Anna C. (Sundall) Rumsey
Feb 4, 2011
Rapid City - Anna C. (Sundall) Rumsey, 93, Rapid City, died Friday, February 4, 2011 at Golden Living Center - Prairie Hills in Rapid City. Anna was born February 7, 1917 on the family farm in Lyman County. She married George Packman in 1938 in Kennebec. They moved to Rapid City in 1942. She married Robert Rumsey in 1956 in...
Morris Le Compte
Feb 2, 2011
Morris Le Compte, 72, died at Rapid City Regional on Wednesday, February 2, 2011. He was born on September 17, 1938, in Cheyenne Agency to Casper and Virginia (La Plant) Le Compte. He grew up in White Horse and attended St. Joseph's Indian Catholic Boarding School, Holy Cross School in Timber Lake, spent 2 years in Tucson, AZ and then...
Donald Benson Tyson
Feb 2, 2011
Donald B. Tyson was one of those energetic individuals who managed to pack several lifetimes of work and adventure into 94 years. He died Feb. 2 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Dons life journey was professionally grounded in aviation and embellished by passions for trout fishing and amateur radio. At the time of his death, Don had held a Ham...
Thomas H. Foye
Feb 1, 2011
RAPID CITY - Thomas Foye, 80, a lifelong resident of Rapid City, died Tuesday Feb. 1, 2011, from a fall at his home. Tom was born Nov. 23, 1930, in Rapid City. He attended Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Grade School. He graduated from Rapid City High School in 1948. Tom graduated with his B.A. degree from Creighton College of...
Elizabeth Lee "Bette" Ellis
Feb 1, 2011
RAPID CITYElizabeth Lee Bette Ellis, 92, died at Rapid City Regional Hospital on Tuesday, February 1, 2011. Bette Lee was born in Bloomfield, Nebraska on Dec. 7, 1918 to Glen and Anna Ogden (Anna was adopted off an Orphan Train in 1897 by Henry and "Minie" Meuting of Bloomfield). She married Dwain Conner in 1939. With their 5 children they...
Russell H. "Russ" Halvorson
Jan 31, 2011
Russell H. Russ Halvorson, 87, Rapid City, died Monday January 31, 2011 at Clarkson Mountain View Health Care Facility. He was born in Castlewood, South Dakota, October 20, 1923 to Carl N. Halvorson and Laura B. Tollefson Halvorson, the youngest of six children. Russ attended Castlewood High School, South Dakota State University and the University of South Dakota before graduating...
Henrietta L Krantz
Jan 30, 2011
Rapid City Henrietta L. Krantz, 98, of Rapid City, died Sunday, January 30, 2011 at Golden Living Center Prairie Hills. Survivors include five granddaughters, Cynthia (Larry) Lewis, Westminster, Colorado, Carleen (Duane) Stjerholm, Denver, Colorado, Michelle Krantz-Godec, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Laura (Eric) Smallwood, Lawrenceburg, Indiana and Nancy (Ken) Morikawa, Littleton, Colorado, ten great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. She was preceded...
Jack Darham
Jan 29, 2011
RAPID CITY- Jack Darham, 88, Rapid City, died Saturday January 29, 2011. Survivors include three children. Arrangements are pending.
Donna J. Best
Jan 29, 2011
Donna Jeannine (Hodgin) Best, 80, of Rapid City died Saturday, January 29, 2011, at her home. She was born April 28, 1930 in Chamberlain to Charles and Stella Hodgin. She graduated from Chamberlain High School in 1948 and moved to Rapid City in 1952 after meeting her future husband while visiting a cousin who lived there. She married Lloyd Best...
Ruby E. Schienbein
Jan 27, 2011
RAPID CITY - Ruby E. Schienbein, 95, Rapid City, died Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011, at Clarkson Mountain View Health Care Facility. Ruby was born March 11, 1915, along with her twin sister Garnet, to William and Anna Amanda (Anderson) Schmele, on their homestead ranch in Newell, South Dakota. She attended Horse Creek School and was a teenager during the Great...
Rebello "Ray" Vitali
Jan 24, 2011
RAPID CITY Rebello S. (Ray) Vitali, 96, of Rapid City, died at the Clarkson Health Care Facility on Monday, January 24, 2011. Ray was born on June 28, 1914, in Mulberry, Kansas. In 1925, he moved to Detroit, Michigan, where he graduated from Pershing High School. He attended the Detroit Institute of Technology at night while working at Dodge Motor...
Lawrence "Larry" A Bauer
Jan 23, 2011
RAPID CITY- Lawrence "Larry" Albert Bauer passed away January 23, 2011 in Sioux Falls, SD.
He was born October 2, 1919 in Hanover, KS to Frederick and Lola Bauer. He graduated from Waterville High School and Sweeney Aviation School in Wichita, KS and was a certified Army and Navy welder. In WWII he earned the rank of...
Edith Leona Townley
Jan 23, 2011
RAPID CITY- Edith M. Townley, 92, Rapid City, died Sunday, January 23, 2011 at Westhills Village Health Care. Edie was born January 9, 1919, in Grand Junction, CO, the only daughter of Thomas E. McHugh and Nellie (Carothers) McHugh. She and her three brothers lived in Grand Junction where Edie was active in school and church activities, and graduated from...
Helen Lucille Melvin
Jan 21, 2011
RAPID CITY- Helen Lucille Melvin, 87, Rapid City, died Friday January 21, 2011 at the Victorian Assisted Living Center in Rapid City. Helen was born Helen Lucille Johnson in Rapid City on February 11, 1923 to Hazel [Marsh] and Fred Johnson, the third of four children. She spent most of her life in the Rapid City area with the exception...
Dorothy Jean (Haley) Evans
Jan 20, 2011
RAPID CITY- Dorothy (Dodee) J. (Haley) Evans, 76, Rapid City, died Thursday, January 20, 2011 at Clarkson Mt. View Health Care Facility due to stroke complications. Dorothy was born June, 26, 1934 in Sturgis, SD to William (Silvers) and Bertha (Grace) Haley as the youngest of eight children. As a young girl she moved from Hereford to Sturgis with her...
Nancy Belle Behrends
Jan 19, 2011
RAPID CITY - Nancy B. Behrends, 77, Rapid City, died Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011, at home. Survivors include her husband, Wendell W. Behrends, Rapid City; three children, Wanda Moranti, Rapid City, Sheila Hellekson, Billings, Mont., and Mark Behrends, Snoqualmie, Wash.; eight grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and a brother, Donald Stewart, Chester. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. today...
Eugene "Gene" G. Cheever
Jan 13, 2011
Rapid City- Eugene (Gene) G. Cheever, 82, passed away at Westhills Village Health Care in Rapid City, SD on January 13, 2011. He was born to Herbert and Margaret (Williams) Cheever in Brookings, SD on December 30, 1928. Gene played sports through high school, excelling in football and track. He won several individual state titles in track and was inducted...
Marien Swanson
Jan 12, 2011
RAPID CITYMarien Swanson, 80, of Rapid City, passed away, Wednesday, January 12 at Regional Hospice House. She was born October 3, 1930 in Two Harbors, to Martin and Minnie Olson. She lived in Two Harbors until moving to Rapid City in 1961. Marien was a devoted baseball mom for her three boys. She was an active member of Trinity Lutheran...
Harry G. "Babe" Babka
Jan 12, 2011
Rapid City - Harry G. Babe Babka, 90, died January 12, 2011, at Crest View Care Center, Chadron NE. Harry was born February 19, 1920 in Omaha, NE to Frank Josef and Marie (Moravec) Babka. The youngest of ten children, "Babe was proud of his Czechoslovakian heritage. Harry was preceded in death by his first wife, Bette, in 1972, his...
John Patrick Atwater
Jan 10, 2011
Rapid City-John Patrick Atwater died Monday, January 10, 2011 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital-Hospice of the Hills. Survivors include his wife: Margarita C. Atwater of Rapid City; two step-daughters: Susan J. Hoopes of Stockton, CA and Cynthia M. [Robert] Akers of Rapid City; and three step-grandchildren. John was preceded in death by his mother, one brother, and one sister....
