Elda Marie Taylor
Feb 27, 2014
Rapid City - Elda Marie Taylor, 91 died Thursday, February 27, 2014 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be held 10:00 am Thursday, March 6 at First United Methodist Church, 629 Kansas City Street, with Pastor Peary Wilson officiating. Visitation will be at the church starting at 9:00 am. Burial will follow at 11:30 am at Black...
Roxanne "Rocky" Kindred Murphy
Feb 25, 2014
RAPID CITY- Roxanne 'Rocky' Kindred Murphy, 50, died Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital. Roxanne Valerie Lee Murphy was born August 4, 1963 in Ellendale, North Dakota, and raised in Strawberry Point, Iowa, where she graduated from Starmont High in 1981. She attended the University of Northern Iowa and graduated from Black Hills State University in...
Walter Best
Feb 20, 2014
Walter P. Best, 79, died at Rapid City Regional Hospital on Thursday, February 20, 2014. He was born on August 28, 1934, in Beaver Township, Pennsylvania to Harry and Margaret (Weaver) Best. He enlisted in the US Air Force in 1954 and served through the Korean and Vietnam Wars as a radio operator aboard EC-135 and KC-135's. He retired in...
Glenn Adam Bammerlin
Feb 18, 2014
Rapid City - Glenn Adam Bammerlin died peacefully on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at the age of 91 years at the Golden Living Center-Prairie Hills, Rapid City. Glenn was born November 5, 1922, the second of five children, to Edward H. and Iva [Sherman] Bammerlin at Burton, Nebraska. Glenn attended school rural school in the Burton Valley for 8 years...
Peter Karn
Feb 16, 2014
RAPID CITY--Peter (Poppy) Lawrence Karn, beloved father, grandfather and great grandfather, was welcomed into the arms of Jesus when he died unexpectedly of a brain aneurism on Sunday, February 16. Pete was born to Nicholas and Elizabeth Karn on May 3rd, 1933 in Stapleton, NE. After graduating from Rural Baker High School, Pete joined the Marines and proudly served his...
Ronald Fish
Feb 16, 2014
RAPID CITY | Ron W. Fish, 53, passed away peacefully into the Lord's presence on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, at Rapid City Regional Hospital with his family by his side. Ron was born Sept. 27, 1960, to George and Shirley Fish in Rapid City. Ron was an honest, hard-working man who would help someone in need. He also loved his...
Jerry C. Johnson
Feb 14, 2014
RAPID CITY- Jerry C. Johnson passed away February 14, 2014 with family at his side after a short battle with cancer at Rapid City Regional Hospital Auxiliary Hospice House. Jerry was born on the 11th of December, 1940 in Rock Island, Illinois to Lester H. Sr., and Ruth Johnson. He graduated from Aberdeen Central High School and then later attended...
Elaine Elizabeth Seidensticker
Feb 13, 2014
Rapid City - Elaine Willey Hjort Seidensticker passed away on February 13, 2014 at West Hills Village Health Care in Rapid City, SD surrounded by members of her loving family. Elaine Elizabeth Willey was born September 16, 1922 in Hamilton, Montana - the second daughter of Elizabeth and A.C. Willey. Elaine grew up on the family ranch in the Big...
Jim E. Leiby
Feb 13, 2014
RAPID CITY- James Earl Leiby, 82, of Rapid City, died Thursday, February 13, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Jim, as he was known to his family and friends, was born January 7, 1932, in Wall, to Earl and Winifred Leiby. As a child he lived in Interior, but went to school in Philip, where his mother was a school teacher....
Carole Ann Flesner
Feb 11, 2014
RAPID CITY- Carole Ann Flesner, 76, passed away Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at her home of 41 years. Carole was born on March 18, 1937 in Omaha, NE to Harold and Geneva (Wallace) Iseminger. She graduated from Rapid City High School. Carole's first marriage was to Ron Warrick where daughter, Chris was born. Carole married Jerre Albright in 1953 in...
Charlene Brown
Feb 10, 2014
RAPID CITY-Charlene Ann Brown, age 69, died at the Victorian Assisted Living Center in Rapid City, Monday, February 10, 2014. She was born to Charles O. and Hazel M. Brown on May 26, 1944. A short time later, she moved with her family to Huron, SD where she grew up and attended schools. Her father was transferred to Amherst, MA,...
Carolyn 'Jody' Tagart
Feb 10, 2014
PIEDMONT | Carolyn "Jody" Tagart, who lived a long and fulfilling life, left us on Monday, Feb. 10, 2014, to join her husband, James A. Tagart Sr. in eternal life. She was also greeted by her sons, David Tagart and Robert Tagart; her mother Nellie Moore; father, Howard Moore; a brother, Richard Moore; grandsons, Kenny Grant and Jayson Barley and...
Mary Ardette Judson
Feb 9, 2014
RAPID CITY | On Feb. 9, 2014, at her home in Rapid City, our Mother and Grandmother, Mary A. Judson, went to live with the angels. She went with no regrets, with gentleness, with eager anticipation, simply drifting away to be with her best friend and love of her life, Fritz Judson, with whom she spent 38 wonderful and tender...
Joan Dee Hughes
Feb 8, 2014
Joan Myhren Hughes, of Rapid City, South Dakota, passed away at Hospice House on February, 8, 2014 at age 73. She was a spirited, generous, adventurous woman who was deeply devoted to her family, friends, and neighbors. She was the loyal friend behind the scenes for anyone who was sick or in need. She had a saucy sense of humor...
Donna Rae Klapperich
Feb 6, 2014
Rapid City - Donna Rae Klapperich, 49, passed away Thursday Feb 6th, 2014, at her ranch home in Rapid Valley surrounded by her family. She was born May 22, 1964 in Rapid City, SD to Harold and Judy Bies. Donna attended grade school at St. Elizabeth Seton and graduated from Rapid City Central High School. After high school Donna showed...
Marie Oslund
Feb 5, 2014
RAPID CITY- Helen Marie Darnall Norman Oslund, 94, died Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at Fountain Springs Health Care. Marie was born to Jay F. Darnall and Helen (Sieh) Darnall on her grandparents farm near Naper, Nebraska. She moved to Red Owl, S.D. in 1929 with her parents and two brothers, Lloyd and Virgel. She graduated from Sturgis High School in...
Donna L. Koenig
Jan 31, 2014
RAPID CITY--Donna Lee Koenig died at home surrounded by her three sons on Friday, January 31, 2014. She was born in Quinn, SD on August 17, 1936 to Allen and Violet Anderson. She started school in Quinn and later moved to Telluride, CO and finally to Rapid City where she lived the majority of her life. She graduated from Rapid...
Katherine "Kay" Baird
Jan 30, 2014
RAPID CITY- Katherine (Kay) Baird, 97, passed away Thursday, January 30, 2014 at Golden Living Center, Meadowbrook. Kay was born on June 27, 1916 in St. Albans, New York to Margaret and Patrick Murphy. Kay married Wesley Baird on September 5, 1936. To this union, three sons were born. Kay spent her life taking care of her family as a...
Melissa A. Kirchgesler
Jan 30, 2014
RAPID CITYMelissa Kirchgesler, 46, of Hermosa, died at Rapid City Regional Hospital Auxiliary Hospice House on Thursday, January 30, 2014. Melissa was born on August 1, 1967, in Aberdeen, South Dakota to Jerry and Darleys (Dennert) Johnson. Melissa was married to Mark Kirchgesler on 12/24/2009 in the Palace Gardens of Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, VA. Their marriage was blessed by the...
Richard "Dick" A. James
Jan 29, 2014
Richard Allstot "Dick" James, 79, died Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, at his home. He was born March 5, 1934, in Brookings to Max and Bernice, and later moved to Omaha and then Custer, SD, where he graduated high school. He earned his undergraduate degree from South Dakota State College in 1959, followed by a master's degree. He held the distinction...
