Robert L. Henwood, age 81,was born March 13, 1924 in the rural Spearfish valley and graduated from Spearfish High School in 1943. He helped his parents on the family ranch where he enjoyed hunting, fishing, riding horses and roping. On March 18, 1945, he was married to Loraine Speidel in Spearfish. The couple bought a ranch in Bear Lodge, north of Aladdin, Wyoming. Later, the couple worked on several other ranches in Wyoming, Montana and South Dakota. In 1962, they moved to Belle Fourche where Robert ran a mail route to Camp Crook and later, worked for the Department of Transportation (DOT). He retired in 1979 but still continued to run a few cows at the family home in Belle Fourche. Robert and Loraine have been married 60 years. Robert passed from this life Monday evening, June 20, 2005 at Lookout Memorial Hospital in Spearfish, South Dakota.

He is survived by his wife, Loraine at the family home in Belle Fourche, 2 sons:
Robert "Bob" Henwood of Belle Fourche and Thomas (Beckie) Henwood of Fruitdale. 2 daughters; Barbara (Byron) Davis of Colony, Wyoming and Beverly (Gene) Inhofer of Sturgis. A sister, Ruth Heis of Belle Fourche. 5 grand children: Jan Persche, Kathy Fuerst, Sheryl Bradford, Justin Schwable and Rob Henwood. 7 great grandchildren; Kyle Persche, Tyrel Backes, Tate Backes, Sydney Fuerst, Jake Fuerst, Carson Jay Schwable and Charlie Jean Henwood.

Memorial services will be held at the United Methodist Church in Belle Fourche Friday afternoon, June 24, 2005, at 3:00 PM with Chaplain Charley Conger officiating. Interment will follow at Rosehill Cemetery in Spearfish.

A memorial has been established for the Northern Hills Hospice.

Services are under the direction of Funeral Home of the Northern Hills in Belle Fourche.