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...
Carolyn Hanchett
Jan 4, 2009
RAPID CITY--Carolyn Hanchett, 88, passed away at a local nursing home on Sunday, January 4, 2009. Carolyn was born on April 13, 1920, in Vienna, SD, to Gilbert and Edna (Eggen) Ostroot. She grew up in Vienna was married to Donald Hanchett and moved to California. There, she worked as a telephone operator for 40 years. Carolyn retired in 1990...
Clotis Matthiesen
Jan 4, 2009
RAPID CITY--Clotis Addie Matthiesen, 89, of Rapid City, died Sunday, January 4, 2009 at home surrounded by her family. She was born February 6, 1919, in Lee county, NC, to June and Ella Hunter. She grew up in North Carolina, where she graduated from business college. On October 2, 1942, she married Earl Matthiesen in Charlotte, NC. The couple lived...
Janet Walton Wright Curl
Jan 2, 2009
RAPID CITY--Janet Walton Wright Curl, 94, died January 2nd, 2009, at her daughter's home in Rapid City. Janet Walton Wright was born in Birmingham, Alabama on November 14th, 1914 to Reverend Abner King and Janet Isabelle Walton Wright. She moved to Louisville, Kentucky when she was five. Her father was a preacher at the Baptist Tabernacle Church in Louisville, Kentucky....
M. Elaine Moore
Dec 29, 2008
Mildred Elaine (Coy) Moore Rapid City- Mildred Elaine (Coy) Moore, 82, a resident of Rapid City, died December, 29, 2008 at Fountain Springs Nursing home. She was born February 15, 1926 in Randolph, Iowa to Herbert "Jack" and Lola Chloe (Wilson) Coy. She grew up around the Sturgis area. She graduated from Sturgis High School in 1944. She married Wilbur...
Lillian Diekmann
Dec 27, 2008
Rapid City - Long-time South Dakota Resident Lillian Pearl Diekmann died at th Rapid City Regional Hospital on Saturday, December 27, 2008. She was 94. Born October 29, 1914, in Gregory to Theresa (Rajewich) and James Vosika, she attended elementary school near Gregory before the Great Depression forced her to leave school and find work to help out with her...
Helen Williams
Dec 26, 2008
Helen A. (Hayes) Williams, 74, died Friday, Dec. 26, 2008 at Rapid City Regional Hospital Auxiliary Hospice House. Helen was born to Lloyd E. and Mary Hayes in Pierre on January 10, 1934. the family moved to Rapid City when she was young and she graduated from high school here. In 1952 she married Robert Williams of Rapid City and...
Jack Hargrave, Jr.
Dec 26, 2008
RAPID CITY--Jack F. Hargrave, Jr., passed away peacefully on Friday, December 26, 2008, at a local nursing home. Jack was born in Denver, CO, on December 17, 1923. He attended North High School. Upon graduation from North, he joined the Army during World War II and was trained as a glider pilot. After an accident, he was transferred to an...
