Obituaries

Sep 9, 2016

RAPID CITY- Jenell Helen Hoff passed away peacefully at Rapid City Regional Hospital Auxiliary Hospice House on Friday, September 9th, 2016.

Jenell was born on August 18th, 1932 in Murray County, MN. She married her soulmate, Milbert Hoff, on November 27th, 1954 at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Dovry,...

Sep 9, 2016

RAPID CITY | Rapid City lost its number one booster Sept 9, 2016. Tom Lane died at age 90, surrounded by love. Tom was born in Rapid City on April 8, 1926. He grew up "in the country" right behind the old Rapid City high school. Graduating from high school a year early because of WWII, he soon found...

Sep 5, 2016

Michelle E. Novak, 83, died Monday, September 05, 2016 at Rapid City Regional Hospital.

She was born on March 27, 1933 in Brooklyn, NY to Rafael and Catalina (Romero) Santori.

She was raised in Brooklyn until she was 16 years old when the...

Sep 4, 2016

Jose' (Joseph) Eutimio Roybal, Rapid City, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family on Sept. 4, 2016. He was 95.

Born Sept. 3, 1921, in Sapello, NM, he was one of nine children born to Filiberto and Ana Maria Aragon Roybal. Like millions of his contemporaries who...

Sep 2, 2016

Max C. Miller, 83, of Rapid City, died on Friday, September 2, 2016 at Rapid City Regional Hospital Auxiliary Hospice House.

He served in the US Air Force.

Survivors include his wife, Kathy Miller. Visitation will be from 3-5 pm on Sunday, Sept. 11, at Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home. Services will be at 10:30...

Aug 29, 2016

Thomas Craig Pfeifle, 19, son of Jane and Craig Pfeifle, died August 29, 2016, at Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA, following complications from a devastating brain injury suffered in a fall while descending Granite Peak in Montana.

Tom came into the world—on time for the first and only time...

Aug 28, 2016

Murle Rose (Troske) Breen, 96, passed away Sunday, August 28, 2016.

Murle was born April 9, 1920, the second of 10 children, to Frank and Lucy Troske in Chokio, MN, and grew up in Turton, SD. After graduating from high school in 1937, Murle moved to Aberdeen where she...

Aug 27, 2016

RAPID CITY- Shirley Sackman, 85, died Saturday, August 27, 2016 at Rapid City Regional Hospital Auxiliary Hospice House.

Shirley Cecelia Van Berkom was born October 17, 1930 in Powers Lake, North Dakota to John Henry and Floy (Hilborn) Van Berkom. The second of four children.

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Aug 25, 2016

Michael was met by Jesus to carry him home to Heaven, Thursday, August 25, 2016.

Michael Thomas Nemecek, 80, was born April 21, 1936 to Jerry and Miriam (Thomas) Nemecek in Rapid City.

Michael graduated from Granby High School in Colorado in 1955....

Aug 25, 2016

RAPID CITY- Alice Rebbeck, 101, died Thursday, August 25, 2016 at her home in Rapid City.

Alice Frances Rebbeck was born Wo Hau Chow in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, on June 5, 1915. Her mother died shortly after her birth, and she was sent by her father to live at the Kim Sing How Wong...

Aug 23, 2016

Larry D Burkhead, 63, of Rapid City, made his journey into heaven Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at the Rapid City Regional Auxiliary Hospice House.

Larry grew up in Des Moines, IA, graduating from East High School in 1971. In July of 1972 he joined the United States Air Force,...

Aug 21, 2016

Sharon Anne (Riehl) Long, 58, of Black Hawk, SD, entered the gates of Heaven on August 21st and was reunited with her beloved husband Steve. She was surrounded by her children at the time of her peaceful death at Nebraska Medicine in Omaha after ending a courageous nine year battle with cancer.

She was born July 8,...

Aug 20, 2016

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Claudette grew...

Aug 19, 2016

RAPID CITY- Donald Leroy Stensgaard, 91, died Thursday, August 18, 2016 at Belle Fourche Health Care.

He was born August 14, 1925 in Brookings County, South Dakota to Nels and Lillie (Alexander) Stensgaard. Don moved with his family to a farm near Bryant, South Dakota where he graduated from...

Aug 18, 2016

RAPID CITY-Helen E. Houska, 97, passed away August 18, 2016 at Clarkson Nursing Home .

Helen Elizabeth (Ellis) Houska was born June 26, 1919, one of 10 children to Frank and Sarah (Taylor) Ellis on a farm near Academy, SD. Helen married Levi W. Houska March 2,...

Aug 16, 2016

Donald A. Livesay, MSGT (Ret.) USAF, age 99, died on Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at Clarkson Health Care. The family and friends of Don would like to thank Clarkson Health Care staff for their wonderful care over the past 2 years.

Don was born to Thomas and Alma (Davis) Livesay on January 19, 1917, in Sioux Rapids,...

Aug 13, 2016

Rapid City – John Andrew Swaby, 86, died Saturday, August 13, 2016 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital.

John was born November 6, 1929 to Albert and Edith Swaby in Tamaqua, PA. He married Annette Federicci January 7, 1952. They celebrated 57 years together and he called her his sweet, southern belle. She preceded him in death...

Aug 12, 2016

Rapid City – Albert G. Christensen, 83, died Friday, August 12, 2016 at his residence at Rapid City.

Albert was born September 16, 1932 at Oshkosh, Nebraska to Ole and Oline [Leth] Christensen.   He served in the United States Air Force and was honorably discharged on March 23, 1956. He married Jimmie Wegner on November 12, 1981....

Aug 9, 2016

Rapid City – Pat J. Fajardo, Sr., 92, died Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at the Golden Living Center of the Black Hills in Rapid City after being hospitalized for gall bladder surgery.

He was born September  9, 1923 in Gallup, New Mexico to Florian and Margueritte Fajardo. His family moved to Denver, Co when he was very...

Aug 9, 2016

Maida Agnes Andrews, 82, of Rapid City died Tuesday August 9, 2016 at Clarkson Nursing Home with her daughters at her bedside.

She was born August 23, 1933 in the family home in Newell to Rudolph and Emilige (Pudamitis) Schultz. Maida grew up in Newell, graduating from Newell High School in 1951 then receiving her Associates of...