Arlone Prascher
Jan 22, 2012
RAPID CITY- Arlone Prascher, 89, Rapid City, passed away January 22, 2012 at Rapid City Regional Auxiliary Hospital Hospice House. Arlone was born in Sherman County Nebraska to William and Helen Habe, and was the oldest of seven children. She lived on her parents farm in Sherman County until the family moved to Kearney, Nebraska in 1939. Arlone graduated from...
Bernadine Mae Green
Jan 16, 2012
Rapid City Bernadine M. Green, 86, Rapid City, died at her home on Monday, January 16 under hospice care. Bernadine Mae Green was born November 17, 1925 at Rockyford, SD on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to Charles R. and Emma A. [Clifford] Jones. She attended school at Holy Rosary Mission, which is now Red Cloud High School. She moved...
Rev. Richard L. Cook, Sr.
Jan 15, 2012
Rev. Richard L. Cook, Sr., 98, passed away at Fountain Springs Healthcare on Sunday, January 15, 2012. He was born in Bloomingdale, New Jersey on January 11, 1914, to John and Anna Cook. Richard grew up in Bloomingdale and graduated high school in Butler, New Jersey. On May 7, 1936, he was united in marriage to Helen Louise Miller in...
Robert "Bob" Merle Steele
Jan 14, 2012
Rapid City - Robert Merle Steele passed away on Saturday, January 14th, 2012 at age 67. Robert (Bob) was born on December 30, 1944 in Ree Heights, South Dakota. He lived there until the age of five, when his family moved to Rapid City. Throughout his childhood, Bob could be found riding horses, spending summers on a guest ranch, working...
Betty J. Coon
Jan 12, 2012
Betty Joan Coon, 86, Rapid City, died Thursday, January 12, 2012 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. She was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on December 29, 1925. She moved to Spokane, Washington with her parents at a young age and later graduated from Lewis and Clark High School. In 1943, she married Robert N. Coon. While he served in the Air...
Marri Teresa Clausen
Jan 11, 2012
RAPID CITYMarri T. Clausen, loving wife, mother, and sister passed into the arms of heaven at her home on Wednesday morning, January 11, 2012. Marri Teresa Bowlby was born March 6, 1949 at Portland, Oregon to Fred and Marjorie [Murphy] Bowlby, Jr. She married Roger Dean Clausen on January 15, 1983 at Hillsboro, Oregon. She loved her craftwork, artwork, and...
William "Bill" Henry Cuka
Jan 11, 2012
Rapid City William Bill H. Cuka, 89, Rapid City died Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at Golden Living Center-Black Hills. On June 4, 1922, Bill was born on the family homestead northeast of Tyndall, SD to Frank and Pauline (Varilek) Cuka. In later years he farmed south of Wagner, SD until he volunteered for WWII. SSGT Cuka served as a squad...
James Paul Thelen
Jan 2, 2012
RAPID CITY - James Paul Thelen, 74, died Monday, Jan. 2, 2012, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Survivors include his wife, Diane Thelen, Rapid City. Private family graveside services will be held at Mountain View Cemetery in Rapid City.
James A. Bergman
Jan 2, 2012
Hallettsville, Texas- James A. Bergman, 92, Hallettsville, Texas, died Monday, January 2, 2012, at Schulenburg Regency Nursing Center. Jim was born July 25, 1919 in Andover, Missouri to Gus and Florence (Hurst) Bergman Jr. His father was a dairy farmer. He graduated from Lamoni High School on May 18th, 1939 in Lamoni, Iowa. He was drafted into the US Army...
Carl Sprague
Jan 2, 2012
Carl H. Sprague, 60, died at Rapid City Regional Hospital on Monday, January 2, 2012. Carl was born in Coos Bay, Oregon on March 4, 1951, to Homer and Ruth (Wagner) Sprague. He grew up in Pendleton, Oregon and Anchorage, Alaska. He served as a Sergeant in the US Army MP's and served in Vietnam. After he returned from the...
Shirley Hinds
Jan 1, 2012
Des Moines, Iowa Shirley Hinds, 76, Des Moines and formerly of Rapid City, died January 1, 2012 at Des Moines after a courageous battle with cancer. Shirley was born January 15, 1935 to Donald and Thelma Graham in Chadron, NE and grew up and went to school in the Rapid City area. She married Robert Hinds in 1952 and they...
Patricia Ann Hahn
Jan 1, 2012
Black Hawk Patricia Ann Hahn, 64, Black Hawk, died Sunday, January 01, 2012 at her home. Survivors include her husband: Otto Hahn of Black Hawk; one son: Michael [Vickie] Runge of Rapid City; one daughter: Lorna Runge of Ft. Worth, TX; five grandchildren; and two step-sons: Joseph Thyne of Montana and Jason Hahn of Sterling, Colorado. Visitation will be from...
Lawrence Brand
Dec 30, 2011
RAPID CITY -Lawrence V. Brand, 90, died Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, at Avera Rosebud Country Care Center in Gregory. Survivors include his sons, Verdell Brand, Robert Brand and Harlan Brand, all of Rapid City, and Victor Brand, Denver; and daughter, Shirley Lewis, Rapid City. Arrangements are pending
Dale R. Barck
Dec 28, 2011
Dale R. Barck, 81, of Rapid City, passed away at Rapid City Regional Hospital on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. Dale was born November 19, 1930, to Lyle and Alice (Eckman) Barck in Watertown, S.D. He married Theresa Blais on June 2, 1951, at Camp Carson Army Base, Colo. Dale served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He worked...
Donald "Digger" Lawrence Weiland
Dec 26, 2011
Rapid City Donald Digger Weiland, 87, Rapid City, died Sunday, December 25, 2011 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Donald L. Weiland, or Digger as he has been known since college, was born January 4, 1924 at Scotland, South Dakota. He was the fourth youngest in a family of 15 children. He attended Scotland High School where he excelled in athletics...
Deloris "Dee" Corbin
Dec 25, 2011
RAPID CITY- Deloris Corbin, 79, passed away peacefully Sunday, December 25, 2011 at the Hospice House of the Black Hills, Rapid City with family at her side. She died of complications from pulmonary fibrosis. Deloris (Dee) Corbin was born on July 23, 1932 in Webster, S.D. to Joseph and Hulda Storly. In high school Deloris worked at the Webster movie...
Esther Gunderson
Dec 25, 2011
Esther K. Gunderson, 100, formerly of Rapid City, died Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011, at her home in Overland Park. She was born June 20, 1911, at Lake Tystad, South Dakota to Clara and Wilhelm Christensen. She was preceded in death by her husband, Merle, her son ,Wallace (Wally), five siblings, Carl, Einer, Al, Emma (Beachler) and Geneva (Dickinson), two granddaughters,...
Marie Klein
Dec 20, 2011
RAPID CITY - Marie C. Klein, 88, Rapid City, died Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at Golden Living Center-Prairie Hills. Survivors include her sisters, Dorothy and Ruth, both of Baltimore; granddaughter, Lil (Jerry) Kaiser, Rapid City; six great-grandchildren, Barb, Tasha, Amy, Chrissy, Alex, Candi; and 10 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Adam John Klein.
James Irving Snipes, Iv
Dec 20, 2011
Rapid City James Irving Snipes, IV, 60, Rapid City died Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at his home in Rapid City, SD. James Irving Snipes, IV, was born June 9, 1951 at Manhattan, New York to James Irving and Ella Marie [Long] Snipes, III. He grew to adulthood and graduated from high school. James serviced in the United States Air Force...
Frank D. Lelacheur
Dec 19, 2011
Rapid City - Frank D. LeLaCheur, 70, Rapid City, died Monday, December 19, 2011 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Frank D. LeLaCheur was born January 30, 1941 at Dewey, South Dakota to Lee and Fern [Evans] LeLaCheur. Frank grew to adulthood and attended school at Hot Springs. He married Joyce Marie Nelson on March 31, 1959 at Hot Springs. While...
