Joe Schneller
Jun 8, 2015
KEYSTONE- Joseph E. "Joe" Schneller, 49, died June 8, 2015, near Kadoka as a result of a spray plane accident. Joseph Edward Schneller was born to Mary Margaret (Peggy) (Blomstrom) Schneller and Dr. John (Duke) Schneller, DDS, on December 4, 1965, in Belle Fourche, SD. He graduated from Stevens High School in 1984. After high school, Joe entered the US...
Cynthia Hauk
Jun 5, 2015
RAPID CITY- Cynthia R. Hauk, 57, died Sunday, July 5, 2015. Arrangements are pending.
Durwood James Bouzek
Jun 5, 2015
Hot Springs - Durwood J. Bouzek, 88, died Friday, June 5, 2015 at the Michael J. Fitzmaurice South Dakota Veterans Home in Hot Springs. Durwood James Bouzek was born April 19, 1927 at Highmore, SD to John and Gertrude [Vopat] Bouzek . He attended grade school in rural Hyde County. After graduating the 8th grade he attended Highmore High School,...
Emma Rau
Jun 4, 2015
RAPID CITY- Emma Rau, 100, passed into the loving arms of Jesus at her home on Thursday, June 4th, 2015. She was born on July 12th, 1914 to John and Elizabeth Eberhart. Emma grew up on a farm outside of Eureka, SD with four loving sisters. They all worked hard helping their father clear the land of rocks and milking...
Treva Oakland
Jun 3, 2015
Rapid City - Treva Oakland, 79, died Wednesday, June 03, 2015 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital. Treva Lynn Baltzer was born September 28, 1935 at Tripp, South Dakota to August W. and Faye A. Baltzer. She grew up on a farm in this area and attended school here, graduating from Tripp High School. She then attended college at South...
Gertrude M. Carstens
Jun 2, 2015
Gertrude Marie "Gert" Carstens, age 84, died on Tuesday, June 2, 2015 from heart failure while undergoing treatment for melanoma cancer at the University of Colorado hospital in Denver. She was born in Delmont, SD on February 24, 1931 to Richard and Beatha Freier. Gert was a long time resident of Rapid City and lovingly raised her five children in...
Mary Alice Zanka
May 28, 2015
Mary Alice Zanka, 89, of Rapid City, died Thursday, May 28, in her home surrounded by her family. She was born March 16, 1929, in Toledo, Ohio to Fred and Eleanor Dickman. She took great pride working as a registered nurse in Toledo, Ohio. She married Jerry Zanka on Sept. 20, 1950, in Toledo, Ohio. They moved in 1959 to...
David "Dave" L Mosey
May 26, 2015
RAPID CITY- David L. Mosey, 76, died Tuesday, May 26, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. David was born to Abe and Bernadine Mosey on September 1, 1938 in Breckenridge, Minnesota. He grew up in Veblen and Milbank South Dakota, graduating from Milbank High School in 1956. Dave attended Northern State College before enlisting in the Army for three years with...
Daniel Peterson
May 26, 2015
Daniel Peterson, 58, of Jamestown, ND, died Tuesday morning, May 26, 2015 as a result of a vehicle accident north of Jamestown. Daniel Ray Peterson was born on July 19, 1956, in Rapid City, SD, the son of Lloyd and Alice (Soulek) Peterson. He attended and graduated from Rapid City Central High School in 1974. He went on to graduate...
Maryann Johnson
May 23, 2015
Rapid City - MaryAnn Johnson, 83, died Saturday, May 23, 2015 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital. She was born December 9, 1931 to Harold G. and Genevieve (Ball) Williams in Hastings, Nebraska. She attended school in Grand Island and Alliance, Nebraska and Rapid City, South Dakota, graduating in 1949. She attended Duchense College in Omaha, Nebraska. In high school...
Allan "Al" J. Michael
May 19, 2015
RAPID CITY- Al Michael, born Allan John Michael passed away on May 19th, 2015 in his 93rd year in Rapid City. Born in Pipestone, Minnesota on February 23, 1923 to Dalbert and Elsa Michael, Al was the third of three children. Al grew up in Pipestone, Minnesota and graduated from Pipestone High School. In 1945 he married Jo Van Bockel....
Julian R. Whidby
May 18, 2015
Rapid City - Julian Ross Whidby, 90, formerly of Kadoka died Monday, May 18, 2015 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital. Julian Ross Whidby was born July 29, 1924 in Bowling Green, Kentucky to Glenn and Thelma Whidby. Julian spent his younger years between Michigan and Pine Ridge, SD. He entered the United States Army in WWII and served in...
Laura Vifquain
May 18, 2015
Laura Agnes Vifquain, 90, of Oscoda, MI, and formerly of Rapid City, passed away on Monday, May 18, 2015, at Iosco County Medical Care Facility in Tawas, MI. She was born on June 2, 1924 in Phillip, SD to the late Frank and Gertrude O'Dea (nee Babcock). Laura worked and retired as a registered nurse in the pediatrics unit at...
Omar Donald Hehner
May 17, 2015
Rapid City - Donald Hehner, 89, died Sunday May 17, 2015 at the Westhills Village Health Care Center. Don Hehner was born in Granite City, Illinois on October 24, 1925. He was an Illinois State High School Speech Champion. Don is a WWII Navy Veteran and graduated from Northwestern University in Speech and Drama. Don had 66 great years with...
Janet Hubbeling
May 15, 2015
Janet A. Hubbeling, 82, of Rapid City, died on the evening of Friday, May 15, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital Auxiliary Hospice House in Rapid City. Visitation will be on Monday, May 25, at Blessed Sacrament Church, from 3-5 p.m. with a Rosary recitation at 4:45 p.m. and Christian wake service at 5 p.m. A Christian funeral mass will...
Clayton Cole
May 13, 2015
RAPID CITY- Clayton D. Cole, 82, of Rapid City, died Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at the Rapid City Regional Auxiliary Hospice House after a lengthy illness. He was born March 10, 1933 to Milton and Gladys (Lappegard) Cole in Sioux Falls, SD. Clayton served in the United States Army in Korea and Japan from 1952 through 1954 when he was...
Gary Mckinney
May 13, 2015
Gary Michael McKinney, 67, of Rapid City, passed away at his home with his family at his side on Wednesday, May 13, 2015. Gary was born on May 28, 1947, in Springfield, MO, to Earl and Lois (Hogan) McKinney. He grew up in Salina, KS and graduated from Sacred Heart High School in 1964. He attended and graduated from Kansas...
Francis L Joyce
May 13, 2015
RAPID CITY - Francis L. Joyce, 89, died May 13, 2015. Francis Leroy Joyce was born to Michael and Teresa Joyce on September 16, 1925 in Independence, Iowa. He grew up on the farm in Independence and later moved to Littleton, Iowa. He attended grade school in Jesup, Iowa. Francis served his country in the army as a paratrooper in...
Willis H Hayen
May 10, 2015
Rapid City - Willis H. Hayen, 76, died Sunday, May 10, 2015 at the Golden Living Center-Prairie Hills, Rapid City. Willis was born November 10, 1938 at Parkston, SD to Henry and Catherine [Mohr] Hayen. This is the area he grew to adulthood and graduated from Parkston High School. Willis served in the SD National Guard. He married Elaine Hofkamp...
Dean H. Goodrich
May 8, 2015
Dean H. Goodrich,80, of Black Hawk, S.D. passed away peacefully at Rapid City Regional Hospital on Thursday, May 8th, 2015. Dean was born December 20th, 1934 in Newburg, Iowa to Roy and Margaret Goodrich. He attended school in Newburg and Kellogg, Iowa and graduated high school at Kellogg High School in 1954. Dean often said that the only reason he...
