Obituaries

Sep 19, 2022

Rapid City - Marshall D. Burgess passed away peacefully on September 19, 2022 after a brief illness. He was born April 24, 1933 in Gettysburg, SD. He was the son of Dr. Roy and Bertha Mae Burgess.

Marshall graduated from West Phoenix High School and attended Richmond Professional Institute.  He was served in the U.S. Army during...

Sep 19, 2022

Garry Lee McNaughton 75 of Rapid City passed away Monday September 19, 2022.

Private inurnment will take place at Black Hills National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorials can be sent in Garry's name to The American Cancer Society Hope Lodge 2500 University Ave S.E. Minneapolis, MN 55414 or online at https://raiseyourway.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=cms.page&id=1021.

Sep 14, 2022

Joyce L. Johnson, passed away Wednesday, September 14, 2022, at Clarkson Health Care Facility in Rapid City.  She was 76.

Joyce was born April 22, 1946, in Radford, Virginia, the oldest child of John and Betty Holdaway.  Joyce and her family moved to Salina, Kansas, where her father had served as a pilot in World War II. ...

Sep 13, 2022

Paul E. Lovell, 80, died at the VA Medical Center in Hot Springs on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022.  Paul was born in Scottsbluff, Nebraska on August 20, 1942 and graduated from Scottsbluff High School.  He joined the United States Army in 1964 and after four years of service, left the Army in 1968.  Paul was a graduate of the...

Sep 12, 2022

Rapid City – Allen Gibbs, 101, died Monday, September 12, 2022 at the Good Samaritan Society – Saint Martin Village.

Allen Robert Gibbs was born in Newcastle, Nebraska on August 27, 1921 to Frederick and Gayle (Ellyson) Gibbs, the youngest of five children.

In 1928, the family moved to Elk Point, SD. In 1936, following...

Sep 11, 2022

Cynthia "Cindy" Lynette (Janssen) Sievers, age 62, of Rapid City, SD, passed away on Sunday, September 11, 2022, at Avera Oahe Manor, Gettysburg, SD.

Memorial service will be at 11:00 a.m., Monday, September 26, 2022, at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Rapid City. A prayer service will be at 5:00 p.m., Sunday, September 25, 2022, at the church....

Sep 9, 2022

Kimberly Rae Conway (Magnuson) joined the angels on September 9, 2022 at 64 years old in Rapid City, SD. She was born on April 14, 1958 in Philip, SD, to Emil and Rita Magnuson. She was raised in Rapid City, where she met the love of her life, Frank Conway. They were married on January 27, 1978. Together they...

Sep 5, 2022

Vernon McGee 89 of Rapid City passed away Monday, September 5, 2022.

Vernon was born to Malcom Daniel and Eula (Westerfield) McGee on April 1, 1933, in Jackson, MS. He married Dr. Nancy Fay Phipps on November 6, 1998, in Rapid City, SD.

Vernon had a long career both in the military service and as...

Sep 5, 2022

On Monday, September 5th, Julie Schmitz Jensen died at her home. Among being a loving mother, grandmother, daughter, sister and aunt, she was also a beloved friend and advocate for Rapid City and the Black Hills.

Julie was born November 30th, 1956 in Lynch, Nebraska to Kenneth and Leona Schmitz. She grew up in Bonesteel, SD with...

Sep 5, 2022

Bethlene Faye Bilka, 89, passed away Monday, September 5, 2022 in Rapid City.  She was born November 6, 1932, the first of Bert and LaVerna Embree's six children.  She grew up on the family ranch near Long Valley, SD, and graduated valedictorian of the Class of 1950 from Kadoka High School.

On June 11, 1950, she was...

Sep 5, 2022

Rapid City – Mary Ann Eaton, 100, died Monday, September 5, 2022 at Fountain Springs Health Care Center.

Mary Ann Holt was born November 9, 1921 in Little Rock, Arkansas to Della and Robert Holt. She was married to Robert H. Eaton. Mary Ann was a bank teller at First National Bank. She loved to drink her...

Sep 5, 2022

Kenneth Owen Davis, 70, of Rapid City passed away on Monday, September 5, 2022 at Monument Health Home+ Home Health and Hospice House in Rapid City.   He was born in Salt Lake City County, Utah on March 16, 1952.   He worked for many years in concrete in the construction industry, he was passionate and proud of his work.  He...

Sep 3, 2022

David James Young 79, residing in Rapid City was called home on September 3, 2022.

David, born on June 6, 1943, grew up in California all thru his childhood days. Throughout the years he went on to have 4 handsome boys. He worked as an over the road truck driver all his life.

David lived...

Sep 3, 2022

Shirley B. Hunter, 93, of Rapid City, died peacefully on Saturday, September 3, 2022, at Monument Health Rapid City Hospital.

Shirley was born on July 21, 1929, to Elias and Mary Salamie, in Brockton, Massachusetts.  Shirley went on to marry Bernard Rudolf Hunter on December 9, 1949.  While married they travelled the country for forty years with...

Sep 1, 2022

Lowell Wayne Engel, 92, of Rapid City, died peacefully at Hospice House in Rapid City, SD following a short battle with cancer.

Lowell was the son of August and Mabel Engel. He was born August 5, 1930 on the family farm near Gann Valley in Buffalo County, SD.  While growing up they had no TV and the...

Aug 30, 2022

Cherri L Nepper, 58 Rapid City passed away Tuesday Aug 30, 2022.

She was born June 21, 1964 in Rapid City, SD to Thomas and Karen (Fugier) Nepper.

Survivors include two sisters; Roxann (Rocky) Kienzle and Judith (Mark) Glasford and Kristopher Nepper all of Black Hawk SD. Three nephews Andrien (Stacey) Nepper of Cumming, GA,...

Aug 29, 2022

Gloria Joan Walls, 88, of Rapid City, daughter of the late Edwin and Johanna Stensaas, passed away Monday, August 29, 2022.  She is survived by her three children; JoAnn Grilley, Cynthia Schultz and John Patterson (Carol), her sister, Gladys Storm (Wes), four grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren, four great-great-grandchildren as well as many other loving family members and friends.  Friends and...

Aug 29, 2022

It is with peace and with sadness that we announce that Leo James Getsgo was promoted to heaven on August 29, 2022.

Leo was born in Lead, South Dakota June 11,1928 to Albert and Anna (Sandeen) Getsgo. He was the youngest of eight children.  His early years were spent in Lead and he often spoke with fondness...

Aug 27, 2022

Donald Herman Balsley (1935-2022).

Donald "Don" Herman Balsley, 87, died on Saturday, August 27, 2022 at Fountain Springs Health Care Center. Don was born August 7, 1935 in Rapid City, SD to Harmon and Blanche Mary (Cariveau) Balsley.

He served as a Platoon Sergeant from 1953 to 1956 in the 11th Airborne Division in the...

Aug 27, 2022

Rapid City - Edmond Wagner, 83, passed on August 27, 2022 from COVID at Monument Health Rapid City Hospital.

Edmond Wagner was born to Simon and Elizabeth Wagner in Strasburg, North Dakota, on March 29, 1939. Ed adored his five sisters except when the girls would make noodles and forget the leavening! Ed hated those heavy buns....