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Marianne Kay Lorenzen

Marianne Kay Lorenzen

Dec 17, 2010

Rapid City Marianne K. Lorenzen, 59, Rapid City, died Friday, December 17, 2010 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital, Rapid City from heart disease and respiratory failure. Marianne Kay Lorenzen was born November 8, 1951 at Pipestone, Minnesota to Eldo and Viola [Hawes] Lorenzen. In 1962 the family moved to Rapid City where she graduated from Central High School and...

Ella Norrita Brunson

Ella Norrita Brunson

Dec 14, 2010

RAPID CITY- Ella Norrita Brunson, 13 months and 29 days old, went to heaven on December 14, 2010 at Rapid City Regional Hospital, Rapid City, SD. Ella was born on October 17th, 2009, at 11:34a.m., in Bismarck, ND. She was the youngest of triplets. She was the daughter of Raymond Brunson and Jennifer Pekas. You arrived too early and too...

Benita R White-Gilbert

Benita R White-Gilbert

Dec 14, 2010

New Underwood Benita R. White- Gilbert, 59 of New Underwood, died on Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. She served as the Mayor of New Underwood from 1989 to 2010. Survivors include one daughter, Whitney Gilbert, New Underwood; two sons, Gary Gilbert and Casey (Shelia) White both of New Underwood; one sister, Sandra (Richard) Meng, Wasta; two...

Nancy L. (Pengra) Leach

Nancy L. (Pengra) Leach

Dec 13, 2010

RAPID CITY- Nancy Lynn (Pengra) Leach, 55, Rapid City, died Monday, December 13, 2010 at Golden Living Center of the Black Hills. Nancy Lynn Pengra was born on July 14, 1955, in Rapid City to David and Dolores (Cunningham) Pengra. She grew up in Spearfish and attended Special Education classes at Black Hills State College. At the age of 12,...

Jean Larson

Jean Larson

Dec 11, 2010

Rapid City - Jean Larson, 84, Rapid City, passed away on Saturday, December 11, 2010, at Rapid City Regional Hospice of the Hills. Jean was born on September 14, 1926, in Bison, South Dakota, to Celia Mae (Fitzgerald) and Harris Reed Olien. She lived on the farm on the South Grand River in Perkins County. Jean stayed with her Grandma...

Lolian Honey Rehfeld

Lolian Honey Rehfeld

Dec 10, 2010

RAPID CITYLolian Honey Rehfeld, 91, died at Rapid City Regional Hospital Auxiliary Hospice House on Friday, December 10, 2010. Lolian Ione Honey was born on April 7, 1919, on a farm near Putney, SD, to Floyd and Theresa (Olson) Honey. She attended school in Brown County rural school and graduated from Groton High School in 1936. She attend Northern State...

Joseph M. Connelly

Joseph M. Connelly

Dec 8, 2010

RAPID CITY- Joseph (Joe) M. Connelly passed away Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at Prairie Estates Nursing Home in Elk Point ,South Dakota. Joe was born May 20th 1918 in Quinn, SD, son of Martin and Emma(Weinkoetz) Connelly. He attended high school at St. Martin Academy, but graduated from Belvidere, SD High School in 1936. He participated in school plays, basketball...

Clara Josephine Montileaux

Clara Josephine Montileaux

Dec 7, 2010

Clara Josepine Montileaux, 89, of Rapid City and Kyle, SD, died Tuesday, December 7, 2010 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital at Rapid City. Clara J. Montileaux was born December 1, 1921 at Rockyford, SD, and left this world on December 7th 2010 to join her husband Jumbo. She grew up around the Rockyford area and went to the local...

Stephen E. Marsico, Jr.

Stephen E. Marsico, Jr.

Dec 6, 2010

RAPID CITY - Steve Marsico, 56, Rapid City, passed away Monday, Dec. 6, 2010, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. He was born July 9, 1954, to Stephen E. Marsico Sr. and Velma Crocker in Denver. He moved to South Dakota with his mother and sister in 1957, and after living in Pierre, they made their home in Rapid City where...

Catherine J. Soder

Catherine J. Soder

Dec 4, 2010

Rapid City - Catherine (Dolly) J. Soder, 68 of Rapid City, died Saturday, December 4, 2010 at Rapid City Regional Hospital of an acute infection. She was born to William and Bridget (Grant) Drohan in Waterford Ireland on June 25, 1942. Dolly met John Soder and they were married in Waterford in 1963. They lived in Dublin until John, a...

Charles E. 'Chuck' Lewis

Charles E. 'Chuck' Lewis

Dec 3, 2010

RAPID CITY-Charles (Chuck) Eugene Lewis was born on December 26, 1930 in Kadoka, SD. He was the 6th of 7 children born to William George and Esther Mabel Mowry Lewis. His family soon moved to Rapid City where he attended school and received his GED. At age 18, Chuck married his sweetheart, Eva May Kruse on October 15, 1949. He...

David Laudenschlager

David Laudenschlager

Dec 2, 2010

RAPID CITY- David Don Laudenschlager, 64, died at Rapid City Regional Hospital on Thursday, December 2, 2010. David was born in Minot, ND to Don and Ardith Laudenschlager. He attended school in both Minot, ND and Billings MT. David Graduated from Billings West High in 1964 and from Rocky Mountain College in 1968 where he received a BA in History...

Dorothy Agee

Dorothy Agee

Dec 1, 2010

Dorothy Agee, 78, of Black Hawk, passed away at Clarkson Health Care on Wednesday, December 1, 2010. Survivors include her husband, Clinton Agee, Black Hawk and a son, Mark Hopkins, Black Hawk. Private family services will be held at a later date.

Berdena 'Birdie' M Jacobsen

Berdena 'Birdie' M Jacobsen

Dec 1, 2010

RAPID CITY Berdena Jacobsen, 83, is at peace with the Lord. She died Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010, after a long battle with cancer. Birdie, as she was affectionately known to her many friends and adoring family, was born Dec. 24, 1926 in Belle Fourche to Alex and Mildred (Norlin) Anschutz. She attended grade school and high school in Newell and...

Vern Belzer

Vern Belzer

Nov 30, 2010

RAPID CITY--Vern E. Belzer, 89, formerly of DeSmet, S.D. died November 30th at Clarkson Health Care in Rapid City. Vern was born on December 24, 1920 to E.E. and Ida Belzer of DeSmet. He attended school in DeSmet, graduating from high school in 1939. He married Irene Wilson at Winner, S.D. on August 31, 1944. They had two children, Elizabeth...

Donald Robert Cartney

Donald Robert Cartney

Nov 30, 2010

Rapid City - Donald Robert Cartney was born October 5, 1937 in Presho, SD and passed on November 30th, 2010 in Rapid City, SD. Don was born to Francis and Frances Cartney, the third of six children. He spent his childhood on a farm near Presho and enjoyed sharing childhood stories with his children and grandchildren. He served in the...

Ronald Chris Hansen

Ronald Chris Hansen

Nov 30, 2010

Black Hawk Ronald C. Hansen, 71, of Black Hawk, SD died at his residence on Tuesday, November 30, 2010. Survivors include his wife: Diane L. Hansen of Black Hawk; one son: Christopher Hansen of Phoenix, AZ; one daughter: Kathleen Tullio of Lakewood, CO; six grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter. Memorial services will be 10:00 am Friday, December 3, 2010 at Dove...

Kyler Andrew Smith

Kyler Andrew Smith

Nov 29, 2010

Kyler Andrew Smith, 1 day old infant, passed away at Sanford Health Care in Sioux Falls on Monday, November 29, 2010. Survivors include his parents, Kevin and Mellissa Smith, Rapid City; a brother, Damian Curtis Blake-Smith, Rapid City; paternal grandmother, Chris Smith, Black Hawk; paternal grandfather and step-grandmother, Curtis and Lana Smith, Rapid City; maternal grandmother, Linda Andersen, Viborg; and...

Bernice Jones

Bernice Jones

Nov 28, 2010

RAPID CITY - Bernice Holland Jones, 100, Rapid City, died Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010, at Rapid City Regional Hospital Auxiliary Hospice House. Bernice Holland was born on August 30, 1910, to George and Grace (Gilbert) Holland. She graduated from South Dakota State University and attended Columbia University in New York City. She served as Headmistress at St. Marys School for...

Una May Hamm

Una May Hamm

Nov 26, 2010

RAPID CITY - Una May Hamm, 102, Rapid City, died Friday, Nov. 26, 2010, at Clarkson Mountain View Health Care Facility. She was born May 1, 1908, in Freeman, the daughter of Nels A. and Bessie (Washburn) Jensen. The family moved to Farmingdale when she was six. She graduated from Rapid City High School in 1926 and attended Spearfish Normal...

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