for mining and milling companies. He operated a tourist business in Keystone, S.D. for seven years. Malcolm enjoyed gardening, fishing, hunting, woodworking, cooking and rock and mineral prospecting in the Rocky Mountain Region.  He loved listening to other people’s life stories.  

LaVonne Horn

Published by admin on Thu, 03/25/2021 - 9:05am

LaVonne (Goshorn) Horn was born in Wakefield, Neb., April 18, 1932. She started her teaching career in rural schools in Nebraska.
During the Korean War, she and her husband, Don, worked in Wichita, Kan., at Boeing Aircraft. They then moved to western Nebraska to Scottsbluff, where they taught school for 25 years.

Jimmy Simpson

Published by admin on Thu, 03/11/2021 - 9:03am

Jimmy Simpson was born in Shawnee, Okla., to Patricia and Earl Simpson.
After graduating from high school he joined the U.S. Air Force. He volunteered for the security police, where he was a dog handler and he was stationed in the Philippines and Vietnam.

Chester Fassett

Published by admin on Thu, 02/25/2021 - 8:59am

Chester A. Fassett was born April 11, 1930, in Hot Springs, S.D., and raised in Custer, S.D., son of the late Cecil Fassett and Violet Doughty.  
He enlisted in the Air Force in 1948 and retired after 35 years of service as a pilot and as the deputy wing commander for maintenance.  His last assignment was at Altus AFB, Oklahoma.
Chet was a Vietnam veteran and received numerous awards including (Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, and two Meritorious Service Medals).  In 1983, he began his second career and retired at DynCorp in Fort Worth, Texas.

Bruce Grummons

Published by admin on Thu, 02/25/2021 - 8:57am

Bruce Grummons was born March 13, 1939, seven miles west of Pringle, S.D., to George Morgan and Vivian Nicolls.
Bruce was formerly the maintenance superintendent at the oil refinery in Newcastle, Wyo., where he lived for 57 years. He was also a member of the Newcastle Volunteer Fire Department.
Bruce died Feb. 17, 2021 in Newcastle. He was 81.
He was preceded in death by his parents, George Morgan and Vivian Nicolls; and his sister, Diane Grummons.

William Dohrmann

Published by admin on Thu, 02/25/2021 - 8:56am

William Frederick Dohrmann was born Oct. 2, 1942, in San Francisco, Calif., to William and Doris (Bailly) Dohrmann.  William proudly served in the U.S. Navy until his honorable discharge in 1968.
William died Feb. 20, 2021, at his residence in Edgemont, S.D. He was 78.
He is survived by his wife, Jackie of Edgemont; his children, grandchildren and his great-grandchildren.
Arrangements have been placed in the care of Chamberlain McColley’s Funeral Home of Custer, S.D.