Irene G. Cuka
Dec 16, 2013
At sunrise on December 16, 2013, Irene G. Cuka, 80, of Rapid City, left this earth to join her heavenly family. She was born to the family of Edward and Rose (Swatek) Kostel on their family farm south of Wagner, SD, on August 8, 1933. She graduated from 8th grade at St. Wenceslaus Catholic School in Tabor, SD and Wagner...
Thomas Dale Sawyer
Dec 15, 2013
RAPID CITY- Thomas Dale Sawyer, 92, died Sunday, December 15, 2013 at Golden Living Center- Black Hills. Dale was born on May 2, 1921, in Dupree, South Dakota to Thomas William and Hazel (Curtis) Sawyer. The family moved to Scenic, South Dakota in 1933, where he helped his mother run a restaurant and worked on the railroad. The family moved...
Catherine J. Corning
Dec 15, 2013
RAPID CITY- Catherine J. Corning, passed away Sunday, December 15 at the age of 96. Catherine's parents, William and Julia Schnaidt welcomed her into the world on July 20, 1917 in a farm house near Menno, South Dakota. Catherine, her three sisters and parents lived on the farm until the family later moved to Brookings and then Sioux Falls. There,...
Violet Roller
Dec 14, 2013
RAPID CITY- Violet Roller, 93, died Saturday, December 14, 2013 at Golden Living Center- Meadowbrook. Survivors include four grandchildren: Lynn Daulton, Samuel Daulton, Marshall Dalton, and Dorsel Dalton. Cremation has taken place and services will be at a later date.
Mary Knudson
Dec 14, 2013
Mary Hope Knudson, 90, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013, in Rapid City. Her son Ken Knudson was with her at the time of her death. Mary was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas, in 1923. She was raised in Paris, Tenn., and in Melvindale and Detroit, Mich. After attending high school in Paris for several years, Mary completed high...
Jan Martina
Dec 13, 2013
RAPID CITY- Jan A. Martina was granted her angel wings on December 13th, 2013, after her struggle with cancer. Her final days were spent surrounded by family and friends. Jan was born December 6th, 1943, in El Paso, Texas, the daughter of David and Ardrie Hermes. As a young child, she moved to rural Timber Lake, SD on the Hermes'...
Mary E. Hicks
Dec 12, 2013
HILL CITY- Mary Evelyn Ford Hicks passed away early on December 12, 2013, in Rapid City, South Dakota. She was 92 years old, and will be deeply missed by her three children, eight grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and many relatives and friends. Mary was born on July 21, 1921, in a ranch house on the O.G. Ranch, near Hill City, South...
Connie Hicks
Dec 11, 2013
RAPID CITYConstance Louette Connie' (Tierney) Hicks, 77, of Rapid City, died at Fountain Springs Healthcare on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013, after a battle with Alzheimer's. She was born on July 2, 1936, in Bucksport, Maine, to Elwood and Ora (Soper) Tierney. She attended Brewer, Maine schools, where she played to tuba in the band and varsity basketball. She also enjoyed...
Kelsey Ann Brogan
Dec 9, 2013
Kelsey Ann Brogan, 27 days old, daughter of Julie Ann [Jennings] and Donald Patrick Brogan, died December 9, 2013 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Arrangements are pending and services will take place in St. Charles, Missouri.
Dixie Toscana
Dec 9, 2013
RAPID CITY- Dixie Toscana, 77, died Monday, December 9, 2013 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Dixie was born on June 11, 1936 to Walter and Hazel (Fuhrmann) Grapp in Aberdeen, South Dakota. She moved to Rapid City at an early age and attended Rapid City High School. Dixie married Richard L. Stalcup on March 28, 1953 and to this union...
Leona A. Nolan
Dec 8, 2013
RAPID CITY- Leona A. Nolan, 99, died Sunday, December 8, 2013 at Golden Living Center- Prairie Hills. Survivors include her nephew, Francis Wilson, Rapid City and niece, Mary Wilson, New Underwood. Christian Funeral Mass will be offered at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 14, 2013 at the Our Lady Chapel at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help with...
Marian Corlee Mills
Dec 7, 2013
River Oaks, Texas - Marian Corlee Mills, 100, formerly of Rapid City, died Saturday, December 7, 2013 at the River Oaks Health and Rehab Center at River Oaks, TX. Marian Corlee Guess was born December 23, 1912 in Rogers, Texas. She was the oldest child of Jessie Catherine [Warner] and Benjamin Reynolds Guess. Her early childhood was spent in several...
Antonia B. 'Toni' Kopp
Dec 5, 2013
Antonia "Toni" Bernadine Kopp, 98, of rural Box Elder, died Thursday, December 5, 2013 at the Golden Living Center-Bella Vista, Rapid City. Toni was born January 15, 1915 at Voerde, Westfalia, Germany to Bernard and Antonia (Lutum) Leusing. Bernard was a casualty of WWI that same year. In 1924 the family immigrated to the United States where her mother married...
Eric Howard Spell
Dec 4, 2013
Rapid City - Eric H. Spell, 44, Rapid City, died Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at the Rapid City Regional Hospice Auxiliary House Eric H. Spell died peacefully and honorably surrounded by his wife, children, parents and his friends on December 4, 2013 at the Hospice house. He was 44. Eric was born on December 20, 1968 in Cheyenne WY, but...
Phyllis Elizabeth Schneider
Dec 3, 2013
Phyllis Schneider memorial obituary with photo Rapid City - Phyllis Schneider, 82, died Tuesday, December 3, 2013, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. She was born in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, the daughter of Theresia and Anton Neigel. She graduated from National College of Business. Phyllis married Herman Schneider on June 20, 1953 in Rapid City, South Dakota. Phyllis enjoyed her...
Mary Maks
Dec 3, 2013
Mary R. Maks, 82, of Grand Island, Nebraska, died Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013, at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island. Services were at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, at St. Leo's Catholic Church in Grand Island. The Rev. Charles Torpey officiated. Burial will be alongside her beloved husband, Stephen, in the Black Hills National Cemetery outside of Rapid City...
Dwayne Snipes
Nov 26, 2013
RAPID CITYDwayne A. Snipes, 43, of Rapid City, died at Rapid City Regional Hospital on Tuesday, November 26, 2013. He was born on June 9, 1970, in Flushing, NY, to James Irving Snipes,IV and Linda (Smith) Snipes. He grew up in Rapid City and graduated from Central High School. He was employed at Red River Sanitation, Kieffer Sanitation, Terry's Auto...
Lester E. "Sonny" Doran
Nov 26, 2013
RAPID CITY- Lester (Sonny) Doran left this earth on November 26, 2013, a life traced in the palm of his hand. From the tiny one that unfurled ninety years ago on a farm in Plankinton, SD, Sept. 5, 1923, to one that joined another's, his wife's, and held it through 70 years of wedded bliss. Hands that met WWII in...
Kermit C. Torve
Nov 25, 2013
RAPID CITY- Kermit Curtis Torve, 88, passed away on Tuesday, November 25, 2013 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Kermit was born on a farm near Irene, SD, on October 12, 1925, to Oliver and Maggie Torve. He graduated from Viborg High School and was inducted into the U.S. Army at Ft. Snelling on March 29, 1945. Kermit graduated from South...
Sharon 'Sherry' Massa
Nov 21, 2013
RAPID CITY- Sherry Massa, 71, of Rapid City, SD died Thursday November 21, 2013. She fought a brave battle against pancreatic cancer over the past year. She died peacefully with her family at her side from complications related to this disease. She was born December 3, 1941, in Manchester, SD, to Floyd and Olive Moore. She attended high school in...
