Jacob Gary Diedtrich of Custer was born to Gary and Jean Diedtrich Oct. 11, 1981. After a “hot” start working together on a fire engine for the Forest Service, sparks flew and Jake and Jenny were united in marriage Sept. 8, 2012. This union was blessed by two daughters, Olivia Lynn and Sophia Rosalie.
Dawn Goodsell of Custer, S.D., died Sept. 12, 2019, after a brief struggle with stomach cancer. She was 54.
She is survived by her husband, Heath Goodsell; sons, Aaron Holden (Sarah and Stella), Justin Holden (Alyssia, Carter, Camden, Carson) and Corbin Goodsell; daughter, Tristan Goodsell; and brothers, Dirk DeBlois, Dennis DeBlois (Ricki) and Brian Hall (Pat).
Daniel, of Fort Collins, Colo., died at the Medical Center of the Rocky Mountains in Loveland Colo., Aug. 24, 2019, due to injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident in Fort Collins. He was 36.
Ann Marie Hamilton, aka Custer, South Dakota’s Mrs. Santa Claus, was born Dec. 11, 1951, to Willard E. and Betty LaVonne (Young) Lindsteadt In Norfolk, Neb. She attended grade school at Christ Lutheran and graduated from Norfolk Senior High School in 1971.
Daniel L. Hamilton was born Jan. 3, 1954, in Riverton, Wyo., to Onyx P. (Smith) and William Stanley Hamilton.
He was an Army veteran, an artist and a gunsmith. He also worked in mining, logging, oil, construction and trucking. He was a life member of VFW Post 3442, in Custer, S.D.
James Vernon Rothstein was born to Lucy and James Rothstein Sept. 7, 1939, in Aberdeen, S.D. He grew up in Mobridge, S.D., and graduated from high school there in 1958. Unsure of what to do after graduation, he joined the U.S. Navy and remained enlisted until 1962.
