Maureen Reed
Mar 24, 2013
RAPID CITY- Maureen A. Reed, 50, died Sunday, March 24, 2013 at Rapid City Regional Hospital Auxiliary Hospice House. Maureen was born January 19, 1963 in Rapid City to James and Margaret (Konenkamp) Smith. She graduated high school in Lake Benton, Minnesota. Maureen was an avid motorcyclist who enjoyed riding her Harley around the Black Hills. Maureen also loved to...
Manly (Dude) Herron
Mar 24, 2013
RAPID CITYManly Duane (Dude) Herron, 82, passed away from pneumonia on Sunday morning, March 24, 2013, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. He was born on July 12, 1930, in Lacona, Iowa to Omer and Lois (Machesney) Herron. He attended school in Indianola, Iowa and then started a 20 year career in the Navy in 1948. He served all over the...
William E. Gillies
Mar 22, 2013
RAPID CITY- William "Bill" Gillies, 83, passed away Thursday, March 21, 2013 at his home in Rapid City. Bill was born on August 2, 1929 in Boneita Springs, South Dakota to John and Edna "Pearl" (Chamberlain) Gillies. Bill grew up in Haydraw, SD and attended school in New Underwood. Bill joined the service as a young man and achieved the...
Elizabeth J Griggs
Mar 19, 2013
RAPID CITY- Elizabeth J. Griggs died Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at her home. Private family services will be held at a later date.
Marie P. Sorensen
Mar 19, 2013
Rapid City - Marie P. Sorensen, 83, Rapid City, died Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at the Golden Living Center - Bella Vista in Rapid City. Marie was born on June 1, 1929, in Tabor, to Adolph Thomas and Christina Rose (Kozel) Sedlacek. She grew up in Tabor and graduated from high school there in 1946. On November 18, 1952, she...
Patricia Kwietniewski
Mar 18, 2013
RAPID CITY- Patricia Rosina "Pat" Kwietniewski, 79, died at home on Monday, 18th March 2013. She was born on 4th February 1934 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England to Arthur F. and Alice M. (Leach) Wilkes. Pat was married on 10th October 1953 to a U.S. serviceman Jerzy Kwietniewski at St. Catherine's Parish Church at The Leigh, Gloucestershire, England. They first met...
Ilma Gabriel
Mar 17, 2013
FAITH | Ilma G. Gabriel, 90, rural Faith, died Sunday, March 17, 2013, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Ilma was born June 7, 1922, in Bayard, Neb., to George and Gertrude (Imus) Hanna. She grew up near Chimney Rock in Nebraska and later near Wounded Knee, SD, with six brothers and sisters. On Nov. 11, 1947, Ilma married Frank Allen...
Donald E. Leck
Mar 16, 2013
RAPID CITY- Donald E. Leck was born in Orangeville, IL on September 15, 1920 to Oscar and Barbara (Davidson) Leck. He was the third of four sons. He went to Elementary school in a country school near Orangeville. He attended and graduated from Orangeville High School in 1938. He worked in farming and then at Micro Switch Factory. He married...
Lucille Kosters
Mar 15, 2013
RAPID CITY- Lucille "Lucy" Kosters, 91, went to be with her Lord on March 15, 2013. She was born on February 11, 1922, the middle child in the loving family of Frank and Kathryn Dykstra, on a farm near Hills, Minnesota. Following high school, she attended Nettleton Business College in Sioux Falls, SD, winning multiple competitions involving typing and shorthand....
Ronald Leslie Deisch
Mar 15, 2013
Ronald L Deisch, 86, Rapid City died Friday, March 15 at the Platte Care Center in Platte, SD. He was born on June 10, 1926 in Presho, SD to Mable and Lester Deisch. He grew up in Presho and graduated in 1944. He served in the Navy from 1944 - 1948. He married Delores Johnson (Presho) in 1952 and they...
Clifford Keyser
Mar 15, 2013
RAPID CITY- Clifford D. Keyser, 82, died Friday, March 15, 2013 at his home in Rapid City. He served in the US Navy during the Korean War. Survivors include his wife, Gale Keyser, Rapid City; two daughters: Tanya Larive, Sturgis; Tracie Huffman, Wheatland, MO; two stepsons: Charles Potts, Winder, GA; Joey Cash, Gillette, WY; one step daughter, Pam Kruse, Gillette,...
Emiel "Bud" Everett Belzer Ii
Mar 13, 2013
Rapid City - Emiel Everett Belzer II passed away on March 13, 2013 at Westhills Health Care in Rapid City. Bud was born May 29, 1912 to Emiel E. and Ida B. (Grotta) Belzer at De Smet, SD He attended the De Smet Public Schools and graduated from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Civil Engineering in...
Edna Mae Stevens
Mar 12, 2013
RAPID CITY- Edna M. Stevens, 75, passed away Tuesday March 12, 2013, at Rapid City Regional Hospital with her husband, son and mother by her side. Edna was born on August 26, 1937 in Highmore SD to Jim and Rose Middleton. Edna lived in Highmore until the age of 18, and then moved to Rapid City to go to school...
James L. Beshara
Mar 11, 2013
RAPID CITY - James L. "Jim" Beshara, 78, died Monday, March 11, 2013 at his home in Rapid City with his wife Marlys by his side. Jim was born August 31, 1934 in Deadwood, SD to Henry and Mildred (Holso) Beshara. As a young man, Jim was raised and educated in Deadwood, and began his entrepreneurial career through working with...
Mary Ann Demers
Mar 11, 2013
Sioux Falls - Mary Ann DeMers, 85, Sioux Falls and formerly of Rapid City, died Monday, March 11, 2013 at the Good Samaritan Center in Sioux Falls. She was born January 27, 1928 in Hand County, SD in the home of her parents, Leo and Mayme [Kopecky] Foerster. Following graduation from high school, Mary Ann continued her education and earned...
R. Darlene Dary
Mar 10, 2013
RAPID CITY- Ramona (Darlene) Dary, 79, died Sunday, March 10, 2013 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Ramona (Darlene) Dary was born on March 3, 1934 to August Larson and Gladys Miller in Sturgis, SD. Darlene lived with her parents in various locations before settling down in Farmingdale, SD. Darlene met the love of her life, Harold (Hal) Dary at the...
John Randall Honerkamp Sr.
Mar 10, 2013
PIEDMONT- John R. Honerkamp Sr., 93, died peacefully at home on Sunday, March 10, 2013, surrounded by his wife and family. He was born March 6, 1920 in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended St. Ann's grade school in Normandy, MO, and in 1936 he enrolled at the David Ranken School of Mechanical Trades in St. Louis and graduated in 1938....
Bertha A. Engle
Mar 8, 2013
RAPID CITY- Bertha Audrey Engle, 85, Rapid City, succumbed to death from cancer on March 8, 2013, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital Auxiliary Hospice House with family at her side. Bertha was born on a farm south of Lesterville, South Dakota on March 20, 1927, to Albert and Rose (Novak) Freidel. Bertha graduated from Yankton High School in 1945....
Fr. Reuben Valades
Mar 5, 2013
RAPID CITY- It is with great sorrow that our Fr. Reuben Valades passed away on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at the VA- BHHCS in Ft. Meade, South Dakota. Fr. Reuben was born on September 26, 1929, to Catarino and Andrea (Uvalle) Valades in Edgemont, SD. Fr. Reuben graduated salutatorian in his class of 1947. He then worked in Wade's Grocery...
Robert Franklin Martin
Mar 3, 2013
Rapid City - Robert "Bob" F. Martin, 79, Rapid City, died at his home on Sunday, March 3, 2013. Bob was born October 7, 1933 to John Frank and Leola Marguarete [Converse] Martin at Watertown, SD. He was raised four years in Watertown, nine years in Minneapolis, MN and five years in Estelline, SD. He graduated from Estelline High School...
