Dawn R. Taecker
Apr 2, 2008
Dawn R. Taecker, 57, of Rapid City, passed away April 2, 2008 at the Rapid City Regional Hospice House. She was born January 23, 1951 in Redwood Falls, Minn. To Ray and Verna Donaldson. She grew up in Watertown where she met the love of her life, Bruce Taecker. On February 11, 1969 they were married. The couple moved to...
Phyllis Schmoll
Apr 1, 2008
Phyllis M. Schmoll, 82, died at Rapid City Regional Hospital on Tuesday, April 1, 2008. Survivors include 3 sons, Donald Schmoll and his wife Lois, Rapid City, Alan Schmoll and his wife Linda, Summerville, SC and Anthony Schmoll and his wife Sally, Summerville, SC; a daughter, Janice Valerioti, Howell, NJ and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death...
Martha Link
Mar 30, 2008
Martha Link, 94, Rapid City, died Sunday, March 30, 2008 at the Rapid City Regional Hospital Hospice House. She was born December 11, 1913 at Artas, S.D. to Christian and Carolina (Ackerman) Kauk. Martha grew up in Artas. She married John Link, September 15, 1935 in Arlas. They lived in Wishek, ND until moving to Aberdeen in 1952. In 1972...
Anne Emmons
Mar 30, 2008
Ann Emmons died at Fountain Springs Nursing Home on Sunday, March 30, 2008. Survivors include her daughter, Joan Lahm and her husband, Frank,Rapid City and son, Richard Emmons and his wife, Anne, San Francisco; 5 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. Mass of Christian burial will be offered in San Francisco with burial at Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, Ca.
John L. Hughley
Mar 29, 2008
BOX ELDER--John L. Hughley, 69, died at Rapid City Regional Hospital on Saturday, March 29, 2008, as a result of complications from injuries sustained in an automobile accident on December 10, 2007. John was born on October 18, 1938, in Deer Lodge, MT; his parents were Gerald and Margaret (Metcalf) Hughley. John was united in marriage to Dee Hughley on...
Palmer A. Kverne
Mar 24, 2008
Palmer Anthony Kverne died Monday, March 24th, 2008 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. He was born to Knute and Anna Martina (Surfondon) Kverne on February 14th, 1919, on the island of Surfondon, Norway. At the age of 9, he boarded a ship and moved to America with his family. On January 16th, 1941, he married Irene Paulsen in Clark, SD....
Elsie Biegler
Mar 20, 2008
Rapid City--Elsie A Biegler, 83, Rapid City, died Thursday, March 20, 2008, at Rapid City Regional Hospital Elsie was born on a farm near Wessington, South Dakota, on December 19, 1924. She attended Whiteside School and graduated from Wessington High School in 1943. Elsie taught at a country school for a year and was a civilian worker during WWII at...
Elaine Marie Evans
Mar 15, 2008
Elaine M. Evans RAPID CITY - Elaine M. Evans, 74, Rapid City, died Saturday, March 15, 2008, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Survivors include two sons, John Evans, Rapid City, and Robert Evans, Bremerton, Wash.; two daughters, Nancy Hurtig, Rapid City, and Diane Luft, Sterling, Colo.; three brothers, Ray Doerr, Pierre, and Charles and John Doerr, both of California; three...
Joann Albrecht Hilton
Mar 11, 2008
Joann Albrecht Hilton, 72, died at the Desert Regional Medical Center, Palm Springs California, March 11,2008. Joann was born at New Underwood, SD on January 11, 1936, the daughter of Howard E. and Loretta (Colling) Oldfield. She grew up in Rapid City and graduated from the Cathedral High School. She married Jim Albrecht on January 7, 1954, in Rapid City....
Sara J. Arneson
Mar 8, 2008
RAPID CITYSara J. Arneson, 53, died at Rapid City Regional after a courageous battle with cancer. Sara was born on November 13, 1954, in Wagner, to Clarence A. and Kathryn (Collins) Arneson. She moved to Rapid City with her parents at the age of five and attended school there. Sara graduated from Rapid City Stevens High School in 1972 and...
Gladys O'Daniel
Mar 7, 2008
Gladys O'Daniel RAPID CITY - Gladys O'Daniel, 106, Rapid City, died at a Rapid City nursing home Friday, March 7, 2008. She was born July 14, 1901, at Indian Creek, Missouri, the daughter of Robert Lee & Alma (Carlson) Utterback. She attended school through the eighth grade. Gladys helped her parents on the farm and helped with her younger siblings....
Herbert Christensen
Mar 6, 2008
RAPID CITY--Herbert Glen Christensen was born in Badger, SD, on August 3, 1921. He passed away on Thursday, March 6, 2008, at Rapid City Regional Hospital, after a sudden illness. Herb grew up in Badger and enlisted in the US Navy in 1942. He served as an aviation specialist during WWII until December, 1945. Herb married Dorothy Holcomb. Dorothy and...
Dale M. Scheurer
Mar 4, 2008
Dale Scheurer, 76, died at his rural Rapid City home on Tuesday, March 4, 2008. Maurice Dale Scheurer was born on May 19, 1931, in Rapid City, to Charles and Eunice (Miller) Scheurer. He grew up in Rapid City and on the family ranch near Rochford. He graduated from Rapid City High School and entered the Air Force in 1950....
Fr. William C. Hibbert
Mar 4, 2008
The Rev. William C. "Bill" Hibbert, 67, Rapid City, died Tuesday, March 4, 2008, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Survivors include two brothers; Fred Hibbert, Joliet, Ill., and Richard Hibbert, Anaheim, Calif.; and two stepbrothers; Douglas Piercy, Naples, Fla., and Donald Piercy, Hanover Park, Ill. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 8, at St. Andrews Episcopal Church in...
Cheryl Lien
Feb 28, 2008
Cheryl Renee Lien 43, 'went to be a spirit in the sky^ on Thursday February 28,2008. She is most remembered by her passion for life and for having that sparkle in her eyes that could make the whole world light up. For those who knew her, she had taught us to never stop dreaming and to always dance barefoot in...
Mildred Hopkins
Feb 26, 2008
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA--Mildred Ingersoll Hopkins, 87, of Raleigh, died February 26, 2008, in Raleigh. Mildred was born June 12, 1920 in Everett, Massachusetts to Lawrence Russell and Gertrude Callahan Ingersoll. Mildred was raised in the Boston, MA, area and graduated from Everett High School in 1938. She pursued her love of travel while working for the Department of the Navy,...
Helen Ripple
Feb 26, 2008
Helen Ripple, 90, Rapid City, died Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Helen was born May 7, 1917, at West Bend, IA., the daughter of Albert L. and Mathilda (Nelson) Severson. As a young child she moved to Conde, SD where she finished all but her last year of high school which she finished in Waterville, MN....
Alexander Eugene Asbridge
Feb 24, 2008
Alexander Eugene Asbridge, 59, of Edgemont died in peace Sunday Feb. 24, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. He was born March 17, 1948 in Bismarck, ND to Alexander and Gloria Asbridge. As a young boy he lived with his family on the farm south of Bismarck. He attended elementary school in a one room school house one mile from his...
Florence Mae (Mckee) Knutson
Feb 22, 2008
RAPID CITYFlorence Mae (McKee) Knutson, 89, passed away on Friday, February 22, 2008 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. She was born at Salem, McCook County, South Dakota on May 9, 1918 the daughter of Roy and Anna (Zastrow) McKee. Her family moved to Sioux Falls when she was one year old. She attended Hawthorne Grade School and graduated from Washington...
Alice Eugenia "Genie" Chilcoat Updike
Feb 20, 2008
Alice Eugenia Genie Chilcoat Updike On Wednesday, February 20, 2008, Alice Eugenia Genie Chilcoat Updike left this Earth on her final flight, she was 87 years old. The former WASP pilot, airline stewardess, restaurateur, and super mom was greeted upon her heavenly landing by: her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, her husband, Robert Earl Updike Sr., daughter, Alice Joy Updike,...
