Bonnie Dee Leiby
Nov 3, 2015
RAPID CITY | Bonnie Dee Leiby, 82, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, at her longtime home, with all of her children and most of her grandchildren present. Bonnie was born on Dec. 31, 1932, in Quinn to Reba and Ray Hillery. As a child she lived near Interior, fought off Rheumatic Fever, worked on her family's farm, and attended...
David Ray Gorsuch
Nov 3, 2015
Rapid City - David R. Gorsuch, 88, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Tuesday, November 03, 2015 at the Rapid City Regional Hospice Auxiliary House. David was born in Rapid City, SD. on November 24, 1926 to Raymond and May Gorsuch. He was 2nd in a family of six. He grew up in Fairburn, SD and started driving...
Helen Bakken
Nov 2, 2015
Helen Marie Bakken, 73, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and aunt joined her late husband, Harold in heaven on Monday, Nov. 2, 2015. She will be greatly missed by all who loved her. She was born August 27, 1943, in Utica, SD, on the family farm, the daughter of Marcella and Clarence Hamberger. Helen grew up on the farm...
Darlene S. Knutson
Oct 30, 2015
RAPID CITY | Darlene Knutson, 80, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family and her dog Jackson at a daughter's home in Bloomington, MN, on Friday, Oct. 30, 2015. Her final wish was fulfilled and that was to have a beautiful and gracious death enveloped in love. She had a rare form of multiple myeloma. Darlene was born at home...
Lucille M. Didier Dwyer Beach
Oct 27, 2015
PARK CITY, UTAH | Lucille M. Didier Dwyer Beach, 90, formerly or Rapid City, SD, died Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015, in Park City. She was born March 7, 1925, in White River, SD, to Nicholas John and Nellie M. (Spear) Didier. Upon graduating from White River High School in 1942, Lucille moved with her family to Rapid City. She was...
Donna Lea Stulken
Oct 23, 2015
Donna L. Stulken, 74, of Rapid City, died Friday, October 23, 2015 at home. She was born on August 8, 1941 to John and Lea (Mehrer) Rothenberger at Highmore, SD. Donna grew up on a farm near Harold, sometimes riding a tractor to get to school when the snow was deep. She graduated from Harold High School in 1961 and...
Gustave Alt
Oct 23, 2015
Gust was born Feb. 14, 1920 in Grant County North Dakota to his Russian parents Fredrick and Christiana Alt, he lived most of his 95 years on the Alt farm near New Leipzig, North Dakota; the only exceptions being his 4 years of Army service and his time spent in his later years escaping the harsh North Dakota winters by...
Wilma S. Keene
Oct 22, 2015
Wilma S. Keene, 88, of Hot Springs, formerly of Rapid City, died on Thursday, October 22, 2015 at the Seven Sisters Nursing Home in Hot Springs. Wilma was born in Dahlgren, IL to William and Paula (Beeler) Acks on January 29, 1927. She graduated from Dahlgren High School and moved to St Louis, MO and then to Evanston, IL where...
Roseada (Hanify) Rasmussen
Oct 19, 2015
Mesa, AZ - Roseada Hanify Rasmussen, 99, Mesa, AZ and formerly of Rapid City and Belle Fourche, our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and sister passed away peacefully on Monday, October 19, 2015 at the Windsong Care Assisted Living Center surrounded by her loving family in Mesa, AZ. Roseada was born October 1, 1916 in Newell, SD to Elmer and Birdie...
Germaine Holmgren
Oct 16, 2015
Germaine L. 'Geri' Holmgren, 94, died at Fountain Springs Healthcare on Friday, October 16, 2015. She was born on April 13, 1921 to Jacob F. and Susanna (Brungardt) Schoendaller in Hyacinth, KS. Geri married Oscar F. Holmgren on April 25, 1946 in Hays, KS. Survivors include 2 daughters, Patricia Marie (William) Murner, of Custer and Kathryn Dianne (Troy) Hardesty, of...
Margaret Fenner
Oct 16, 2015
Margaret Irene Fenner, 98, died Friday, Oct. 16, 2015, at Golden Living Center-Black Hills. She was born June 6, 1917 in Letcher, SD, to Roland E. and Ethel I. (Taylor) Comstock. Growing up in the Great Depression, money was undoubtedly in short supply. This sense of thriftiness was something evident throughout her life. She would often comment on the pony...
Lloyd Fred Vroman
Oct 16, 2015
Lloyd Fred Vroman, age 66 of Box Elder, SD and formerly of Pound, WI passed away on October 16, 2015 at Golden Living Center - Prairie Hills nursing home. He was born on April 30, 1949 in Marinette, WI to Basil and Elaine (Kempke) Vroman. He married the love of his life Felisa Cabanero on March 16, 1970 at Clark...
Joan 'Joann" Marie Goodart
Oct 16, 2015
Joan "Joann" Marie Goodart passed away on Friday, October 16, 2015 at the Rapid City Regional Auxiliary Hospice House. She was born on October 18, 1935 in Northville, SD to Glenn and Florence (Hadley) Snyder. Joann grew up in Rapid City. On August 23, 1953 she married James Goodart. Joann devoted her life to caring for her husband, her sons...
James H. Kramer
Oct 15, 2015
James Harold Kramer (aka Doc, Blue Eyes, Jim, Kramer, Slim Jim), age 83, born November 17, 1931, in St. Lawrence, SD, danced his way to heaven on Thursday, October 15th ,2015, due to complications from pneumonia and heart failure. So begins the story of Kramer, the only child of a Preacher man and his wife. Arthur and Anna (Muth) Kramer...
Vernon Louis Woizeski
Oct 13, 2015
Vern, as he was affectionately called, was 86 years old when he passed away at his home in Rapid City, SD. He was born on March 25, 1929, in Clinton, IL, and is predeceased by his parents, Vernon L. Woizeski, Sr., Mesa, AZ, Helen L. (Maple) Afflerback, Trenton, NJ and brother Teddy L. Woizeski, San Francisco, CA. He came to...
Thomas D. Larson
Oct 13, 2015
Thomas Duane Larson passed away peacefully Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015, just short of his 91st birthday with his family at his side. Tom was born Oct. 24, 1924, in Volga SD. He was raised on a farm near Sinai, SD, and attended school there graduating in 1942. After graduation he joined the US Navy and served aboard ship in the...
Velna 'Bee' Marie Tieszen
Oct 12, 2015
Velna "Bee" Tieszen, 88, passed away on October 12, 2015, at Longmont, Colorado. Bee was born Velna Marie Wingert on March 26, 1927, to Mathias and Lyda (Doeden) Wingert in Canistota, South Dakota. She graduated from Canistota High School in 1945 and from Presentation Nursing College in 1948. Bee married her high school sweetheart, Ralph Jern Tieszen, on March 1,...
Dorothy Grace Schulte
Oct 10, 2015
Dorothy Grace Schulte, 102, passed away Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015, at home. She was born Sept. 8, 1913, to Harriet Maud and Leon (Stewart) McFarlane in Bismarck, ND. Dorothy was a beautician and operated shops in Huron and Milbank, SD. Dorothy married John F. Schulte on Jan. 27, 1939, at the St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Milbank. After Johns' retirement,...
Charles "Chuck" Bennett
Oct 9, 2015
MISSION- Charles J. "Chuck" Bennett, 66, died Friday, October 9, 2015 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. He is survived by his wife, Barbara Bennett of Mission, SD. Graveside services will be at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at Black Hills National Cemetery.
Clarion J Dahl
Oct 8, 2015
RAPID CITY- Clarion J. Dahl, 88, passed away Thursday, October 8, 2015 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. He was born September 14, 1927 in Sioux Falls, to June Dahl (Rusten). His father Clifford died before Clarion was born, and June later married Sam Husby. Clarion attended school in Canton, and joined the Merchant Marines before graduating, but returned to earn...
