Obituaries

Dec 24, 2016

RAPID CITY- Anthony J. "Tony" Valandra, 49, of Rapid City, died Saturday, December 24, 2016 at Rapid City Regional Hospital.

Tony was born August 12, 1967 to Joseph and Trudy (Stevens) Valandra in Rapid City. He was raised in Rapid City and graduated from Central High School.   After graduating from technical school in Billings, MT,...

Dec 23, 2016

HILL CITY- Horace Eugene "Rags" Raga, 85, of Hill City joined his beloved Lord Friday, December 23. He passed away at the Custer Hospital.

He was born May 8, 1931 in Rapid City to Ernest and Mabel (Coen) Raga. He grew up on the Raga...

Dec 22, 2016

HILL CITY- SD- Gary J. Knutson, 66, of Hill City, SD, and formerly of Olathe, Kan., and Northwood, Iowa, died peacefully in his wife's arms on Thursday, Dec. 22 at the Hospice of the Hills, Rapid City, SD, after a courageously fought battle with pancreatic cancer.

He was born Feb. 19,...

Dec 22, 2016

RAPID CITY | Bernard Joseph "Bud" Kraus Jr., 77, unexpectedly passed away Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016 in Rapid City as a result of a vehicle pedestrian accident.

Bud was born April 9,1939, in Brooklyn, NY, to Bernard and Mary Kraus. When he was 15, his...

Dec 19, 2016

RAPID CITY- Willis L. "Willie" Kelsey, 85, died Monday, December 19, 2016 at a local nursing home.

Willie was born on August 29, 1931 to Willis W. and Ellen A. (Reinhold) Kelsey. He graduated from Sheridan High School in 1950. Willie enlisted in the U.S. Navy in Dec. 1950....

Dec 16, 2016

RAPID CITY- Betty Ann Hall Hicks transitioned from this life into her next on Friday, December 16th, and is now at peace with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

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Dec 16, 2016

RAPID CITY- Gladys C. Bitterman, 83, of Rapid City, died Friday, December 16, 2016 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital.

Gladys was born on November 11, 1933 to William F and Emelia (Dewald) Bietz and raised on the family farm east of Tripp, SD. She attended Lake Region District...

Dec 13, 2016

Elva Blogg, age 85, a former DeSmet resident, passed away on Tuesday, December 13, 2016, at Golden Living Center- Covington Heights in Sioux Falls.

Visitation will be from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm, on Wednesday, December 28, at American Lutheran Church in DeSmet. Funeral services will follow at 1:00 pm, at the church, with the Rev. Randy...

Dec 13, 2016

Andrea "Andi" Kross, 53, of Rapid City, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, December 13, 2016 while working in the Medical Intensive Care Unit at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Thank you to the staff of MICU for you effort and care of Andi.

She was born on May 13, 1963 in...

Dec 12, 2016

RAPID CITY | Lois Mae Ewert passed away at home the evening of Dec. 12, 2016. Her family was with her as she passed peacefully to be with husband Louis on the big dance floor above. She was 86.

Lois Mae Aby, the first born child of Perry C....

Dec 10, 2016

RAPID CITY | We celebrate the life of a most remarkable man, John Joseph Herlihy, 65. On Saturday, Dec. 10, he passed away peacefully at home in Rapid City, surrounded by his family.

John was born Aug. 27, 1951, in Enid, OK. He grew up as one of 11...

Dec 8, 2016

Barton Leo "Bart" Elliott, 76, of Rapid City, died December 12, 2016 at the Custer Regional Senior Care.

He was born in Clayton, MO on April 23, 1940 to Raymond and Ella Pauline (Gilmore) Elliott.

He was proud to have served in the...

Dec 3, 2016

Edna Brewer, 97, of Rapid City, died Saturday, December 03, 2016 at the Kadoka Nursing Home.

Edna Karel Brewer was born March 31, 1919 in Spencer, Nebraska. She was the 2nd oldest of five children born to Louie and Flora [Bruns] Karel. In 1921 they made the journey from Nebraska to Gregory, SD with a team and wagon in...

Dec 2, 2016

Iris A. Brownrigg, 93, died Friday, December 2, 2016 at her home in Rapid City.

Iris was born December 12, 1922 to Irvin and Laura (Schoonover) Sidebottom in Easton, Illinois.

After graduating high school, she graduated with a Bachelors degree in teaching.

Nov 30, 2016

Therese "Terry" Shoener, 86, of Rapid City, died, Wednesday, November 30, 2016, surrounded by many who loved her.

Terry was born in Sioux Falls, August 23, 1930, to Clarence and Margaret (Cranny) Marion. Her family moved to Rapid City in 1946. She graduated from Cathedral High School in 1949....

Nov 27, 2016

Ronald "Ron" L. Ronning

Ron Ronning, 67, of Rapid City, died Sunday, November 27 th , with his wife and children by his side.

Ron was born August 23, 1949 in Plankinton, SD. He joined two loving parents, C. Herman and Lil (Keester)...

Nov 26, 2016

LAFAYETTE- Norma L. Bearden-Washburn, age 88, formerly of Rapid City, passed away Saturday, November 26, 2016 at 9:50 p.m. at Westminster Village Hospice in West Lafayette, Indiana. She had been ill for two weeks and seriously ill for four days.

Norma was born February 24, 1928 on the Williams...

Nov 26, 2016

Rapid City – Dorothy E. Parker, 94, Rapid City, died Saturday, November 26, 2016 at the Golden Living Center-Prairie Hills.

Dorothy Elizabeth Salo was born January 19, 1922 in Detroit, Michigan to Sam and Hilda Salo, they then moved to Cortland, Ohio where she married Harold Merrifield and they lived there, until she moved with her husband,...

Nov 24, 2016

RAPID CITY- LaDonna Marie Niemann, 59, died Thursday, Nov. 24. 2016 at Rapid City Regional Hospital Auxiliary Hospice House.

LaDonna was born on July 5, 1957 in Rapid City to Bill and Evelyn (Vogel) Bettels. She grew up in Rapid City and Sioux Falls, graduating from Rapid City Stevens...

Nov 22, 2016

RAPID CITY- John Arnold "Jack" Naeve, 84, died Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at Westhills Healthcare.

Jack was born July 22, 1932 in Hendricks, MN to Arnold and Marjorie (Hughes) Naeve.

At the age of five the family...