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- 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.
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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.
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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.
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