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a a a Friday, July 13, 2001 www.rapidcityjournal.com RAPID CITY JOURNAL Obituaries Bradley Scott 'Whitey' Brunmeier, 39 Winner Hazel L. Stewart, 95 Madison Robert A. Johnston, 72 Oxnard, Calif. Mary Cecile Smith, 92 Rapid City Thomas Francis Collins, 78 Winner Herbert W. Teske, 72 Phoenix Joyce Kulpaca Opitz, 77 Bend, Ore.

Karmen Rose Iron Teeth, 14 Wounded Knee Charlotte 'Chod' Christiansen, 67 Rapid City William L. 'Bill' Little Thunder, 76 Parmelee Frances McClung, 70 Fallbrook, Calif. Barbara R. Hayford Heigh, 69 Valentine, Neb. David Krebsbach, 71 Rapid City Tacy Sawin Prince, 57 Lead Additional obituary on Page B4 Bradley Scott 'Whitey' Brunmeier WINNER Bradley Scott "Whitey" Brunmeier, 39, Winner, died Wednesday, July 4, 2001, as the result of an accidental drowning.

Survivors include his parents, Leonard and Twila Brunmeler, Winner; a son, DaleRay, Winner; and three brothers, Danny Brunmeier, Rob Brunmeier and Kelly Brunmeler, all of Winner. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today, Friday, July 13, at Mason Funeral Home in Winner. Services will be at 2 p.m.

Saturday, July 14, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Winner. Burial will be at Winner Cemetery. Hazel L. Stewart MADISON Funeral services were at 2 p.m. July 12, for Hazel L.

Stewart, 95, Madison, who died July 8, 2001, at Madison Community Hospital. The Rev. Bruce Iverson officiated in the Ellsworth Funeral Home, Hazel and burial was Stewart in Graceland Cemetery. Visitation began at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Hazel Petersen was born Jan. 10, 1906, at Colton to Paul and Della (Anderberg) Petersen. She graduated from Sioux Falls Washington High School and married Earl J. Stewart on March 16, 1927. She taught country school in Lake County and they farmed east of Rutland.

Her husband died in 1952 and she moved into Madison in 1959. She worked as a dishwasher at the Coffee Bar, Park Hotel and Uncle Ed's Cafe. Survivors include a son, Nylan of Madison; a daughter, Mildred Stewart of Howard; five grandchildren; several greatgrandchildren; a sister, Mildred Fleming of Bonners Ferry, Idaho; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; a daughter, Barbara Stewart; and a son, Milt. The Ellsworth Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Robert A. Johnston OXNARD, Calif. Robert A. Johnston, 72, Oxnard, died Monday, July 9, 2001, at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Oxnard.

Survivors include his wife, Arlene Johnston, Oxnard; four daughters, Sharon Davies and Karen Watkins, both of Upton, Bobbie Weiglein, Chico, and Robin Bell, Oxnard; 10 grandchildren; 13 greatgrandchildren; a sister, Norma Jean Lore, Sturgis, S.D.; and a brother, Lloyd Johnston, Smith River, Calif. Visitation will be from noon to 9 p.m. Tuesday, July 17, and from 8 a.m. until service time Wednesday, July 18, at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. Services will be at 2 p.m.

Wednesday at the funeral chapel. Burial, with military honors by Sturgis Honor Guard, will follow at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis. In 1965, Congress established the National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities. Today's services Olaf M. Aldren 1:30 p.m.

at South Canyon Baptist Church in Rapid City Helen Bertha Swartz Baker 10:30 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Church in Winner Jade J. Bryan 10 a.m. at American Legion Hall in Philip Arlene Anderson Cornella 11 a.m. at Ralph Lutheran Church in Ralph Albert LeRoy Fiansburg 11 a.m.

at Faith Lutheran Church in Pierre Edward Kelly Gray 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Hall in Pine Ridge Grace G. Kirksey 10 a.m. at First Congregational-United Church of Christ in Belle Fourche Michael D. Nowell 2 p.m.

at Community Lutheran Church in Hill City Esther M. Oliver 10 a.m. at Rooks-Isburg Funeral Home in Hot Springs Lawrence Schaeffer 10:30 a.m. at United Parish Church in Timber Lake Doug G. Tribby 10:30 a.m.

at Blessed Sacrament Church in Rapid City Mary Cecile Smith RAPID CITY Mary Cecile Smith, 92, Rapid City, died Thursday, July 12, 2001, at a local nursing home. Survivors include three nieces, Barbara Kenton and Wendy Svendsen, both of Rapid City, and Merida Deverman, Spearfish. Arrangements are pending with Kirk Funeral Home of Rapid City. Thomas Francis Collins Herbert W. Teske PHOENIX Herbert W.

Teske, 72, Phoenix, and formerly of Pierre, S.D., died Wednesday, July 11, 2001, as a result of an auto accident. Visitation will be Saturday, July 14, 2001, for an hour before the service at Lutheran Memorial Church in Pierre. Services will be Saturday, July 14, 2001, at 2 p.m., at Lutheran Memorial Church in Pierre, with Pastor David Zellmor officiating. Burial will be at a later date. Herbert W.

Teske was born No November 16, 1928, in Miller, S.D., to Julius and Leona (Medworth) Teske. He grew up in Blunt, Ethan, and Mitchell, S.D., and graduated from Mitchell High School in 1946. He graduated from Dakota Wesleyan University in 1950 and received an MA from Colorado State College in Greeley, in 1960. On Dec. 26, 1952, he married Marilyn Johnson in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Herb taught in the Watertown High School from 1954 until 1969, and in the Douglas High School at Ellsworth AFB from 1970 until 1971. He worked for the Kneip Administration as Commissioner of Administration and Secretary of Transportation from 1971 until 1977. After a twoyear tour of duty with the National Guard in Heidelberg, Germany, he returned to Pierre in 1979 and became the owner of Robins Water Conditioning, until he retired in 1990. Herb and Marilyn moved to Arizona in 1990. Herb joined the S.D.

National Guard in 1946 and retired as a colonel in 1988. Herb is survived by his wife, Marilyn, of Phoenix, and daughters Kathy Begg and her husband, Doug, and their children, Holly and Dylan, of Grand Junction, and Nancy Boc and her husband, Steve, and their children, Tyler, Thomas, Garrett and Ronald of Pierre, S.D.; his sister Jean Vogt and her husband, Bill, of Burbank, and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and daughter Jody. Isburg-Hofmeister Chapels of Pierre is in charge of arrangements. Joyce Kulpaca Opitz BEND, Ore.

Joyce Kulpaca Opitz, 77, Bend and formerly of Lead, S.D., died Saturday, June 30, 2001, in Bend. Survivors include three daughters, Dyanne Opitz, Denise Sampson and Shelly Starbuck; five grandchildren; one great -grandchild; and her brother, Dr. Charles Kulpaca, Rapid City, S.D. Autumn Funeral Home of Bend is in charge of arrangements. WINNER Tom Collins of Winner, S.D., died Tuesday, July 10, 2001, at Rapid City Regional Hospital from complications foliowing bypass surgery.

He was 78 years old. Thomas Francis Collins was born in Winner on September 2, 1922, to John and Margaret (Walsh) Collins of Clearfield. He was the tenth of sixteen children. He grew up on the family farm and attended country school and St. Boniface Church near Clearfield.

He graduated from Winner High School in 1940. He worked at the Outlaw Store as a young man and later started as a salesman at General Motor Equipment Company in 1943. For more than 30 years, he was an outside salesman, calling on garages, gas stations, body shops and schools from Martin to White River to Fairfax, making many friends along the way. He bought the business, which was renamed Motor Equip of Winner, in 1979, and continued working there even after he sold the business in May 1997. He married Nola Jean Hotchkiss in Winner on September 11, 1947, in Winner, and was the father of four children.

He was a faithful member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and was a 50-year member of the Winner Council, Knights of Columbus, where he was a 4th degree member. He served as the council's financial secretary for more than 30 years. He was also a member of the Winner Chamber of Commerce and an active supporter of the Tripp County Historical Society, Winner Community Playhouse and the Boy Scouts. He was instrumental in the renovation and restoration of the Clearfield Community Hall, the Saint Boniface Catholic Church and Cemetery and the old Trinity Episcopal Church. Grateful for having shared his life are his wife of 53 years, Jean, and his children, Tom Collins and his wife, Kirsten Thompson, of Portland, Oregon, Beth Iverson and her husband, Tom, of Rapid City, and Mark Collins of Sioux Falls.

He is also survived by five grandchildren, Nancy, Nicholas and Steven Iverson of Rapid City, and Brendan and Kelly Collins of Portland, and two step-grandchildren, Ilana and Tyler Miller of Portland. He is also survived by his brothers, Jack (Helen) of Des Moines, Iowa, and Bob (Carmen) of Winner; his sisters, Ann Ulmer of Cody, Wyoming, Margaret Nolan of Boulder, Colorado, Grace Glidden of Wakonda, S.D., Kathleen Steele of Winner and Joan (Loren) Foltz of Kansas City, Missouri; and dozens of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his daughter Nancy; his parents; five brothers, William, Jim, Clement, John Patric and Bernard; and three sisters, Mary Newport, Patricia Knodell and Dorothy Almendinger. The Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, July 14, at 10 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Winner, with interment at the Black Hills National Cemetery on Monday, July 16, at 1 p.m.

MST. Rosary services will be held at the church on Friday, July 13, at 7:30 p.m. Visitation will be held from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Friday at Mason Funeral Home in Winner, and beginning again at 7 p.m.

at the church. Scores: Learning environment From Page B1 score of 26, up 11 percentile points from an average score of 15 when the same students were sixth-graders. Secondgraders in Shannon County schools scored an average of 16 on the SAT9 in 1999 and 2000; they earned an average of 23 this year. Heinert, a former state education administrator, said teachers are taking additional coursework paid for by the district and that districtwide curriculum standards have been established. All students in the district, which has grades K-8, have 90 minutes of "sacred time" each day for reading, and an additional 90-minute block will be established next year for math, Heinert said.

The district also spent $575,000 to buy new reading, math, social-studles and science books and other learning materials. The district also gives its own achievement tests in reading, writing and math twice a year. Heinert said she's even spoken with bus drivers and cafeteria workers about making sure students have a pleasant, safe environment in which to learn. Many students have attendance problems, but Heinert said children on the reservation are as bright as any others, and if they can get to school, they can be successful learners in the Shannon County public schools. Shannon County was one of many South Dakota school districts that helped pilot a new achievement test being developed by a private company for the state.

The Dakota Assessment of Content Standards is supposed to contain questions that closely match statewide curriculum standards. All school districts in the state will be required to administer that test twice a year starting in spring 2002. Questions or comments about this story? Contact reporter Lori Myrland at 394-8423 or e-mail her at lori.myrland@rapidcityjournal.com. Karmen Rose Iron Teeth WOUNDED KNEE Karmen Rose Iron Teeth, 14, Wounded Knee, died Sunday, July 8, 2001, in a vehicular accident in rural Hot Springs. Survivors include her father, Roderick Iron Teeth, Los Angeles; her stepfather, Verne Weston Rushville, her mother, Barbara Weston, Rushville; two brothers, Anderson Weston, Rushville, and Jamerson Iron Teeth, Wounded Knee; and three sisters, JoAnn Mousseau and Laura Mousseau, both of Rushville, and Camille Iron Teeth, Wounded Knee.

A one-night wake will begin at 1:30 p.m. today, Friday, July 13, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Wounded Knee. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 14, at the church, with the Rev. Tom Nelson officiating.

Burial will be at Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery in Wounded Knee. Sioux Funeral Home of Pine Ridge is in charge of arrangements. Charlotte J. 'Chod' Christiansen RAPID CITY Charlotte J. "Chod" Christiansen, 67, Rapid City, died Thursday, July 12, 2001, at her home.

Survivors include her husband, Edward Christiansen, Rapid City; three daughters, Debrah Baker, Caputa, Patricia Weaver, Rapid City, and LaDonna Harkin, Hermosa; a son, Lonnie Christiansen, Port Orchard, a stepson, John Christiansen, Ogden, Utah; two stepdaughters, Eileen Christiansen, Big Bear, and Coleen Wisdom, Imperial Beach, 15 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Arrangements are pending with Kirk Funeral Home of Rapid City. Summary of test scores The South Dakota Department of Education and Cultural Affairs on Thursday announced the 2001 Stanford Achievement Test scores for public-school students in four grades. Following are the average, composite percentile ranks in Black Hills public-school districts as compared to the average national scores: Belle Fourche School District 2000 Grade 2 71 Grade 4 66 Grade 8 65 Grade 11 58 Custer School District Grade 2 67 Grade 4 68 Grade 8 63 Grade 11 62 Douglas School District Grade 2 56 Grade 4 60 Grade 8 56 Grade 11 64 Hill City School District Grade 2 54 Grade 4 69 Grade 8 66 Grade 11 67 Hot Springs School District Grade 2 62 Grade 4 63 Grade 8 76 Grade 11 68 Lead-Deadwood School District. Grade 2 58 Grade 4 60 Grade 8 60 Grade 11 63 Rapid City School District Grade 2 60 Grade 4 61 Grade 8 70 Grade 11 70 Spearfish School District Grade 2 65 Grade 4 69 Grade 8 71 Grade 11 63 Sturgis (Meade School District) Grade 2 63 Grade 4 62 Grade 8 69 Grade 11 60 Change 6 76 9 73 5 70 62 -3 3888 00.

8828 4 9 8 64 65 70 -6 69 1 52 -6 58 -2 58 -2 57 -6 64 69 69 64 LLOP 0888 64 60 58 70 9-A- William L. 'Bill' Barbara Reinert Little Thunder Hayford Heigh PARMELEE William I L. "Bill" Little Thunder, 76, Parmelee, died Wednesday, July 11, 2001, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Survivors include his wife, Phoebe Sharpfish Little Thunder, Parmelee; three sons, Leonard Little Thunder, Rapid City, and Harold Little Thunder and Michael Little Thunder, both of Parmelee; four daughters, Rosalie Little Thunder and Karen Little Thunder, both of Rapid City, Marian Little Thunder, Cannon Ball, N.D., and Anna Little Thunder, Parmelee; three sisters, Lucille Eagle Bear, Parmelee, Etta Perkins, Rapid City, and Lydene Ray, Kaltag, Alaska; 25 grandchildren; and 13 great A two-night wake began Thursday, July 12, at He Dog Elementary School west of Parmelee. Services will be at the school at 2 p.m.

CST Saturday, July 14. Burial will follow at White Horse Cemetery south of Parmelee. Holmes Funeral Home of Valentine, is in charge of arrangements. Frances McClung FALLBROOK, Calif. Frances McClung, 70, Fallbrook and formerly of Oral, S.D., died Saturday, July 7, 2001, in Fallbrook.

Survivors include her husband, Edwin McClung; and three sons, Kenny McClung, Culver City, Daniel McClung, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, and Bruce McClung, Hot Springs, S.D. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 18, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Hot Springs.

Berry, Bell Hall Mortuary of Fallbrook is in charge of arrangements. Anthony "Tony" Lechler Funeral services will be Friday, July 13, 2001 at Our Lady of the Black Hills Catholic Church in Piedmont. Burial will be at Black Hills National Cemetery. David Krebsbach Arrangements are pending. Lucinda E.

Scherer Graveside services will be Tuesday, July 17, 2001 at 2:00 p.m. at I Black Hills National Cemetery. Behrens FUNERAL HO ME Rapid City 543-0145 Rick Kiewel VALENTINE, Neb. Barbara Reinert Hayford Heigh, 69, Valentine, died Monday, July 9, 2001, in a vehicle accident. Survivors include her husband, Earl Heigh, Valentine; five sisters, Marcella Post, Agnes Schaffer, Roberta Garnett, Pauline Bremmer, Deloris Reinert and Anita Mcmurry; two brothers, Leroy Reinert and Francis Reinert; four daughters, Barbara Wharton, Rita Peterson, Carol Johnson and Linda Hayford; three sons, Jerald Hayford, Ken Hayford and Kevin Hayford.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 14, at Assembly of God Church, Valentine. Holmes Funeral Home of Valentine is in charge of arrangements. David Krebsbach RAPID CITY David Krebsbach, 71, died Thursday, July 12, 2001, at his home. Survivors include one daughter, Kate Hardegger, Burnsville, Minn; five sons, Michael Krebsbach, Austin, Texas, Thomas Krebsbach, Robert Krebsbach and Matthew Krebsbach, all of Rapid City, and Steven Krebsbach, Redmond, and 10 grandchildren.

Arrangements are pending with Behrens Funeral Home of Rapid City. Trust the best. Lucy Wright Nobody sells more real estate than 1240 Jackson Blvd. Rapid City. SD 57701 341-4300.