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Ruth E. Anton

Ruth E. Anton

Jan 6, 2014

Ruth E. Anton, 91, of Rapid City, died Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at the Rapid City Regional Auxiliary Hospice House.

Service arrangements are pending with Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home of Rapid City.

Robert "Bob" L. Sattler

Robert "Bob" L. Sattler

Jan 6, 2014

BLACK HAWK- Robert L. "Bob" Sattler, 63, died on Monday, January 6, 2014 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Bob had been suffering for years with hypertension along with other health issues. The good Lord sent down an angel to bring Bob home to Him to bring to an end his suffering. Bob was born on May 4, 1950 in Rapid...

Lorraine Alt

Lorraine Alt

Jan 6, 2014

RAPID CITY- Lorraine Alt, 95, died Monday, January 6, 2014 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Lorraine (Krause) Alt was born on the family farm near New Leipzig ND on October 23, 1918. She was the second of nine children of Charles and Louisa Krause, she spent most of her life on the same family farm with Gust, her husband of...

John T. Blankartz

John T. Blankartz

Jan 5, 2014

RAPID CITY- John Blankartz, age 44, of Rapid City, passed away January, 5 2014 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. John Thomas Blankartz was born on November 1, 1969 in Sioux Falls, SD to Jim and Ellen (Devitt) Blankartz. The family presided in Salem until moving to the Fort Pierre, Pierre area in 1971. John attended elementary school in Fort Pierre/Pierre...

Henry "Hank" Petersen

Henry "Hank" Petersen

Jan 2, 2014

RAPID CITY- Henry W. "Hank" Petersen, 84, passed away Thursday, January 2, 2014 at Rapid City Regional Hospital with his two children by his side. Henry "Hank" was born on April 10, 1929 in Dalton, NE to Henry and Jennie (Gehrk) Petersen. Hank's dad was a wheat farmer. The Petersen family survived the great depression era and the dirt storms...

George Rinker

George Rinker

Jan 1, 2014

SPEARFISH- Dr. George C. Rinker, 91, died January 1, 2014 at the David M. Dorsett Healthcare Center in Spearfish. He was born in Hamilton, KS on April 8, 1922 to Edna T. and Glen C. Rinker. He received an A.B. Degree from the University of Kansas in 1946; M.S. Degree in 1948 and Ph.D. in 1951 from the University of...

Guida B. Peterson

Guida B. Peterson

Jan 1, 2014

RAPID CITY- Guida B. Peterson, 98, died Wednesday, January 1, 2014 at her home. Arrangements are pending.

Jean S. Wick

Jean S. Wick

Jan 1, 2014

Our Bonny Jean is gone. Her last 40 years were spent in the carefully designed interior of her home on Rapid Creek near Johnson Siding in the Black Hills. Jean began her journey in Niagara Falls, New York in August of 1918 during the final months of World War I. Her musical mother, Florence Gunderson Soutar, was the daughter of...

Thomas C. Kidd

Thomas C. Kidd

Jan 1, 2014

RAPID CITY- Thomas C. Kidd, 30, died Wednesday, January 1, 2014 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Services are pending.

Freddie A. Martin

Freddie A. Martin

Dec 30, 2013

RAPID CITY- Freddie A. Martin, 73, died Monday, December 30, 2013 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital. Freddie was born on the family farm in Faith, SD, the eighth of 11 children. He joined the Army when he was 18 years old, proudly serving his country. Most of his service time was spent in Germany. Freddie returned to the States...

Philip Soucy

Philip Soucy

Dec 28, 2013

Philip H. Soucy, 61, of Rapid City, passed away unexpectedly at his residence on Saturday, December 28, 2013. Phil was born on November 13, 1952, at Rapid City Air Force Station to Henry and Shirley (Evans) Soucy. As a baby the family moved to Danvers, Mass., for 3 years and then to Anchorage, Alaska for the next 8 years. After...

Wanda Yvette Gammel

Wanda Yvette Gammel

Dec 28, 2013

Sturgis - Wanda Yvette [Martin] Gammel, 83, passed away December 28, 2013 at the Sturgis Regional Care Center. She is most remembered by her family and friends for being an avid bowler and someone who loved to bake character cakes. A very outgoing person, she always left a lasting impression. Those who really knew her would attest to a sometimes...

Viola Pearl Brave

Viola Pearl Brave

Dec 28, 2013

Rapid City - Viola Pearl Brave, Rapid City, on Saturday, December 28, 2013 passed from this life to her eternal home. She lived a very blessed and happy 93 years, and passed surrounded by her loved ones. Viola was born in 1920 to Lee and Elizabeth [Bear Old Woman] Farmer. She graduated from boarding school in 1938. In 1945 she...

Myron Theodore Olson

Myron Theodore Olson

Dec 26, 2013

Hermosa - Myron Theodore Olson age 100 years, 4 months, and 5 days passed away December 26, 2013 at Hans P. Peterson Memorial Hospital in Philip, SD, with his daughter by his side. Myron was born August 21, 1913 in Sioux Falls, SD to Axel and Minnie (Hedstrom) Olson. He joined four older sisters. He attended school through the eighth...

Shirley A. Stec

Shirley A. Stec

Dec 25, 2013

Shirley Stec, 79, died peacefully Wednesday, December 25 at the Westhills Village Health Care Center in Rapid City. Shirley was born January 29, 1934 in Yankton, South Dakota to Roy and Amelia Mutchler. Her elementary school years were spent in a one-room school house. She credited that experience with fostering her love of math. She was a quick study and...

Edith Elizabeth Curry

Edith Elizabeth Curry

Dec 25, 2013

Rapid City - Edith E. Curry, 94, Rapid City and formerly of Lead died Wednesday, December 25, 2013 at the Rapid City Regional Hospice Auxiliary House. Edith Elizabeth Anderson was born April 10, 1919 in Spearfish, SD. She grew up on the family Homestead at the head of Little Spearfish Creek. Her parents Charles and Betty Anderson homesteaded there and...

Gwendolyn Boehler

Gwendolyn Boehler

Dec 23, 2013

RAPID CITY- Gwendolyn A. Boehler, 76, died Monday, December 23, 2013 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Gwendolyn Anne Schwall was born Dec. 1, 1937, to Robert and Anne (Rahrick) Schwall of Ipswich, South Dakota. She attended Holy Cross Elementary School and graduated from Ipswich High School. After attending Aberdeen School of Business, she worked as a receptionist, secretary and bookkeeper...

Milbert G. "Mel" Hoff

Milbert G. "Mel" Hoff

Dec 20, 2013

RAPID CITY- Milbert G. "Mel" Hoff, 87, passed away peacefully at Rapid City Regional Hospital Auxiliary Hospice House in Rapid City on Friday, December 20, 2013. Mel was born June 6, 1926 to Jacob and Lydia (Arnold) Hoff on their farm West of Eureka. He attended the local country school along with his siblings and many cousins, sometimes being taught...

Harley Pyle

Harley Pyle

Dec 20, 2013

RAPID CITY- Harley Pyle, 38, died Friday, December 20, 2013 in Rapid City. He is survived by his mother and step-father, Ruth (Kevin) Hendrickson, Lake Park, MN and several siblings. Cremation has taken place and services will be at a later date.

Jo Yates

Jo Yates

Dec 16, 2013

RAPID CITY | Josephine Colleen "Jo" Yates, 86 of Rapid City, died Monday December 16, 2013 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. She was born July 31, 1927, in Des Moines, Iowa to Andrew and Edna McGee Tinlin. She was the eldest of 7 children born to Andrew and Edna and also had 3 older half-sisters. She was born to humble...

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