Mary Klauck
May 7, 2015
RAPID CITY- RAPID CITY- Mary Wheeler (Reiss) Klauck, 82, passed away Thursday, May 7, 2015. Mary Wheeler (Reiss) Klauck was born April 12, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Ruth Wheeler Reiss and John Peter Reiss. Mary was raised in Sheboygan, Wisconsin; the oldest of five children. Mary graduated from Sheboygan's Central High School in 1951. She attended Barry College in...
Robert Stillman
May 7, 2015
FT. MEADE- Robert H. "Bob" Stillman, 85, died Thursday, May 7, 2015 at Ft. Meade V.A. Health Care System. Visitation will be from 4:00-6:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 10, 2015 at Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home. Graveside services will be at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, May 11, 2015 at Mountain View Cemetery with the Rushmore VFW Post 1273 and the...
Herman C Rausch
May 5, 2015
Herman Christopher Rausch, 91, died Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at a hospice house in North Richland Hills, Texas from complications of Parkinson's disease. He and his wife stayed in Texas with their daughter Julia during the winter months. Herman was born in Watkins Minnesota on June 27, 1923 to Valentine and Katherine (Holthaus) Rausch. At a young age, he moved...
Clarence Albert Arneson
May 4, 2015
Rapid City - Clarence Albert Arneson, 90, Rapid City, died Monday, May 4, 2015 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital. Clarence was born on a farm south of Dante, South Dakota on November 9, 1924. He was the third of 8 children born to Matt and Emma [Schmoll] Arneson. Clarence graduated from Avon High School in 1943. Following graduation he...
Helen "Jean" Fricke
May 4, 2015
Helen Jean Fricke passed peacefully Monday, May 4th 2015 after a week of tender, comforting care received from the Rapid City Regional staff. Jean was born June 4, 1925 in McMinnville, Oregon to Tracey Basler and Della Thomas Newman. She graduated from Salem schools with honors and attended Willamette University in Salem. She completed her education at the University of...
Beverly I. Perrine
May 3, 2015
Beverly Iona Davis Ellingson Perrine of North Bend, Washington, passed away peacefully with family at her side on May 3, 2015. She will be missed not only by her family but by the many friends and medical staff that supported her over the past several years. She was born March 16, 1923 to Ernest and Julia Davis in Flandreau, South...
Marilyn Lee Davis
May 3, 2015
Rapid City-Marilyn Lee Davis, 77 died Sunday May 3, 2015 at Rapid City Regional Hospital from complications stemming from her 28 year battle with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Marilyn was born August 5, 1937 on the family farm, the Old Jones Homestead in the Wellington Township in Minnehaha County, SD, to Arthur and Leona (Smith) Jones. She grew up on the family...
Eugene Kirchgesler
May 2, 2015
Yankton - Eugene Kirchgesler, 67, of Yankton and formerly of Rapid City, died Saturday, May 2, 2015 at the Royal C. Johnson VA Veterans Memorial Hospital in Sioux Falls under Hospice care after a short battle with cancer. Eugene David Kirchgesler was born September 12, 1947 in Rapid City, the second son of Jack and Josephine Kirchgesler. He attended St....
Lyle Larson
May 2, 2015
Lyle Edward Larson, 83, of Rapid City, died at the VA Hospice Hospital-Fort Meade on Saturday, May 2, 2015. He was born on June 5,1931, in Aberdeen to Ed and Cora (Niles) Larson. Lyie grew up in Aberdeen and graduated from Aberdeen High School in 1950. He enlisted in the Navy in 1951 and was stationed in Florida aboard the...
Duane Ellingson
Apr 26, 2015
Sherman Duane Ellingson, 86, went to his heavenly home on Sunday, April 26, 2015, in Rapid City. Duane was born June 2, 1928, in Maddock, ND, to Elmer and Betsy Ellingson. Duane graduated high school from Benson County Agricultural Training School. He furthered his education to become a medical technician. He also obtained specialized credit union training. In 1949, he...
Ronny Lee Jones
Apr 26, 2015
Ronny Lee Jones, 59, died at his home in Miles City, Montana on Thursday, April 30, 2015. Graveside services will be held on Tuesday, May 12 at 11:30 AM at Black Hills National Cemetery with military Honors.
Meryl A. Olsen
Apr 25, 2015
Meryl Ann Olsen, 85, died Saturday, April 25, 2015, at Clarkson Health Care Center. Meryl was born August 14, 1929, in Aberdeen to Ken and Ann Lewis. She graduated high school from Brookings and worked at SDSU for two years before she married Tom Moe. Meryl and Tom adopted two beautiful daughters and delighted in raising them. Tom died in...
William M. Short
Apr 24, 2015
William "Bill" Short, 63, former Rapid City, SD resident died April 24, 2015 at the Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nevada, after a brief illness. Bill was born on March 9, 1951 in Rapid City and graduated from Rapid City High School in 1969. After earning his degree in accounting from the University of Wyoming, he had his own...
Bill Short
Apr 24, 2015
RENO, NEV. | Bill Short, 63, former Rapid City, SD, resident, passed away April 24, 2015, at Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno, after a brief illness. Bill was born March 9, 1951, in Rapid City and graduated from Rapid City Central High School in 1969. After earning his degree in accounting from the University of Wyoming, he had his...
June Grace Nielsen
Apr 23, 2015
RAPID CITY | June Grace Nielsen, 98, went Home to our Lord and Savior April 23, 2015, with her family by her side in Rapid City, SD. She was born in Woonsocket, SD, June 3rd, 1916. Losing her parents at a young age, she and her sister Meg grew up with an aunt and uncle in Mitchell, SD. In the...
Leroy Earl Siebrecht
Apr 19, 2015
LeRoy E. Siebrecht, 65, of Summerset, SD, died Sunday, April 19, 2015 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital. He was born on November 26, 1949 in Aberdeen, SD to Earl O. and Bernice (Clausen) Siebrecht. LeRoy grew up on the family farm near Ashton, graduating from Redfield High School and Lake Area VoTech in Watertown. He married Colette Isler in...
Bette Delores Hauk
Apr 19, 2015
Rapid City - Bette Starr Hauk was born on May 21, 1924 in Tulare, SD. She departed this life on April 19, 2015. She was one of eight children born to Orrin and Martha [Tasche] Starr. She was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers, [Lyle, Marvin, Dale, and Gene Starr], and her beloved daughter, Marcia Kay Hauk. The...
Traci L. Ficken
Apr 18, 2015
RAPID CITY- Traci Lee Ficken, 52, passed away on Saturday, April 18, 2015 in Rapid City with her family by her side. She fought a long hard battle with brain cancer. She will be greatly missed by all of her family and friends. Traci was born October 1, 1962, in Anchorge Alaska, to Ron and LeNelle Bergt. She grew up...
Ed Dull
Apr 17, 2015
Harry Edward (Ed) Dull, 90, of Rapid City passed on Friday, April 17, 2015, at the Good Samaritan Society Nursing Home in New Underwood. Ed was born July 24, 1924, in Laurel, Montana, son of Harry and Vera (Fritz) Dull. Shortly after his graduation from Laurel High School in 1942, Ed married Marge VanZyl. Following the birth of his daughter,...
Jane A. Desmet
Apr 16, 2015
RAPID CITY | Jane Ann DeSmet, 63, died on Thursday, April 16, 2015, after a lengthy illness from lung cancer. Jane was born on Valentine's Day, February 14, 1952, to Charles and Ardis Brunick in Vermillion, SD. She was privileged to grow up on a farm north of Vermillion with her sisters Cheryl and Judy. Jane attended Spirit Mound School...
