Obituaries

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...

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...