Edward Quenzer
Nov 16, 2008
RAPID CITYEdward Quenzer, 93, of Rapid City and formerly of Eureka, died at a Rapid City nursing home on Sunday, November 16, 2008. Edward was born on December 8, 1914, to Karl and Mary Steinback (Brockel)Quenzer in Campbell County, SD, and grew up in the area. In the 1930s he and his brothers traveled from farm to farm throughout Campbell...
Voreta Garman
Nov 15, 2008
RAPID CITY--Voreta Mae Garman, age 81, went to be with her Lord on Saturday, November 15, 2008. Visitation will be held on Wednesday evening, November 19 from 4:00 to 7:00 pm at Osheim and Schmidt Funeral Home. Services will be held at Fountain Springs Community Church at 2:30 pm on Thursday, November 20. Rev. Darrell Wagner will officiate. Burial will...
Eleanor Tracy
Nov 14, 2008
RAPID CITY--Eleanor M. Tracy, 78, died at Rapid City Regional Hospital Hospice House on Friday, November 14, 2008. Eleanor was born on March 1, 1930, in New Salem, ND, to George and Elizabeth (Brilz) Fetsch. The family operated the local hotel and restaurant. There she met Lewis Tracy, to whom she was united in marriage on August 8, 1950. In...
Angela Rae Semple
Nov 13, 2008
BLACK HAWKAngela Rae Semple, 34, of Black Hawk, passed away at Rapid City Regional Hospital on Thursday, November 13, 2008. Angela was born on December 26, 1973, in Sioux City Iowa to Larry and Debra (Newman) Semple. She grew up in Rapid City and Pawleys Island, SC and graduated from High School in South Carolina in 1991. Angela then attended...
Larry Charles Hayes
Nov 12, 2008
RAPID CITY - Larry Charles Hayes, 71, Rapid City and Eagle Butte, died Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008, in Eagle Butte. Survivors include his wife, Delores Hayes, Rapid City; a son, Daris Hayes, Rapid City; seven daughters, Debra (Jim) Rencountre, Stacey Hayes and Reva Hayes, all of Rapid City, Terryle Warren, Fort Yates, N.D., and Lavay, Sharon and Darla Hayes, all...
Harriet Leiby Puckett
Nov 12, 2008
Lake Havasu City, AZ--Harriet A. Leiby Puckett, 91, passed away on November 12, 2008, in Lake Havasu City. Harriet was born in Interior, on January 20, 1917, to Jesse and Blance (Groat) Saunders. She married Archie Leiby on June 12, 1936, in Rapid City. The couple lived in Canata, where Harriet was the postmaster, and then in Interior from 1949...
George Bowlby
Nov 11, 2008
George M. Bowlby, 86, Rapid City, died Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at Rapid City Regional Hospital Auxiliary Hospice House. He was a U S Army veteran of WWII. Survivors include his wife, Patricia, Rapid City, 2 sons, Terrance Bowlby, Toledo, OH and Michael O. Bowlby, Moberly, MO, a daughter, Mary Ellen Tjeerdsma, Alexandria, VA, 1 brother, Carl Bowlby, Ramona, CA,...
Louis Braun
Nov 10, 2008
RAPID CITY - Louis F. Braun, 96, died Monday, November 10, 2008, at Westhills Health Care Center in Rapid City, SD. Louis was born in Bristol, SD, on September 26, 1912, to Augusta and Fred Braun. He attended school in Bristol and in Webster, SD. Following his graduation from high school, he completed a correspondence course in sales. Louis enjoyed...
Viola K. Smolik
Nov 9, 2008
RAPID CITYViola K. Smolik, 93, passed away at Fountain Springs Healthcare on Sunday, November 9, 2008. Viola Alley was born on April 7, 1915, in Orient, to John and Catherine (Anglin) Alley. She grew up in the Firesteel and Isabel areas. Viola went to graduate from nurses training at the Sisters Hospital in Hot Springs and was later united in...
Barbara Owens
Nov 8, 2008
Barbara Ellen Owens RAPID CITY Barbara Ellen Owens, 88, of Rapid City, died Saturday, November 8, at Dr. Donald and Jeannette Olivers home holding the hand of her beloved husband, Lisle. She was born August 25, 1920, in Piedmont, S.D., the third of six children born to Francis Garfield Beatty and Edith Nettie Braga Beatty. Barb grew up and completed...
Jesse Herrick
Nov 7, 2008
RAPID CITY--Jesse R. Herrick, 80, Rapid City, died on Friday, November 7, 2008 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Jesse was born on March 27, 1928 in Nebraska City, Nebraska to Jess and Elizabeth (Burley) Herrick. His family included a sister, Yvonne, and a brother, Herb. They moved to Rapid City, where Jesse attended Garfield Elementary School and later Rapid City...
Dorothy Neiger
Nov 5, 2008
BLACK HAWKDorothy Neiger, beloved mom and grandmother, passed away on Wednesday, November 5, 2008, at Morning Star Assisted Living in Rapid City. Funeral services will be held on Monday, Nov. 10, at Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home in Rapid City with Pastor Mark Bauer, Black Hawk Community Church, officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the funeral...
David Kettunen
Oct 28, 2008
Rapid City--David Kettunen, 34, of Riverdale, UT and formerly of Albuquerque, died unexpectedly in Rapid City on Tuesday, October 28, 2008. Survivors include his wife, Melissa Kettunen, Riverdale, his mother and step-father, Loraine and Charles Pritts, Tucson, AZ; his father and step-mother, Tom and Sherry Kettunen, Pueblo, CO; a sister, Lara Kurtley and a brother, Shaun Kettunen. Memorial services will...
Stacey Lynn Lafrenz
Oct 28, 2008
NemoStacey Lynn LaFrenz, 39, of rural Nemo, passed away at Rapid City Regional Hospital Auxiliary Hospice House on Monday, October 28, 2008. Stacey was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on November 16, 1968, to Eugene and Phyllis (Brudvig) LaFrenz. She moved to Rapid City in 1983 with her family and attended West Jr. High and Dakota Jr. High and...
Jason John Fenhaus
Oct 24, 2008
MILESVILLE - Jason J. Fenhaus, 37, Milesville, died Friday, Oct. 24, 2008, near Milesville. Jason was born August 6, 1971, in Rapid City, to Carlos and Charlotte Fenhaus. He attended Rapid Valley Elementary, North Junior High and Rapid City Central, graduating in 1990. Jason developed an interest in rodeo while in high school. He won the State High School Bareback...
Donald Larson
Oct 24, 2008
Memorial Obituary Donald E. Larson, 78, of Rapid City, died Friday, October 24, 2008, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Donald was born January 7, 1930, at his grandparents rural Gregory County home. He was the only son of Perry and May (Jernberg) Larson. His childhood home was a Gregory County farmstead. During WW II, Donald and his parents lived at...
Paul Edward Case
Oct 20, 2008
RAPID CITY--Paul E. Case, 84, of Rapid City, South Dakota; Deadwood, South Dakota and Zapata, Texas, died Monday, October 20, 2008, at his home in Rapid City. He was born July 13, 1924, in Glenns Ferry, Idaho to Joseph Samuel Case and Pearl (Dollie) Marie Ozmun Case. As a young boy he blew on the wind, living all over the...
Mae M. Crocker
Oct 13, 2008
RAPID CITY - Mae M. Crocker, 77, Rapid City, went home to our Heavenly Father on Monday, October 13, 2008, with gentle and loving care at the Rapid City Regional Auxiliary Hospice House. Born on June 20, 1931 to Michael Francis "Frank" and Gertrude (Babcock) O'Dea in Cottonwood, SD, Mae spent her early years in Pedro, O'Dea, and Quinn before...
Lawrence W. Glodt
Oct 11, 2008
2008, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital Auxiliary Hospice House. He was born July 13, 1925, at Gettysburg, the son of Nick and Grace (Gear) Glodt. He grew up in Gettysburg and graduated from high school there in 1943. He worked on a farm until entering the U.S. Army in May 1945. He served in Germany until 1946 then returned...
Alice Elvira Udager-Barnhart
Oct 10, 2008
Alice E. Udager Barnhart, 101, St. Maries, ID, died Friday, October 10, at St. Maries Hospital. Alice Elvira Hansen was born Dec. 13, 1906 to Hans O. and Abigail (Shaff) Hansen in Crookston, MN. She went, with her parents, first to Alta, Iowa then to western South Dakota where her father homesteaded west of Faith. She remembers, at age 4,...
