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Remembering those who have left us. This obituaries page is a simple tribute to individuals who touched our lives. May their legacies endure in our memories.

5/27/1926

- 4/9/2014

5/27/1926 - 4/9/2014

Floreine M. Wiedrich, 87, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on April 9, 2014, at Rapid City Regional Hospice House. Funeral service will be held at 10:00 A. M. on Saturday, April 12, at Sou...



5/11/1939

- 4/9/2014

5/11/1939 - 4/9/2014

Lorene Lavon Matthews, 73, Rapid City, died Wednesday April 9, 2014 at Golden Livingcenter Black Hills. She was born May 11, 1939 in Sioux City, Iowa to Harry and Jean (Langfeldt) Wherry. She was a...



8/21/1921

- 4/8/2014

8/21/1921 - 4/8/2014

Elfriede Ettine Hazel, 92, Norfolk, NE and formerly of Rapid City, passed away peacefully after a brief illness, on Tuesday April 8, 2014 in Norfolk, where she had lived with her daughter and family. ...



6/16/1935

- 4/7/2014

6/16/1935 - 4/7/2014

Marie Curtis, 78, Rapid City, died Monday, April 7, 2014, at Golden Livingcenter Prairie Hills. She was born June 16, 1935 in Waubay, SD to Arthur and Evelyn (Kause) Olsen. She was raised in Cushing...



10/22/1921

- 4/7/2014

10/22/1921 - 4/7/2014

Opal Marie (Buzbee) Splittstoesser, 92, Rapid City, died Monday April 7, 2014 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. She was born October 22, 1921 in Farmingdale to Bruce and Emma (Barkl) Buzbee and she gr...



3/25/1930

- 4/4/2014

3/25/1930 - 4/4/2014

William ‘Don’ Foster, Rapid City, passed away quietly in his home on April 5, 2014 at the age of 84. Don was born March 25, 1930 in Valentine, NE to William Lee ‘Bill’ and Winfred (Read) Fost...



9/6/1956

- 4/4/2014

9/6/1956 - 4/4/2014

Surrounded by loving family, Frank Louis Avveduto went to be with his Lord on Friday, April 4, 2014 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Frank was born September 6, 1956 in Waterbury, CT. When he was 11 y...



8/5/1937

- 4/2/2014

8/5/1937 - 4/2/2014

Evelyn S. Tornow, 76, Rapid City formerly of the Murdo/Presho area, died Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at Golden Livingcenter-Bella Vista. Evelyn was born August 5, 1937 at home in Presho to August and Jos...



2/26/1917

- 3/26/2014

2/26/1917 - 3/26/2014

Hazel Anna Kellogg, 97, Rapid City, died Wednesday March 26, 2014 at home. She was born February 26, 1917 in Morristown, SD to Aaron Bradford and Anna (Hardy) Durfee. She attended elementary and sec...



5/14/1922

- 3/24/2014

5/14/1922 - 3/24/2014

Ortance H. Swanson, 91, Rapid City, died Monday, March 24, 2014 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. She was born May 14, 1922 in Delaware Township, SD to Alfred and Clara (Vaa) Neubauer and later worked ...



11/22/1926

- 3/23/2014

11/22/1926 - 3/23/2014

Delbert Milton Bjordahl was born on November 22, 1926 to Gladys (Guse) Bjordahl and Oscar Martin Bjordahl in their farm house east of Erwin, SD. Delbert was the sixth of seven children. Gladys died ...



10/14/1930

- 3/21/2014

10/14/1930 - 3/21/2014

Mary Bernadine Williams, 83, Rapid City, died Friday March 21, 2014 at the Custer Regional Senior Care. She was born October 14, 1930 in Owanka, SD to Frank and Johanna (Ufken) Tischler. She was the...



11/24/1915

- 3/20/2014

11/24/1915 - 3/20/2014

Nora Johanna Fletcher “Aunt Nora” passed away at the Good Samaritan Society Nursing Home in New Underwood on Thursday, March 20, 2014. She was born on a farm in Yellow Medicine County, Township ...



3/25/1923

- 3/13/2014

3/25/1923 - 3/13/2014

Morris Millo Moorhead, 90, Rapid City, died Thursday, March 13, 2014 at his home. He was born March 25, 1923 in Lead to George Vernon and Gladys (Asheim) Moorhead. Morris served in the US Army and has...



1/6/1942

- 3/12/2014

1/6/1942 - 3/12/2014

Jerald “Jerry” Patrick Garrigan was born January 6, 1942 to John “Jack” and Clara (Uecker) Garrigan in Pierre, SD. He attended Giddings country school through the 8th grade and graduated from...



3/6/1969

- 3/11/2014

3/6/1969 - 3/11/2014

James Albert White 45, Norfolk, NE died Tuesday March 11, 2014. He was born March 9, 1969 in Rapid City, SD, to George ‘Bunk’ and Shirley (Glade) White. James was the first grandchild on both pa...



11/20/1926

- 3/9/2014

11/20/1926 - 3/9/2014

Norma Jean Gyles, 87, Rapid City, died March 9, 2014. She was born Nov 20, 1926 in Jay, Oklahoma to Frank and Sable (Howerton) Potter. She is survived by her husband, James Gyles; son Jerry and Roby...



6/11/1958

- 3/8/2014

6/11/1958 - 3/8/2014

Memorials can be made in her honor to her church – First Congregational Church or to the Rapid City Humane Society.



7/1/1922

- 3/6/2014

7/1/1922 - 3/6/2014

Eleanor Marie Bickford Rosander died Thursday March 6, 2014 at Clarkson Health Care. She was born July 1, 1922 in Douglas, WY to Cecile and Trell (Lutcavich) Oskins. She is survived by 3 sons, Larry...



10/10/1925

- 3/1/2014

10/10/1925 - 3/1/2014

Vivian Rose Red Leaf - Wicahpi Skaya Winyan age 88 of Rapid City South Dakota began her spiritual journey on March 1, 2014 surrounded by family at Hospice of the Black Hills. She was born October 10, ...



10/20/1924

- 2/24/2014

10/20/1924 - 2/24/2014

Lorraine L. Rickel went to meet her Lord on Friday, February 24, 2017 at Fountain Springs Health Care. She moved to Rapid City in 2007 to live with her daughter Debby and son-in-law “my Daniel”. ...



9/14/1931

- 2/24/2014

9/14/1931 - 2/24/2014

George (Red) W. Thomas, 82, Custer SD, passed away Monday February 24, 2014 with his family at his side. He was born on September 14, 1931 to his parents George and Florence Thomas in Clark SD, and g...



9/17/1935

- 2/20/2014

9/17/1935 - 2/20/2014

Lorraine “The Bronco Lady” Kammerer, 79, of Rapid City passed away on Thursday, February 20, 2014 at the Regional Hospital Hospice House. Lorraine was born September 17, 1935 to J. F (Fritz Kammer...



5/19/1919

- 2/13/2014

5/19/1919 - 2/13/2014

GRANBURY, TEXAS -- Evelyn Ellen Bourne, 94, formerly of Box Elder, South Dakota, died Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, in Granbury. Evelyn was born May 19, 1919, in Creighton, South Dakota, to Albert and ...



11/30/1922

- 2/13/2014

11/30/1922 - 2/13/2014

Betty Maxine Davis O’Connor, 91, passed away on Thursday Feb 13, 2014 at the David M Dorsett Healthcare Center in Spearfish, SD. She was born to F. C. (Chuck) and Lottie Carrie (Lockwood) Davis on ...



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