Rapid City Journal Records Saturday, July 6, 1991 Today's obituaries Carl L. Swanson, 81 Maxine Webb, 69 Clifford Two Two, 48 Mildred C. 'Phil' Lange, Gerald Van Wells, 77 Mabel M. Heenan, 76 Joseph Heidrich, 70 Carl L. Swanson NEW UNDERWOOD Services for Carl L.
Swanson, 81, New Underwood, will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the rotunda at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis. Military honors will be by the Sturgis Veterans Honor Guard. He died Tuesday at Fort Meade Veterans Affairs Medical Center. A memorial was established, and contributions may be directed to Agnes Pivny, 419 E.
Oak New Underwood, S.D. 57761 He was born Dec. 5, 1909, at Grant Township, to Harold and Pertie (Cornwalt) Swanson. He graduated from high school in 1927 at Muskegon, Mich. He then moved to Detroit for a short time and then to New York where he worked as a chef for two years at various hotels in the Statler Hotel Group.
He married Frances Babco*ck on Aug. 30, 1931, at Little Valley, N.Y. He entered the U.S. Army in July 1943, serving during World War 11. After his discharge in 1947 he went to work as a civilian dietitian for the U.S.
government for two years. He then worked for International Hotel until 1953, at which time he worked in several Western states as a chef. In 1966, he moved to South Dakota and worked as a chef at Cedar Pass Lodge in Badlands National Park. In 1973, he ran a dude ranch for the Livermont family in the Badlands, retiring in 1975 and moving to New Underwood where he lived until six months ago. He then became a resident at Fort Meade Veterans Affairs Medical Center near Sturgis.
Survivors include friends, Mr. and Mrs. Butch Livermont of Interior and Agnes Pivny of New Underwood. He was preceded in death by his wife in 1951, two daughters and two granddaughters. F.0.
Jolley Funeral Home of Sturgis is in charge of arrangements. Maxine Webb PIERRE Services for Maxine Webb, 69, will be at 10 a.m. CDT Monday at the Hofmeister Funeral Chapel in Pierre. She died at her rural Fort Pierre home early Wednesday. Burial will be at the Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis at 1:45 p.m.
MDT. She was born July 25, 1921, at Coleman, Texas, to Langley and Denie Kate (Flanagan) Graham. She grew up and attended school at Coleman, and graduated from the Brown Ranch School in Coleman County, Texas. On May 1, 1941, she married Garland Webb in Coleman County. The couple resided there.
She lived in San Diego, while her husband served overseas during World War IL. Most recently, she has made her home near Fort Pierre. She at one time was the owner of a children's store called The Little World in Pierre. She was employed by the state Highway Department, where she worked in central data processing for 17 years. Survivors include her husband of Fort Pierre; her mother, Denie Apperson of San Diego; two sons, Joe Bob Webb of Vancouver, and Billy Mac Webb of Fort Pierre; one brother, Harold Graham of Ratcliff, one sister, Willie Leona Nielsen of San Diego; and four grandchildren.
Clifford Two Two WOUNDED KNEE Mass of Christian burial for Clifford Two Two, 48, Rapid City, will be at 10 a.m. today at Sacred Heart Catholic Church at Wounded Knee, with the Rev. Joseph Sheehan, S.J., as celebrant. Burial will be in the church cemetery in Wounded Knee. He died Tuesday in a drowning accident in Rapid City.
He was born Dec. 2, 1942, at Pine Ridge to Vienna Two Two. He went to school at Holy Rosary Mission at Pine Ridge. He was a veteran of the Army. Survivors include his mother, of Pine Ridge; a daughter, Elizabeth Two Two of Rapid City; five sisters, Mary, Sylvia, Ramona and JoAnn of Pine Ridge and Linda of Portland, two brothers, Leroy of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Aloysius of Farming.
ton, N.M.; and five stepchildren, David, Kurt, Chris and Gretchen Andrews of Rapid City and Pamela Andrews of Minneapolis. Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements. Joseph Heidrich NEWELL Mass of Christian burial for Joseph Heidrich, 70, will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Mary's Star of the Sea Catholic Church in Newell, with the Rev.
Gary Oreshoski officiating. Burial, with military honors, will be in Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis. He died Friday at the Fort. Meade Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Rosary and Christian wake services will be at 7 p.m.
Sunday at St. Mary's in Newell. Visitation will be from 3:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. today, and 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Sunday at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. He was born May 29, 1921, at Strasburg, N.D., to Rudolph and Philipina (Roehrich) Heidrich. He was raised Strasburg and attended school at Kresner, N.D, After completing school, he farmed for himself and did custom work for area farmers. He also drove a gas truck for a short time.
He served in the Army from 1942 to 1945 and was honorably discharged. After military service, he returned to North Dakota and worked for Joe Krumm in the blacksmith shop at Linton. He married Magdalena Schumacher on Sept 24, 1946, at Zeeland, N.D. They moved to the Nisland area in 1949 where he was employed by the U.1. Sugar Co.
for a time. He worked for the city of Nisland for 18 years before joining the Butte County Highway Department as a bridge foreman. He retired in 1985. Heidrich was a member of St. Mary's Star of the Sea Catholic Church in Newell, a member of the American Legion and a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars post.
Survivors include his wife, of Nisland; three sons, Joe Heidrich Jr. of Nisland, Alvin Heidrich of Sturgis and Harry Heidrich of Belle Fourche; three daughters, Beverly Watson and Linda Crandall of Belle Fourche, and Helen Gross of Rapid City; four brothers, Casper "Cap" Heidrich and Jack Heidrich of Nisland, Fred Heidrich of Newell, and Harry Heidrich of Scottsbluff, four sisters; Anna Dell and Phyllis Stark of Nisland, Jean Kryszko of Miles City, and Josephine Weber of Spearfish; 16 grandchildren; four greatgrandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by two daughters. Ex-judge sentenced for fraud By Ron Brown Journal Staff Writer A former judge who is familiar with administering justice on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation may have attended the final sentencing hearing of his three-year career Friday morning his own. U.S.
District Judge Richard Battey was the one wearing the black robe Friday. Discredited Oglala Sioux Tribal Judge Feron James Thunder Hawk was on the other side of the bench, pleading for leniency. "I'm very, very sorry that it happened," Thunder Hawk said of defrauding documents for a North Dakota bank to get a $9,000 used car loan. Battey sentenced Thunder Hawk to eight months in prison and ordered him to turn himself over to federal authorities Aug. 2 to begin servThunder Hawk ing his sen- Hawk tence.
Battey had an option of sentencing Thunder Hawk to between six months and a year. The former justice had supplied an imposter to forge the name of a COsigner on a sales agreement with a Rapid City used car dealer in July 1990. The imposter was never named. A federal jury convicted Thunder Hawk on two fraud counts April 3. "He has shamed himself in his own tribe," said Thunder Hawk's attorney, Frank Driscoll.
"He has been discredited by the conviction." His arrest and conviction alone were a "considerable punishment," he said in seeking the lowest possible sentence for his client. Assistant U.S. Attorney Bob Mandel said he would have preferred to see a tough sentence because Thunder Hawk's conviction had harmed the judicial system and undermined the public's trust. There is a distinct difference between an average citizen breaking the law and a judge commiting a similar crime, Mandel said. Thunder Hawk was appointed tribal judge in 1988.
The tribe suspended Thunder Hawk without pay when he was indicted for the crime in September 1990. He has since been fired. Battey also ordered Thunder Hawk to pay a $2,000 fine while out on one year supervised release, the federal equivalent to parole. Newsmaker on board becomes news changer New Underwood Fort Pierre Rapid City 87 Rapid City Deadwood Pierre Newell Mildred C. 'Phil' Lange Services for Mildred C.
"Phil" Lange, 87, rural Rapid City, will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Osheim-Catron Funeral Home, with the Rev. Leslie Potts officiating. Burial will be in Mountain View Cemetery. She died Thursday afternoon in a Rapid City nursing home.
Visitation will be Sunday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Monday from 9 a.m. to service time at the funeral home. A memorial was established.
She was born April 5, 1904, at Black Hawk to Pete and Karen Erickson. She grew up near Black Hawk and married Ray E. Lange on Oct. 17, 1921, in Rapid City. The couple ranched northwest of Rapid City.
She lived on the ranch until her death. Survivors include two daughters, Lucille Crow of Silver City and Dorthy Terry of Rapid City; three grandchildren, Carol McKenzie of Rapid City, Glen Terry of Savageton, and Cole Lange of Oglala; and 11 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband on June 18, 1990; one son, Charles Lange, in 1 1969; two grandchildren; four brothers; and two sisters. Gerald Van Wells DEADWOOD Services for Gerald "Jerry" Van Wells, 77, of Deadwood, will be at 2 p.m. today at the F.O.
Jolley Funeral Home in Sturgis. He died Tuesday at Fort Meade Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The Rev. Ned Wick will officiate. Burial, with military rites by the Sturgis Veterans Honor Guard, will be in the Black Hills National Cemetery.
Chaput Funeral Home of Deadwood and F.O. Jolley are in charge of arrangements. He was born April 10, 1914, to Charles N. and Jeanne (Scott) Wells in Clark. He grew up in the Clark area and graduated from Clark High School in 1933.
He joined the U.S. Navy in 1935 and served until 1939. After his discharge, he worked for Douglas Aircraft Co. until 1942, including a year in Iraq. In 1942, he went to work for Lockheed Aircraft staying with that company until 1944, when he worked for Boeing until the end of the war.
On Sept. 23, 1944, he married Mildred Wermers in- Los Angeles. They moved to the Black Hills in December 1945. He built and operated a souvenir and rock shop known as Rockland. He operated Rockland until his stroke in 1989.
Survivors include his wife, Mildred, of Deadwood; two sons, Wade Wells of Arizona and Larry Wells of Pennsylvania; three daughters, Dee Nelson of Sturgis, Mona Scott of Texas and Tamara Dailey of Texas; two brothers, Maynard Wells of Michigan and Forrest Wells of Clark; one sister, Ila Frost of California; and 10 grandchildren. Mabel M. Heenan PIERRE Mass of resurrection for Mabel Marie Heenan, 76, of Pierre and formerly of Chamberlain, will be at 10:30 a.m. (CDT) today at St. John's Catholic Church in Fort Pierre, with the Rev.
William Lambert as celebrant. Burial will be at 2:30 p.m. (CDT) today at Riverview Cemetery in Chamberlain. Mrs. Heenan, who operated a store and cafe and was Oacoma's first woman mayor, died Monday at St.
Mary's Hospital in Pierre. She was born Sept. 28, 1914, in Hughes County to William and Mary (Burger) Richards. She attended rural school in Joe Creek Township. On April 29, 1933, she married Bob Heenan at Fort Thompson.
They farmed at Bijou Hills until 1934, then moved to the Kennebec area. In 1952, they moved to Oacoma, where she worked at Al's Oasis. In 1966, they moved to Hamill and operated Heenan's Store. She operated the sale barn cafe in Chamberlain from 1976 to 1985, when they retired and moved to Pierre. Survivors include her husband, of Pierre; two daughters, Rose Mary Wagaman of Sundance, and Betty Winkler of Pierre; one son, Bob Heenan Jr.
of Rapid City; one sister, Nellie Redenius of Humboldt; one brother, Floyd Richards of Portland, 15 grandchildren; and 29 greatgrandchildren. She was preceded in death by one brother, Roland Richards, and one sister, Doris Pruess. Feigum Funeral Home of Pierre is in charge of arrangements. By Kevin Woster Capital Bureau PIERRE It isn't every day that you can change the news, especially when it's about you. Linda Hilde of Madison managed, however, after she read in the newspaper that she wouldn't be reappointed to the state Board of Minerals and Environment by Gov.
George Mickelson. Hilde said Friday that she had talked with Mickelson after she read his comments that she was proba- Hilde bly too busy in her job as chairman of the state Emergency Response Commission to continue to also handle her chores on the environment board. "I think he had a misunderstanding, and it has been resolved," Hilde said. "I told him that I did thoroughly enjoy being on the board and that I wished to be reappointed." And she was. Mickelson said Friday that he decided to give Hilde a choice between being on the environment board and continuing to chair the state commission.
"I thought she'd be too busy to do both," he said. "She indicated to me that she wanted to stay on the (environment) board." Hilde joined the board in 1987. At that time, the envi- Capitol notebook ronment board also was acting as the Emergency Response Commission. Hilde became chairman of the commission, a job she kept when a new seven-member commission was established: apart from the environment board. The commission is part of a national effort to identify potentially hazardous materials used and stored by businesses in the state.
It also requires local governments to develop emergency, response plans to deal with spills or other accidents involving hazardous materials. It's an important job that will grow along with changing federal regulations, Hilde said. A new 10-member commission is being established. It finally is getting more staff and more resources through state agencies. Hilde said she would do everything she could to help get the new commission off well.
Everything, that is, except leave the Enjoyable environment Leaving that board, which handles a variety of sensitive environmental issues including surface mining and waste disposal, has not been something that members seemed anxious to do, despite the hours of work involved. Board Chairman Richard Sweetman of Sioux Falls has been a member for 21 years. Lee McCahren of Vermillion, the unofficial board historian, has been a member for 18 years. Grace Petersen of Pierre has topped 15 years and Wilbert Blumhardt of Bowdle 10. Bill Taylor of Sioux Falls completed 11 years on the board last month.
He was replaced by Mary Weise of Sioux Falls. Relative newcomers are Hilde, four years, John Fitzgerald of Rapid City, three years, and Vivian Pappel of Rapid City and Charles Kearns of Brandon, two years. Petersen said that despite the time involved and frequent controversy, managing mining and waste disposal and air quality, among many environmental chores, was challenging and enjoyable. "It's a good board. It's got good people on it, a good staff.
Sometimes you just feel like throwing up your hands and giving it up, but then you wonder who else is going to put in that kind of time," she said. Hilde Population explosion sparks increase in antelope permits By Joe Kafka Associated Press Writer PIERRE Antelope numbers in western South Dakota have exploded since the winter of 1985-86 nearly wiped out the herd, the state Game, Fish Parks Commission was told Wednesday. Armed with that information, the commission increased the available quantity of antelope hunting licenses for the fifth year in a row. Licenses will be offered to 7,390 people, but some of them will be good for two antelopes so 9,265 animals may be shot. That is a 45 percent increase in licenses from last year and a 64 percent increase in antelopes that may be killed.
Nearly eight of every 10 hunters bagged an antelope last year. The licensing system is set up so additional emphasis is placed on shooting female antelopes. "You just have to harvest the does," said Commissioner Stanley Price of Buffalo. "You can't let them get too thick. That's when we get in trouble." Farmers and ranchers get irritated when antelope herds become too large because the animals raise havoc with crops and pastures.
Bob Hauk of Rapid City, Game, Fish Parks' assistant regional supervisor for game management, said the herd had grown to 46,000. Ante- Births Rapid City Regional Hospital June 29 a girl to Crystal Running Bear and Jose Romero, Rapid City. June 30 a girl to Tammy Frey and Neil Smith, Rapid City. July 1 a girl to Brenda and Curt Weber, Rapid City; a girl to Sharla and Jerry Baragar, Rapid City; a girl to Carol and Monty Robinson, Rapid City; a girl to Christi and Jeff Spriggs, Rapid City; and a girl to Christy Barber and Joe Smejkal, Rapid City. July 3 a boy to Lori RossMessner and Gary Messner, Rapid City.
July 4 a boy to Jamie and Chet Covey, rural New Underwood, and a boy to Denise Cheshier, Rapid City. Who to call Pennington County Pennington County Commission office 394-2171. Commissioners are: Fred Schick (H) 343-1111 Neal Strand (H) 343-8229 Cheryl Kandaras (O) 341- 7937, (H) 348-4388 Ann Van Loan (0) 341-0235, (H) 341-5122 Freiberg (O) 343-5767, (H) 343-1288 County auditor: Julie Johnson 394-2153 County treasurer: Pat McKinstry 394-2162 County register of deeds: Marlys Faber 394-2177 County Equalization Office: Equalization Director Ron Richmond 394-2175 lope numbers ballooned to 67,000 before an 80 percent die-off several winters ago, he said. "We want to get on top of them because we know what happened in the early 1980s when they got away from us," Hauk said. Antelope season will run from Oct.
5-13. Only South Dakota residents will be allowed to apply for licenses in the initial drawing, which has a deadline of Aug. 23. Leftover licenses will be offered to residents and nonresidents on a first-come basis. A maximum 3,500 non-resident waterfowl licenses will be available this year, the commission said.
That is unchanged from last year. Also approved Wednesday were rules for permits to locate shooting preserves near public shooting areas. Private shooting clubs had been banned within one mile of public shooting grounds, but a new law that went into effect Monday allows for removal of the buffer zone on a caseby-case basis. The commission also was criticized for extending South Dakota's pheasant hunting season. The commission in May lengthened the season by two weeks and the controversy created by the change still hasn't died down.
"The officials in Pierre just want to boost out-of-state revenue and make more money," said Dolly Priebe, who farms near Chamberlain with her Records Records Fire log Thursday 6:58 p.m. 2400 block Sheridan Lake Road. Automobile accident with injury. 7:01 p.m. Pennington County Jail.
Medical call. 7:03 p.m. 132 Monroe St. Apartment No. 3.
Medical call. 7:30 p.m. 360 Denver St. Barbecue grill fire. 7:35 p.m.
N. LaCrosse and Seger streets. Reported grass fire. Nothing found. 9:20 p.m.
612 Plum Tree Lane. Deck fire. 9:58 p.m. Park Drive. Grass fire caused by fireworks.
10:33 p.m. 1600 block of North Haines Ave. Accident reported. Nothing found. 10:53 p.m.
612 Seahawk Street. Grass fire caused by fireworks. 11:06 p.m. West of 2211 LaCrosse St. Grass fire caused by fireworks.
Friday 12:38 a.m. LaCroix Golf Course. Smoke from an explosive device. 1:07 a.m. West Main Street and Jackson Boulevard.
Vehicle accident with injuries. Extrication required. Medical call. 1:25 a.m. 911 Lemmon Ave.
Medical call. 9:56 a.m. 614 Sheridan Lake Road. Medical call. 10:51 a.m.
Mount Rushmore Road and St. Patrick Street. Reported camper fire. Unfounded. 1:07 p.m.
1022 Rock Hill Road. Grass fire caused by fireworks. 1:52 p.m 4808 Meadow, Black Hawk. Truck fire caused by fireworks. 2:17 p.m.
Johnson Siding, south of 385 Junction. Motorcycle accident with injuries. husband, Kenneth. "When the weather turns cold, the pheasants bunch up in the tall weeds. The hunters just drive in with their pickups and slaughter them.
They mutilate the population. We see it because we're sitting right here and watching it. The officials in Pierre should have to watch this for a while." The new season runs for 65 days from Oct. 19 to Dec. 22.
One reason for the change was to put South Dakota's season more in line with those of neighboring states. Nebraska has a 90-day season, North Dakota's is 86 and lowa's is 76 days. "We knew just by history that it wasn't an issue that goes unnoticed," said Wildlife Division Director Doug Hansen. "We knew it wouldn't be taken lightly." Jazz fest schedule The annual Deadwood Jazz Festival continues today featuring the Chuck Lamb Group in Durty Nelly's pub at the Franklin Hotel. The group will perform from 9 p.m.
to 1 a.m. Admission is free. Two rapes reported in two hours A 13-year-old girl and an 18-yearold woman were reportedly raped by separate men early Friday morning within two hours of each other. The 13-year-old said a white man grabbed her from behind and threw her to the ground to rape her at 3:30 a.m. The rape occurred in the Star Village area.
Just two hours before, an 18-yearold woman said she, too, had been attacked in North Rapid after an Indian man grabbed her from behind and raped her in a field south of Lakota Homes. Rapid City Police Detective Capt. Doug Noyes said he did not believe the two reports were related. In other police action: An Ellsworth Air Force Base man was arrested Friday after he allegedly fired about six shots from a handgun into the air. Richard S.
Fritchey, 19, was charged with reckless discharge of a firearm after police received two reports of a man in a silver Toyota Camry firing a gun and shouting. One of the shootings occurred on Mount Rushmore Road. The other occurred near the U.S. Interstate 90 St. Patrick Street exit.
Speakers valued at $500 were reportedly stolen from a car parked on the south dock side of Pactola Lake. $900 worth of stereo equipment was reported stolen from a 1983 Jeep near Keystone Thursday. I A cellular phone estimated to be worth $500 was reported stolen from a car on the 300 block of 49th Street. Four tires were reported stolen from a car parked on the 100 block of Kansas City Street..
