Obituaries

Apr 16, 2017

Jacob Jonathan Eastmo was born into this world on August 15, 2005 (The Feast of the Assumption) in Omaha, NE and born to eternal life on Easter morning, April 16, 2017, in Rapid City, SD.

Jacob, who on this earth could not walk or talk or see, dance or...

Apr 14, 2017

Spearfish Gale M. Grinager, 91, passed over on Thursday, April 13, 2016 at the David M. Dorsett Health Care facility in Spearfish.

Gale Melvin Grinager was born April 22, 1925 at Madison, South Dakota to Melvin Lamore and Fern M. [Smith] Grinager . He grew to adulthood and attended...

Apr 14, 2017

RAPID CITY, David Lee Gillespie, 77, passed away Friday, April 14, 2017 at home.

David was born June 4, 1939, to Lee and Elizabeth Crumrine Gillespie on their farm outside Wolbach, NE.

David grew up attending schools at District 37 outside Wolbach, Farwell Public School. He graduated from Waverly...

Apr 10, 2017

RAPID CITY- Betty Johnson passed away Monday, April 10, 2017 at age 95 at Rapid City Regional Hospital.

Betty was born on February 15, 1922 to Roland and Della (Wineteer) DeHart in Lincoln, Nebraska. She grew up during the great depression. She met and married her first husband Robert...

Apr 9, 2017

Aloysius "Al" A. Holzer, 84, passed away peacefully on April 9, 2017 at Rapid City Regional Hospital surrounded by his family. He was born June 21, 1932 on the family farm west of Strasburg, ND to Adam & Katherina (Feist) Holzer. On October 1, 1956, he married Bernice Mastel at St. Aloysius Church, rural Hague....

Apr 7, 2017

Larry A. Christianson, 54, of Black Hawk died at his home on Friday, April 7, 2017. A visitation will begin at 1:00pm on Wednesday, April 12, 2016 at Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home.  Funeral services will follow at 2:00pm.  Interment will be held at a later date.

Apr 7, 2017

Rapid City – Ruxin Edward Myers, 4 months, died Friday, April 7, 2017 at Rapid City Regional Hospital.

Services will be 2:00pm, Saturday, April 15, 2017 at Rimrock Evangelical Church, Johnson Siding.Rapid City - Our precious baby, Ruxin Edward Myers, entered the world on November 8, 2016 and left this world incredibly too soon on April 7,...

Apr 7, 2017

Rapid City - Georgie Marie Crow, 94, of Rapid City, SD died Friday, April 7, 2017, at Rapid City Regional Hospital.

She was born to the late George  and LaRena (Hendricks) Crow on August 16, 1922 in Chatsworth, IA.

Georgie graduated from Hawarden (Iowa) High School in 1939.  She worked as a telephone operator before...

Apr 6, 2017

Altha Brink has gone home and we will miss her terribly. Altha passed away Thursday, April 6, 2017. Altha was 101 years old. She taught us strength, tenacity, resilience, sacrifice and forgiveness. A matriarch is defined as a woman that is a head of the household or tribe, and this woman indeed started a tribe. Through the years, she set...

Apr 2, 2017

Father D. Craig Cower, 90, of Rapid City, died Sunday, April 2, 2017 at Westhills Village Health Care.

He was born March 2, 1927 in Roxbury, New York to Robert H. and Blanche (Hebert) Cower. During his senior year of high school, he went to St. Andrew's Preparatory Seminary...

Mar 31, 2017

RAPID CITY | Della Joyce Trankle passed away at her home March 31, 2017, she was 77.

Della was born July 30, 1939, to Julian and Dorothy Kirkvold in Clear Lake. The family moved to Sioux Falls in the early 1940's. She graduated from Washington High School in 1957,...

Mar 30, 2017

RAPID CITY- Timothy R. Bennett, 61, died, Thursday, March 30, 2017 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Celebration of Life will be at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 23, 2017 at the Branding Iron in Belle Fourche.

Mar 29, 2017

SCOTTSDALE, AZ- Betty Lou McCoskey Reed joined the angels & those who have been waiting to greet her in heaven on March 29, 2017.  She must be having a wonderful time.

Born on September 27, 1934, to John & Genevieve McCoskey, in Poland, Indiana, she spent her childhood on...

Mar 29, 2017

RAPID CITY- William C. "Bill" Kahler, 65, died at home on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 surrounded by his family after a courageous battle with cancer. Bill was born to Ralph and Imogene (Cornett) Kahler in Tilden, NE on April 18, 1951. Bill was the kind of man boys hope to become and old men wish they could have been....

Mar 27, 2017

Rapid City – Ethel May (Sunny) MacPhail Adair died Monday, March 27, 2017 at the Bella Vista Care and Rehabilitation Center in Rapid City, SD.

Ethel May (Sunny) MacPhail Adair was born July 3, 1925 in St. Lawrence, SD to James and Vivian MacPhail. She was the third born...

Mar 26, 2017

RAPID CITY | Mary Bernadette Newlin Katen (nee Hausman) passed away March 26, 2017, in Rapid City.

"Bernadette" as she was known then, was born May 20, 1933, to Harvey and Mary Hausman (both deceased) in Pierre, and was raised there with her brothers Vincent and Mahlon (also deceased)....

Mar 25, 2017

RAPID CITY | Donald Dale Strachan, 85, died Saturday, March 25, 2017, at Rapid City Regional Hospital.

He was born July 21, 1931, to the late Daniel and Edith (Frey) Strachan in Detroit, MI. He lived his early years in Detroit, MI, Fort Myers, FL,...

Mar 24, 2017

Box Elder – Peter "Doc" Carelli, 66, died Friday, March 24, 2017 at Rapid City Regional Hospital.

Peter was born on May 7, 1950 to Sam and Lucy (Lagrimanta) Carelli in Denver, Colorado.

He was proud to have been a United States Marine...

Mar 23, 2017

Jeff Kjerstad, 38, of Rapid City, died at Rapid City Regional Hospital on Thursday, March 23, 2017. He is survived by his father, Dale Kjerstad, of Hill City; his daughter, Kylie Kjerstad, of Rapid City; stepkids, Ambrosia and Alex Jacobs, of Rapid City and his 2 brothers, Jason and Jamie Kjerstad, both of Rapid City.  He was preceded in death...

Mar 23, 2017

Rapid City – Douglas Dale (Butch) Mallory, age 71, died on Thursday, March 23, 2017 at Rapid City Regional Hospital due to liver failure.

Doug served honorably in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. He served as a police officer in the Dallas, TX area for...