Obituaries

Nov 19, 2016

Aleatha Pesek died peacefully at home on November 19, 2016. She was born July 6, 1928, in Sturgis, SD, to Laurence and Eulah Murner. She graduated from Rapid City High School in 1946. On April 26, 1948, she was married to Ralph C. Pesek in Rapid City. The two had six children, and...

Nov 19, 2016

Pamela N. Cole, 69, of Rapid City, died Saturday, November 19, 2016 at a local nursing home.

She was born June 12, 1947 in Minneapolis, MN to Leslie and Vivian (Brendmoen) Pinckney. During her youth she moved around with her family living in Minnesota, South Dakota, and finally ending up in Iowa. Pam...

Nov 17, 2016

Forrest G. Cutler, 80, of Rapid City, died Thursday, November 17, 2016 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital.

He was born July 10, 1936 in Roubaix, SD to William and Violet (Cooper) Cutler.

Forrest was raised in the Northern Black Hills, graduating from Lead High School.

Throughout his life, Forrest was conscientious in...

Nov 17, 2016

Leona A. Smith, 100, Rapid City, passed away Thursday, November 17, 2016, at Clarkson Health Care in Rapid City.

Leona was born November 13, 1916, in Exira, Iowa, to Ralph and Ethel Akers.  She was the eighth of ten siblings, and as a teenager, worked in the family restaurant in Audubon, Iowa.  In 1935, she married William...

Nov 15, 2016

Irene A. Kverne was a special saint who was born and joined her Lord, on her 96th birthday, November 15th, 2016. Irene A. Paulsen (Kverne) was born at her family's home in Clark County to Emil and Iva Paulsen. She was the middle child of eleven children and grew to know the Lord through the many hardships...

Nov 13, 2016

RAPID CITY- Helen F. Millslagle, 97, died Sunday, November 13, 2016 at surrounded by family at Hospice of the Valley in Phoenix, Arizona.

Helen was born on March 18, 1919 in Gregory, SD to Albert and Anna (Raschke) Boortz. She grew up on a farm six miles south of...

Nov 12, 2016

RAPID CITY- Mindy Black, 56, died Saturday, November 12, 2016 at Rapid City Regional Hospital Auxiliary Hospice House. Survivors include her husband, Tony Black, of Rapid City; her daughter, Jessica Black, of Rapid City; her son, Jonathan (Roxy) Black, of Seattle, WA; her parents, Jack and Judy Hoar, of Rapid City; her 3 sisters, Jeanette (Brenda Tocci) Johnson, Shelly (Mike)...

Nov 6, 2016

Robert Fredrick Zeller, 91, of Rapid City and formerly of DeSmet died Sunday, November 6, 2016 at the Good Samaritan Center in DeSmet.

He was born December 11, 1924 in Clay Center, Kansas to F.W. "Bill" and Nellie Zeller. He was 12 years old when  he began farm work for room and board. He graduated from Huron...

Nov 6, 2016

RAPID CITY- LaVerne Clem, 86, died Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016 at Clarkson Health Care. LaVerne was born on December 2, 1929 in Norris, SD to Oscar and Marjorie (Dale) Greenough.

Following high school, LaVerne received her teacher's certificate at Black Hills Teacher College and taught for several years. In...

Nov 6, 2016

Lavina A. Burget, 91, Vienna, VA, formerly of Rapid City, died November 6, 2016.

Lavina Augusta was born on 13 January 1925 to Alfred and Isa {McDonald} Brzazowsky at Harrold South Dakota. They moved later that year to a farm near  Blunt, South Dakota.   She started school at age...

Nov 5, 2016

Rapid City – Darlene D. Roehrs, 68, died Saturday, November 05, 2016 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital.

Darlene is survived by her son Daniel [Aimee] Roehrs of Sioux Falls, SD; daughter Debra [Dion] Anderson of Sierra Vista, AZ; her sister Pam Thiemann of Tacoma, WA; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Darlene was preceded in...

Nov 5, 2016

Harold "Bud" Bradford, 95, died Saturday, November 5, 2016 at the Rapid City Regional Hospice Auxiliary House.

Harold Ellsworth (Bud) Bradford was born January 26, 1921 in Tripp County South Dakota on the family homestead to Harold and Irene (Moss) Bradford on the Keya Paha River. Bud was the oldest of four brothers and one...

Nov 3, 2016

RAPID CITY, Lois Jean Werdal, 88, went to be with her Lord on Thursday, November 3, 2016 after a long battle with cancer.

Lois was born in Sisseton, SD and attended Huron College. She began her nursing home career at Tekakwitha Nursing Home as a bookkeeper and business administrator....

Nov 1, 2016

RAPID CITY- Lillian (Keehner) Caughron, 67, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital Auxiliary Hospice House.

Lillian was born on June 6, 1949 at Sturgis, SD to Harold Keehner and Diane (Udager) Keehner. She graduated from Faith High School in 1967. Her first...

Oct 29, 2016

Dorothy A. Teller, 94, died Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016, at Rapid City Regional Hospital.

Survivors include her children, Patricia Rinehart and Pepper (Jerry) Litzel, all of Rapid City, Larry (Cindy) Teller, Oak Creek, WI, Cam Carpentino, Gillette, WY, and Darrel (Georgene) Teller, Rapid...

Oct 29, 2016

KEYSTONE | Dallas Wade Dietrich, 68, died Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016. Dallas was born on May 28, 1948, the son of Louis F. and Barbara M. (Smith) Dietrich of Wolf Point, MT. He grew up on the family farm at Plentywood, in northeastern Montana. Dallas attended grade school and high school in Wolf Point. After high school he graduated...

Oct 26, 2016

Thomas D. Pawlak, 75, died at his home on Wednesday, October 26, 2016. He was born on December 9, 1940, in Camden, New Jersey, to Wallace and Eleanor (Bonk) Pavlak.  He served in the US Air Force for 4 years.  On September 16, 1961, he was united in marriage to Virginia Smith.  He was employed at US Steel as a...

Oct 26, 2016

RAPID CITY- Michael "Mick" Radlinger, Sr., died Weds. Oct. 26, 2016 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. He was preceded in death by his father, Frank Radlinger; sons: Levi Peters and David Dean Peters; brothers, Richard Radlinger and David Radlinger. He is survived by his wife, Barbie Peters, Rapid City; mother, Donna Haberle, Rapid City; two sons: Michael Radlinger II, Rapid...

Oct 22, 2016

Rapid City - James Burdette Fenenga (Burdette), 89, passed away on October 22, 2016, in Rapid City, South Dakota. He was born on November 17, 1926 in Dixon, South Dakota the younger brother of Leola and only son of James and Glenice Fenenga. He attended schools in Oacoma and Chamberlain South Dakota, graduating Chamberlain High School in 1944.

Oct 19, 2016

The Rev. Kenneth Warren Dugan, 93, met his Savior face-to-face early Wednesday morning, Oct. 19, 2016, at Hospice House of the Black Hills. His life was spent as a faithful servant of the Lord with his compassionate and giving nature most remembered by all.

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