hmtl5 John Martin Garhart b. 2 Oct 1920 Denver, Denver County, Colorado d. 6 Jul 1995 Spearfish. Lawrence County, South Dakota: Hedges Genealogy

John Martin Garhart

Male 1920 - 1995  (74 years)


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  • Name John Martin Garhart 
    • son of John W. Garhart and Maude M. Eckdeen [1]
    Born 2 Oct 1920  Denver, Denver County, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Died 6 Jul 1995  Spearfish. Lawrence County, South Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Buried Black Hills National Cemetery, Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Person ID I4243  Hedges
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2023 

    Family Myrl Ann Clifton,   b. 28 Dec 1918, Moneta, Clay County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Mar 1995, Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 3 Dec 1945  Broadus, Powder River County, Montana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Divorced Bef 1967 
    Last Modified 28 Oct 2021 
    Family ID F1867  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 2 Oct 1920 - Denver, Denver County, Colorado Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 3 Dec 1945 - Broadus, Powder River County, Montana Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 6 Jul 1995 - Spearfish. Lawrence County, South Dakota Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • John Garhart married a second time to Blanche (Jones) Torgerson in April 1967, Aurora, SD.
    • Spearfish – John M. Garhart, 74, Spearfish, died Thursday, July 6, 1995, at Lookout Memorial Hospital in Spearfish.
      John Garhart was born Oct. 2, 1920, in Denver, Colo., to John W. and Maude M. (Eckdeen) Garhart. The family came to Spearfish in 1934, and John graduated from Spearfish High School in 1939. He attended South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, then served in the U.S. Army.
      Following his discharge, he returned to Spearfish and attended Black Hill State University, where he excelled in football, basketball, baseball and track.
      In 1945, he married Myrl A. Clifton at Broadus, Mont. They lived in Spearfish. Garhart pioneered pulpwood production in the Black Hills and was one of the foremost independent timber businessmen in the West River. He owned and operated Garhart & Pool, Inc., a timber contracting business. He also owned and operated a sawmill known as Northern Hill Forest Products.
      ON April 30, 1967, he married Blanche Jones Torgerson at White Lake.
      . . . . .
      Survivors include his wife, Blanche Garhart, Spearfish; four daughters, Jody Olson, Hillsboro, Ore., Stephanie Rada, Spearfish, Ramona Cosgrove, Fort Worth, Texas, and Sherry Torerson, Portland, Ore.; four sons, Martin Garhard, Gambler, Ohio, Eldon Garhart and Steve Toregerson, both of Spearfish, and Sam Torgerson, Douglas, Wyo.; 13 grandchildren; and one sister, Nancy Power, Spearfish.
      He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Dorothy.
      . . . . .
      Burial with full military honors will be at Black Hill National Cemetery at 2:15 p.m.
      Rapid City Journal, Rapid City, South Dakota. Friday, 7 July 1995.
      [1, 3]

  • Sources 
    1. [S9] Obituary.

    2. [S6] Find a Grave.

    3. [S87] Newspaper article.