RAPID CITY -- Final rites are scheduled Friday, Jan. 15, 2010, for Dr. Paul H. H. Reinke, longtime Rapid City dentist and advocate for the arts. Dr. Reinke died Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010, at Rapid City Regional Hospital Hospice of the Hills at age 75. Christian Wake Services will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14, at the Blessed Sacrament Church. Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 15, at the Blessed Sacrament Church, with the Rev. Janusz Korban presiding. Interment will be at the Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis, with military honors provided by Rushmore VFW Post 1273 and the South Dakota National Guard. Dr. Reinke was born Feb. 11, 1934, in Pender, Neb., to the Rev. H. W. Reinke and Evelyn (Johnson) Reinke. His father was a military chaplain for the Civilian Conservation Corps in the Black Hills prior to World War II. Dr. Reinke's enduring love for the Black Hills began with his childhood in Custer. Dr. Reinke finished high school in 0maha, Neb., and attended Victoria College in Victoria, Texas, and Texas Lutheran University in Seguin. In 1959 he received his doctor of dental surgery degree from the University of Texas Dental Branch in Houston. This was followed by service in the United States Air Force Dental Corps at Hahn Air Force Base, Germany, where he met and married Ingrid Gellenberg in 1960. He held the rank of captain. In 1969, Dr. Reinke established his dental practice in Rapid City and became an active member of professional societies. He was a 50-year member of the American Dental Association and was honored to belong to the Pierre Fauchard Academy, the American College of Dentists and the International College of Dentists. He was also appointed to the ADA Council of Annual Sessions and International Relations and served as president of the South Dakota Dental Association. He worked tirelessly for passage of the South Dakota Fluoridation Referendum in 1970. Dr. Reinke was elected president of the Rapid City Concert Association, served on the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Society Board of Directors and was a member of the Military Affairs Committee of the Rapid City Chamber of Commerce. As a civilian, Dr. Reinke devoted time to enhancing the Cold War Section at the Air and Space Museum at Ellsworth Air Force Base with informative visual displays. But perhaps his favorite project was his collaborative effort with many other local citizens to bring to Rapid City two segments of the Berlin Wall, which were placed in Memorial Park as a permanent exhibit seen on the Rapid City Chamber's city tour. Dr. Reinke will be remembered for his creative thinking and impassioned and inspirational work in all of his endeavors In deep mourning are his wife, Ingrid, Rapid City; two sons, Fred (Diane) Reinke, Bethesda, Md., and Dr. Martin (Dr. Amy) Reinke, Southlake, Texas; grandchildren, Kira, Alexander, Katie and Mayli; his brother, the Rev. Fred (Marlene) Reinke, Fort Walton Beach, Fla.; his sister, Jeanette (Alan) Carlson, Willmar, Minn.; and his sister?in?law, Hiltrud Kautz and her husband, Rolf Kautz, Konz, Germany. A memorial has been established to the Red Cloud Indian School at Pine Ridge.