Obituaries

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.

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...

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),...

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...

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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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...

Apr 19, 2017

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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...

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...

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.