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Richard James Niehoff

Richard James Niehoff

Apr 5, 2010

BLACK HAWK - Richard James Niehoff, 59, Black Hawk, died Monday, April 5, 2010, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. He was married June 1, 1972, to Josephine Jost at the Piedmont Catholic Church. A son, Chad, was born to this union on July 31, 1975. Richard served two years in the U.S. Army. He completed basic training at Fort Lewis,...

Virgel L. Darnall

Virgel L. Darnall

Apr 3, 2010

RAPID CITY A caring man with a good heart has left us. Virgel LeRoy Darnall was born April 11, 1925 just outside of Burke to Jay and Helen (Sieh) Darnall. Virgel loved his family, his work, his church, but maybe most of all he loved life. However, on Saturday, April 3, 2010, it was time for him to move on....

Lyda Mae Efland

Lyda Mae Efland

Apr 2, 2010

Lyda Mae Efland, 84, died Friday, April 2, 2010, at her home in Rapid City. She was born May 15, 1925 in Plankinton to George and Fenza (Bilyue) Keough. Her family relocated to Rapid City where she attended the Rapid City public schools and met her husband of 44 years, Arthur,whom she married on June 17, 1944 in Seattle, Wash....

Merton Glover

Merton Glover

Apr 2, 2010

BLACK HAWK--Merton Glover, 92, of Black Hawk, died Friday, April 2, 2010, at the V. A. Medical Center in Ft. Meade. Merton was born February 15, 1918 in Trinidad, Colorado, to John and Maude Glover. He moved with his parents to Manderson, South Dakota in 1918, later moving to Porcupine. Merton was always active in 4-H and was a very...

Eliseo A. Steele-Comes Killing

Eliseo A. Steele-Comes Killing

Apr 1, 2010

Rapid City Eliseo A. Steele-Comes Killing, three weeks, Rapid City, died, Thursday, April 1, 2010 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Survivors include his mother, Heather A. Steele, Rapid City; his father, Charles A. Comes Killing Jr., Rapid City; his maternal grandmother, Audrey Apple, Rapid City; paternal grandfather, Charles Comes Killing Sr., Porcupine; three brothers; and two sisters. He was preceded...

E. Joann Barnett

E. Joann Barnett

Mar 28, 2010

E. JoAnn Barnett of Littleton, CO passed away after a sudden illness on March 28, 2010 at Presbyterian/St. Lukes Hospital in Denver. She had lived in the Denver area with her family since 1983. JoAnn was born on September 10, 1940 in Belle Fourche, SD. Her parents, Evallyn and Bennie Baumann, moved the family to Sturgis in the 1950s where...

Erma Elaine Boydston

Erma Elaine Boydston

Mar 24, 2010

BOX ELDER - Erma Elaine Boydston, 66, rural Box Elder, died Wednesday, March 24, 2010, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Erma was born on February 7, 1944, near Minot, North Dakota, to Morris and Lois (Wilson) Johnson. She grew up in North Dakota and eventually moved to Rapid City. She was united in marriage to Peter Boydston on June 5,...

John Aaron Young

John Aaron Young

Mar 23, 2010

John Aaron Young, 36, of Spencer, Iowa, died in Spencer on Tuesday, March 23, 2010. Survivors include his mother, Sally Boydston, Little Rock, Iowa and a brother, Monte Young, Columbus, OH. He was preceded in death by his sister, Amber Young. A procession will leave Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home in Rapid City at 11:00 a.m. for a graveside service...

Boyce Earl Asheim

Boyce Earl Asheim

Mar 19, 2010

Rapid City - Boyce Earl Asheim, 85, Rapid City died Friday, March 19, 2010 at a local nursing home. Boyce Earl Asheim was born April 19, 1924 in his grandfathers ranch house near Elm Springs, SD to Oscar Earl and Golda Violet [Moorhead] Asheim. He attended Pierce Grade School at Elm Springs and graduated from New Underwood High School in...

Loretta Katherine Malon

Loretta Katherine Malon

Mar 17, 2010

Loretta K. Malon, 86, Rapid City died Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital Auxiliary Hospice House. She was born July 16, 1923 in rural Hand County, SD to Charles and Francis M. (Koeck) Hall. She grew up in the St. Lawrence-Miller area and attended country schools. She graduated from Fairview High School in Polo, SD. Lorettas...

Erma Olsen Blegen

Erma Olsen Blegen

Mar 15, 2010

RAPID CITY--Erma Christine Olsen Blegen, 93, of Rapid City, died at Golden Living Center-Black Hills on Monday, March 15, 2010. She was born April 16, 1916, on the family farm in Lyon County, Minnesota, to Arnt and Nettie (Ruen) Larson. Erma graduated from Tracy High School. She worked for room and board and went to business school in St. Paul,...

Cecelia A. Montgomery

Cecelia A. Montgomery

Mar 12, 2010

Cecelia Alberta Montgomery, 99, Kyle, died Friday, March 12, 2010 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Survivors include a son, Robert Mongomery and two daughters, Sharon Richards and Cheryl Jean Castillo, all of Rapid City, 16 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren and 7 great-great grandchildren. Visitation will begin at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday March 17, with a Christian wake service at 7:30 P.M....

Sharon L. Ruthford

Sharon L. Ruthford

Mar 9, 2010

RAPID CITY--Sharon L. Ruthford, 70, went to her Lord, with her family by her side, from Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, on Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Sharon was born on September 10, 1939, in Bowman, ND, to Morris and Leona (Beyer) Nelson. She grew up on a farm near Bowman and attended country schools. Sharon graduated from Bowman...

Garold "Gary" Wayne Tesch

Garold "Gary" Wayne Tesch

Feb 26, 2010

Rapid City Garold Gary Tesch, 56, Rapid City, died Friday, February 26, 2010 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital Hospice of the Hills. Garold Wayne Tesch was born September 15, 1953 at Webster, SD to Harold Albert and Clara Mae [Dobson] Tesch. The family moved to Rapid City, SD where Garold attended school and grew to adulthood, graduating from Rapid...

Leland E. "Lonnie" Seth

Leland E. "Lonnie" Seth

Feb 25, 2010

Leland (Lonnie) Edward Seth of Box Elder born, May 17, 1921 died February 25, 2010, at Ft. Meade Hospice in Sturgis, SD. Lonnie was born in Crosby, MN to Jake & Daisy (Stith) Seth. At age 17 Lonnie enlisted in the C.C.C.S. (CC Camps) and was in Black Hills Camps #F12 and #F115 at Hill City. In 1940 Lonnie enlisted...

James R. 'Jim' England

James R. 'Jim' England

Feb 25, 2010

James Ross England, 85, died peacefully Thursday, February 25, in Rapid City. He was born June 16, 1924 in Mitchell, South Dakota to James Forrest and Ellen May (Hebbert) England while his family was working on a road construction job in the area. The family lived in Murdo, SD for several years before moving to Rapid City. As a young...

Joseph W. Rodman

Joseph W. Rodman

Feb 25, 2010

RAPID CITY--Joseph Wilbur Rodman, 90, passed away peacefully in his sleep at Westhills Village Retirement Community in Rapid City on February 25, 2010. Joe was born on the family farm at Hitchcock, South Dakota, on November 9, 1919, to Joseph Wright and Blanche (Rawstern) Rodman. Joe graduated from Wolsey High School in 1937, after which he worked for a lumber...

Larry "Larry Mac" J. Mcdaniels

Larry "Larry Mac" J. Mcdaniels

Feb 18, 2010

Larry J. Larry Mac McDaniels, 67, died at Rapid City Regional Hospital Hospice House on Thursday, February 18, 2010. Larry James McDaniels was born on January 12, 1943, in Rapid City to Fred and Margaret (Linder) McDaniels. Larry spent part of his school years in Sacramento and graduated from Rapid City High School in 1961. He then served in the...

Dorothy M. Ostrander

Dorothy M. Ostrander

Feb 17, 2010

Jesus reached out his hand and said come with me and with that, Dorothy took Jesus hand and went with him. Dorothy M. Ostrander was born March 16, 1927 in East Hartford, Connecticut to Joseph and Maria DiBartolomeo and died February 17, 2010 in Rapid City, South Dakota surrounded by her children. Dorothy met her husband, Russell Ostrander in East...

Sherri Yvonne {Maroney} Henderson

Sherri Yvonne {Maroney} Henderson

Feb 15, 2010

RAPID CITY Sherri Yvonne (Maroney) Henderson, 67, Rapid City, died after her brief struggle with stomach cancer on Monday, Feb. 15, 2010, at the Hospice House of the Black Hills, Rapid City. Sherri Henderson was born August 4, 1942, at Old Cheyenne Agency, South Dakota, on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation. She was the daughter of George and Mary (Smith)...

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