Obituaries

Feb 7, 2022

Mary V. Piper, Rapid City, passed away peacefully on February 7, at Monument Health at the age of 92. She was born December 20, 1929 in San Antonio,Texas, the daughter of immigrants Antonio and Carmen Vasquez from San Bueno Ventura, Coahuila, Mexico. One of five children, Mom was the only child to attend high school & college. She graduated from...

Feb 7, 2022

Orland Duane Paulsen, age 92, passed away Monday February 7, 2022 at Westhills Village Healthcare Center.

Orland was born December 28, 1929 to Andrew & Etta (Mork) Paulsen in Irene, South Dakota.  He graduated from Irene High School in 1947. He married Mary Lou Manzel on September 16, 1951. He was drafted and served in the US...

Feb 6, 2022

Margaret G. Olic 88 of Rapid City passed away peacefully Sunday, February 6, 2022 at Monument Health Rapid City Hospital.

Visitation will be from 4:00pm-6:00pm Thursday, February 10, at Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home. A Christian Funeral Mass will be 10:00am Friday, February 11 at St John Evangelist Catholic Church in New Underwood, with Fr. Kerry Prendiville...

Feb 5, 2022

Rapid City - Phil Zacher, 82, passed away February 5, 2022, at Clarkson Mt View Healthcare, Rapid City, SD.

Phil was born November 11, 1939, in Eagle Butte, SD, to Frank & Mary (Ganje) Zacher.

He was drafted into the US Army in 1963 to serve in the Vietnam War.  He then lived in Rapid...

Feb 3, 2022

Rapid City, South Dakota| Marcella (Marci) Rose (Brown) Howe, 75, passed away Thursday, February 3, 2022 at Monument Health Hospital in Rapid City, South Dakota.

She was born January 25, 1947 in Painesville, Ohio, the middle child of Leonard and Irene (Martin) Anthony Sr.  Marci completed high school in Painesville, Ohio.

She met her husband...

Feb 2, 2022

Wanda Mae (Wegner) Stapelberg, 88, passed away February 2nd, 2022, at her home in Rapid City, South Dakota.

She was born December 10, 1933, on her family's farm in Bertha, MN to Walt and Gertrude Wegner. Wanda attended a one-room schoolhouse and then high school in Bertha.

She met her husband of 54 years, Robert...

Feb 1, 2022

Joseph Albert Luciano, 83, of Rapid City died on Tuesday, February 1 st , 2022, at Monument Health Hospice House.

He was born on September 28, 1938 in Bridgeport, Connecticut to Albert and Anna (Scippa) Luciano.

Joseph grew up in a Jewish-Italian neighborhood in Bridgeport, Connecticut "with a matza ball in one hand and a...

Feb 1, 2022

Alfred LeRoy Miller , was born March12, 1938 to Russell/Lucy (Barclay) Miller in Rosebud, SD and was a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. He went home to be with Jesus February1, 2022.

Al was raised on a farm outside Winner, SD, joining the USAF after graduating from Winner High School in 1956. After their...

Jan 29, 2022

Rapid City – Paul Davis, 91, died Saturday, January 29, 2022 at the Monument Health Home Plus Hospice House.

Paul Duane Davis was born May 29, 1930 in Phillip, SD to Dial and Anna [Butzman] Davis. He attended school in Phillip and Ft. Pierre.

He married Bertha Parks in August of 1952 in Onida, SD....

Jan 28, 2022

Rapid City - David Raa Martin, 68, passed away peacefully on Friday, January 28, 2022 at Monument Health Hospice House.

David lived in Rapid City, having spent his early childhood in Westfield and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

David was the eldest son of Rae Anne (Dalkhe) and Kenneth Lavern Martin, who, along with his first wife Teresa...

Jan 28, 2022

James Theodore Reaser 94 of Rapid City passed away Friday, January 28, 2022, at a local nursing home.

As per Jim's wishes cremation has taken place and a private family inurnment will take place in the Smithwick Cemetery.

Jim was born January 23, 1928, in Rapid City to Clarence and LaVonne (Shafer) Reaser. He honorably...

Jan 27, 2022

Rapid City - Phyllis Irene Mudge, 86, of Rapid City, went to be with Jesus Thursday January 27, 2022 at Westhills Village Health Care.

She was born November 5, 1935, in Hot Springs, SD to Mason and Estella Helsel.   After her parents were married on 12-24-1934, they moved into a small house on the Helsel family ranch...

Jan 25, 2022

John Ross Lintz passed away on January 25, 2022, due to complications from surgery.

The second child and oldest son of Jack and Elouise Lintz, John was born on March 7, 1947, in Vallejo, California. He was just a toddler when Jack and Elouise moved their young family to South Dakota, where they raised John and his...

Jan 24, 2022

Patsy Jane Nicholson, 86, of Rapid City, passed away at her home on Monday, January 24, 2022.

She was born on October 2, 1935 in Sioux City, Iowa to James and Lois (Carpenter) Pringle. The family moved from Nebraska to Rapid City when Patsy was in the fifth grade and she graduated from Rapid City High School...

Jan 23, 2022

Lorie Lyn Gardner, 58, of Rapid City passed away January 23rd, at Monument Health.

Lorie was born August 30th, 1963, at Newark Wayne community hospital she graduated June of 1981 from North Rose Wolcott High School. She kept busy working at Glider oil, Connelly's Cove, MOTTS, ASI, Ellsworth Air Force Base BX, and Wal-Mart. But most importantly...

Jan 22, 2022

Joyce Marie Norris, 94, of Rapid City, passed away at the Westhills Village nursing home on January 22, 2022.

Joyce was born, the sixth of nine siblings, in Buffalo County, SD on January 20, 1928 to Bernie and Clara (Abernathy) Gregg.  Joyce grew up on a ranch on the banks of the Missouri River in what is...

Jan 22, 2022

Gary Leonard Shepherd, 72, passed away peacefully at his home in Spearfish, SD on Saturday, January 22 after a 2 year battle with cancer.  Gary was born October 28, 1949 in Rapid City, SD to Leonard and Arlene (Brammer) Shepherd.  Gary took great pride in being a native Rapid Citian.  He graduated from Rapid City High School in 1967...

Jan 21, 2022

Black Hawk - Shirley J. Harbert passed away peacefully at her home on Friday, January 21, 2022 at the age of 81.

Shirley was born in Wheatland, Wyoming and had six siblings. She married Charles Harbert in 1957 and was divorced in 1990. She raised five kids, Valerie, Raymond, Sandra, Vincent, and Vanessa. She worked at Dolphin...

Jan 21, 2022

Vicky Gillespie of Rapid City, age 79 went to Heaven on Friday, January 21 after a long, courageous battle with Alzheimer's.

Vicky was born on March 1 st , 1942, in Long Beach California to Ann and Robert Parrish. She was raised by her mother, Ann, and her beloved stepfather George Corhn.

Vicky was united...

Jan 20, 2022

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