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David H. Cook
Jul 27, 2008
RAPID CITYDavid H. Cook, 86, died at a local nursing home on Sunday, July 27, 2008. David was born in Mitchell on August 26, 1921, to Charles and Bertha (Horsley) Cook. He grew up in Draper and graduated from high school in Philip. After school he worked on the family farm. On October 15, 1943, he was united in marriage...
Leonard Davies
Jul 27, 2008
RAPID CITY - Leonard W. Davies, 89, Rapid City, died Sunday, July 27, 2008, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Minneapolis. He served in the U.S. Army. Survivors include his wife Theresa Davies, Rapid City, and four daughters, Romona Esquival and Mary Davies, Rapid City, Alyce Alesandro, St. Paul, Minn., and Nonie Johns- Holman, Vicksburg, Miss; 2 brothers, Darrell...
Sara Yi Whalen
Jul 26, 2008
Rapid City--Sara Yi Whalen, 59, passed away at her home on Saturday, July 26, 2008. She is survived by her husband, Donald Whalen, Rapid City; her daughter, Anna Whalen, Rapid City and San Angelo, TX; 4 brothers, 4 sisters, and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins, all living in Korea. Visitation will be from 6 until 7 p.m., with a Christian...
Dorothy Clements
Jul 26, 2008
Dorothy Evelyn Clements, 79 of Rapid City , South Dakota died Saturday, July 26, 2008 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital Auxiliary Hospice House.
Dorothy was born April 3, 1929 in Custer , South Dakota to Leo and Opal ( Duncan ) Harbach. Her family resided in...
Glenn Best
Jul 25, 2008
RAPID CITYGlenn E. Best, 87, passed into eternal life at his daughter Leslees home on Friday, July 25, 2008, after a short illness. He was born January 9, 1921 in Centerville, SD to Charles McKinley Best and Blanche Edna Spencer Thicket Best. Glenn grew up in Wall, SD with his four siblings Dale, Wendell, Donna and Thelma. His parents and...
Lila Burke
Jul 24, 2008
Lila (Skog) Burke, 80, Rapid City, died Thursday, July 24, 2008 after a long, valiant battle with cancer at Rapid City Regional Hospital. She was born January 12, 1928 to John and Minnie (Anderson) Skog in Huron. The family moved to Rapid City when she was two months old. Lila grew up in Rapid City until 1942 when the family...
Floyd H Hellwig
Jul 23, 2008
RAPID CITY--Floyd H. Hellwig, 93, Rapid City, died Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at Rapid City Regional Auxiliary Hospice House. He was born March 30, 1915 on a farm east of Menno, SD, the son of Edward and Ella (Grossman) Hellwig. He met Elenora Foos in June 1933 and they were married Dec. 22, 1934 in Belle Fourche. To this union...
Betty Lou Mcbee
Jul 19, 2008
RAPID CITY--Betty Lou McBee, 80, died at her home on Saturday, July 19, 2008. Survivors include a son, Thomas Fonck, Keystone; a sister, Donna DeGolier, Austin, MN; 5 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren and 6 step children. Visitation will be from 5 until 6:30 p.m. on Thursday at Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home. A funeral service will...
Doris Kelly
Jul 19, 2008
RAPID CITY--Doris F. Kelly, 75, died at her home on Saturday, July 19, 2008. Survivors include her children, Dori, Shannon, Donna, Steve, Howard, Vicki, Sheryl, Diana and Greg; several brothers and sisters and many grandchildren. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home. The service will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday,...
Linda K. Jordan
Jul 16, 2008
RAPID CITY--Linda K. Jordan, 61, died on Wednesday, July 16, 2008, in Wisconsin, as the result of an automobile accident. Linda Kathryn Wright was born August 13, 1946, in California, and raised in Kansas City, Kansas. She graduated from Saint Joseph High School in Shawnee, KS 1964. In 1970 she moved to Iowa and worked for the State of Iowa...
William E. Wellman
Jul 15, 2008
William E. Wellman, 80, Black Hawk, died at his home, Tuesday, July15, 2008. Survivors include 2 sons; William D. Wellman, Rapid City and Richard D. Wellman, Newcastle and a daughter, Becky Miller, Sioux City, IA. Services will be held 10:30 AM, Monday, July 21, 2008 at Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home, Rapid City with visitation one hour prior to services....
Lillian E. Binder
Jul 14, 2008
Greeley, Colorado--Lillian Binder, 90, died at Western States Burn Center on Monday, July 14, 2008. She is survived by 2 sons, Curtis Binder, Rapid City and Dennis Binder, Palm Desert, CA; a brother, Albert Eisenman; a sister, Elsie Binder, Loveland, CO and 3 grandchildren. Memorial Services will be held at a later date in Rapid City.
Narcis 'Chief' A. Gutierrez
Jul 14, 2008
Box Elder--Narcis A. 'Chief' Gutierrez, 74, died at his home on Monday, July 14, 2008. Survivors include his wife, Pauletta Gutierrez, Box Elder; sons, Harold and James; daughters, Tamara, Mona Edna and Kathleen and several grandchildren. Visitation will be from 4 until 6 p.m. on Saturday at Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home. Services will be 10 a.m. on Monday, July...
Ryan Gramberg
Jul 14, 2008
Black HawkRyan M. Gramberg, 16, of Black Hawk, died unexpectedly from an unforeseen heart condition after collapsing at a football camp on Monday, July 14, 2008. Ryan was born on September 14, 1991, in Burlington, Colorado, to Greg and Susan (Lawrence) Gramberg. The family moved to Rapid City in 1992 and to Black Hawk in 1994. Ryan attended Black Hawk...
Robert Ripple
Jul 13, 2008
RAPID CITY--Robert L. Ripple, 96, died at a Rapid City nursing home on Sunday, July 13, 2008. Bob served in the U. S. Navy during World War II. Survivors include 3 daughters, Sandy Denny and Janet Starkey, Rapid City and Bobbie Phillips, Salt Lake City; 4 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by his wife, Helen, on...
Louise C. Hart
Jul 13, 2008
RAPID CITY--Louise Noller Hart died July 13 at Westhills Village Health Care in Rapid, City SD. Celebrating her 95th birthday on Friday, July 11, her family had planned a grand reunion for her at her sons home in Madison, SD, on July 26. She was born in Alma, Kansas to Fred and Hulda Noller and raised in Topeka, Kansas. After...
Lowell "Boomer" L. Porter
Jul 12, 2008
RAPID CITY--Lowell L. 'Boomer' Porter, 70, died at Rapid City Regional Hospital on Saturday, July 12, 2008. Survivors include his wife, Lavina Porter, Rapid City; a son, David A. Porter, Ketchikan, AK; a daughter, Debra A. Therrien, Ontario, Canada; 2 sisters, Betty DeSchamp, Rapid City and Jackie Larson, Sioux City, IA; 4 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild.
Eugene C. Bishop
Jul 10, 2008
Eugene C. Bishop SPEARFISH, SOUTH DAKOTA -- Eugene C. Bishop, 75, died Thursday, July 10, 2008 at Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, South Dakota, after a fall off a ladder on July 5, outside his home in Spearfish. He was born August 8, 1932, in Jenera, Ohio, to Ray and Florence (Barber) Bishop, the eighth of nine children....
Lawrence R. Eggum
Jul 9, 2008
RAPID CITYLawrence Roy Eggum, 73, died on Wednesday, July 9, 2008, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Lawrence was born November 30, 1935, at Sturgis, to Roy and Jessie (Dodson) Eggum. He grew up in Spearfish and graduated from Spearfish High School in 1954. He attended the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, and served four years in the United States...
Taylor James Green
Jul 8, 2008
Taylor James Green, 19, Rapid City, died unexpectedly at Rapid City Regional Hospital, Tuesday, July 8, 2008. He was born April 6, 1989 in Rapid City. Taylor was involved with production services at KOTA Television. He enjoyed outdoor sports, especially snowboarding, working on cars, hanging with his friends and playing video games. Taylor loved his kids, Aiden and Lilly. Survivors...
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