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Bente Ditlev
Jul 24, 2018
MIDLAND, TX- Bente Sorensen Ditlev, 88, of Midland, Texas passed away July 24, 2018 at Rapid City Regional Hospital.
Bente was born in Hvilsager Denmark on August 21, 1929 to Marius and Inger Sorensen. She studied and worked as a nanny and a baker's assistant before she married Jens Peter Ditlev in Aarhus, Denmark in 1950. Bente...
Deborah A. "Deb" Stewart
Jul 24, 2018
RAPID CITY- Deborah Ann (Schrader) Stewart, 49, lost her battle with cancer surrounded by her loving family on July 24th, 2018.
'Deb' was born on March 3rd, 1969 to Darrell and Annie (Doyle) Schrader. After Deb graduated high school, she attended Normandy Community College in...
Patricia A. "Pat" Guy
Jul 24, 2018
RAPID CITY | Patricia Ann "Pat" Guy, loving wife, mother, sister and friend left this world to meet her Savior in Heaven on Tuesday, July 24, 2018.
She was born Feb. 9, 1936, in Butte, MT, to Cornelius J. and Catherine Carroll Kelly. While pursuing her nursing degree at Carroll College, she met Ronald Ellis...
Harland "Mac" Mcguire
Jul 24, 2018
RAPID CITY | Harland H. "Mac" McGuire, 89, died Tuesday, July 24, 2018.
Harland was born March 26, 1929, in Onida. The family moved to Pierre in 1940, where he graduated from high school in 1947.
Paula Dee Dixon
Jul 21, 2018
Sturgis, SD – Paula Dee Dixon, 80, died Saturday, July 21, 2018 at the Mt. Care Health Care Assisted Living.
Arrangements are with Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home.
Robert R. Phillip
Jul 21, 2018
Robert R. "Bob" Phillip, 96, of Hermosa, and formerly of Alliance and Scottsbluff, Neb., finished his work on Saturday, July 21, 2018.
The third of four sons, he was born on Sept. 10, 1921, to Willie Walter and Alma Mary (Vifquain) Phillip on their Springview, Neb., farm....
Deloris Ann Wiese
Jul 18, 2018
Lake Norden, SD – Deloris A. Wiese, 77, died Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at the Lake Norden Care and Rehabilitation Center.
Arrangements are pending with Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home.
Dean R. Myers
Jul 16, 2018
Dean Russell Myers, 97, died Monday, July 16, 2018, at Rapid City Regional Hospital.
Dean was born on March 22, 1921, in Hudson, SD, the son of Jay and Anne (Swanson) Myers. He grew up in the Dixon community and graduated from Dallas High School in 1938. Dean attended...
John F. Swanson
Jul 14, 2018
John F. Swanson, 75, of Rapid City, died on Saturday, July 14, 2018 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital. Service arrangements are pending with Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home.
Casey Eleeson
Jul 12, 2018
Casey Blaine Eleeson was born on November 17th, 1987 to Bruce Eleeson and Cindy Eleeson both of Rapid City, SD. She attended Meadowbrook Elementary, Southwest Middle School and graduated from Central High School in 2006. Casey was a loving daughter, an artist and had many interests.  She grew up in the Black Hills and loved the outdoors. She loved...
Lori Ann Kerns
Jul 12, 2018
Lori Ann Kerns, 57, of Black Hawk, died on Thursday, July 12, 2018 after a competitive battle against cancer, at the Hospice House of the Black Hills. ills.Hills She was born on May 17, 1961 in Pierre to Frank and Angie (Dieringer) Giesinger, the youngest of six children. Lori was raised in Ft Pierre, attending...
Charles H. Kulpaca
Jul 4, 2018
Dr. Charles Herman Kulpaca
Charles Herman Kulpaca was born in Deadwood, SD on April 14, 1926 to Herman and Mamie Kulpaca of Lead, SD. He was very proud of his Finnish heritage and spent most of his youth in Lead, SD along with his older...
S. Glenn Paulson
Jul 3, 2018
RAPID CITY- S. Glenn Paulson, 87, died Tuesday, July 3, 2018 at Fountain Springs Health Care. Glenn was born January 10, 1931, in Faith, SD, to George and Lucella (Comstock) Paulson. He attended Lincoln grade school and graduated from RCHS in 1949. His work career began as a paper carrier for the Rapid City Journal, on to Swanders Bakery,...
Joseph Michael Vincent
Jul 3, 2018
Rapid City – Joseph Michael "Mike" Vincent (Mike Vincent), passed on Tues., July 3, 2018, at the age of 71 after a hard-fought battle with cancer.
Mike, also known as Joe, Vince, Mickey, "the Legend" and many other names, was born in Logan, WV on...
Noelyn Harold Olson
Jun 30, 2018
Noelyn H. "Red" Olson was born March 28, 1948 in Valley City, ND to Harold and Nona (Bruhschwein) Olson. His life's journey came to a sudden and unexpected end at the age of 70. He died of a massive heart attack Saturday morning, June 30, 2018 at Rapid City Regional Hospital.
Betty Varns
Jun 29, 2018
Betty L. Varns, 83, formerly of Custer and Lead, died on June 29, 2018, in Grand Junction, Colorado.
Betty Lorraine Solomon was born in Custer, on March 23rd, 1935 to LeRoy and Louise Solomon. Her childhood was spent in the Custer area where she attended Custer Public Schools. It was in this same area that Betty met...
Mary Hutchings
Jun 28, 2018
RAPID CITY- Mary F. Hutchings passed away Thursday, June 28, at Bella Vista Care Center.
Mary was born April 25, 1926 to William and Amy Bevelhymer in Newcastle, NE.
Mary married George Hutchings, her high school sweetheart, while George served in the Marines...
Hazel E. Rogers
Jun 28, 2018
RAPID CITY- Hazel Eileen Rogers died peacefully after a short illness on June 28, 2018. Hazel was born on August 11, 1933, to Andrew and Ruby (Strand) Quien in Canton, SD, the eldest of 6.
She met Donald Marion Rogers while working in Big Piney, WY. They were married...
John "Jack" Markitan
Jun 25, 2018
John B. "Jack" Markitan, 89, of Rapid City, and a former Fairburn area rancher, died on Monday, June 25, 2018.
Jack was born Dec. 14, 1928, to Louis and Emily (Pischel) Markitan, in Knox County NE.
The family moved to SD in 1930, to a ranch near Oral. In 1936, they moved to the Bower...
Linda Lucille Buzzetta Torgerson
Jun 24, 2018
Mounds View, MN – Linda Buzzetta Torgerson, 73, died Sunday June 24, 2018 at the Bel Rae Senior Living Center.
Linda Lucille Norgard was born November 11, 1944, to Elbert Alton Herring and Marian Lucille (Orloske) Herring. When Linda was a young child, Marian and the children moved to...
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