Keystone Eugene Art Tallent, 88, Keystone died, Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at his residence at Keystone. Eugene Art Tallent was born June 30, 1922 at Belleville, Kansas to John M. and Maude Tallent. The family then moved to Modesto, California, where Art grew to adulthood and graduated from high school. He worked for and helped his father in the construction business building homes. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Art enlisted in the Unites States Navy in 1942 and was stationed in Fremantle, Australia, serving as a submarine tender. He had fond memories of Australia and loved to put on the accent. Following his discharge in 1944, he spent a short time in the Merchant Marines. Art worked in a number of trades. In addition to construction, he was a sign painter, fruit picker, and worked at a turkey-processing plant in California. Art then moved to the Black Hills of South Dakota and lived in Edgemont and Hot Springs before moving to Keystone several years ago. He is survived by several close friends including: Cal Loock, Ron Eastep, Kay Siemonsma, Wendy and Charlie Edmonds, Barb and Walt Digmann and Paul Tedford. Eugene was preceded in death by his parents, one son: Timothy, one brother: John, and one sister: Lula. A Celebration of Life will be held Thursday, August 19 at Docs House, next to Halleys Store in Old Keystone from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm with a Meditation by Rev. Chuck Landon of the Keystone UCC at 5:30 pm. Guests will be invited to share Arts favorite treats of chocolate chips cookies, watermelon, and lemonade. Burial of Arts cremains will be at a later date at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis with Military Honors.