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,...
Carl E. Clements
Oct 8, 2008
Carl E. Clements, 86, Rapid City, died, October 8, 2008 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Survivors include his children; Mary Beth Friedman (Ken), California; JoAnn Madding (LW), Texas; Cathrine Fierberg (Jeff) Colorado, Carl Clements II, Wyoming; Angela Kliewer, (Mike) South Dakota,: Mark Clements (Jay), Arizona; Marjorie Chiles (Doug), Virginia Visitation will be from 5 p.m. 7 p.m., Sunday, October 12,...
Cecil Provencial
Oct 1, 2008
RAPID CITY--Cecil N. Provencial, 78, died at a Lake Andes nursing home on Wednesday, October 1, 2008. Cecil served in the U. S. Army. Survivors include a daughter, Berlinda Davis, Rapid City and a son, Norman Provencial, Sioux Falls; 6 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife Beverly in 1997. Visitation will be from 9...
Natalie Sara Leonesio
Oct 1, 2008
RAPID CITY--Natalie S. Leonesio, AKA Sister Mary Agatha, O.S.F., 91, died at the Good Samaratin Center in New Underwood on Wednesday, October 1, 2008. Survivors include 3 daughters, Marie Romano and her husband Larry, Rapid City, Anne Smuskiewicz and her husband John, Rapid City and Julie Blakeman and her husband Fred, Fairburn; 2 sisters, Anna Marie Spears, Round Rock, TX...
Frank Morawa
Sep 30, 2008
RAPID CITY - Franz Ernst (Frank E.) Morawa, 83, Rapid City, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Sept. 30 2008. The only son of Franz and Ernestine (Jog) Morawa, he was born on 11 August 1925 in Wien (Vienna), the capital of Austria. Like his father, Frank studied engineering at the University of Vienna, only to be drafted into the German...
Donald Lee Messmer
Sep 27, 2008
Donald L. Messmer, 45, passed away at his home in Box Elder, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008. Survivors include his wife, Darla, Box Elder, 2 daughters, Angela Messmer, Redding, CA and Christina Messmer, Box Elder and 2 brothers, David Messmer and Robert S. Beno and 1 grandson. Services will be held at a later date.
Bridget (Lane) Hansen
Sep 26, 2008
RAPID CITY - Bridget Eileen Lane Hansen, 51, peacefully surrendered her battle and was welcomed home by God Friday, Sept. 26, 2008. Bridget was home at her window in Rapid City surrounded by Robb and their four children. Bridget was born March 10, 1957, in Rapid City, the fourth of seven Lane children. Cancer defeated Bridget's body but it did...
Frances Olenberger
Sep 25, 2008
RAPID CITY--Frances Edna Paulson, born October 8, 1918 to George and Jennie Paulson, left this world to join the love of her life, Albert Olenberger, on September 25, 2008. Frances primary focus in life was her family. She was a devoted mother and strong advocate for her children and grandchildren. She was also a loving and supportive wife who enjoyed...
Cecelia Ahleen Moriarty Osloond
Sep 25, 2008
Cecilia Ahleen Moriarty Osloond of Idaho Falls passed away Thursday, September 25, 2008. Ahleen was born to Clarence A. and Cecilia Thurston on October 18, 1922 in Sheridan, Wyoming. As a child, she lived on a ranch near Sundance, Wyoming where she rode her horse to the one room school she attended. In 1937 the family moved to Belle Fourche,...
