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Dianne E. Abell
Oct 11, 2011
Dianne Ella Abell, 74, of Rapid City, died Tuesday, October 11, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. She was born January 19, 1937, to Bernard and Helen Hotzler in Bradley, SD. She grew up and attended school in Bradley, graduating from high school in 1956. She then moved to Sioux Falls, SD where she worked for John Morrell meat packing company....
Geraldine "Jerry" Mueller
Oct 10, 2011
RAPID CITY - Geraldine H. "Jerry" Mueller, 91, Rapid City, died Monday, Oct. 10, 2011, at home. Geraldine Henrietta "Jerry" Mueller was born Dec. 21, 1919, in Vesta, Minn., daughter of Ferdinand and Alvina Kemnitz. Her early years were spent in Vesta and North Redwood, Minn., until the family moved to Redwood Falls in 1928. She graduated as valedictorian of...
Nannette "Nan" Joy Roskos
Oct 8, 2011
RAPID CITY - Nanette Joy Nan Roskos, 55, Rapid City, died Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Nan was born May 12, 1956 in Watertown, SD to Ervin and Nina (Parks) Stephens . She graduated from Chamberlain High School in Chamberlain, SD in 1975. Being very creative, Nan could take something very simple and make it a...
Lloyd J. Smith
Oct 8, 2011
RAPID CITY Lloyd J. Smith, 75, Rapid City, died Saturday, October 8, 2011 at Rapid City Regional Hospital after a short illness. Lloyd was born in McCook, NE on April 11, 1936, to Howard and Wilma Smith and as a young man; he proudly served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean War. After his service, he returned to...
Regina Rose Conrath
Oct 7, 2011
RAPID CITY--Regina Rose Conrath, aged 100 years, 9 months and 23, days, passed away at Rapid City Regional Hospital Auxiliary Hospice House on Friday, October, 7, 2011. Regina Wagener was born on December 14, 1910, in Randolph, Kansas to Carl Francis and Esther Clarinda (Andersen) Wagener. The family moved from Kansas and homesteaded about twelve miles north of Isabel. When...
Larry G. Christianson
Oct 4, 2011
RAPID CITY - Larry G. Christianson, 76, Rapid City, died Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, at a local nursing home. Survivors include his wife, Juanita Christianson, Rapid City; three sons, Craig Christianson, Roseburg, Ore., Bradley Christianson, Tulsa, Okla., and Jeffrey Christianson, Boise, Idaho; a daughter, Kelly Christianson, Greenwood Village, Colo.; a brother, Chet Christianson, Anthem, Ariz.; 12 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren....
Sean D. Rice
Oct 2, 2011
RAPID CITY - Sean David Rice, 41, Rapid City Sean David Rice, 41, Rapid City, died Sunday October 2 at his home. Sean was born August 19, 1970 at Wright Patterson Air Force Base at Fairborn, Ohio. He attended and graduated from high school. He entered the United States Air Force and served and was later honorably discharged. He has...
Mildred Julia Willis
Sep 30, 2011
Memorial obituary Rapid City Mildred J. Willis, 76, died Friday, September 30, 2011 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital. Mildred Julia Huffman was born October 3, 1934 at Sturgis, SD to Sherman Harrison and May [Berke] Huffman. She married Harold Huey Willis on June 23, 1956 at Lead, SD. She worked at SCI in Rapid City for many years as...
James Howard Mcguire
Sep 28, 2011
Box Elder James Howard McGuire, SR., 80, Box Elder, died Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital. James served in the United States Army Air Corp, Air Force and National Guard. Survivors include four sons: Roy [Joeann] McGuire of Manzanola, CO, James BJ McGuire of Summerset, SD, Mark [Kelly] McGuire of Kim, CO, and James Jimmy [Michelle]...
Ida 'Lee' Card
Sep 24, 2011
Ida Lee Card, 84, died at Clarkson Healthcare on Saturday, September 24, 2011. She was born on January 13, 1927, Milo and Etta Kennedy in Belltower, Montana. Lee married Richard W. Card on July 28, 1949, in Rapid City. The couple lived in California and moved to Rapid City in the early 1980's. Lee worked in the banking industry. Lee...
Rolland W. Redlin
Sep 23, 2011
Rolland W. Rollie Redlin, respected Divide County farmer, Minot banker and former North Dakota Congressman and State Senator died Friday September 23 in his home in Rapid City, South Dakota. He was 91 (or 22 if you count leap year birthdays, which he always did.) Rollie was born in Lambert, Montana on February 29, 1920 to Ernest and Hedwig Hattie...
Donald G. Yeoman
Sep 22, 2011
Donald G. Yeoman, 85, Rockport, TX and Rapid City died September 22, 2011 in Corpus Christi, TX. Don was born April 9, 1926 in Norfolk, NE. He moved to Rapid City in 1937 with his family. He served in the Pacific theatre with the U.S.Navy during World War II. He developed a lifelong love of flying as a result. He...
Chester K Mantei
Sep 22, 2011
RAPID CITY- Chester K. Mantei, 74, Rapid City, died Thursday, September 22, 2011 at Golden Living Center- Black Hills. Chester K. Mantei was born October 5, 1936 in Fortuna, ND to Robert and Mabel (Wilkinson) Mantei. He left home at an early age to find work. He married Myrna Erickson in June of 1956 in Froid, Montana. They just celebrated...
Joyce Phyllis Gerdes
Sep 19, 2011
RAPID CITY Joyce P Gerdes, 77, went to her heavenly home Monday, September 19, 2011 at Rapid City Regional Hospital after suffering a stroke and a long battle with Alzheimers disease. The disease may have taken her mind and body, but her faith and spirit endured. She was born Aug 15, 1934, in Marietta, MN., to William Henry Zadow &...
Dorothy Gertrude Marso
Sep 18, 2011
Dorothy G. Marso, 90, died Sunday, September 18, 2011 at Golden Living Center Bella Vista, Rapid City. Dorothy served in the United States Army from 1944 to 1946. Survivors include one son: John [Karen] Marso of Rapid City; five daughters: Susan Rodriguez of Rapid City, Patti [Rick] Kallemeyn of Missouri City, TX, Mary Marso of Albuquerque, NM, Janet [Don] Cole...
Rita R. Hobart
Sep 18, 2011
RAPID CITY - Rita Renae Hobart, 58, Rapid City, died peacefully in her home on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011. She was born May 28, 1953, in Aberdeen, S.D., to Richard and Julie (Jessen) Rice. As a young girl, she lived with her family on a farm near Rockham, S.D. Later she moved to Redfield where she attended school. After a...
Lavon R Muzzy
Sep 18, 2011
LaVon Bonnie R. Muzzy RAPID CITY -- LaVon Bonnie R. Muzzy, 69, died Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011, with her family by her side at Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, South Dakota. LaVon was born March 20, 1942, in Rugby, North Dakota, to Fred and Margaret (Lacher) Fettig. She grew up in Crosby, ND, with her brothers and sisters....
David "Otis" John Radlinger
Sep 15, 2011
RAPID CITY - David J. "Otis" Radlinger, 62, Rapid City, died Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011, at Rapid City Regional Hospital Hospice House. Survivors include three sons, Jodi Radlinger, Hamilton, Mont.; Amos Radlinger, Bartelsville, Okla., and Travis Hoekstra, Iowa; a daughter, Margaret Friend, Bartelsville, Okla.; his mother, Donna Haberle, Rapid City; three brothers, Dennis Radlinger, Dan Radlinger and Mike Radlinger, all...
Ronald "Ronnie" Wayne Hoffman
Sep 14, 2011
Rapid City Ronald Ronnie Wayne Hoffman, 49, Rapid City died at his residence. Ronald Wayne Hoffman was born on September 28, 1961 at Winner, SD to Ronald Dell and Isabel Elizabeth Ann [Bailey] Hoffman. He attended school at Chamberlain, Selby and Presho, SD. At the age of 15 he began to work at Hutches Caf and continued to work there...
Verna E Mcmillan
Sep 12, 2011
Verna Elizabeth McMillan, 95, died Monday, September 12, 2011, in Denver, CO. Verna was born November 26, 1915 in Ludlow, SD, to Gideon & Inga Glendinning. In 1920 the family moved to Buffalo. She graduated from Buffalo High School in 1933. In the fall of 1934, Verna enrolled in a two year course at the Lutheran Bible Institute in Minneapolis,...
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