Clifford Meyer
Dec 16, 2011
RAPID CITY - Clifford A. Meyer, 83, died Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, at Golden Living Center- Meadowbrook. He was born January 31, 1928, in Hoven, South Dakota to Joseph and Frances (Schmidt) Meyer. On November 24, 1947, Cliff married Evelyn Artz and together they had ten children. Cliff was the regional manager for Banker's Life and Casualty Insurance Company for...
Blanche Burnett
Dec 16, 2011
Blanche Rose Burnett passed away at GoldenLiving Center-Prairie Hills on Friday, December 16, 2011, 32 days after her 103rd birthday. Blanche Rose Lapka was born to John and Blanche Lapka on November 12,1908, the second of five children. She grew up in Chicago, where she attended elementary and high school. In 1930 she married George Burnett. To this union a...
Sister Mary David Hausmann Osb
Dec 15, 2011
Sister Mary David Hausmann, 93, died December 15 after a lengthy illness. Survivors include two brothers, Bob Hausmann and Don Hausmann; and her sisters at St. Martins. A viewing is scheduled for December 19, at 5:30 at St. Martin Monastery, followed by a vigil service at 6:30 in the Chapel. The Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 10:00...
Maude M. Brockelsby
Dec 11, 2011
RAPID CITY--Maude Brockelsby, 95, died peacefully in her sleep at Rapid City Regional Hospital Auxiliary Hospice House on Dec. 11, 2011. Maude Millicent (Wagner) Brockelsby was born Nov. 2, 1916, in Lake Andes, S.D., the granddaughter of immigrants from Germany and Ireland. Her parents were Charles and Alice (Clark) Wagner. Her family lived on a farm near Lake Andes and...
Charlotte Marie Schumacher
Dec 11, 2011
Rapid City Charlotte Marie Schumacher, 77, Rapid City, died Sunday, December 11, 2011 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Survivors include her son: Lee [Rachel] Schumacher of San Diego, CA; and two sisters: Arly of Pickstown, SD and Francine of Iowa. Charlotte was preceded in death by her husband, Elvin George Schumacher on July 21, 2003, parents, and three sisters. Visitation...
Florence J Ashley
Dec 9, 2011
Rapid CityFlorence J. Ashley, 93, passed away at Rapid City Regional Hospital on Friday, December 9, 2011. She was born on April 6, 1918, in Dickens, Iowa, to Fred and Irene (Hill) Reeverts. Florence was united in marriage to Lowell E. Pat Ashley and the couple lived in Rapid City. She was a dietician with the local hospitals. She was...
J. Rodger Thomson
Dec 8, 2011
Rapid City J. Rodger Thomson took the hand of Jesus and went home on December 8, 2011. Rodger passed away at Rapid City Regional Hospital after courageously fighting a lengthy illness. Rodger was born on March 12, 1941 in Deadwood, SD to James Michael and Leota Thomson. He grew up in the Black Hills and graduated from Sturgis High School...
Sharon Lee Schultz
Dec 6, 2011
Rapid City--Sharon Lee Schultz (Kingsbury), 78, of Rapid City, died on December 6, 2011 at Hospice House. Sharon was born May 31, 1933 to Verne Charles and Anna Margaret Kingsbury (Engebretson) in Philip, SD. The family moved from Philip to Rapid City in 1940. She graduated from Rapid City High School and then attended Colorado Womens College in Denver, CO...
William "Bill" L Robbins
Dec 5, 2011
William Bill Lowell Robbins, 67, of Hill City, passed from this life to be with his Savior on Monday, December 5, 2011 after a six month battle with cancer. He was born July 16, 1944, in Rapid City, to Leland and Ruby (Dimond) Robbins. As a young boy his family moved to Hill City, and he attended the Hill City...
Sister Maureen Griffin, O.S.B.
Dec 4, 2011
Sister Maureen Griffin, O.S.B., 93, died peacefully at St Martin Monastery on Sunday, Dec . 4. She was born March 27, 1918 in Omaha, Nebraska to Patrick Michael Griffin and Emma Maud Tulburt. Her family moved to a farm east of Sturgis. She received her elementary education in a country school and her secondary education at St. Martins Academy ....
Bertha L. Witte
Dec 3, 2011
RAPID CITY- Bertha Lee Witte, 81, Edgemont, died Dec. 3. 2011, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. She was born July 21, 1930 in Hahira, Georgia. Survivors include her husband of 57 years, Earl Joe Witte; four sons, Thomas (Colleen) Witte, Houston, TX; Steven (Nancy) Witte, Elizabeth, Colorado; Paul (Teresa) Witte, Rapid City; Russell (Hope) Witte, Hot Springs; one daughter, Joyce...
Marjorie Chew
Dec 3, 2011
RAPID CITY- Marjorie Chew, 95, died Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, at a local nursing home. She was born June 9, 1916, in Centralia, Kansas to George and Isla Rathbun. She lived her early years in Council Bluffs, Iowa, later moving to Omaha, Nebraska. She attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. She was a medical secretary for the late Dr. Charles...
Doretta F. Witt
Dec 2, 2011
CASPER, Wyo. - Doretta F. Witt, 84, died Friday, Dec. 2, 2011, at Wyoming Medical Center. Survivors include her daughter, Pamela Weikum, Casper; three sisters, Doris Anderson, Seattle, and Jean Jankord and Shirley Fuss, both of Redfield, S.D.; and three grandchildren. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday,Dec. 9, at Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home. Services will...
Catherine A. Wilcox
Dec 2, 2011
Rapid City Catherine A. Wilcox, 90, Rapid City died Friday, December 2, 2011 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Catherine Amelia Livermont was born March 24, 1921 at Timberlake, South Dakota to Henry Alexander and Christine Edna [Traversie] Livermont. She attended school at the Cheyenne River Boarding School for grade school and attended and graduated from Timberlake High School. She married...
Elizabeth H. Young-Huff
Dec 1, 2011
RAPID CITY- Elizabeth Victoria Ann Henning Young-Huff, 73, Rapid City, died peacefully on the morning of December 1, 2011. Liz was born August 4, 1938, in Clinton, Iowa, and spent her young life on the banks of the Mississippi River. She attended the University of Iowa, where she met and later married her former spouse Marshall P. Young. Together they...
Doris Jean Hohn
Nov 28, 2011
Rapid City Doris J. Hohn, 84, Rapid City, died Monday, November 28, 2011 at the Golden Living Center-Prairie Hills Nursing Home, Rapid City. She was born August 16, 1927 in Letcher, SD to Joseph and Opal [Bayles] Heinzman, where she grew to adulthood and attended school. She married Louis Hohn on February 17, 1947. Doris and Louis moved to Rapid...
Samuel William Davies
Nov 27, 2011
"I did it my way" March 12, 1937, to November 27, 2011 RAPID CITY - "Bill" can be remembered for many things during his diverse and exciting life. Starting his working life as a fireman on the Northern Pacific Railroad out of Dickinson, ND, Bill conquered the lodging world with a humble beginning by purchasing a 12-unit La Belle Lodge...
Lavonne A. Hansen
Nov 27, 2011
CHANDLER, AZ-LaVonne Hansen passed away on November 27, 2011 at her home in Chandler, AZ at the age of 85 joining her husband and parents in heaven. LaVonne (Bonnie to many) was born in Springfield SD on October 2, 1926. After her fathers graduation from the School of Mines, his career took LaVonne and her family to as many as...
Edgar Irvine Winger
Nov 27, 2011
Rapid City Edgar Irvine Winger, 85, died at the Rapid City Regional Hospital on Sunday, November 27, 2011. He was born in Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada on April 25, 1926 to Walter and Mary [Bort] Winger. He completed grade 13 in Ridgeway and received a scholarship to attend Ontario College of Arts in Toronto, Canada. Ed became a U.S. Citizen and...
Mary M. Hoehn
Nov 26, 2011
Mary M. Hoehn, 84, passed away on Saturday, November 26, 2011, at Rapid City Regional Hospital Auxiliary Hospice House after courageously battling cancer for several years. She was born on September 13, 1927, to John B. and Susan R. (Gillen) Wieser in Nashville, Kansas. Mary grew up in Kansas and South Dakota, and she graduated from Wasta High School in...
