Todd M. Smith
Dec 20, 2008
SUMMERSET - Todd M. Smith, 45, Summerset, passed away Saturday, Dec. 20, 2008, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Todd was born in Biloxi, MS, on Oct. 17, 1963, to Roger and Susan Smith. He grew up and attended school in Hastings, NE, and then attended barber school. He married Vicki Crumm on June 21, 1991, in Kearney, NE. He owned...
John Langenfeld
Dec 20, 2008
RAPID CITY John Eugene Langenfeld, 85, Rapid City, died Saturday, December 20, 2008, in Rapid City while walking to church. John was born in Watertown, SD, on October 30, 1923, the youngest of 11 children born in the marriage of Matt Langenfeld Sr. and Helena (Neisen) Langenfeld. He graduated from Watertown High School in 1941. John attended Regis University in...
Sarah Frazier
Dec 19, 2008
Sarah E. Frazier, 77, passed away at Rapid City Regional Hospital on Friday, December 19, 2008. Survivors include a son, James Donald Frazier and his wife, Cheryl, Rapid City; 2 daughters, Julie Neimann, Tijeras, NM and Eva Phillips, Chespeake, VA. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 29, at Santa Fe National Cemetery in Santa Fe, NM.
Marye Currier
Dec 18, 2008
Marye Etta Currier, formerly of Rapid City, passed away on Thursday, December 18, 2008, at the Good Samaritan Center in Canton. Marye Etta De Bauche was born on May 2, 1926, in Huron, SD, to Joseph and (Mary) Zelma De Bauche. She was raised in Cavour, where she graduated from high school in 1944. She married Forrest R. Currier on...
Donald C. Smith
Dec 18, 2008
Donald Clay Smith, 71, Hay Springs, NE, died Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008 at Veterans Affairs Black Hills Health Care Center in Hot Springs, SD. Donald was born September 23, 1937 to Seth A. Smith and Ruby J. Smith in Hawk Springs, WY. Don was the youngest of four children. Don graduated from Hawk Springs, WY. He entered the Navy in...
Barbara R. Mefford
Dec 18, 2008
Barbara Ruth Ramsey Mefford, 76, Rapid City, Died Thursday, December 18, 2008 at Rapid City Regional Hospital Hospice House after a long battle with Alzheimers disease Barbara was born March 15, 1932 in Bauxite, Arkansas, the daughter of Luke and Mary (Bishop) Ramsey. On May 20, 1952, she married the Rev. Richard Dick Mefford in Bauxite. Their marriage was blessed...
Frederick W. 'Fritz' Kupitz
Dec 16, 2008
Fritz was born on June 2, 1917, in Stirum, ND, to Fred and Bertha (Schultz) Kupitz. He grew up in the Stirum/ Oakes area and went into the U.S. Army on April 23, 1942. He served in the Burma/India Theatre during World War II. After his discharge, Fritz returned to the farm for a time and then eventually moved to...
Russell "Scotty" Scott
Dec 16, 2008
Russell L. Scotty Scott, 88, a long time Rapid City businessman, died Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at a local nursing home. He was born April 18, 1920 in Merriman, NE to Edgar and Ida (Ballard) Scott, the youngest of nine children. Russell graduated from Chardon High School. He entered the United States Army Air Corps, in July of 1944. Russell...
Ethel Johanna Basler
Dec 16, 2008
RAPID CITY - Ethel Johanna Basler 89 of Rapid City passed away on December 16, 2008 at Clarkson Mountain View Nursing Home, Rapid City. Ethel was born on December 19, 1918 on the family homestead near Hilland, South Dakota. She was the fourth of six children born to Mikal and Eline (Redfield) Krogstrand. She was baptized and confirmed in the...
Wayne M. Kertzman
Dec 14, 2008
Wayne M. Kerzman, 56, Bismarck, died December 14, 2008 at his home. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 pm on Thursday, December 18, 2008 at Weigel Funeral Home, Mandan, with a Rosary at 6:30 pm followed by a Parish Vigil at 7:00 pm. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the service at the church on Friday. Mass...
Irene Gray
Dec 14, 2008
Irene Gray, 96, died at Fountain Springs Healthcare on Sunday, December 14, 2008. Survivors include a daugher, Sharon Buckles and her husband Richard, Rapid City; a son, William Gray ans his wife, Manjie, Eatonville, WA; 6 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Services will be at 11 a.m. on Monday, December, 29 at Powers Funeral Home in Puyallup, WA.
Richard 'Buzz' Sawyer
Dec 13, 2008
After a long courageous battle with cancer, Richard "Buzz" Roy Sawyer passed away on December 13, 2008 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital Hospice House. Bom in Cascade, Idaho on November 13, 1935 to Barbara King Sawyer and Glen Willis Sawyer, he was the tenth child in a family of eleven children. At the age of 17, he joined the...
Harold S. Neff
Dec 7, 2008
Hill City -- Harold Sterling Neff, 81, retired for the third and final time on December 7, 2008. He was born April 27, 1927 to George Howard and Florence Neff of Lodgepole, NE. He attended school in Sidney, NE and served in the U S Navy during WWII. He worked for many years as a line foreman and later as...
Donald A. L'Esperance
Dec 6, 2008
Donald A. LEsperance, 89, passed away on December 6, 2008. He most recently had been living at Clarkson Mt. View Nursing Facility. Don was the son of Joseph and Katherine LEsperance. On November 27, 1941, he married Eileen Forrette, with whom they had five children. Upon graduation in 1938 from RC High School and, after attending college in Rapid City,...
Charles T. 'Charlie' Best, Chief Warrant Officer (W
Dec 5, 2008
SAN ANTONIO, TX--Chief Warrant Officer W-4, USAF, Ret., Charles Thomas Best is being brought home to rest in eternal peace with a Memorial Service to be held on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009, at 2:00 p.m. at the Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home at 2700 Jackson Blvd. in Raid City, SD. "Charlie" passed away on December 5, 2008, in San Antonio,...
Nellie Gullickson
Dec 3, 2008
Nellie Gullickson, 80, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008, at RCRH Hospice House in Rapid City. Nellie was born Feb. 29, 1928, near Highmore, to Anton and Grace DeGooyer. Nellie graduated from Northern State Teachers College and taught school in numerous communities in South Dakota. On July 14, 1951 she was united in marriage with Roy Gullickson. Together, they owned...
Grace Livingston
Dec 2, 2008
Rapid City - Grace Lucille Livingston, 80, left this life peacefully on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 after an 11 month battle with lung cancer. Grace was born the only child of Eular and Effie Inez Young on Dec. 31, 1927 at Ft. Benning, GA. She attended school at Columbus, Ga. graduating from high school in 1945. She met and married...
Beverly Moore Orton
Dec 2, 2008
Beverly Moore Orton, 91, Rapid City, died Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008 at Westhills Health Care Center. She was born July 28, 1917 in Orient, SD to George and Grace Gunnison. She graduated from Pierre High School and Yankton College and earned additional credits from Minnesota School of Business in Minneapolis, MN, Black Hills State College and the University of North...
Herb A. Papendick
Nov 28, 2008
RAPID CITY--Herbert A. Herb Papendick, 81, died at Rapid City Regional Hospital on Friday, November 28, 2008. Herb was born May 10, 1927, in Freeman, SD, to Rudolph and Mary (Kasper) Papendick. He graduated in 1945 from Canistota High School, spending his early years on the farm near Canistota. He served 19 months with the U. S. Army, stationed most...
Earlwin J. Rencountre, Sr.
Nov 25, 2008
Earlwin James Rencountre, Sr., 77, passed away at Rapid City Regional Hospital on Tuesday, November 26, 2008. He was born on November 20, 1931, in Mission, SD, to Alexander, Sr., and Martha E. (Frazier) Rencountre. He lived in Lower Brule, Rapid City and Torrington, WY growing up. On October 29, 1955, he married Rebecca Solano. Earlwin worked as a roofer...
