Obituaries

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 “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.

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.  

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.