Lillian Chell
Jul 14, 2013
RAPID CITY- Lillian Ruth Chell, 88, died Sunday July 14, after a long, rich life of caring for others. Beloved by many, who will miss her. She was born January 10, 1925 in Beltrami County, MN. and graduated High School in Bemidji, MN. She entered Cadet Nurses Training at Bethesda Hospital, St. Paul, MN. and began a career as a...
Elizabeth Jean Tesar
Jul 13, 2013
Rapid City - Elizabeth "Betty" J. Tesar, 88, Rapid City, died Saturday, July 13, 2013 at the Clarkson Health Care Center. Survivors include one daughter: Lynn Anne [Jim] Stotts of Pierre, SD; four sons: John [Reon] Tesar of Tucson, AZ, Charles [Brita] Tesar, MD of San Diego, CA, Clement Tesar of Mountain View, CA, and Joseph [Linda] Tesar of Ann...
Phyllis H. Frankenfeld
Jul 9, 2013
Phyllis Hatch Frankenfeld, 86, died Tuesday, July 9, at Hospice House of the Hills in Rapid City after a short and courageous battle with cancer. Her friends and family, joined by compassionate hospice professionals, kept her comfortable and cheerful, trading jokes and stories with her until her final hours. She took to her grave the precious secret of whom among...
Lorraine Louise Rishea
Jul 5, 2013
RAPID CITY- Lorraine L. Rishea, 80, died Friday, July 5, 2013 at Golden Living Center, Black Hills in Rapid City. Lorraine was born on was on December 20, 1932 in Webster, SD to John and Rose (Gort) Kies. She attended school in Webster and graduated from Webster High School. She went on to attend X-Ray tech school in Sioux Falls...
William H. Rouleau
Jul 5, 2013
PIEDMONTWilliam H. Rouleau, 71, of Piedmont, died at Rapid City Regional Hospital on Friday, July 5, 2013. Survivors include his wife, Susan Rouleau, Piedmont; a son, William K. Rouleau, McHenry, Ill.; 2 daughters, Amy Munson and Sara Rouleau, both of Bismarck, N. Dak.; a brother, Walter Rouleau, Rapid City; a sister, Marilyn Sarkisian, West Boylston, Mass. and 4 grandchildren. Private...
Steven Amerson
Jul 5, 2013
RAPID CITY- Steven G. Amerson, 55, died Friday, July 5, 2013 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. He served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. Survivors include his mother, Joyce Amerson, Rapid City; son, Jeramie Amerson, Rapid City; daughter, Shari Epley, Hawaii; one brother, Galen Amerson, Colorado; and two grandchildren. Services will be at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, July...
Gregory "Greg" Robert Pinholt
Jul 3, 2013
RAPID CITY- Gregory (Greg) Robert Pinholt passed away in May of 2012 while hiking in the wilderness of the Black Hills that he loved. He was found and returned to his family in July of 2013. Greg was born on November 29, 1955 in Watertown, SD to Robert and Evelyn (Berg) Pinholt. He was baptized and confirmed at Grace Lutheran...
Faye M Messer
Jun 29, 2013
Rapid City - Faye Marie [Whittecar] Messer, 77, Rapid City, passed away Saturday, June 29, 2013 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital surrounded by family. She was born August 27, 1935 in Mitchell, SD to Dale and Lola [Wilson] Whittecar. On June 14, 1953 she married Ronald Messer in White Lake, SD. They moved to Rapid City in 1956. She...
Raymond P Kruse
Jun 25, 2013
Rapid City - Raymond P. Kruse, 87, of Rapid City, died Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at the Rapid City Regional Hospice Auxiliary House. Raymond Peter Kruse was born March 20, 1926 to W.P. and Florence [DeBerg] Kruse in Little Rock, Iowa. His elementary education was in Little Rock, Iowa and White, South Dakota. He participated in football, basketball, class plays,...
Elizabeth Kramer
Jun 20, 2013
RAPID CITY- Elizabeth J. "Betty" Kramer, 71, died Thursday, June 20, 2013 at Rapid City Regional Hospital Auxiliary Hospice House. Betty was born on December 31, 1941 in Java, South Dakota to Fred and Emma (Holzwarth) Schott. Her early childhood years were spent in Java until her parents sold the family farm. The family then moved to Mobridge during Betty's...
Linda L Schweitzer
Jun 16, 2013
Rapid City - Linda L. Schweitzer, 65, Rapid City, died Sunday, June 16, 2013 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Survivors include two sons: Shawn [Karla] Mahoney of Puyallup, Washington and Boyd Schweitzer of Timber Lake, SD; three daughters: Kim Mahoney and Erin Mahoney of Colorado, and Melissa [Blaine] Wilkinson of Tiffin, Iowa; three grandchildren; and her partner in life: Leslie...
Robert Horvath
Jun 12, 2013
Robert M. Horvath, 61, died Tuesday, June 12, 2013 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Cremation has taken place and there are no services planned at this time.
Joseph Horvath
Jun 12, 2013
Joseph L. Horvath, 55, died Tuesday, June 12, 2013 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Cremation has taken place and there are no services planned at this time.
James Kuehn
Jun 10, 2013
RAPID CITY- James Marshall "Jim" Kuehn, 87 died Monday, June 10, 2013 at a local nursing home. A native of Mobridge, SD and educated in South Dakota, James Marshall Kuehn spent his 37-year daily newspaper career with the Rapid City Journal. After receiving a B.S. degree from the University of South Dakota in 1949, he joined South Dakota's second largest...
Vlora Nickel
Jun 9, 2013
RAPID CITY- Vlora Nickel, 90, died Sunday, June 9, 2013 at Westhills Village Health Care. Survivors include two children: Susan (Don) Hotalling, Hermosa; Peter (Renee) Nickel; three grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Cremation has taken place and there are no services planned at this time.
Don Harsma
Jun 8, 2013
RAPID CITY- Don Harsma, 71, died Saturday, June 8, 2013 at Ft. Meade Medical Facility. Don was born January 11, 1942 in a farm outside of Tea, SD to Gerald and Bertha (Vanderziel) Harsma. He grew up in Humboldt, SD and graduated from Humboldt High School. He enlisted into the U.S. Army National Guard on February 16, 1964 and was...
Mary Ellen Kern
Jun 6, 2013
RAPID CITY- Mary Ellen Anderson Kern was born February 23, 1920, to Walter Steven and Talulah Belle Palmer Anderson of Harlem, Georgia. She married Truman H. Kern July 17, 1945, at the Methodist Church in Harlem, Georgia. Capt. Kern was stationed at Camp Gordon, Georgia, and had 2 young sons, Peter M. and Jerome Kern. Mary married into a ready-made...
Christopher Arnaud
Jun 4, 2013
JOHNSTOWN, COLO- Chris A. Arnaud, 48, passed away Tuesday, June 4, 2013 in Loveland, Colorado. Born on February 1, 1965 in Roswell New Mexico he was the son of late Alfred Arnaud. He graduated from Stevens High School in Rapid City, SD. He enlisted in the United States Navy and served for 25 years where he obtained rank of Master...
Beverly Cress
Jun 1, 2013
RAPID CITY - Beverly J. Cress, 75, died Saturday, June 1, 2013 at the Golden Living Center-Black Hills. Survivors include four daughters: Joan Chick of Burns Flat, OK, Peggy Wallenstein of Black Hawk, Linda Johns of Piedmont, and Janie Shannon of Sacramento, CA; one son: Stephen Johnson of Galt, CA; eight grandchildren; and seventeen great-grandchildren. Visitation will be from 4:00...
Kasey A. Hudson
May 31, 2013
RAPID CITY- Kasey Aaron Hudson, 18, of Searcy, AR and formerly of Rapid City drowned in Little Rock, AR. Little Rock experienced extensive flooding due to severe weather in the area. Kasey was born in Rapid City to Scott Aaron Hudson of Rapid City and Trisha Newman Marquiss of Searcy, AR. Kasey was loved by many. He loved to ride...
