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Dawn Michelle Anderson

Dawn Michelle Anderson

May 3, 2017

Hill City – Dawn Anderson, 49, died Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at her home in Hill City under hospice care.

Dawn Michelle Goehring was born December 25, 1967 at Parkston, SD to Miles and Betty [Brunken] Goehring. As a small child the family moved to Rapid City as her father was in the United States Air Force...

Deloris Dee Kay Holmberg

Deloris Dee Kay Holmberg

May 1, 2017

Deloris "Dee" Holmberg, 78, of Piedmont, SD, went to rest with the Lord on May 1, 2017 at the Rapid City Hospice Auxiliary House.

She was born Jan. 9, 1939, in Loyalton, SD, to Anton and Annie Selzler. She graduated from Faulkton High School and then went on to...

Marie Sugden

Marie Sugden

Apr 29, 2017

Rapid City – E. Marie Sugden died Saturday, April 29, 2017 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital.

Marie was born in Wolf Point, Montana to Theodore and Olga Rothe, the third of four children. She grew to adulthood working at Rothe's Dairy in Wolf Point which was established by her parents in 1928. Marie would help with...

Jamie R. Kjerstad

Jamie R. Kjerstad

Apr 29, 2017

Jamie R. Kjerstad, 42, Rapid City, died at his home over the weekend. Celebration of Life memorial service will be held at 1:00pm, Friday, May 5, 2017 at Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home. Inurnment of his ashes will be at the Hill City Cemetery.

Donivan Joseph Palmier

Donivan Joseph Palmier

Apr 26, 2017

Donivan J. Palmier, 67, was born July 20, 1949 in Hay Springs, Neb. He went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at the Royal C. Johnson Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Sioux Falls.

He moved...

Leo James Herdina

Leo James Herdina

Apr 26, 2017

Leo James Herdina Leo's favorite saying was "This is really living!"  He lived it and is now living it!  Leo's life journey concluded on April 26, 2017 with his entering Heaven, his final destination.  Leo loved the Father, Son and Holy Spirit!  He loved his wonderful wife Avis of 63 years, his children Stephen, Joseph (Kim), Michael (Bev Moore),...

Robert E. Lemmon

Robert E. Lemmon

Apr 26, 2017

A memorial service for Robert Edgar Lemmon, age 76, who died April 26, 2017 at home in Rapid City, South Dakota, will be held on Monday, July 31, 2017 at the Rimrock Evangelical Free Church at 10:00am with Pastor Pat Karn officiating. Inurnment of his ashes will be in the Mountain View Cemetery in Rapid...

Fred L. Nielsen

Fred L. Nielsen

Apr 24, 2017

To quote our dear dad, "Nothing is Forever." And how right he was. On April 24, he lost to cancer, but felt like he had won by making it to his 80th birthday. He'd be the first to say how lucky his life was — and this brief summary hardly does it justice.

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Karla Ann Richey

Karla Ann Richey

Apr 24, 2017

Karla Ann Richey, 60, unexpectedly left this Earth on April 24, 2017. She was born in Rapid City on Aug. 22, 1956 to Ole and Marion Olson. On Aug 11, 1979, she married Ray M. Richey in Rapid City, SD. She retired from the Post Office May of 2013. She started coaching bowling in 1986. She served as president of...

Howard W. Peterson

Howard W. Peterson

Apr 19, 2017

Ft Collins, CO

Howard W. Peterson died on April 19, 2017 in Fort Collins, Colorado. Howard was born in Chicago, Illinois on February 24, 1921 to and Arthur E. and Anna (Thorsen) Peterson. He had three brothers and one sister. He entered US Army Air Corp November 1941. He married Norma Jean Oakley...

Dayton "Littleman" Oakley Carlson

Dayton "Littleman" Oakley Carlson

Apr 19, 2017

RAPID CITY | Dayton "Littleman" Carlson, 87, died Wednesday, April 19, 2017, at Rapid City Regional Hospital.

He was born May 17, 1929, to Eben & Lillie Carlson in Vliets, Kansas. He graduated from the same town in 1947 and joined...

Jacob J. Eastmo

Jacob J. Eastmo

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...

Gale M. Grinager

Gale M. Grinager

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...

David Gillespie

David Gillespie

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...

Betty J Johnson

Betty J Johnson

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...

Aloysius A. Holzer

Aloysius A. Holzer

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....

Larry A. Christianson

Larry A. Christianson

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.

Ruxin Edward Myers

Ruxin Edward Myers

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,...

Georgie Marie Crow

Georgie Marie Crow

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...

Altha Alice Brink

Altha Alice Brink

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...

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