Obituaries

Dec 20, 2022

RAPID CITY - Ardis Ruth Seitzinger, 95, passed away on Tuesday, December, 20, 2022.  Ardis was born to Edward and Marie (Burton) Eskelsen on July 22, 1927 in Moorhead, IA.

She is survived by her six children; Carole Crawford of Sun Lakes, AZ, Jill Peters of Murrieta, CA, Mark Seitzinger of Oak Grove, MN, Tim Seitzinger of...

Dec 19, 2022

RAPID CITY - Jocelyn "Joy" Mason, 68, passed away at Monument Health Rapid City Hospital on Monday, December 19, 2022.

Joy was born on Thursday, July 22, 1954 to June and Franklin Jutton in Schenectady, NY.  After high school, Joy further pursued her education earning her Master's degree in Speech Language Pathology.  Her career took her and...

Dec 19, 2022

Gayle Norman Jorgenson, 88, passed away peacefully at Monument Health Hospital in Rapid City on December 19 th , 2022.

Gayle was born January 29 th , 1934 in Vienna, SD to Elwood Jerome and Gladys Luvina (Blegen) Kloster. He graduated from Clark High School in Clark, SD in 1952 and joined the United States Army in...

Dec 18, 2022

Glenna Lee Weber 75 of Black Hawk passed away Sunday, December 18, 2022.

A private family service with burial at Black Hills National Cemetery will take place on Friday, December 23, 2022.

Glenna was born July 31, 1947 in Rapid City to Dennis and Henrietta (Ringlbauer) Snyder.

Glenna is survived by her husband;...

Dec 17, 2022

Rapid City – Frank R Briones Jr. 76 passed away Saturday December 17, 2022 in Rapid City, South Dakota at Monument Health Rapid City Regional Hospital.

Frank was born October 31st 1946 to Frank R. Briones, Sr. and Lucy M. (Jimenez) Briones.

Frank was proud to be a veteran serving in the Vietnam war for...

Dec 13, 2022

RAPID CITY – Tyler Theodore Thompson, 54, passed away on Tuesday, December 13, 2022, at Monument Health Rapid City Hospital.

Tyler was born June 17, 1968 in Eagle Butte, SD to Francis and Gwen Thompson.  As a student, he attended and graduated from Central High School in Rapid City.  In addition to ranch work, he was a...

Dec 12, 2022

RAPID CITY - Our beloved Gene Farrens, passed away on Monday, December 12, 2022 at Monument Health Rapid City Hospital following a short illness.  He was born February 9, 1948 in Clarinda, Iowa to Kenneth and Faye Farrens, where he joined his older brother, Wayne in their home in Bedford, Iowa.

Gene's family later moved to Cheyenne,...

Dec 12, 2022

Gabriel Carl Mesteth was born May 15, 2001 in Rapid City, SD. He was a beautiful baby with long eyelashes that just got longer as the years went by. From the day he was born until the day he left this earth he truly brought joy into every single day. His parents and older sisters, Aja, Lainie and Nina,...

Dec 9, 2022

Marion Dean Knutson, age 91, died peacefully on December 9, 2022 at Fountain Springs Healthcare in Rapid City, SD.  Marion was born on 10/23/31 in Letcher, SD. His parents, Clarence and Josephine, had 6 children and he was the youngest. Marion, "Knute" grew up in Letcher.  He helped his dad and brothers farming, trucking and buying feeder cattle while...

Dec 9, 2022

Celiann "Mary" Johnson Shaw passed away peacefully in the early hours of December 9, 2022. She was a beloved mother, wife, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend. Nicknamed "Benzino" by her sister-in-law, Mary had a passion for life to admire. She was born April 22, 1924 in Lake Preston, South Dakota and later moved to Huron, South Dakota where she graduated...

Dec 8, 2022

Bruce H. Allen, MD passed away peacefully on Dec. 8, 2022 at the age of 91.   His grandparents were homesteaders in the 1890's in Hand and Beadle counties of eastern South Dakota (Mayhew Allen/Etta Verbeck and UG Harris/Sarah Major). He was born on the family farm in Wessington SD to Scott Bernard Allen and Mary Elizabeth (Harris) Allen, the...

Dec 4, 2022

Ken Hanks, of Rapid City, went to meet his Lord and Savior on December 4, 2022.  He died peacefully at home surrounded by his family.

Kenneth Wayne Hanks was born on May 24, 1932, on a farm in Ida County, Iowa, to Julius and Gertrude (Jacobson) Hanks. Upon high school graduation, Ken attended Iowa State University for...

Dec 3, 2022

Cameron Phillip Gallagher, 31, passed away December 3, 2022 in Rapid City, SD.

Cameron "Camcorder" was born on June 8, 1991 in Aberdeen, South Dakota.  The son of Kristi Gallagher, Rapid City, SD and Vince Gallagher, Ft. Yates, ND.  The youngest of four siblings, he spent his time growing up in the Black Hills with his family. ...

Dec 1, 2022

Sister Jane Frances Mullaney,OSB, 102, died in the health care unit of St. Martin Monastery on December 1, 2022, two months' shy of her 103rd birthday.

She was born Kathleen Marie Mullaney on February 5, 1920, the third of six children, to Frank and Helena (Schneider) Mullaney on a farm near Sioux Falls, SD.  She moved with...

Nov 26, 2022

Rapid City – Nicholas Penland, 71, died peacefully on Saturday, November 26, 2022 at the Monument Health Lead-Deadwood Hospital in Deadwood.

Nick's survivors are Greg (Ann) Penland of Rapid City, Janice (Paul) Hinman of Manhattan, KS, Nancy (Mike) Moss of Manhattan, KS, Aunt and Uncle Shirley and Leon Burlingame of Savannah, MO, sister in law Ann (Rev....

Nov 25, 2022

Christa Helene Cooper 95 of Rapid City passed away Friday November 25, 2022 at Fountain Springs Healthcare.

A memorial service will be 10:30am Monday December 5, 2022, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, with Pastor Josh Jones officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Inurnment will follow the luncheon at Black Hills National...

Nov 25, 2022

LeRoy Alfred Flagstad, 91, passed away at West Hills Village Health Care Center in Rapid City, SD, on November 25, 2022, after a series of strokes.

LeRoy was born on a windy day on April 13, 1931, on the Flagstad farm on Galchutt Road, Wyndmere, ND, the first child of Alfred and Alpha Skrukrud Flagstad.  He was...

Nov 22, 2022

Rapid City – Dorothy O. Wells, 95, died Tuesday, November 22, 2022 at the Westhills Village Health Care Center.

There will be private visitation at Thornhill Valley Chapel Funeral Home in Spokane Valley, WA with burial in the Greenwood Memorial Terrace Cemetery.

Arrangements with Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home.

Nov 20, 2022

In Loving Memory of Dr. Roger Patrick Millea

Dr. Roger Patrick Millea, 94, passed away peacefully on November 20th, 2022, in Ardmore, Oklahoma surrounded by family. Roger was born July 13th, 1928, in Emmetsburg, Iowa, the sixth of Mary (Mahoney) and William Millea's thirteen children.

He attended Loras College in Dubuque,...

Nov 20, 2022

JON MICHAEL WALTER ll, 28 years old, left the physical earth on Sunday November 20, 2022. Born June 3, 1994, in Rapid City, SD, where he was raised, and lived most of his life. Little Jon was the first-born child of Jon Walter and Heather (Kirkhart) Trowbridge and came into this world as the most tender hearted, compassionate, and...