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,...
Darrell Eugene Munson
Jan 17, 2014
Darrell Eugene Munson was born January 18, 1933 at the General Hospital in Rapid City, South Dakota, at the height of the Great Depression. The son of Kirsten (Kate) Josefine (Nelson) and Goliat Johannes (Jack) Munson, joined three siblings: two sisters, Alma Jacquline and Selma Maxine, and a half brother, Fred Nelson Oberg. Darrell graduated from Rapid City High School...
Florence Burnison
Jan 15, 2014
Rapid City - Florence L. Burnison, 80, died Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at the Rapid City Regional Hospice Auxiliary House. Survivors include one son: Kevin Shoeberg of Stillwater, MN; one daughter: Jennifer Lewis of Rapid City; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Visitation will be on Sunday, January 19 from 4:00 to 6:00 pm at Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home. Services...
Fr. Raymond J. Deisch
Jan 15, 2014
RAPID CITY | Fr. Raymond Deisch, 78, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Born Jan. 10, 1936, in Presho to Lester and Mable (Martin) Deisch, he attended Presho Public Grade School. For his freshman and sophomore years of high school he went to St. Henry Prep School, Belleville, Ill.; as a junior and senior he...
