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Dorothy Boyce
Oct 18, 2010
Dorothy Marion Boyce, 88, died Monday of Pneumonia, Oct. 18, 2010 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Dorothy was born Oct. 12, 1922 in Oshkosh WI, to Benjamin & Vera Rasmussen. She graduated from Chippewa Falls High School in 1939 and then from the University of Minnesota with a degree as a Medical Technician. She married Dr. Raymond Adolph Boyce on...
Riki Nitz
Oct 15, 2010
Rapid City- Riki Ricarda Kay (Wetsch) Nitz, 62, was born in Billings, MT, May 24, 1948, and died from a rare form of aggressive cancer on Friday, Oct. 15, 2010, in Rapid City, SD. Riki impacted the lives of many. After receiving her Bachelors degree from the University of Montana and her Masters Degree from California State University, San Francisco,...
Gordon Ray Milam
Oct 15, 2010
RAPID CITY Gordon R. Milam, 73 Rapid City died Friday, October 15, 2010 at the Golden Living Center-Prairie Hills, Rapid City, SD. Gordon Ray Milam was born April 5, 1937 at Hays, Kansas to Earl and Marjie [Bailey] Milam. He attended school and graduated from Plainville High School, Kansas in 1955. He entered the United States Air Force in September...
Donald H. Malon
Oct 14, 2010
RAPID CITY Donald H. Malon, 84, Rapid City, died Thursday Oct. 14, 2010 at the VA Medical Center at Ft. Meade. Don was born in St. Paul, MN March 29, 1926. He served in the US Army from 1944 to 1946. He moved to Rapid City in 1970 with his family and started Malon Insulation Service in 1972. Don retired...
Mark Anderson
Oct 14, 2010
Memorial Service for Mark and Nancy Anderson RAPID CITY - Mark Anderson, 60, Rapid City died Thursday, October 14, 2010 at the Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center at Ft. Meade, SD. Nancy Anderson, 51, died May 5, 2009 at Mountain View Regional Medical Center at Las Cruces, New Mexico. Mark was born October 26, 1949 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin to...
Leander Albert Jassmann
Oct 11, 2010
Pierre Leander A. Jassmann, 97, Pierre, and formerly of Rapid City died Monday, October 11, 2010 at the Golden Living Center in Pierre. Leander Albert Jassmann was born September 14, 1913 at Goodrich, North Dakota to Emil and Emma [Serr] Jassman. He entered the United States Army February 12, 1942 and was honorable discharged on October 21, 1945. He married...
Leander "Lee" A. Jassmann
Oct 11, 2010
Leander Albert Jassmann passed away at the age of 97 on Oct. 11, 2010 at the Golden Living Center in Pierre. Catherine Charlotte Jassmann, of Rapid City, passed away at the age of 94 on Monday, Feb. 4, 2008, at the Golden Care Living Center on Mountain View Road in Rapid City. In accordance with their wishes, they are being...
Leander "Lee" A. Jassmann
Oct 11, 2010
Leander Albert Jassmann passed away at the age of 97 on Oct. 11, 2010 at the Golden Living Center in Pierre. Catherine Charlotte Jassmann, of Rapid City, passed away at the age of 94 on Monday, Feb. 4, 2008, at the Golden Care Living Center on Mountain View Road in Rapid City. In accordance with their wishes, they are being...
Donald H. Koppert
Oct 7, 2010
Rapid City Donald H. Koppert, 87, Rapid City, died Thursday, October 7, 2010 at Golden Living Center Prairie Hills. Survivors include his wife: Maxine Koppert of Rapid City; two sons: Jim B. Koppert of Chandler, AZ and Richard Dick E. Koppert of San Diego, CA; two sisters: Carolyn Campbell of Texas and Janelle Ormsbee of Colorado; two grandchildren and one...
Dawn Duff
Oct 5, 2010
RAPID CITY- Dawn VanHorne Duff, 41, Rapid City, died at her home on October 5, 2010. Survivors include: life partner, Allen Chase, Watertown, SD; mother, Betty Jean Bryan, Ormond Beach, FL; father, Harvey VanHorne, Colombus, OH; two sisters: Tawnya Whitney, Ormond Beach, FL; Donna Self, Columbus, OH; four brothers: Brian VanHorne and Daniel VanHorne, Dry Ridge KY; Kurt VanHorne, Columbus,...
Sarah L. "Sally" Martin
Oct 5, 2010
Sarah L. Sally Martin, 96, Rapid City, died Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. She was born January 14, 1914 at the Howard grandparents farm near Benedict, NE to William H. and Ina H. (Howard) Lytle. She attended a country school then Benedict Consolidated school and graduated from Benedict High School. She then attended the University of...
Scott M. Hickey
Oct 5, 2010
RAPID CITY -- Scott Hickey, 57, a lifelong native of Rapid City, died Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. He was born Jan. 24, 1953, in Rapid City, the son of Warner and DeMaris Hickey. He graduated from Rapid City Stevens High School in 1971 and later attended South Dakota State University. Scott worked as an insurance...
Dawn Duff
Oct 5, 2010
RAPID CITY- Dawn VanHorne Duff, 41, Rapid City, died at her home on October 5, 2010. Survivors include: life partner, Allen Chase, Watertown, SD; mother, Betty Jean Bryan, Ormond Beach, FL; father, Harvey VanHorne, Colombus, OH; two sisters: Tawnya Whitney, Ormond Beach, FL; Donna Self, Columbus, OH; four brothers: Brian VanHorne and Daniel VanHorne, Dry Ridge KY; Kurt VanHorne, Columbus,...
Eva "Eve" L. Koevenig
Oct 5, 2010
HILL CITY -- Eva Eve L. Koevenig, 80, Hill City, passed away Oct. 5, 2010, after a lengthy battle of cancer since 1997. She was incredibly resilient, all the way to the end. Despite her disease, she danced the night away at her grandson's wedding In June of this year. Eve was born July 24, 1930, in the Deerfield area...
Anne L. Walker
Oct 4, 2010
Rapid City Anne L. Walker, 61, Rapid City died Monday, October 4, 2010 at Golden Living Center Black Hills in Rapid City. Survivors include four brothers, Jerald A. Walker and David L. Walker, Arvada, Colorado, James L. Walker, Broomfield, Colorado and Paul K. Walker, Rapid City. No local services are planned at this time. Inurnment will take place at a...
Mark J. Polenz
Oct 2, 2010
RAPID CITY- Mark Julius Polenz, 52, of Rapid City, passed away peacefully at home on October 2, 2010. Mark was born June 1, 1958 in Vermillion, South Dakota to his parents, Ralph and Sharon Polenz. He grew up in Rapid City, attending Rapid City Public Schools. He graduated from Stevens High School in 1976, and from South Dakota School of...
Marjorie C. Bearden
Oct 2, 2010
Rapid City - Marjorie C. Bearden, 72, Rapid City, died Saturday, October 2nd, 2010 at Rapid City Regional Hospital Auxiliary Hospice House. She is survived by her husband, Edward J. Bearden; two sons, Pete Bearden and Matthew Bearden both of Rapid City and several grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; one daughter, Roxanne Weaver and one brother....
Henrietta Ollenburg
Oct 1, 2010
Henrietta Ollenburg, 98, died Friday, Oct. 1, 2010, at Momingstar Assisted Living Center in Rapid City. She was born Dec. 6, 1911 in Mitchell, SD to Myrtle (Hanson) and William White. She was a waitress in Mitchell when she met Carl H. "Ole" Ollenburg, and they were married October 6, 1935. While in Mitchell, she was a housewife, and worked...
Sr. Elaine Ettel
Sep 29, 2010
Sister Elaine (Beatrice) Ettel entered eternal life on September 29, 2010 at St. Martin Monastery. She was born on a farm near Freeport, MN. to Joseph and Christine Ettel on August 26, 1918. When she was only three months old, her mother became very ill during the flu epidemic. Sister Elaine writes in her autobiography, My grandmother took me into...
Raymond Lloyd Wilson
Sep 29, 2010
Newcastle, WY Raymond L. Wilson, 55, Newcastle, WY died Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, SD. Raymond is survived by his wife: Renee Wilson of Newcastle, WY; two daughters: Shannen Wilson of Polson, MT and Cherie Wilson of Newcastle; three grandchildren; his father: Raymond Lee Wilson of Tennessee; his mother: Lora Jeanne VanDeVeere...
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