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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...
Pauline Lunde
Jan 28, 2014
RAPID CITY | My mother, Pauline Joan Grytness was born Sept. 25, 1927, in Ambrose, ND, to Mr. and Mrs. C.P. Grytness. She was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon "Bud" Lunde; her parents; and two brothers, Paul A. Grytness (3 years old) and Charles E. Grytness at Guadalcanal in 1942; and a sister, Beatrice G. Lask, who passed...
Milt Stromer
Jan 28, 2014
Milton (Milt) Stromer, 65, died in a tragic accident on his Ranch in Rapid Valley on January 28, 2014. Milt was born to Paul and Hallie (Greimann) Stromer on September 27, 1948 in Rapid City. He attended his first eight years of school in a one room school house across from his home on Airport Rd. He graduated from Rapid...
Karen L. Becket
Jan 27, 2014
RAPID CITY | Karen Lee Becket, 80, died Jan. 28, 2014, at her home. Karen was born Sept. 21, 1933, in Aberdeen to Christian and Esther (Brown) Hoseth. As a young girl her family moved to Rapid City. She graduated from Rapid City High School and Augustana College, Sioux Falls. After graduation she taught music in Sioux Falls before returning...
John M. Casale
Jan 27, 2014
RAPID CITY- John M. Casale, 57, died Monday, January 27, 2014 at his home. Survivors include one brother, Jeff Casale, Houston, TX. Services will be at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 1, 2014 at Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home with Fr. Timothy Castor presiding.Visitation will be for one hour prior to services. Interment will follow at Custer Cemetery, in Custer,...
Talis Marvin Tapio
Jan 22, 2014
Rapid City, SD - Talis Marvin Tapio, 22, died Wednesday, January 22, 2014 in Lake Park, Georgia. Talis Marvin Tapio was born January 13, 1992 at Rapid City, South Dakota to Galen Paul and Yvonne "Vonnie" Gail [Hargens] Tapio. He attended school at South Canyon Elementary School, West Middle School, and graduated from Rapid City Stevens High School in 2010...
Teresa A. Martin
Jan 21, 2014
Rapid City - Teresa Ann Martin, 58, died Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at the Rapid City Regional Hospice Auxiliary House. Survivors include her husband: David Martin of Rapid City; one son: Timothy Martin of Rapid City; two daughters: Mandy [Craig] Collins of Sioux Falls and Stephanie [Trask] Messinger of Rapid City; two grandchildren; her mother: Mary Lou Hansen of Rapid...
Mildred Martha Young
Jan 21, 2014
Rapid City - Mildred Martha Young, 95, died Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at the Clarkson Healthcare Center, Rapid City. She was born March 24, 1918, at Brookings, SD, to Ross and Cuma Hicks. The family moved to the Kadoka area when Mildred was in grade school. She graduated from Kadoka High School with the class of 1936. She and Francis...
Olin Edgar Hinseth
Jan 20, 2014
Olin Edgar Hinseth, 91, of Rapid City, died Monday, January 20, 2014 at the Hospice House in Rapid City. Olin was born June 3, 1922 in Irene, SD on the family homestead farm which was established in 1878 to Ole & Emma (Lee) Hinseth. Olin attended Turkey Valley Country School near Irene. He joined the U.S. Army leaving on November...
Clara Belle Pate
Jan 19, 2014
Clara Belle Pate (Hedges) lived 96 wonderful years and passed peacefully on January 19, 2014 in Rapid City, South Dakota. She was born July 24, 1917 to Eugene and Margie Hedges. She and Moorman Pate were married on July 11, 1936 and were together for 62 years. She was a resident of Boonville, Indiana until she moved to Rapid City,...
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