Katherine Hengel
May 26, 2008
RAPID CITY--Katherine Kathy Hengel, 81, died peacefully on Monday, May 26, 2008, at the Rapid City Regional Hospice House. Kathy was born on April 7, 1927, in Hot Springs to John and Donna Linehan. She was the youngest of six sisters, and grew up on the family ranch at Oglala, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Her early school years...
Carol (Myszewski) Black
May 23, 2008
RAPID CITY - Carol Ann Black, 68, Rapid City, died Friday, May 23, 2008, at Litchfield Park, Ariz. Survivors include one son, Mark Black, Good Year, Ariz.; two daughters, Christine Gross, Dell Rapids and Sheila Solano, Rapid City; one brother, Robert J. Myszewski, Buffalo, Wyo.; and four grandchildren. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday, May 29,...
Leone Q. Klov
May 23, 2008
ELKO, Nev. - Emma Leone Klov, 91, Elko, died Thursday, May 22, 2008, in Elko. Leone was born Sept. 11, 1916, at Newell, SD, close to Rapid City, SD. She was the youngest daughter of the Quinn's seven children. After high school graduation, she worked as a dental assistant. She was married to Orlo Quinton Johnson of Rapid City and...
Edith Dohr
May 21, 2008
HILL CITY - Edith Dohr, 71, Hill City, loving wife of LeRoy Hoff, passed away on Wednesday, May 21, 2008, due to long term health complications. Edith leaves behind her sons, James Fitch and William Dohr, her daughter Dora Griswald and her grandchildren, James, Jonathon, Joshua, Jeremy, Daniel and Nicholas. Edith was born on the 24th of July in 1936...
Gertrude 'Babe' Weidner
May 18, 2008
ertrude Weidner, 87 former Rapid City resident, died in Roseville, MN, on Sunday, May 18, 2008. Survivors include 3 daughters, Rosalyn Riss, Rapid City, Valerie Jerich, St. Paul, MN and Lorraine Salk, Elk River, MN; 2 sons, Daniel Weidner, Mora, MN and David Wiedner, Anoka, MN. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph G. Weidner in 1996 and...
Geo. Douglas Nahrgang
May 17, 2008
BLACK HAWK - Geo. Douglas Nahrgang, 66, Black Hawk, died at his home surrounded by his family, Saturday, May 17, 2008. Doug was born April 13, 1942, in Boulder, Colo., to George and Genevieve (Wood) Narhgang. He grew up in Boulder, graduating from Boulder High School in 1960. In 1964, Doug graduated from Colorado State University with a Bachelor of...
Rosella A. Olson
May 16, 2008
RAPID CITY--Rosella A. Olson, age 95, died peacefully in her home at Westhills Village on May 16th, 2008. She was born Feb. 20, 1913, at Zell, South Dakota, the daughter of William and Emma Kolegraff. She graduated from St. Lukes School of Nursing, Aberdeen, South Dakota, in 1934. She took postgraduate work in Public Health at the University of Minnesota...
Lila M. Morgan
May 16, 2008
Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until 10:15 a.m. on Wednesday, May 21, at Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home. A processional to Black Hills National Cemetery will leave at 10:20 a.m. on Wednesday, with graveside services at 11 a.m. with Rev. Gary Johnson officiating.
Ellsworth Dennis Van Houten
May 16, 2008
RAPID CITY--Ellsworth Dennis Van Houten, 92, Rapid City, died early Friday morning at the Massa Unit of Sturgis Community Health Center where he had lived for the past four years. He was born March 25, 1916, at Doland, South Dakota, to R.C. and Sena (Lindskov) Van Houten. His lifelong work was in highway construction. He was in the Civilian Conservation...
Marjorie M. Herrick
May 15, 2008
Rapid CityMarjorie M. Herrick, 78, Rapid City, died on May 15, 2008 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Marjorie was born on September 2, 1929 in Strool, South Dakota to Ray and Mabel Fitzgerald. Her family included a sister, Frances, and a brother, Maurice (who became president of Black Hills State Universitysomething Marjorie was very proud of). Marjories father had a...
Florence Ann Steen
May 11, 2008
RAPID CITY -- Florence Steen, 88, Rapid City, formerly of Faith, died of congestive heart failure on Sunday, May 11, 2008, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital Auxiliary Hospice House. Florence Ann McGuire was born Feb. 28, 1920, to Emmett and Mary (ORourke) McGuire. She was the sixth of seven children, growing up on the McGuire homestead west of Faith....
Eleanor Muhmel
May 10, 2008
RAPID CITY--Eleanor Muhmel, 91, died at a local nursing home on Saturday, May 10, 2008. Survivors include a son, Steven Masters, Lakewood, CA; a daughter, Susan Montgomery, St. Francis, MN and 2 grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred Muhmel. Visitation will be from 10 until 11 a.m. on Friday, at the Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home....
Dwight Ellsworth
May 9, 2008
BRADFORD, Ark. - Dwight Chadwick Ellsworth, 92, Bradford, died Friday May 9, 2008, at Palliative Care Unit at University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa. Survivors include two nephews, David M. Nolte, Packwood, Iowa and C. Ted Nolte, Des Moines, Iowa; one niece, Anne M. Nolte, Independence, Iowa; one grand-nephew; and one grand-niece. Graveside services will be...
Father Andrew W. Morvay
May 3, 2008
The Reverend Andrew Morvay The Rev. Andrew Morvay, 92, was called to eternal life on May 3, 2008, at a local nursing home. Fr. Morvay was born in Manhattan, New York, on February 21, 1916, to Mary and Frank Morvay. After graduating from St. Johns College in Brooklyn, New York, he worked for Grumman Aircraft Company. Fr. Morvay served with...
Col. Jan M. Laitos, Usaf (Ret.)
May 1, 2008
Jan Milan Laitos, 92, of Rapid City, died Thursday May 1, 2008, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Jan was born on May 12, 1915 in New Kensington, Penn., to Jan and Julia Laitos, both first generation Americans from Czechoslovakia. He was the youngest of three and is survived by his two older sisters, Pauline, 98, and Jule, 96. Jan graduated...
Sarah Jane O'Rourk-Hewett
Apr 30, 2008
RAPID CITY - Sarah Jane O'Rourk-Hewett, 100, Rapid City, died Wednesday, April 30, 2008, at the Westhills Village Health Care Facility. Sarah Jane O'Rourk-Hewett was born to Patrick Henry O'Rourk and Sarah Ellen Ashcraft Yockey-O'Rourk at Gordon, Sheridan County, Neb., June 1, 1907, and was baptized in St. Leo's Catholic Church. While her father was Catholic, her mother was Methodist,...
Willa M. Lein
Apr 29, 2008
SCOTTSDALEARIZONA--Willa Mae (Ernst) Lein, 89, of Rapid City, a much beloved mother, grandmother and friend, passed away peacefully at the Sherman House Hospice Center in Scottsdale, AZ onTuesday April 29, 2008. Willa Ernst was born on November 16th, 1918 in Floris, Iowa to the late Emmanuel and Iva C. Ernst. When she was four months old the family moved to...
William O. Anderson
Apr 29, 2008
RAPID CITY-William O. Anderson died Tuesday April 29th, 2008 at his home in Rapid City at the age of 86. Bill was born in 1921 in Minnesota to Ole and Runa (Johnson Anderson) Anderson. He had many fond memories of hunting, fishing and camping while growing up in Minnesota. Some of his fondest memories and experiences centered around his involvement...
Paul E. Minor
Apr 28, 2008
PIEDMONT - Paul E. Minor, 68, Piedmont, died Monday, April 28, 2008, at his home. He was born October 12, 1939, in LaJunta, Colo., to Paul E. and Leona (Smith) Minor. Paul grew up in the Bay Area of Northern California. After attending several colleges and experimenting with various vocational majors, he graduated from Long Beach State College in Southern...
Fauniel "Funny" M. Kilgore
Apr 27, 2008
RAPID CITYFauniel M. Funny Kilgore, 86, passed away at Rapid City Regional Hospital on Sunday, April 27, 2008. Funny was born on December 26, 1921, in Gregory, SD to John M. and Rose M. (Drapeaux) Hudson. She grew up in St. Francis and graduated from St. Francis Mission and then went to college in Minneapolis. She married Cecil LaGrande in...
