Leonard R. Willett
Feb 8, 2009
Leonard R. Willett, 86, Hot Springs, formerly of Keystone, died Sunday, February 8, 2009, at the S.D. Veterans Home in Hot Springs. Leonard was born September 28, 1922 in Tulare, S.D. to George and Mary Anna (Spear) Willett. He graduated from Tulare High School in 1940. He married Lavilla Doane February 21, 1943 in Brookings. Leonard joined the U. S....
Doris Mae Dull
Feb 5, 2009
Doris Mae Dull RAPID CITY - Doris Mae Dull, 89, Rapid City, died Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009, at Rapid City Regional Hospital after a short period of declining health. Doris was born May 23, 1919, in Columbus, Mont., the daughter of Willard and Edna (Rosean) Holt, and raised on a homestead in the Limestone area near Nye, Mont. She graduated...
Louis Thares
Feb 4, 2009
RAPID CITY--Louis M. Thares, 88, died at Rapid City Regional Hospital on Wednesday, February 4, 2009. Louis was born on October 14, 1920, in Ipswich to Anton and Barbara (Fetti) Thares. He grew up in Mobridge and graduated from Mobridge High School in 1940. He began working for the railroad immediately after high school until enlisting in the Army in...
Suzanne D. Healy
Feb 3, 2009
Suzanne (Ford) Healy, 80 passed away at her home on Tuesday, February 3, 2009. Suzanne was born July 10th, 1928 in Brookings, South Dakota. She was raised in Estelline and Mitchell, South Dakota, and moved with her family to Rapid City in 1941. Her parents, May (Meaghan) Steele and Harry Ford, had four children: Thomas Ford (died in infancy); Mary...
Dorothy Mae Norman
Feb 2, 2009
Dorothy Dode Mae Messerli Norman, 90, Black Hawk, SD, died Monday, February 2, 2009 at a Rapid City nursing home. She was born August 22, 1918 in Mitchell, SD to Fred and Alice (Boyle) Messerli. She lived with her parents in rural Jones County until her family moved to Murdo when she was 12. At Murdo High School she played...
Mike R. Goodrich
Jan 30, 2009
Michael Mike R. Goodrich, 56, Rapid City, after a short but courageous battle with cancer, died Friday, January 30, 2009 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. He was born April 24, 1952 in Medford Oregon. After graduating from Rapid City Central High School in 1971, Mike entered the U. S. Army, serving in Germany. He married Betty Hamm on April 3,...
Dorothy Faye Headley
Jan 27, 2009
Rapid City Dorothy Faye Headley, 73, Rapid City, died Tuesday January 27, 2009, at her home in Rapid City. Dorothy was born March 23, 1935 to Bert and Lydia (Hidenschield) Uthe in Presho, South Dakota. She grew up on a farm with 4 brothers. After high school she attended National School of Business in Rapid City and worked for Anderson...
John Loren Sprague
Jan 22, 2009
RAPID CITYJohn L. Sprague, 39, passed away at Rapid City Regional Hospital on Thursday, January 22, 2009. John was born on February 26, 1969, in San Antonio, TX to James L. and Sharron L. (Clayton) Sprague. He grew up in a Air Force family, attending schools in England, California, Colorado, Stevens High School in Rapid City, and Falcon, CO. He...
Flora "Peggy" Hoffman
Jan 22, 2009
Flora E. Peggy Hoffman, 95, of Rapid City, died Thursday, January 22, 2009 at a local nursing home. Peggy was born November 8, 1913 in Reva, SD to Merve and Mabel (Pew) DeWitt. She grew up in the Reva area, northwestern South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming graduating from Pierre High School. She married Lawrence Hoffman in Mitchell on July 9,...
Lyle Butzke
Jan 22, 2009
RAPID CITY Lyle Harold Butzke, 86, died peacefully in his residence, Thursday Jan. 22. He was born May 21, 1922, in Dallas, SD. He grew up in the small farm community of Dallas. After attending Southern State Normal in Springfield, SD, he taught country school for two years before joining the Marine Corp in 1944. On September 26, 1942, He...
Alma Phillip
Jan 21, 2009
RAPID CITY -- Alma Bernadine Be Phillip, 88, Hermosa, died Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009, at Fountain Springs Nursing Home in Rapid City. Be was born April 12, 1920, to Walter Richard and Gladys Opal (Dye) Colling in Alliance, Neb. She later told stories of her childhood experiences: roller skating up and down the hallways after hours at Central School in...
Arthur Kelly
Jan 20, 2009
Arthur Floyd Kelly, 77, Hill City, died Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009 at his home. Arthur was born Feb. 14, 1931 in Omaha, NE the son of Leonard and Ruth (Stenner) Kelly. He worked for Union Carbide until his retirement in the Houston, TX area. There he was an avid angler in the Gulf waters but decided to move to rural...
Clem Bourquin
Jan 17, 2009
Clem was born March 4, 1910 near Rapid City to John & Anna Bourquin who immigrated to the US from Switzerland. He had an older sister, Alice, and a younger brother, George. His father later homesteaded in the Badlands on the Quinn Table where Clem spent his formative years. There he helped his father farm, raise cattle, and break wild...
Amy Muã±Oz
Jan 16, 2009
RAPID CITYAmy Katherine Muoz, 16, died as a result of an automobile accident near Johnson Siding, on Friday, January 16, 2009. She was born on February 20, 1992, in Rapid City to Angel and Barbara (Butts) Muoz. She grew up in Rapid City and attended Lincoln and South Canyon Elementary Schools, West Middle School and was currently a Junior at...
Jay Roy Macarthur, Iii
Jan 12, 2009
RAPID CITY--Jay R. MacArthur, III, 59, died at his home on Monday, January 12, 2009. He served in the US Navy during the Vietnam War. Survivors include 4 daughters, Jalynn Johnson, Dyess AFB, Abilene, TX and Candace Archer, Karla MacArthur and Christina Johnson, all of Rapid City; his mother and step-father, Ethel and Merle Palmer, Rapid City; a brother, Dennis...
Robert F. Lotz
Jan 12, 2009
Robert Bob Lotz, 52, Rapid City, died Monday January 12, 2009 at a local nursing home. He was born January 18, 1956 in Rapid City to Verne and Donna (Jaehn) Lotz. He graduated from Rapid City Stevens High School in 1974 and continued His education at Montana State University and South Dakota State University, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree...
Dan P. Landguth
Jan 11, 2009
Daniel Peter Landguth was born May 9, 1946 in Deadwood, SD to Ben and Clara (Rosencranz) Landguth. Dan left the Black Hills on January 11, 2009 after a courageous, 4 month battle with brain cancer. He was a humble, generous, and thoughtful man of great integrity who was always a true gentleman. We will miss him more than words can...
Donald Hudson
Jan 9, 2009
RAPID CITY - Donald F. Hudson, 90, Rapid City, died Friday, Jan. 9, 2009, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Survivors include three sons, James Hudson, Rapid City, Mike Hudson, Neodesha, Kan., and Bill Hudson, Grove, Okla.; five daughters, Jean Hansen, Donna Collins, Patti Jaeger and Shirley Van Heuvelen, all of...
Nadine Bauer
Jan 8, 2009
RAPID CITY - Nadine Lorraine Bauer passed away Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009, after a long and tiring battle with cancer. She was born April 12, 1958, in Butler, Pennsylvania to Lawrence A. Bauer and Mary O'Dea Bauer. She was surrounded by family and her closest friends in her final moments. Nadine will always be remembered as a loving and caring...
Mary E. Jackson
Jan 5, 2009
RAPID CITY--Mary E. Jackson , 59 passed on to Heaven, Monday, January 5,2009 at Rapid City Regional Hospital Hospice House after a two year battle with pancreatic cancer. Mary was born in Jamestown, N.D., on August 4, 1949 to Bill and Evelyn Bettels. She and her family lived in Omaha, NE , Rapid City, and Sioux Falls , before returning...
