Obituaries

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....

Aug 26, 2022

Dr. Richard Lindenmeyer passed away August 26th after a brief illness at the age of 97. He was born and raised in Sioux City, Iowa. In his youth, he was an avid violinist, practicing up to four hours a day. He graduated from high school in June of 1943 and was drafted into the US Army in October of...

Aug 24, 2022

Rapid City – Eugene "Gene" Ensor, 53, died Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at the VA Medical Center in Hot Springs.

Eugene Robert Ensor was born Monday, June 30, 1969 in Rapid City, SD to Carl Eugene and Maureen Joan Ensor. Gene grew to adulthood and attended school in Rapid City, graduating from Rapid City Stevens High School...

Aug 20, 2022

Michael Edward Beardsley

Mike was born on April 30, 1951, in Watertown, South Dakota, to parents O.E. Beardsley (Deceased) and Alice Carney Beardsley (Deceased), and physically passed away on August 20, 2022, at Hospice House in Rapid City, South Dakota, with his wife by his side. Mike was happily married to Kit Beardsley. He was...

Aug 18, 2022

Georgiana (JoAnn) Frances McCormick, 89, of Rapid City, South Dakota passed away peacefully at her home, surrounded by her children on Thursday August 18, 2022, with loving and compassionate help of Monument Hospice.

Georgiana was born on September 27, 1932, in South Boston, MA to John and Margaret Clark. She was the middle child with four siblings,...

Aug 17, 2022

Bruce A. Skyberg, 71, of Rapid City, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, August 17, 2022 near Lead, South Dakota.  Bruce was born to Boyd and Ruth (Schanink) Skyberg on August 17, 1951 in Madison, South Dakota. The family moved to Rapid City in 1958. Bruce graduated from Stevens High School in 1970. He joined the United States Navy and served...

Aug 15, 2022

Cathy Lorraine Tuxford, age 73, passed away on Monday, August 15th, 2022, at Rapid City Monument Health.

Cathy was born June 7th, 1949 in Hulett, Wyoming to Ella Harper and William Dennison. Cathy worked as a CNA at There's a Heart nursing home until her retirement and dedicated most of her life to caring for and helping...

Aug 14, 2022

Corinne Marie Ausmann passed away at her home in Rapid City on Sunday, August 14th, 2022 at the age of 75.

Corinne was born to Lawrence and Dorothy Michael on January 23, 1947 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and was the middle of three sisters. When Corinne was 2 years old, the family moved from Sioux Falls...

Aug 13, 2022

Roberta "Bobbi" Lee Ellis 73 of Rapid City passed away Saturday, August 13, 2022.

Visitation will be 5:00pm-6:00pm Saturday August 20, with a celebration of life starting at 6:00pm at Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home. Inurnment will be 9:00am Monday August 22 at Black Hills National Cemetery.

Bobbi was born March 24, 1949, in Rapid...