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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.
4/3/1953 - 2/7/2013
Connie Reyes, 59, Sioux Falls, died Thursday February 7, 2013 at Sanford Medical Center. She is survived by several nieces and nephews.
9/22/1932 - 2/3/2013
Ronald ‘Ron’ E. King, 80, Keystone, died Sunday Feb 3, 2013 at the Ft. Meade VA Medical Center. Ron was born in Wells, Michigan on Sept 22, 1932 to Raymond and Georgene (Schomer) King. His sibl...
12/16/1927 - 1/27/2013
Frieda (Martha) Smith, 85, longtime resident of Fairburn, SD, passed away January 27, 2013. Martha was born December 16, 1927 in Rapid City to Von and Alice (Pollard) Smith. As a premature baby, she s...
12/15/1921 - 1/22/2013
Leighton H. Borin, 91, Rapid City, died Tuesday, Jan 22, 2013 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. He was born to John and Freeda (Nielsen) Borin in 1921 in New Underwood. His family had a predominantly...
2/21/1926 - 1/16/2013
Eleanor Julie Worley, 86, Rapid City, passed away Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013 at Rapid City Regional Hospital surrounded by her family. Eleanor was born to Theodore and Christine (Olson) on February 21,...
11/12/1926 - 1/9/2013
Jean (Reel) Saunders, 86, died Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at her home. She was born November 12, 1926 in Gillette Wyoming to Virgil and Agnes (Johnson) Reel. One of 8 children, (6 girls and 2 boys) s...
6/15/1924 - 1/9/2013
Watson (Wat) Parker June 15, 1924 - January 9, 2013 Rapid City, South DakotaBeloved Black Hills historian Watson Parker, 88, of Rapid City, passed away after a long battle with pulmonary fibrosis, at ...
2/23/1928 - 1/9/2013
Charlotte Wells (Charlie), 84 passed away January 9, 2013 at the Golden Living Center in Rapid City, South Dakota. Charlotte was born February 23, 1928 in Vienna Austria. It was during World War 2 t...
11/11/1921 - 1/5/2013
Rose Marie Peterson, 91, died on Saturday, Jan 5, 2013 at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in New Underwood, SD. She was born in November 1921 in Ft Pierre, SD to Fred and Clara (Jeitz) Block and was ...
2/21/1948 - 1/3/2013
Walker P Merryman, 64, Woodbridge, VA, died Jan 3, 2013 at his home in Puerto Rico. He is survived by his wife, Kay Merryman. A memorial gathering will be 1:00 p. m. , Saturday June 1st at Red Rock...
8/12/1930 - 12/31/2012
Ben A. Herrera, 82, passed away peacefully in Cheyenne, WY after a terminal illness, Monday, Dec 31, 2012. Ben is the second oldest child of nine siblings born to Joseph and Maria (O’Cona) Herrer...
4/17/1925 - 12/31/2012
Gloria Daly, 86, Rapid City, Beloved Stepmother, Aunt, and Friend, died Saturday, December 31, 2011 in Minneapolis, MN. Gloria was born April 17, 1925 to Lester Brander and Irma (Briest) Brander in F...
2/17/1925 - 12/29/2012
Zola M Wilson, 87, Loveland, CO and former resident of Rapid City, SD passed away at Swedish Medical Center, Englewood, CO on Saturday, Dec 29, 2012. She was born Feb 17, 1925 in Reasoner, Iowa to Ha...
3/11/1935 - 12/26/2012
Robert Wendell Jackson, Sr. , was born March 11, 1935 in Ainsworth, NE to Reynolds Andrew and Josephine Mae (Wheeler) Jackson. He died Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at Rapid City Regional Hospice House...
9/7/1952 - 12/25/2012
Robert Lee ‘Robbie’ Sanders, 60, Rapid City, passed away peacefully at home Tuesday Dec 25, 2012. He was born Sept 7, 1952 in Logansort, IN to Harold and Carolyn (Moorehead) Sanders. Survivors ...
11/5/1921 - 12/17/2012
Geraldine Rachel Root, 91, Rapid City, died Monday Dec 17, 2012 at her home. She was born Nov 5, 1921 in Gregory, SD to William and Elsie (Eucker) Kortan. Geraldine left Gregory in 1937 and moved t...
11/8/1934 - 12/17/2012
Betty Mae Andre, 78, Rapid City, died December 17, 2012 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. She was born November 8, 1934 Rako, Minnesota. She is survived by daughters; Roxanne and husband Tom Butterfiel...
1/21/1920 - 12/8/2012
Pearl M Reynolds, 92, Rapid City, died Saturday Dec 8, 2012 at Fountain Springs Healthcare Center. Pearl was born in Wagner, SD to John and Mary (Myers) Broderson. She married Charles Keogh in 1937...
2/4/1950 - 12/6/2012
Steven James Litz, 62, Black Hawk, passed away Thursday, December 6, 2012 at Rapid City Regional Hospital following a long and difficult illness. Steve was born February 4, 1950 in Deadwood. He grew u...
8/4/1948 - 12/4/2012
Fersner Bell, 64, Black Hawk, died Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. He is survived by his partner in life, Doris Andrews, Black Hawk; step-children, Robert Richmond, Black Hawk;...
2/25/1941 - 11/28/2012
Stanley E. Whyte, 71, Hill City, passed away Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at Custer Regional Care Center. He was born February 25, 1941 in Rapid City to Leonard and Leona Whyte. He attended school in ...
6/22/1921 - 11/26/2012
Eva Charlotte Forkner, 91, Box Elder, died Monday Nov 26, 2012 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. She is survived by her son Marvin Forkner, Box Elder; her daughter Alice Tucker, Layton, UT; 5 grandchi...
6/11/1950 - 11/26/2012
Pamela Schulz Tschetter, Piedmont, passed quietly at the age of 61 after a brief battle with cancer. Pam was born in Ortonville, MN to Leonard and Maxine Schulz. She was loved and is survived by t...
11/23/1933 - 11/25/2012
Proctor “Rock” Hall, 79, born Nov. 23, 1933, to Israel B. and Ethelyn (Wheeler) Hall in Ludlow, VT died Sunday, November 25, 2012 at Ft. Meade Veterans Center in Sturgis, SD. Rock grew up on his g...
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