Obituaries

Mar 2, 2017

RAPID CITY | Doris I. Stenson, 88, went to her Heavenly Home on March 2, 2017. She passed away peacefully at her daughters' home surrounded by her family.

Doris was born May 4, 1928, to Alfred and Borghild Gundersen in Staten Island, NY. She had...

Mar 1, 2017

RAPID CITY- Amy Arlene Miner (McDermand), 71, of Rapid City, died Wednesday, March 1, 2017, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital Hospice of the Hills.

She was born to the late Monty and Myrtle McDermand on September 8, 1945, in Laramie, WY and graduated from Newell High School in...

Feb 28, 2017

Gene Ray Woodle , 68, traveled to his Eternal Home on Tuesday, February 28th, after a valiant battle with cancer.

He was born to the late Darrell Lavere and Donna Mae Woodle on May 19, 1948 in Hot Springs, SD. Gene graduated from Rapid City Central High School and went on to continue his education receiving a...

Feb 26, 2017

Dr. A. Charles Thielen died peacefully on Sunday, February 26, 2017, just shy of his 88th birthday at Fountain Springs Health Care Center in Rapid City where he had resided with his wife Nancy since 2014.

Arthur Charles Thielen, also known as Charles or Chuck...

Feb 24, 2017

RAPID CITY- Evelyn Yeavon (Pluta) Whidby, 88, died Friday, February 24, 2017 at Fountain Springs Health Care.

Evelyn was born on October 31, 1928 to Alex and Lilan Pluta in Belvidere, South Dakota. Evelyn spent all her youth growing up and living on the Pluta farm outside of Belvidere....

Feb 22, 2017

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. | Wesley D. Sorensen, 94, died on Feb. 22, 2017, in Greenwood Village. He was born Dec. 31, 1922, in Ames, NE. At an early age the family moved from Ames to central Nebraska, first to Dannebrog and then to Boelus where Wesley graduated from Boelus High School, Class of 1941.

Feb 21, 2017

Service arrangements are pending

Feb 20, 2017

RAPID CITY | Georgia A. Parker, 85, passed away at  Rapid City Regional Hospital Auxiliary Hospice House on Monday, February 20, 2017. Georgia was born on September 22, 1931, in Martinsburg, West Virginia and was the daughter of the late Clara B. Coates of Martinsburg, and the late George W. Snow of Hancock, Maryland. Before retiring Georgia was a nursing...

Feb 20, 2017

Dorothy Ione Theye, 87, Rapid City, passed away February 20, 2017,  at Meadowbrook Nursing Home in Rapid City.

"Dort," as she was better known to her family and friends, was born February 5, 1930, in Maiden Rock, Wisconsin, to Arvid Erick Larson and Mildred (Graves) Larson.

After graduation from Maiden Rock High School, she attended Stout University...

Feb 20, 2017

Robert D. Williams

RAPID CITY | Robert D. "Bio Bob" Williams, 82, died Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, at Rapid City Regional Hospital.

Bob Williams, beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend, was born on Nov. 29, 1934, in Lake Preston to Johnny and Wilma...

Feb 19, 2017

Marvin Bitterman, 85, of Rapid City, died Sunday, February 19, 2017 at the Ft Meade Veterans Administration Hospital.

He was born March 7, 1931 in Tripp, SD to Ferdinand and Mollie (Renner) Bitterman. He grew up in the Delmont and Parkston area and attended school in Parkston.

Marv served with the U.S. Army in Korea,...

Feb 18, 2017

RAPID CITY- Our beloved mother, Hilda Selina (Ellefson) Van Mill Jackson, 96, passed away on February 18th, 2017.

She was born on the farm near Barnesville, MN, to Minnie and Martin Ellefson, on May 31, 1920. She graduated from Barnesville High School in 1938, and married Charles Van Mill...

Feb 16, 2017

RAPID CITY- John Anton Sundby was born June 3rd, 1933, in Dawson, Minnesota, to Anton and Beret (Bertha) Westmoe Sundby, Norwegian immigrants who met and married in La qui Parle County, Minnesota. John died peacefully in his home with loved ones by his side at age 83, four months after his cured tongue cancer recurred in his neck.  John...

Feb 13, 2017

RAPID CITY | On Monday, Heaven received one of the best. John William Zeller, 82, passed away Feb. 13, 2017, in Denver, CO.

John was born Feb. 26, 1934, to Edward W. and Eva Clarke Zeller. He graduated from Cathedral High School in 1953. After graduation John joined the...

Feb 13, 2017

RAPID CITY- Marc Raymond "Rosie" Ruscitti, age 63, passed away unexpectedly this week at his home in Rapid City, South Dakota. Marc was born on February 26, 1953 in Hollywood, California to Ray and Georgia (Bedran) Ruscitti. He lived much of his childhood in Chicago. He received a football scholarship to the University of South...

Feb 13, 2017

Rapid City

Phyllis I. Splinter, 85, died Monday, February 13, 2017 at the Good Samaritan Society in New Underwood.

Phyllis was born on October 31, 1931 to Melville and Rhoda (Skobba) Frisvold in Lake Wilson, Minnesota. She graduated from Lake Crystal High School...

Feb 12, 2017

Bertha M. Kolarich, 93, died on February 12, 2017 at Hospice House of the Black Hills. She was born on September 17, 1923 to Richard and Myrtle (Goodwin) Floden and grew up on a farm in Eastern Iowa with 3 brothers and 1 sister.  The family worked hard to survive during the depression but she did have her closest...

Feb 11, 2017

RAPID CITY- Gabriele Antal, 79, passed away at Rapid City Regional Hospital Auxiliary Hospice House on Saturday, February 11, 2017 after a very long battle with numerous illnesses. She was under the care of Rapid City Regional Hospital and her family.

Gabriele was born on April 29, 1937 in...

Feb 8, 2017

RAPID CITY | Arlene Yohner, 96, died Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, at Meadowbrook Nursing Home.

Helen Arlene Smith was born on Jan. 1, 1921, to Myrtle (Sally) Clark and Charles Thomas Smith at Big Sandy, Choteau County, MT, granddaughter of Montana pioneer William Booker Smith and Margaret...

Feb 8, 2017

RAPID CITY- Dennis E. Johnson (78), of Rapid City, SD, passed away at his home on February 8, 2017, while battling Burkitt's Lymphoma.

Dennis was born on May 22, 1938 in Wall, SD to Ralph "Cotton" and Gladys (Hildebrandt) Johnson. The Johnson's moved from Wall to Rapid City before...