Blakely Anne Scherr
Sep 28, 2013
THE GATHERING FOR BLAKELY WILL NOW BE ON TUESDAY, OCT 8, AT 1:00 PM AT THE FUNERAL HOME INSTEAD OF MONDAY. THIS GATHERING IS FOR FRIENDS THAT WERE UNABLE TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL MASS FOR BLAKELY ON FRIDAY. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW THE GATHERING AT 2:00 PM TUESDAY AT MOUNTAIN VIEW CEMETERY. RAPID CITY- Blakely Anne Scherr, 5 Months, of Rapid...
Patricia E. Kenner
Sep 28, 2013
RAPID CITY | Patricia Eileen (Maguire) Kenner was born July 9, 1929, in Triumph, MN. She passed away Sept. 28, 2013, at Fountain Springs Health Care. Patricia was the daughter of Jerry and Ethel Maguire, the second of seven children. In her early years the family moved from Triumph to Brandt, SD, then to Brookings, Dell Rapids, and Rapid City....
Margie Snaza
Sep 24, 2013
RAPID CITY- Margie LaVerne Loy Katsch Snaza, 79, died Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at home. Margie LaVerne Loy was born on July 21, 1934, to Orville and Lucille (Aduddell) Loy in Rapid City. She attended school in the Hermosa area. Margie married Don Ray Katsch on February 29, 1953. The later divorced. Margie is survived by her children, Donna Koch,...
Margaret M. Preuss
Sep 23, 2013
PIEDMONT- America's Mrs. Congeniality, Margaret Preuss, 87, passed away on Monday September 23, 2013. Margaret was born on April 18, 1926 to John and Emma Schulte in Geddes, SD. In 1946 she met the love of her life John Preuss. They eloped and tied the knot. Their joy was their only child Patricia Creek of Piedmont, SD. Margaret was well...
Galene F. Meza
Sep 22, 2013
HILL CITY- Galene F. Meza, 63, of Hill City, died Sunday, September 22, 2013 at her home. She was born May 16, 1950 in Kadoka, SD to Herman and Ada (Stotts) Feddersen. She graduated from Hill City High School in 1968 and attended college at National College of Business in Rapid City. She had recently retired from her position as...
Adelean "Toots" Lidstrom
Sep 20, 2013
RAPID CITY- Adelean D. "Toots" Lidstrom, died Friday, September 20, 2013 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Survivors include a daughter, Claudette Bailey, Rapid City; son, Ross Strand, Franktown, CO; one grandchild and five great grandchildren. Graveside services will be at 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at Pine Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery with Rev. Dwight Stensgaard officiating. Friends may gather...
Gerald "Jerry" S. Davis
Sep 19, 2013
RAPID CITYGerald "Jerry" S. Davis, 78 died Thursday, September 19, 2013 at his home as a result of an accident. Jerry was born February 14, 1935 in Highmore, South Dakota to Darrell and Dorothy (Parker) Davis. He grew up on the family farm south of Holabird, SD. He attended Lake Chappelle Rural School and Highmore High school. He was a...
Alberta "Alta" A. Roberts
Sep 19, 2013
RAPID CITY- Alberta "Alta" Roberts, 80, died Thursday, September 19, 2013 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Survivors include her husband, Jimmy J. Roberts, Rapid City; three children: Jimmy J. Roberts, Spearfish; Judy Fuhrer, Parker, CO; and John B. Roberts, Rapid City; eight grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., Monday, September 23, at...
Peter Leo Quinn
Sep 15, 2013
GOODYEAR, AZ- Peter "Leo" Quinn, 85, of Goodyear, Ariz. and Rapid City, passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 15, 2013, at his Arizona home with his wife of 60 years and his two youngest daughters at his bedside. He was born on May 31, 1928, at Ottumwa, S. Dak., the son of Peter and Charlotte (Phalen) Quinn. Leo graduated from...
Helen Thomas
Sep 14, 2013
Helen S. Thomas died Saturday September 14, 2013 at the Clarkson Health Care Center in Rapid City. Arrangements are pending.
Helen S. Thomas
Sep 14, 2013
RAPID CITY- Helen S. Thomas, 95, died Saturday, September 14, 2013 at Clarkson Health Care. Helen Thomas was born Serena Helena Norland on December 26th, 1917 on the farm near Colome SD to Peder Norland and Annetta Engebrecht Bjoe, immigrants from Stavanger and Bergen Norway. She was 5th of 6 children who shared their small but cozy home. Helen was...
Esther Ruth Braun
Sep 14, 2013
Memorial obituary New Underwood - Esther Braun 86, passed away early Saturday morning, September 14, 2013 surrounded by her family at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in New Underwood. She was born on December 16, 1926 in McLaughlin, SD to John C. and Minnie (Reich) Wolfer. She attended school in McLaughlin. Esther helped her Dad on the farm and worked...
Richard August Schleusener
Sep 11, 2013
RAPID CITY- Richard "Dick" August Schleusener passed away peacefully on September 11, 2013. He was born on a farm near Oxford, Nebraska on May 6,1926, the youngest of four children. His parents, who survived the "dirty thirties" Dust Bowl years in rural Nebraska, placed a high value on education; Dick often mentioned his father telling him, "Get an educationnobody can...
Thelma "Sammie" Marion Wilsey
Sep 8, 2013
RAPID CITY- Thelma Mariam Wilsey, 98, died Sunday, September 8, 2013 at Golden Living Center Meadowbrook Nursing Home. Thelma (Sammie) Pelley was born on July 25, 1915 to Samual and Mildred Pelley on a ranch near Crawford, NE. She was the fourth of nine children. The family later lived in Oelrichs, SD and Chadron, NE. Sammie married Donald Graham and...
Charles Kendall Gerlach
Sep 7, 2013
RAPID CITY--Born June 13, 1918 in Newell, South Dakota to June Kendall and Melville R. Gerlach, Charles Kendall Gerlach (Chuck) was the oldest of five siblings in a family that, like so many others, was hard hit by the Great Depression several years later. Leaving home before completing his sophomore year in high school, Chuck joined the newly formed Civilian...
Howard G Brunner
Sep 6, 2013
HILL CITY- Howard G. Brunner, 74, is free of his pain, able to hear, walk, and see since he went home to the Lord on Friday, September 6, 2013. He died at the Rapid City Regional Hospital Auxiliary Hospice House in Rapid City after a seven year battle with metastatic bladder cancer. He was born in Hudson, SD on August...
Billy Ray Baker
Sep 3, 2013
Rapid City – Billy Ray Baker, 74, Rapid City, died at his home on Tuesday, September 3, 2013. Cremation has taken place and as per Billy's request there will be no public visitation or services.
Andrew Thomas Johnson
Sep 3, 2013
GILLETTE, WY- Andrew was born October 26, 1983 in St. Louis Park, MN to David and Tenley Johnson, and passed away September 3, 2013 in Gillette, WY. Andrew grew up in Ham Lake and Chisago City and graduated from Chisago Lakes High School. He then attended Florida Institute of Technology, finishing his college education at South Dakota School of Mines...
John D. Garrigan, Sr.
Aug 28, 2013
John D. Garrigan, Sr., 72, died at Rapid City Regional Hospital on Wednesday, August 28, 2013. John was born on December 3, 1940, in Yankton, to David Christopher and Alvira Margaret (Murphy) Garrigan. He grew up in Yankton and graduated from Sacred Heart High School. John served in the US Navy from 1959-1963 aboard the USS Ticonderoga. After his service...
Mildred "Millie" L. Christianson
Aug 27, 2013
RAPID CITY- Mildred Lois "Millie" Christianson, 84, died Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at Golden Living Center- Prairie Hills. Millie was born September 7, 1928 in Cincinnati, OH to Clifton and Eulah Benton. She attended Cincinnati Public Schools and God's Bible School. She married Ronald Dinstel in 1948 and moved to Ridge, MT, to his folk's ranch. She was greeted a...
