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,...
Warren "Friday" L. Biegler
Sep 23, 2008
RAPID CITY--Warren L. "Friday" Biegler, 84, died at Rapid City Regional Hospital on Tuesday, September 23, 2008. Warren was born on November 24, 1923, in Revillo, SD, to Warren R. and Emma H. W. (Miottel) Biegler. The family lived in Revillo until he was 12, when they moved to Wessington. He graduated from Wessington High School in 1941, and in...
Eugene Richards
Sep 21, 2008
Eugene L. Richards, 82, Rapid City, died Sunday, September 21, 2008 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Survivors include his wife, Della A. Richards, Rapid City, three daughters; Jean Richards-Tulloss, Rapid City, Annette Amiotte, Oahu, Hawaii and Cynthia Amiotte, Vancouver, WA, a brother Kenneth Richards, Rapid City, two sisters; Mary Ann Trimble, Rapid City and Myrna Grace Zephier, Minneapolis, 8 grandchildren...
Betty Gluyas
Sep 21, 2008
RAPID CITY--Betty J. Gluyas, 74, died at Rapid City Regional Hospital on Sunday, September 21, 2008. Betty was born on December 5, 1933, in Deadwood, to Floyd V. and Beatrice (Droddy) Collins. She lived most of her life in the Black Hills area, including Silver City, Nemo, and the Doty area. Betty also lived for 5 years in Santa Rosa,...
Harlan Severson
Sep 20, 2008
Harlan Severson passed away at the Fort Meade Veterans Facility, Sturgis, S.D., on Sept. 20, 2008, as a resident there for over a year. Harlan was born in Chester, S.D., on Feb. 2, 1924, to his parents Jacob and Martina (Nali) Severson. Harlans love for music began in Chester with a trumpet, which later became an advantage while serving in...
Elvera Bergsieker
Sep 17, 2008
RAPID CITY - Elvera Mary Minnie (Brockfeld) Bergsieker went home to heaven on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008. Born in St. Louis, Mo., on March 12, 1914, Elvera lived in St. Louis most of her life until moving to Rapid City in April 2006. She shared many happy hours with her new family at There's A Hart Assisted Living in Rapid...
Marjorie Baehler
Sep 16, 2008
RAPID CITY - Marjorie M. Baehler, 86, Rapid City, died Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008, at the Clarkson-Mountain View Nursing Home. Marjorie was born Dec. 11, 1921, in Wales, N.D., near the Canadian border, to Henry and Rose (Hell) Fischer.? Marjorie was united in marriage on Nov. 25, 1950, to Alfred Baehler in Rapid City. Marge worked for the Rapid City...
Florence Libke
Sep 16, 2008
RAPID CITY - Florence R. Libke, 87, Rapid City, died Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008, at a local nursing home. Survivors include three sons, Chuck Swenson and wife, Karen, Rapid City, Jimmie Swenson and wife Esther, Saulk Center, Minn., and Steve Swenson and wife Ruth, Corpus Cristi, Texas; 14 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by...
Freda Yeager
Sep 15, 2008
CUNY TABLE - Freda E. "Auntie" Yeager, 82, longtime Cuny Table area resident, died Monday, Sept. 15, 2008, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. She was born Sept. 17, 1925, to Ray and Thetna (Hudspeth) Yeager. Freda lived with her family on a ranch east of Buffalo Gap in the northwest corner of the Pine Ridge Reservation. She attended Red Cloud...
James A. Anderson
Sep 14, 2008
RAPID CITY - James Arthur Anderson, 76, died Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008, at his residence in Rapid City following a lengthy illness. He was born April 19, 1932, in Omaha, NE, to Clarence and Rosemary (Staph) Anderson. His family moved to Rapid City, when he was in the sixth grade. He graduated from Rapid City High School in 1950 and...
John Porvasnik
Sep 14, 2008
John J. A. Porvasnik, of Rapid City, made his journey to heaven on Sunday, September 14th, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. This amazing man was born in Westlake Ohio, on February 15th, 1942, to John and Helen Porvasnik. As a young man, he lived in Ohio with his parents and three sisters. There he attended and graduated from St. Edwards...
Norma T. Jacobson
Sep 13, 2008
Norma T. Jacobson, 79, Rapid City, died Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008 at Raid City Regional Hospital. She was born December 13, 1928 in Draper, SD. to Fred and Maggie Bauman. Norma married at age 16 in Pierre, and was a mother at 17. She and her family lived in rural Buffalo Gap, then moved to New Underwood. Their last move...
Harold L. Flaig
Sep 11, 2008
RAPID CITY--Harold L. Flaig, 82, died at his home on Thursday, September 11, 2008. Harold was born May 13, 1926 in Eureka, SD to David and Ida (Hirsch) Flaig. He was the eldest of seven children. As a young child, he moved with his family to Eaton, CO for a brief period and then settled in Isabel, SD. At the...
Thelma Zeller
Sep 10, 2008
RAPID CITY - Thelma A. (Chappell) Zeller was born on Aug. 16, 1917, to William and Gula (Wiltbank) Chappell in Dallas, SD. She passed into eternity on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008, at the Victorian Assisted Living Center in Rapid City. Thelma was raised on a homestead east of Dallas and graduated from Dallas High School. After high school she worked...
Mary Kingsbury
Sep 7, 2008
RAPID CITY - Strong, caring, resourceful, thoughtful and sometimes stubborn, Mary Jane Dolphin Kingsbury lived her life responsibly, but as she chose. In the evening of Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008, she died as she had chosen, peacefully in her sleep, in the home she loved, surrounded by her family. Two days before, she had been temporarily reanimated by an impromptu...
Larry Baesler
Sep 7, 2008
RAPID CITY - Larry G. Baesler, 57, died Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008, at his home in Rapid City. Larry Glen Baesler was born and raised on the family farm north of New Leipzig, ND. Nature and the outdoors were always an intimate part of Larry's life. As a young man he hunted, fished and trapped along the Antelope Creek. Fully...
Esther Black
Sep 6, 2008
RAPID CITY - Esther M. Black, 95, Rapid City, died Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008, at Rapid City Regional Hospital, after a brief illness. She was born March 23, 1913, in Rapid City, to Lewis Ware Young and Gertrude Hurbult Young. Esther grew up with seven brothers and one sister on a farm near Scenic. They had many adventures while growing...
James "J. B." Young
Sep 6, 2008
RAPID CITY--God had better plans for James Bellamy Young and called him home on September 6, 2008. J.B., 46, died at Rapid City Regional Hospital. He lived his too short life to the fullest. He was a loving father, devoted son and brother, and good friend to many. J.B. made his living as an insurance agent for the Horace Mann...
Leonard 'Lenny' Vallette
Sep 4, 2008
RAPID CITY - Lenny Vallette, 21, Rapid City, died Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008, at home. Survivors include his mother, Mary Davies, his father, Hugh Vallette, a brother, Ben Vallette, his maternal grandmother, Theresa Davies and his paternal great-grandmother, Marie Vallette, all of Rapid City. Memorial services will be at 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, at Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home.
Beverly Conrad
Sep 3, 2008
RAPID CITY--Beverly G. Conrad, 78, passed away at a local nursing home on Wednesday, September 3, 2008. Survivors include her husband, Albert L. Conrad, Rapid City; a daughter, Sheri L. (John) Chaffin, Madisonville, KY; three sons, Michael A Conrad, Rapid City, Douglas L. Conrad, Vancouver, WA and Paul S. Conrad, Rapid City; a brother, Craig McNab, Kenosha, WI; 2 granddaughters...
