Mary Knutson
Mar 21, 2009
Mary J. (Buchholtz) Knutson, 72, of Mountain Home, ID, died at Raid City Regional Hospital on Saturday, March 21, 2009. Mary was born on May 10, 1936, in Elkton, to George and Clara (Halverson) Buchholtz. Survivors include a sister, Nancy (Buccholtz) Erickson, Rapid City; a brother, William Buchholtz, Spearfish; 3 daughters, Debbie Jourdan, Meridian, ID, Rhonda Cone, Carnation, WA and...
Elaine Freemore
Mar 18, 2009
Services for Elaine Freemore, 92, were held Saturday, March 21, 2009, at South Canyon Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Bruce Thalacker officiating. She died Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital. Elaine was born September 11, 1916 in Sisseton, S.D. to Albert and Emma Hanson. She graduated from Sisseton High School in 1934 and from Moorhead State...
Florence M. Scott
Mar 18, 2009
Florence Mildred Scott, age 84, passed away the afternoon of March 18, 2009 at her home, the home her father began building in 1920. Florence was born May 16,1924, the youngest daughter of Elsie and Augusta Gray. She married Howard D. Scott, her high school classmate, in 1947. Florence grew up in Cleghorn Canyon, attending Cleghorn School. She graduated from...
Evelyn Yackley
Mar 18, 2009
Rapid City Evelyn E. Yackley, 88, Rapid City died Wednesday, March 18, 2009, at Mercy-Gilbert Medical Center in Gilbert, Arizona. She was born on August 24, 1920 at Valentine Nebr., the daughter of Frank and Amanda Wilson. She attended Nursing School in Denver, CO, graduating with a BS in Nursing. She held various nursing positions including Hospital Administrator and in...
Alice Durbin
Mar 17, 2009
RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA--Alice Zalatan Durbin, 84, died in Rapid City, SD nursing home on Tuesday, March 17, 2009. Allice Zalatan was born on January 13, 1925, in Utica to Anthony and Jamielle (Hallack) Zalatan. She grew up in Utica and graduated from High School there. Her family ran Zalatan Brothers Grocery for many years. After high school she worked...
Esther L. Lehmann
Mar 16, 2009
Esther Lorraine Lehmann, 67, passed away March 16, 2009 at the Rapid City Regional Hospice House surrounded by her loving family. Esther was born on December 18, 1941 in Murdo, SD to Jacob and Betty (Armstrong) Bechtold. She was raised in Valentine, NE and graduated from Valentine High School in 1959. She attended National Business College in Rapid City. She...
Robert C. Gray
Mar 15, 2009
Gray, Robert Charles "Snuffy" STURGIS - Robert Charles "Snuffy" Gray, 83, Sturgis, died Sunday, March 15, 2009, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Survivors include his son, Stephen Gray, Niwot, Colo.; two daughters; Robyn Gray Canino, Albany, N.Y., and Elizabeth O'Shea, Basking Ridge, N.J.; and four grandchildren. Inurnment, along with his wife, Pauline , with military honors was provided by Rushmore...
Kathleen "Kay" F. Terborg
Mar 14, 2009
RAPID CITY--Kathleen FrancesKay Terborg, 86, died peacefully, Saturday, March 14, 2009, surrounded by her family, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Shes once again walking the beaches of Sydney, Australia, with her beloved husband, Roy. Kay was born July 22, 1922, in Sydney, Australia, to Herbert and Florence Farrell. She graduated high school at age 15 and immediately went to work...
F. Theodore 'Ted' Logan
Mar 14, 2009
Rapid City - Francis Theodore (Ted) Logan, 64, passed away in Rapid City, SD. Ted was born September 26, 1944 in Sheridan Wyoming. He spent his childhood on the Rafter 33 Ranch in Big Horn, WY and graduated from Big Horn High School in 1962. Ted attended Rocky Mountain College in Billings, MT, and then the University of Wyoming where...
Benjamin Bittner
Mar 12, 2009
HILL CITY--Benjamin Reuben Bittner of Hill City, left this earth from the Hospice House in Rapid City, on March 12, 2009, to spend eternity with his beloved Jesus. Ben was born to Rubin and Waneta Bittner in Huron on Aug. 11, 1945. He had a delightful childhood growing up on the family farm near Alpena, where he attended a nearby...
R'Dean Elkins
Mar 11, 2009
RAPID CITY--R'Dean Elkins, died at VA Medical Center in Hot Springs on Wednesday, March 11, 2009. He served in the U. S. Army from 1964 to 1966. Survivors include his signigicant other, Dianne Rasmussen, Rapid City; 2 sons, Chad Elkins, Sioux Falls and Roland Elkins, Rapid City; 2 daughters, Christy Elkins, Rapid City and Carol Wilson, TX; 2 step-daughters, Daneen...
John Gwinn
Mar 11, 2009
John Gwinn, 51, died unexpectedly Wednesday, March 11, 2009., at his home in Rapid City with a ruptured intracranial aneurysm. John was born Nov. 23, 1957 at Camp Pendleton, CA to Norma and Charles Gwinn, the fourth of their eight children. He attended K-12 in Rapid City, winning the West River Math Contest at South Dakota School of Mines in...
Lowell D. Hamilton
Mar 8, 2009
Lowell D. Hamilton, 80, Rapid City, passed away peacefully Sunday, March 8, 2009 at Rapid City Regional Hospital Hospice House with Adeline, his loving wife of 60 years was at his side. Lowell was born in Chamberlain, South Dakota to Ray and Laura Hamilton on January 8, 1929. Born and . raised in Chamberlain, Lowell shot his first goose when...
Earl F. Matthiesen
Mar 8, 2009
RAPID CITY--Earl F. Matthiesen, 92, Rapid City, died Sunday, March 8, 2009, at home. He was born August 19, 1919 in Murdo, SD, to Henry and Lillian Matthiesen. As a young man he enjoyed raising and caring for his horses. He served in the Army Air Corps from December 29, 1941 to October 30, 1944 during World War II. He...
Doris I. Meier
Mar 8, 2009
Doris I. Meier, 83, Rapid City, died Sunday, March 8, 2009, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital. Doris was born June 28, 1925, in Woonsocket, SD, the daughter of Wylie and Anna (Bartels) Davis. She grew up in Sand Creek Township and graduated from high school there. On October 18, 1945, she married George J. Meier at Huron. They lived...
Jack Van Der Geest
Mar 5, 2009
Jacobus Jack P. C. van der Geest, 85, was born on September 17, 1923, in The Hague, Netherlands. He is the son of Jacobus and Anne (de Groot) van der Geest. He passed away on Thursday, March 5, 2009 in Rapid City. He was trained as an aeronautical engineer and was fluent in seven languages. Jacks family owned a successful...
Jean Hansen
Mar 4, 2009
RAPID CITY - Jean M. (Hudson) Hansen, 62, Rapid City, passed away at Wednesday, March 4, 2009, at Rapid City Regional Hospice of the Hills. Survivors include her husband of 31 years, Leslie Hansen, Rapid City; her eldest son, Larry Hudson and his wife, Teresa, Petosky, MI, and their two sons, Jacob and Nathan; her second son, Leonard Hansen and...
Thomas M. Norman
Mar 3, 2009
Thomas Michael Norman, 81, Rapid City, died Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at the Campbell County Memorial Hospital in Gillette, Wyoming. Tom was born to Joseph and Kathryn Kitty (Rush) Norman, December 5, 1927 in Hot Springs and was raised on the family ranch east of Buffalo Gap. He attended country school east of the ranch and attended Rapid City Cathedral...
Florence 'Flo' Thompson
Mar 3, 2009
Florence 'Flo' Thompson, 90, passed away at Golden Living Center-Bella Vista on Tuesday, March 3, 2009. Survivors include her children, Micael Cierpisz, Frank Cierpisz, Sally Vasek, Cathy and Joan Biscotti. No services will be held in Rapid City. Services will be held in Maryland at a later date.
Marygertrude Bellamy
Mar 2, 2009
BELLAMY, MaryGertrude, 92, passed away March 2, 2009 in Carmichael, CA. She is survived by her children: Helen and John Volk of Carmichael, CA; Jim and Sandy Coffman of Tulsa, OK; Caren and Bill Bradshaw of Austin, TX; Curt and Karen Coffman of Sand Springs, OK and 14 grandchildren and their families. Recently Mary told a granddaughter that her greatest...
