Obituaries

Apr 9, 2025

Robert [Bob] Fredelon Labor was born at home in the Piedmont Valley, South Dakota area on April 2, 1936. His home birth along Bethlehem Cave Road was a thrill for his parents: William Fredelon and Mamie Marie (DeGeest) Labor and three sisters. The family story went that if the family moved to the Black Hills, they would have a...

Apr 9, 2025

Alice Jane (Hammond) VanDerPol, 77, of Rapid City, SD, passed away on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, at Monument Health Rapid City Hospital.

Alice was born on April 10, 1947, in Kansas City, Missouri, the eldest child of John Douglas and Mary Kathleen (Carples) Hammond. As a young girl, her family moved to Rapid City, SD. She was...

Apr 7, 2025

Robert A. Carrothers of Rapid City SD transitioned to be with his Lord on April 7, 2025, at the Ft. Meade Medical Center Hospice facility surrounded by friends and loving caregivers.

Robert was born August 9, 1940, in Murphysboro, Illinois where he grew up and attended Murphysboro Township High School. Following graduation, he attended Southern Illinois University...

Apr 6, 2025

Joan Elizabeth Gunderson (65, Rapid City, SD/ Chandler, AZ) passed away Sunday April 6th, 2025 at Chandler Regional Hospital as the result of an Asthma attack.

Joan was born, June 27th 1959 to Wally (Wallace)& Dee (Deloris) Gunderson in Madison, SD. She was born an identical twin to her sister Jean and completed the children of Wally...

Apr 3, 2025

Lynn Derby

April 16, 1964 - April 3, 2025

Lynn Marie Derby, 60, Rapid City, S.D., beloved sister, aunt, and cherished friend, passed away peacefully on April 3, 2025, following a brief illness. She was surrounded by the love of family and close friends in her final moments-just as she lived her life, wrapped in...

Apr 1, 2025

Lois Rose McVey, 91, of Hill City, died Tuesday, April 1, 2025.

Lois Rose Paine was born in Presho, SD, on May 2, 1933.  She was the middle child of 5, with two older brothers, John and Jim, a younger sister Maxine, and youngest brother Eddy.

She told us she learned to swim in Medicine...

Mar 31, 2025

Marvin L. Kahl, 84, of Rapid City, SD, passed away on March 31, 2025, at Fountain Springs Healthcare.

Marvin was born on November 4, 1940, in Rock Rapids, Iowa, where he grew up and attended high school. On January 1, 1961, he married Laurie Matzen, and together they shared over six decades of love and partnership. Marvin...

Mar 29, 2025

Rosemary Ellen Krammer, 85, of Rapid City, SD, passed away on the afternoon of Saturday, March 29th, 2025, at Avantara Mountain View, with her loving sister Judy Berglund and husband, David Chada, at her side.

She was born on November 20th, 1939, in Chicago, IL, the daughter of the late John and Romona Peterson Krammer. She was...

Mar 29, 2025

Gail Marie (Duwenhoegger) Christopherson, age 78, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Saturday March 29th' 2025. She was born in LaMars, IA on April 25th 1946 to Carl and Victorine (Dickie) Duwenhoegger. The family moved near Sisseton, SD in 1949 where they continued to farm until 1962 when they bought a home in Rapid City. Gail graduated from...

Mar 29, 2025

Joseph Roy Massa died peacefully on March 29, 2025, after a battle with a rare form of bone marrow cancer. Joe was born August 25, 1941, in Sioux City, Iowa, the son of Lawrence and Shirley Massa. His early years were spent in Sturgis, South Dakota, where he graduated from Sturgis Brown High School in 1959. Joe spent one...

Mar 29, 2025

Today, we gather to celebrate the life of Cheryl Henrietta Holvig, a woman whose strength, love, and generosity inspired countless hearts.  Born on August 26th, 1944, in Timberlake, South Dakota, Dewey County, to Catherine Amelia Livermont and Floyd Willis Wilcox, Cherie left an indelible mark on our lives.

As a proud 6th generation enrolled tribal member of...

Mar 26, 2025

Wesley Paul McCaskell, 89, of Rapid City, passed away peacefully Wednesday, March 26, 2025, at Peaceful Pines Senior Living.

Funeral services are on Thursday, April 3, 2025, at 11:30 am at Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home, with visitation an hour prior. The burial will be at Mt. View Cemetery next to his wife, Evelyn.

Wes...

Mar 26, 2025

It is with deep sadness that we announce that Roberta Lee Tucker, age 88, passed away peacefully at home in Rapid City, South Dakota, surrounded by her beloved family. Born in March 1937 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, she was the cherished daughter of Arthur Roland Hudspeth and Mary Florence Powell and the eldest of two children.

Roberta...

Mar 25, 2025

Donna Belle Talty, a cherished matriarch, loving wife, dedicated mother, and tireless volunteer, passed away peacefully at the age of 95, at West Hills Village, surrounded by family.

She was born in a tent on the Pine Ridge Reservation on September 20, 1929, to Bob and Kate Habinck. Donna Belle lived a life marked by resilience, hard...

Mar 24, 2025

Harold W. Garwood III "Jay" was born on December 31, 1947 at Carswell AFB in Ft. Worth TX to Bill and Eileen Garwood. When Dad got out of the Air Force, the family came home to Lead SD, in the midst of the Black Hills. Following graduation from high school in Rapid City SD, he headed for the big...

Mar 23, 2025

Richard Raymond Rieck (R3), gardener and hobby baker extraordinaire, passed away March 23, 2025, with his family by his side.

A Celebration of Life will be 10:30am Friday April 4, 2025 at Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home. Inurnment will be 12:30pm at Black Hills National Cemetery in Sturgis, with full military honors.

He was born...

Mar 21, 2025

John Michael Sanders—rancher, engineer, veteran, pilot, politician, 1972 Flood survivor—died Friday, March 21.

John was born December 20, 1954; the oldest child of Ken and Betty Sanders and the oldest grandchild of Harley and Maryn Sanders. The family lived on the Green Mountain Ranch along Bogus Jim Road northwest of Rapid City and...

Mar 20, 2025

Lynn "Bergie" Bergstrom age 76, received his final transportation on the first day of spring, March 20, 2025.  He passed peacefully at home surrounded by family.

He was born in 1948 to Wilmer and Delphus (Struck) Bergstrom, who had their hands full from the start.  He graduated from Central High School in 1966.  He was the first...

Mar 19, 2025

Patricia Ann Tutt, of Rapid City, South Dakota, passed away on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at the age of 80. She was born on May 25, 1944, in Texarkana, Arkansas, and grew up on the family farm surrounded by a loving and supportive extended family.

Pat married the love of her life, Joe Michael Tutt, on September...

Mar 17, 2025

Paul G. Bordeaux, who left us peacefully on Monday, March 17, 2025 at his home in Rapid City. Paul was born on August 5, 1957, in Pueblo, Colorado, and was raised on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. From a young age, Paul showed resilience in the face of challenges, including his battle with rheumatic fever in sixth...