Jerry L. Soderstrom, Dds
May 10, 2009
BLACK HAWK - Dr. Jerry Lee Soderstrom, 56, Black Hawk, died Sunday, May 10, 2009, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Jerry was born May 29, 1952, at Canton to Milford and Doris Soderstrom. He lived in Canton until he graduated High School in 1970. Jerry attended school at USD in Vermillion and received his DDS degree from Northwestern University Dental...
Clarence Jackson
May 9, 2009
Clarence L. jackson, 93, Rapid City, died at Rapid City Regional Hospital Hospice House on Saturday, May 9, 2009. Survivors include his wife, Hilda Jackson, Rapid City; a son, Terrance L. Jackson, Lakeville, MN; a daughter, Paula Michele Philips, Seattle, WA; 3 step-daughters, Diane MaGill, Cheyenne, WY, Sharon Meister, Winston-Salem, NC and Nancy May, Rapid City; 2 brothers, Carl Jackson,...
Marrion Eva Page Smith
May 9, 2009
RAPID CITY - Marrion Eva Page Smith, 87, Rapid City, died Saturday, May 9, 2009, at a Rapid City Nursing Home. She was born Feb. 27, 1922, at Willits, CA, the daughter of Charles F. and Laura V. (McCabe) Page. Marrion graduated from Willits High School in 1939 and then received vocational technical training in IBM and secretarial science. She...
Dr. John Schwietert
May 6, 2009
Dr. John W. Schwietert Dr. John W. Schwietert, D.C., FICC, 86, died at Rapid City Regional Hospital Hospice House on Wednesday, May 6, 2009. Dr. Schwietert, a South Dakota native, was born in Sioux Falls on April 7, 1923, the son of a 2nd generation chiropractor. After he served in the United State Navy during World War II, John received...
Thomas Heald
May 4, 2009
RAPID CITY Thomas "Tom" Heald, 37, Rapid City, died Monday, May 4, 2009, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. He was born June 2, 1972, in Rapid City, the son of Jim and Shirley (Johannes) Heald. He grew up in Rapid City and graduated from Stevens High School in 1989. Tom worked with his father as a survey assistant and was...
Thelma 'Bubbles' Jensen
May 4, 2009
RAPID CITY - Thelma "Bubbles" Jensen, 82, passed away Monday, May 4, 2009, in Yankton. Bubbles Jensen was a life-long resident of Rapid City. She took great pride in living in her yellow house next to the property where she spent her childhood. She and her husband of 63 years, Ralph Jensen, were active in the community and the Rapid...
Marilyn Mae Schmidt
May 3, 2009
Rapid City Marilyn M. Schmidt, 70, of Rapid City, passed away Sunday, May 3, 2009 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. She was born February 7, 1939 in Newell, South Dakota to George and Mamie Stolnack- Johnson. She graduated from Belle Fourche High School in 1957. She went on to graduate from Stewart Hairstyling Academy in Sioux Falls and became a...
Douglas Temple
May 2, 2009
Douglas Lee Temple, 66, of Porcupine died Saturday, May2, 2009. He was born June 18, 1942 in Rapid City. Douglas was raised and resided in the Rockyford area his whole life. He attended grade schools at several area rural schools. While attending high school in Gordon, NE, Douglas was President and Star Farmer of the local Future Farmers of America...
Ronald "Smitty" Smith
May 1, 2009
RAPID CITY, SD--Ronald D. 'Smitty' Smith, 79, former Lead resident, died in Rapid City on Friday, May 1, 2009. He was born in Rolette, ND to Osben and Thelma (Gable) Smith on August 24, 1929. He grew up in near Rollette and graduated from high school there in 1947. He married Cecilia Hager. Smitty worked as a heavy equipment operator...
Annette Marie Swaby
Apr 30, 2009
Annette Marie Swaby, 77, of Rapid City, SD died Thursday, April 30,2009 at Rapid City Regional Hospital Hospice House, following a lengthy illness. Annette was born March 22,1932 to Stephen and Josephine Federicci in Memphis, Tennessee. She attended Sacred Heart School in Memphis, graduating in the class of 1950. She was a homemaker and mother. For years, Annette owned and...
Rod H. Cower
Apr 28, 2009
RAPID CITY--Rod H. Cower, 78, Rapid City, died Tuesday, April 28, 2009, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. He was born Sept. 5, 1930, the son of Robert H. and Blanche (Hebert) Cower at Roxbury, N.Y. Rod graduated from Oneonta (N.Y.) High School in 1949. He never married and lived and worked in New York City, West Palm Beach, Fla., Faith,...
Clara Robinson
Apr 27, 2009
Clara Mae Robinson, 95, Rapid City, died early Monday morning, April 27, 2009, at Rapid City Regional Hospital surrounded by many members of her family. Clara was born April 30, 1913, in Waubay South Dakota to Nettie Belle (Rhone) and John Dobson. Clara was the eldest girl in a family of nine children; she was active in the care and...
Chilcott "Chick" Price
Apr 25, 2009
Chilcott K. "Chick" Price HILL CITY - Chilcott K. "Chick" Price, 97, Hill City, died Saturday, April 25, 2009, at his home. Survivors include his wife, Beverly Price, Hill City; a daughter, JoAnna A. Lavato, Las Vegas; two granddaughters; and two great-grandsons. Memorial services will be May 16, at a time to be determined later, at Seventh Day Adventist Church...
Helen A. Woerth
Apr 24, 2009
Helen Woerth, 82, Rapid City, died Friday, April 24, 2009, at a Rapid City nursing home. Survivors include three daughters, Susan McNeal, San Antonio, and Vickie Syverson and Karen Carrol, both of Rapid City; a son, Gary Woerth, Custer; and a brother, Howard Jelinek, Naperville, Ill. Visitation will be from 5 until 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 29, at Osheim...
Clarence 'Connie' Carsner
Apr 21, 2009
Clarence Connie Chester Carsner, 87, of Rapid City passed away Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at Rapid Regional Hospital. He was born July 22, 1921 near Wagner, SD to Chester and Jennie (McFarland) Carsner. Later the family moved to Winner and in the early '30s to Rapid City. He attended Rapid City Schools and was with the class of 1941. He...
Robert F. "Bob" Johnson
Apr 19, 2009
Robert F. "Bob" Johnson, 76, died at a local nursing home on Sunday, April 19, 2009. Bob served in the US Army from 1953 to 1955. Survivors include his wife, Paula Johnson, Rapid City; 2 daughters, Heather Gordon, Rapid City and Amy Johnson, Richland, WA; 2 sons, Richard K. Johnson, Spokane, WA and Wade A. Johnson, Rapid City; a brother,...
Mary Wallace
Apr 19, 2009
Mary Wallace passed away at her home on Sunday, April 19, 2009. She was born in Portsmouth, Great Britain. Survivors include her husband George Wallace; 2 sisters, a brother and a number of nieces and nephews. No services will be held.
S. Timothy Wapato
Apr 19, 2009
Death of Noted National Indian Leader~ Sherman Timothy (Tim) Wapato: 1935~2009 Sherman Timothy Wapato, 73, entered the Spirit World at his home in Rapid City, SD. on Sunday, April 19, 2009 as a result of heart failure. He was an enrolled Member of the Colville Confederated Tribe in Eastern Washington. Sherman Timothy Wapato was the second child of six children...
Susan Miller
Apr 19, 2009
Susan L. Miller, 50, left us early Sunday morning from a long battle with cancer. She wanted to say; When I am in the presence of God, I am in the absence of the body. _2nd. Corinthians, 5 verse 8. Susan was born to Donald and Betty Jacobsen on October 25th, 1958 and grew up on a farm near Dallas,...
Wm. F. 'Bill' Thomas
Apr 18, 2009
RAPID CITY - William F. Thomas, 84, Rapid City resident, died at the Rapid City Regional Hospital, Saturday, April 18, 2009. He was born Dec. 11, 1924 at Billings, Montana, the son of William and Rose (Quarnberg) Thomas. The family resided at Lovell, Wyoming and Lupton, CO, moving to Belle Fourche, S. Dak. when William was two years old. He...
