Jo Michael
Oct 26, 2014
Jo Michael, born Josina M. Van Bockel, passed away from metastatic cancer on October 26, 2014, at age 87. Born in Lebanon, South Dakota on July 25th, 1927 to John and Mary (Muilenberg) Van Bockel, Jo was the 5th of 9 children. Jo grew up in Pipestone, Minnesota, during the great depression. She graduated from Pipestone High School and married...
Edna Lucille Handley
Oct 24, 2014
Edna L. Handley, 94, died Friday, October 24, 2014 at the Custer Regional Senior Care Center. Edna was born on May 27, 1920, in Napier, Nebraska to Louis John and Anna Marie (Schultz) Handley. She moved to Rapid City in 1940 and was united in marriage to Harvey Handley in December of 1940. Edna was always involved in Peace Lutheran...
Janice J. 'Neacy' Powell
Oct 24, 2014
Janice (Neacy) Jacobsen Powell, 78, of Spearfish, died Friday, October 24, at the Hospice House in Rapid City. She passed away peacefully, with family at her bedside. She was born May 23,1936 in Yankton to Alice and Randolph Jacobsen. Janice was the fifth of nine children. She graduated from Yankton High School in 1954. On February 5,1956 she married the...
Eliza 'Lisa' Patterson
Oct 23, 2014
Custer - Eliza Henry Patterson died on October 23rd at Custer Regional Senior Care at the age of 86. Eliza was born on October 31st 1927 in Sterling, CO. She was a longtime resident of Keystone and an active member in the church and community. She met and married the love of her life Claire Patterson on August 20th 1947....
Effie G Fischer
Oct 23, 2014
Bismarck, ND - Effie G. [Schramm] Fischer, 101, died Thursday, October 23, 2014 at the Baptist Home at Bismarck, ND. Effie G. Fischer, 101, Rapid City, died October 23, 2014 at a Bismarck care center. Effie G. Griffel was born September 8, 1913 to Henry and Friederike Sophia (Plagman) Griffel in Iowa. She had 4 brothers and 1 sister. Effie...
Thomas Owen Timmons
Oct 19, 2014
RAPID CITY | Thomas Owen Timmons died peacefully Oct. 19, 2014, at the Rapid City Hospice House surrounded by his family. Tom was born Sept. 22, 1926, to Frank and Ellen (Fahey) Timmons in Sturgis. He grew up on the family ranch near Marcus, SD, where he attended elementary school in rural Meade County and St. Martin's Academy in Sturgis....
Alice Brekhus
Oct 19, 2014
Alice S. Brekhus, 97, died Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014, and went to heaven where he husband, Milo, has been waiting for her since his passing on May 14, 1994. Alice Sierth was born May 28, 1917, in Rapid City to Peter Jacob and Esther (Ferguson) Sierth. She resided on the ranch east of Hermosa with her two sisters, Evelyn and...
Dorothy Leona Hagerty
Oct 18, 2014
Rapid City - Dorothy L. Hagerty, 93, died Saturday, October 18, 2014 at the Rapid City Regional Hospice Auxiliary House. Dorothy Leona Remily was born May 10, 1921 at Conde, SD to Julian and Myrtle [Fortin] Remily. This is where she attended school and grew to adulthood. She married Paul Quentin Hagerty on January 10, 1943 at Doland, South Dakota....
Roger Southard
Oct 17, 2014
Roger Duane Southard, 80, of Rapid City S. Dakota previously of Augusta Ky, passed away on Oct. 17th 2014. He was born Oct 3 1934 to Earl and Rachel Irene Southard in Westmorland, KS. He was a Veteran of the U.S. Army serving in Korea. He was also a salesman, and business owner. He leaves behind his wife of 55...
Mary Lee J. Montgomery
Oct 17, 2014
Lincoln, Nebraska - Mary Lee J. Montgomery, 91 and formerly of Rapid City died Friday, October 17, 2014 at the Monarch Hospice House in Lincoln. Mary Lee Butzine was born June 16, 1923 at Hay Springs, Nebraska to Emil Julius and Mable Louise [Hitchcock] Butzine. She attended school and graduated from high school and then received a vo-tech certificate. She...
Arlene Ruth O'Hare
Oct 15, 2014
Rapid City - Arlene R. O'Hare, 101, died Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at Fountain Springs Health Care Center, Rapid City. Memorial service will be 2:00 pm Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at the Wiederspan & Radomsky Chapel of the Chimes and burial will take place next to her husband James Timothy O'Hare in the Beth El Cemetery at Cheyenne, Wyoming. Arlene...
Kathryn Vanvlack
Oct 15, 2014
Rapid City - Kathryn Mae Rodruck Van Vlack, passed away peacefully October 15, 2014. She led an interesting, independent life. Kay was born in Waterloo, Iowa. She was the only child of Carl and Ann Rodruck. After nurses training at the Mayo clinic in Rochester, MN and in Chicago, Illinois she worked in a pediatric unit. Kay was stricken with...
Karen M Critchet
Oct 13, 2014
Rapid City - Karen M. Critchet, 36, died Monday, October 13, 2014 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital. Karen Marie Critchet was born April 13, 1978 at Lima, Ohio to Robert Werner Critchet Jr. and Linda Marie [Heitmeyer] Abahazie. She married Troy Clayton Dallenbach on November 21, 2012 at Minneola, Florida. Survivors include her husband: Troy Dallenbach of Groveland, FL;...
Carrol Krause
Oct 12, 2014
Carrol Francis Krause, 78, died on October 12, 2014 at Rapid City, SD. Visitation will be Thursday, Oct. 16, from 5 until 7 pm; with a Christian wake service at 7:00 p.m. at the Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home. Christian Funeral Mass will be offered at 11:00 am on Friday, Oct. 17, at St. Therese Catholic Church in Rapid City...
Robert 'Bob' Johnson, Md
Oct 9, 2014
Dr. Robert (Bob) K. Johnson, 83, passed away on October 9, 2014, at West Hills Village in Rapid City. Bob was born March 6, 1931 in Dickinson, ND, to Hartwell and Cora (Kabrud) Johnson. He was educated in the Dickinson Public Schools. He graduated from Carleton College and the University of Rochester Medical School. He completed a one year internship...
Calvin "Cal" Kincaid
Oct 4, 2014
RAPID CITY | On October 4, 2014, we all lost a close friend to our hearts with the passing of Calvin "Cal" Kincaid. Cal was born on May 27, 1937, in Franklin, TN. At 17, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps and reached the rank of sergeant prior to his honorable discharge in 1957. Shortly thereafter he met Wanda, his...
Duane M. Brink
Oct 4, 2014
RAPID CITY | Duane M. Brink, 77, passed away Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014, at Rapid City Regional Hospital Auxiliary Hospice House from cancer. Duane was born on August 2, 1937, in Eureka to Frank and Altha (Slykhuis) Brink. Duane attended Rapid City High School for two years and graduated from Platte High School in 1956. Throughout his youth and as...
Esther Joyce
Oct 3, 2014
HOT SPRINGS | Esther F. Joyce, 89, longtime resident of Rapid City, passed away Friday, Oct. 3, 2014, in Hot Springs. Esther F. Joyce was born Feb. 4, 1925, in Dyersville, IA. She was the daughter of Bernard and Lydia Anstoetter. She moved to Farley, IA, at the age of two, where she grew up on the family farm. Esther...
James "Jim" H. Whitman
Oct 2, 2014
NEW UNDERWOOD- James (Jim) Harrison Whitman, 83, passed away peacefully at home on October 2, 2014, surrounded by his children and grandchildren in New Underwood, SD. Jim was born on May 2, 1931 in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada. He grew up in Kapuskasing and the New London, Wisconsin, area. He served in the Air Force after high school and then entered...
Norma L Nielsen
Oct 1, 2014
Norma L. Nielsen, 88, died at Rapid City Regional Hospital Auxiliary Hospice House on Wednesday, October 1, 2014. Norma Lorraine Larson was born on November 2, 1925 in Shelburn Township near Tyler, Minnesota to Arnt and Nettie Larson. She was baptized on November 19, 1925 and confirmed on May 12, 1940. Norma graduated from high school at the University of...
