Helen Deutscher, age 97 of Wall, S.D., died Sunday, February 19, 2012, at the Golden Living Center Meadowbrook in Rapid City.

Joyce Stout, age 88 of Kadoka, S.D., died Monday, February 20, 2012, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital.
Joyce Elaine Parkinson was born June 3, 1923, in Hitchcock, S.D., the daughter of Sidney and Hazel Ellen (Barnes) Parkinson. At the age of five, she moved with her parents to Kadoka, where she grew up and received her education. Joyce graduated from Kadoka High School in 1941.
In 1941, Joyce was united in marriage to Charles W. Vice and to this union one son, William K., was born. Charles was killed in France during WWII in 1944.

Jerry Lee Gibson, age 64 of Philip, S.D., formerly of Norris, died Friday, February 17, 2012, at the Hospice of the Hills in Rapid City.

Ruth M. Sharp, age 86 of Rapid City, S.D., formerly of Interior, died Wednesday, February 15, 2012, at the Hospice of the Hills in Rapid City.
Ruth M. Whitcher was born November 10, 1925, in Pedro, the daughter of Walter and Rose Jane (Chapman) Whitcher. She grew up in the Wall area where she received her education. As a young girl she opted out of school to take care her mother. Thus began her life of taking care of others.

Jewel Bearheels, age 47 of Kadoka, S.D., died Thursday, February 16, 2012, at Rapid City Regional Hospital.
Jewel Y. Bearheels was born August 9, 1964, in Pine Ridge, the daughter of Leland and Iris (Romero) Bearheels. She grew up in the Kadoka area, where she attended school through the 12th grade. She received her associate degree in business from Oglala Lakota College in Kyle.
Jewel lived in Kadoka all her life and worked as a cook in various restaurants in Kadoka.
Jewel and her longtime companion, Cliff Stone, had a son, Zachary.