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Barbara Rose Little
Mar 31, 2011
RAPID CITY- Barbara Rose Little, 88, Rapid City, died Thursday, March 31, 2011 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. She is survived by one daughter: Rosemary Jones; two sons, Daniel Little, Rapid City; and Michael Little; 7 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband, Robert. There are no services scheduled at this time per her...
Keith Robert Harrison
Mar 31, 2011
RAPID CITY- Keith Robert Harrison, 48, Rapid City passed away at his home on Thursday, March 31, 2011 from a head injury he received in a recent fall. Keith was born June 2, 1962 in Rapid City, SD. to Clarence and Joan Harrison. Keith was the youngest of 5 children and insisted on keeping up with his older siblings. He...
Ronald Dennis Anderson
Mar 28, 2011
Ronald Dennis Anderson, 55, Rapid City, died Monday, March 28, 2011, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Ron graduated from Stevens High School with the Class of 1973. He was an active competitor in sports, competing in swimming and ski jumping. He attended college at South Dakota State University for a year. Ron was married in 1975 and in 1980 his...
Jeffery S. Herron
Mar 28, 2011
RAPID CITY -- Jeffery S. Herron, 42, Rapid City, died Monday, March 28, 2011 at Rapid City Regional Hospital of a brain aneurysm and his organs were donated. Survivors include a son, Riley Herron, Belle Fourche; his parents, Manly Dude and Grace Herron, Rapid City; and numerous uncles and cousins. He was preceded in death by a brother, Timothy D....
Robert "Bob" E. Kolarich
Mar 28, 2011
Robert E. Bob Kolarich of Godfrey, IL died March 28, 2011 at Alton Memorial Hospital in the arms of his wife of 65 years. He was 90 years old. Born April 29, 1920 in Mallard, IA, and was the third child of George and Norma Kolarich. He graduated from Mallard High School in 1937 and Yankton College in 1942. In...
Rosemary L Truesdell
Mar 24, 2011
RAPID CITY- Rosemary L. Truesdell, 90, Rapid City, died Thursday, March 24, 2011 at her residence. Rosemary was born March 31, 1920 in Maxwell, NE to William and Mabel (Golden) Crampton. On December 23, 1938, she married Clifford P. Truesdell in Ponca, Nebraska. The couple made their home in Omaha and lived there until 1948, when they moved to Broken...
Lucille Marjorie Wittmere
Mar 22, 2011
Colorado Springs, Colorado Lucille Marjorie Wittmere, 85 of Colorado Springs, Colorado and formally from Rapid City died Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at Saint Frances Medical Center in Colorado Springs. She was born to Henry and Lena Davis in Rose Nebraska. She moved to Rapid City SD in 1944, where she raised her two children and worked until 1986.She moved with...
Donald M. Boggs
Mar 21, 2011
Donald M. Boggs, 71, died at Custer Regional Hospital on Monday, March 21, 2011. Donald Milton Boggs was born July 1, 1939 to Merle William and Desyle Elizabeth (Dean) Boggs at the Dean Place near Pringle. He grew up in the lumber industry helping his dad with logging and the sawmill. Donny worked in the logging or trucking industry all...
Vivia Lyn Aubert
Mar 19, 2011
Rapid City - Vivia L. Aubert, 57 of Rapid City died Saturday, March 19, 2011 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Vivia Lyn Walker was born May 3, 1953 at Deadwood, South Dakota to George and Erma [Alexander] Walker. She attended school, grew to adulthood, and lived most of her life in Deadwood. She worked in the Prospector Gift Shop for...
Elenora Bryan
Mar 18, 2011
Elenora R. Bryan, 86, Rapid City, died Friday, March 18, 2011, at Golden Living Center, Bella Vista. She was born July 13, 1924, in Naper, Neb., the daughter of Louis and Anna (Shultz) Kortmeyer. She grew up at Naper and moved to Rapid City in 1945. Elenora married Glen Aryan and they owned and operated the One Hour Cleaners in...
Blanche F. Messer
Mar 12, 2011
Blanche F. Messer, 84, of Rapid City, died Saturday, March 12, 2011 at the home of her daughter in Faulkton following a several month illness. A prayer service will be at 7:00p.m., Tuesday, March 15, 7 p.m. at Luce Funeral Home, Faulkton with Pastor Tammy Craker officiating. Funeral services will be at 10:00a.m. MDT, Thursday, March 17 at Trinity Lutheran...
Virgil P. Graff
Mar 9, 2011
Virgil P. Graff, 91, died at a local nursing home on Wednesday, March 9, 2011. He served in the US Army from Sept. of 1941 until January of 1946. Survivors include his wife, Evelyn Graff, Rapid City; four children, David Graff, Cederburg, Wisc., Ronald Graff, Eugene, Ore., Gayle Vaught and James Graff, both of Rapid City; three step-children, Randy Erickson...
Lorraine K. Buus
Mar 9, 2011
Lorraine K. Buus, 85, died at Rapid City Regional Hospital on Wednesday, March 9, 2011. Lorraine K. Kueter was born on August 15, 1925, in Humboldt, to Joseph and Katherine (Hammon) Kueter. She grew up in rural Humboldt and graduated from Humboldt High School in 1943. On August 17, 1946, she was united in marriage to Jerry Buus in Humboldt....
Janice Westby
Mar 9, 2011
Rapid CityJanice Westby, 66, passed away at her home on Wednesday, March 9, 2011. Janice worked at Rapid City Regional Hospital for 23 years in Distribution and retired this past July. Survivors include a son, Roy Westby and his fiance, Diane Quinn, Rapid City; a daughter, Chelene Sorenson and her husband, Kent, Littleton, CO; 2 brothers, Bill Mulroy, Beresford and...
Clair R. Brich
Mar 9, 2011
On March 9, 2011, Clair Richard Brich fought his last battle and joined his parents, sister, and daughter-in-law in their heavenly home. Father and friend, counselor, avid golfer and outdoorsman, Clair Brich wore many hats and those that knew him shall miss him dearly. Always ready to step in and do his part Clair left his home in Carthage, South...
Jerome Bernell Shroll
Mar 8, 2011
Jerome Bernell Shroll Bernie, 83, Rapid City, passed away Tuesday March 8, 2011 at Rapid City Regional Auxillary Hospice House. Bernie was born July 21, 1927 in Kadoka South Dakota to Raymond and Helen Shroll. He attended high school in Rapid City and graduated in 1945, immediately after high school (the end of WWII) he enlisted in the United States...
Roy Eugene Pack
Mar 4, 2011
Box Elder- Roy Eugene Pack, 71, passed away at his home in Box Elder, SD, on Friday, March 4, 2011. Roy was born at Gillette, WY, on August 31, 1939. He grew up on his parents ranch near Gillette, Wyoming. He served in the U.S. Army in Korea, and again during the Cuban Crisis. After serving in the military, he...
Marvin Uhre
Mar 4, 2011
RAPID CITY - Marvin Lee Uhre, 86, Rapid City, passed away Friday, March 4, 2011, just before midnight at the Hospice House in Rapid City. Marvin was born Oct. 27, 1924, to Albert and Anna Belle Uhre in Mount Vernon. The youngest of three sons, he was born into the life he lived that of a farmer. He was baptized...
Charlotte L. Knight
Mar 1, 2011
RAPID CITY - Charlotte L. Knight, 92, Rapid City, died Tuesday, March 1, 2011, at a local nursing home. She was born Nov. 20, 1918, at Hawarden, Iowa, the daughter of James and Nettie (Moline) Johnston. She attended and graduated from Hawarden schools. While in high school, she was active in chorus and Pepper Steppers and at the age of...
Robert Sevening
Mar 1, 2011
Robert W. Sevening 78, of Blunt passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 1st in Rapid City with his family at his side. Bob was born April 6th, 1932 and grew up in the Blunt, Harrold and Onida area, graduating from Blunt High School in 1950. He married Dorothy Ping on May 26, 1951 in Deadwood. To this union, his 4...
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