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Adala Laura Graff
May 16, 2018
ROCKFORD, ILL- Adala Laura Graff passed away on the afternoon of May 16, 2018 in Rockford, Illinois.
Adala Weins was born on July 18, 1923 in Davison County of South Dakota to parents Margaret Roth Weins and Peter Weins. She is survived by her sister, Alberta Baldwin (90) of...
Frances C. Prestjohn
May 13, 2018
Longtime Black Hawk resident, Frances C. Prestjohn, 85, died Sunday, May 13, 2018, at Rapid City Regional Hospital.
Frances was born Oct. 25, 1932, in Rapid City to Matthew and Signa (Erickson) Foley. She graduated from high school in...
Agnes Ann Amburn
May 12, 2018
RAPID CITY- Agnes Ann Amburn passed from this life on May 12, 2018 at the age of 98 in Rapid City. She was born November 2, 1919 in Cottonwood, Minnesota to John and Amelia (Guggisburg) Baumann.
Agnes married the love of her life, Leonard in Lamberton, Minnesota on August...
Bruce Anthony Minkler
May 9, 2018
Hot Springs – Bruce A. Minkler, 77, died Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital.
Bruce Anthony Minkler was born May 27, 1940 at Superior, Wisconsin to Thomas and Elizabeth [Kempton] Glonek. He attended school and graduated from Mesa High School in San Diego, CA. He entered the United States Army in 1958 and...
Frank Joseph Dallago
May 8, 2018
Rapid City – Frank J. Dallago, 77, died Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital after a year long battle with cancer.
Frank Joseph Dallago was born May 27, 1940 at Brooklyn, New York to Julius and Fanny Dallago.
He served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He married...
Cora Rebecca Corneliuson
May 8, 2018
Rapid City - Cora Corneliuson, 88, died Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at the St. Martins Village in Rapid City.
Cora Rebecca Olmstead was born January 13, 1930 in Rapid City, SD. She was the third of four children, and the second of three daughters of Elmer H. and Catherine R. (Griggs) Olmstead.
She attended schools...
Daniel A. Crowley
May 7, 2018
RAPID CITY | Daniel Arthur Crowley, 64, passed away May 7, 2018, from a heart attack.
Dan was born in Rapid City on the Fourth of July, 1953, to Jack and Orel Crowley. He graduated from Stevens High School in 1971....
Charlie 'Smitty' Smith, Jr.
May 7, 2018
Charlie "Smitty" Smith, Jr., 101, died on Monday, May 7, 2018 at Peaceful Pines Assisted Living Memory Care.
He was born on March 28, 1917, in Jackson, Mississippi, to Charlie, Sr, and Lucy (Williams) Smith.
He served in the US Army Force from 1943 to 1945 during WWII and was stationed in Sioux Falls, South...
Michael J. Welch
May 7, 2018
Michael J. Welch, 63 years, formerly of Raynham, MA before moving to Rapid City, South Dakota in November of 2016, died in an accident on Monday, May 7, 2018. He grew up in Raynham and graduated from Coyle & Cassidy High School. Before retiring, he was a crane operator; and until his death, a member of International Union of...
Rosemary Huggins
May 7, 2018
Rosemary [Zimmerman] Huggins, 95, passed away on Monday, May 7, 2018 at the Good Samaritan Center, New Underwood.
Rosemary was born on May 22, 1922 at Aberdeen, SD to Martin and Johanna Zimmerman, as a child she survived polio. She graduated from high school at Eagle Butte, SD. From there, she attended college at Northern State University,...
Vicky Lynn Rollins-Smith
May 6, 2018
Vicky Lynn Rollins-Smith, 60, died Sunday, May 6, 2018 at her home in Black Hawk.
She was born November 19, 1957 in Rapid City to Lester Clement and Catherine Christina [Stinson] Rollins.
Vicky had three children: DaLynn Rollins, Justin Rollins, and Donavin Smith whom she loved with all her heart.
Vicky was very...
Lorraine Ardyce Pahlke
May 6, 2018
Lorraine Ardyce Pahlke, 96, of Rapid City, SD, died Sunday, May 6, 2018 at Hospice of the Hills, Rapid City, SD. Lorraine was born May 30, 1921 to Thomas and Emma Bayne in North Platte, Nebraska. Lorraine attended college in Greeley, Colorado for one semester and later attended Kearney State College, Kearney, Nebraska, where she obtained a two year...
Dwight H. Vanderpol
May 4, 2018
In Loving Memory
Dwight Henry VanderPol, 80, of Black Hawk S.D passed away at his home on Friday, May 4, 2018.
Dwight was born on August 1 , 1937 at home in New Holland SD, to Henry and Ruth (Buckles) VanderPol. He graduated from Corsica High School in 1955. School and work went together. At...
Suzanne M. Vanboening
May 2, 2018
Suzanne Marie Van Boening, 57, was born on January 3, 1961, in Rapid City, SD, and passed away on May 2, 2018. She was the fourth of five children born to William G. and Dorothy J. Porter. Suzanne married Brent Van Boening on May 15, 1983, in Elko, Nevada, and they had three children, Matthew Baron, Maxwell Phillip, and...
Wesley W. Carroll
May 1, 2018
Wesley W. Carroll, 71, of Rapid City, lost his battle with lung cancer on Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at the Advanced Care Hospital in Billings, MT where he had been a patient for a week. He had been fighting this disease for just under a year at the Cancer Care Treatment Center and Rapid City Regional Hospital and succumbing to...
John H Sharkey
Apr 30, 2018
John Howard Sharkey, 77, died on Monday, April 30, 2018.
He was born on Aug. 27, 1940, in Clarkfield, MN to Howard and Evelyn Sharkey. John grew up in Windom, MN and graduated from Windom High School in 1958, where he was an accomplished wrestler.
John married his high school sweetheart and love of his...
John C. Torrey
Apr 28, 2018
John C. Torrey, 63, of New Underwood, died at his home on Saturday, April 28, 2018 after a lengthy illness.
He was born on November 7, 1954 in Yankton to John "Jack" and Marylou (Black) Torrey.
John was raised in Rapid City graduating...
Donald R. Hilton
Apr 27, 2018
Donald Ray Hilton, 63, of California, died Friday, April 27, 2018. Service arrangements are pending.
Pastor Sean Patrick Mcpherson
Apr 26, 2018
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He was born to Bill and Carol (McGrath) McPherson on November 23, 1970, in Goose Creek, South Carolina....
Marie Dorothy Honerkamp
Apr 25, 2018
Marie Dorothy Honerkamp, 97, died peacefully on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, at her residence in Piedmont.
Marie was born on March 18, 1921, in Wellston, Missouri. She married John Honerkamp in 1948 and moved from St. Louis to Piedmont, SD. They had eight children together, and as a family...
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