Dorothy J. Delicate
Nov 16, 2014
Dorothy Jean (Ross) Delicate, 87, of Custer, SD, died on Sunday, November 16, 2014, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, SD. She died following a stroke surrounded by family. Dorothy was born on a farm near Gering, NE, during a blizzard on April 3, 1927. She was the only child of John and Marie (Kaufman) Ross. The...
Florence A. Halls
Nov 3, 2014
Florence Ann Halls, age 73, of Hot Springs, SD, passed away on November 3, 2014, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, SD. Florence was born in Tabor, SD, on August 17, 1941, to Jerry and Anna (Carda) Adam. She attended Elementary School in Tabor, Mount Marty High School in Yankton, SD, and the Black Hills State University...
Dr. Larry D. Agenbroad
Oct 31, 2014
Dr. Larry Agenbroad, age 81, a longtime member of the Hot Springs, S.D. community, died in Christ at the Pine Hills Retirement Home in Hot Springs on October 31, 2014. Larry will be remembered not only for his scientific accomplishments, but for his support of others and his ever-present sense of humor. Larry Delmar Agenbroad was born on April 3,...
Helen M. Vavra
Oct 27, 2014
Helen M. Vavra, 92, formerly a longtime resident of Martin, SD, passed away on October 27, 2014, at the Custer Regional Hospital in Custer, SD. Helen was born October 4, 1922, to Joseph and Antonia (Berankova) Buresh in Dodge, NE. She was raised on a farm near Batesland, SD, with 7 brothers and sisters, one half-sister and one half-brother. On...
Madeline A. Burke
Oct 24, 2014
Madeline A. Burke, age 89, formerly of Wanblee, SD, passed away October 24, 2014, at the Custer Regional Senior Care Center in Custer, SD. Madeline was born January 25, 1925, in Pine Ridge, SD, to William and Lizzie (Gariner) Pumpkin Seed. She is survived by her nieces and nephews. Wake services will be held at 7:00 p.m., Monday, October 27,...
Margaret G. Samuels
Oct 18, 2014
Margaret G. Samuels, age 92, formerly of Hot Springs, SD, and Chadron, NE, passed away on October 18, 2014, at the Fountain Springs Health Care Center in Rapid City, SD. Margaret was born in Chadron on February 22, 1922, as the only child of Dr. Arthur and Florence (Hanna) Griot. She received all of her primary and high school education...
Millard Junior "Pat" Murphy
Oct 13, 2014
Millard Junior Murphy, also known to his friends as Pat Murphy, age 86, of Oelrichs, SD, passed away October 13, 2014, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, SD. Millard was born January 17, 1928, in Christiansburg, OH, to Millard H. and Gladdia (Beair) Murphy. He is survived by his son, Pat Junior Murphy (Virginia) of Hot Springs,...
Clara Johnetta Swigert
Oct 13, 2014
Clara Grotz Swigert, age 91, of Oelrichs, SD, passed away October 13, 2014, at the Castle Manor Nursing Home in Hot Springs, SD. Clara began her journey June 7, 1923. She was born to John and Halo (Saunders) Grotz of Oelrichs. She spent her childhood herding cattle from horseback on the open range. She attended one room country schools in...
Mary Loretta Wolcott
Oct 8, 2014
Mary Loretta Sorenson Wolcott, age 84, of Edgemont, SD, passed away on October 8, 2014, at the Castle Manor Nursing Home in Hot Springs, SD. Mary was born September 2, 1930, in Sturgis, SD, to Christian Martin and Arthela Elizabeth (Carr) Sorenson. She graduated from Sturgis High School in 1948, marrying John A. Beehler in September of that same year...
William Robert "Beek" Vanderbeek
Oct 7, 2014
William Robert Vanderbeek ("Beek" to his friends & family), age 59, of Custer, SD, passed away on Tuesday morning, October 7, 2014, at the Hospice House in Rapid City, SD . Bill was born and raised in the Black Hills & attended school in Hill City, SD. He spent most of his life here but he spent several years in...
Robert Leroy Kercherval
Oct 6, 2014
Robert Leroy Kercherval, age76, of St. Louis, MO, and formally of Edgemont, SD, transitioned into eternity on Monday, October 6, 2014, at the DePaul, Hospital in St. Louis, MO, after a long struggle with multiple ailments. Robert was the middle of three children born on April 29, 1938, to the late Beatrice (Cotton) and Roland S. Kercherval, Sr., in Custer...
Dorothy B. Gullickson
Oct 5, 2014
Dorothy Bertha Gullickson, age 85, of Edgemont, SD, passed away on October 5, 2014, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City, SD. Dorothy was born on November 15, 1928, in Forrest Lake, MN, to Albert and Emma (Froemming) Peterson. Dorothy was a public school lunch cook for a number of years, she also was the head cook for...
Warren D. Alexander
Oct 2, 2014
Warren Dale Alexander, 76, unexpectedly passed away at the Rapid City Regional Hospital on October 2, 2014, surrounded by family. He is survived by his loving wife of 55 years, Mary Helen (Davis) of Hill City. They were married in Hot Springs on May 2, 1959. Warren was preceded in death by daughter, Renae; grandson, Clayton Swanson; brothers, Roy and...
Garry Rasmussen
Oct 1, 2014
Garry Rasmussen, age 73, formerly of Hot Springs, SD, passed away on October 1, 2014, in Yuma, AZ, after a courageous battle with lung cancer. Garry was born on January 2, 1941, in Oral, SD. He was the youngest of sixteen children born to Fred and Bethel (Wilder) Rasmussen. After graduating high school he enlisted in the US Army and...
Lorene Heindel Duenwald
Oct 1, 2014
Lorene Heindel Duenwald, 67, of Mitchell passed away October 1, 2014, at Mitchell, SD. Lorene Anne Catherine Heindel Duenwald was born September 30, 1947 in Hot Springs, SD to Roy and Rose (Sweeney) Heindel. She started school in Hot Springs, SD, the old elementary school, now the History Museum in Hot Springs. Lorene's parents and neighbors re-opened Maitland School where...
Fredrick Porter Smith
Sep 28, 2014
Fred P. Smith, age 67, of Rapid City, SD, and formerly of Oral, SD, died peacefully on September 28, 2014, at the Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City. He was born to Junior C. and Rosalie M. (Thompson) Smith on January 3, 1947, in Hayes, KS. Fred moved with his family to Oral in June of 1956, where they...
David Lloyd Johnson
Sep 27, 2014
David Lloyd Johnson, age 80, of Hot Springs, SD, passed away peacefully to be with his Lord in Heaven on September 27, 2014, with his wife of 60 years, Marilyn, sitting by his side. David was born in Phillip, SD, on September 7, 1934, to Lloyd and Aretta Johnson. He was raised in Wasta, SD and Raymond, SD, on the...
Maxine Joyce Ann Brill
Sep 27, 2014
Maxine Joyce Ann Brill, age 81, of Edgemont, SD, passed away on September 27, 2014, at the Fall River Hospital in Hot Springs, SD. Services are pending.
Lewis Milton Kester
Sep 21, 2014
Lewis Milton Kester, age 92, formerly of Custer, SD, passed away September 21, 2014, in Kenwood, CA. Lewis was born in South Dakota on June 12, 1922, to Francis and Ida (Olson) Kester. Lewis was preceded in death by wife, Evelyn Loraine Kester of 63 years, two sons, Alan Kester and Gary Kester. Survivors include five children, Carol Jorgensen Hunt;...
John Alfred Rath
Sep 21, 2014
John Rath, age 71, passed away September 21, 2014, at his home near Custer, SD. John was born to Martin and Rosabelle (Kessler) Rath in Des Moines, IA, on March 2, 1943. When he was a young boy, his family moved and he grew up in Yankton, SD. As a young man, John worked many jobs from grocery store clerk...
