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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.

03/05/1949

- 09/14/2019

03/05/1949 - 09/14/2019

Judith Eileen Vachon, 70, Box Elder, died Saturday, September 14, 2019 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. She was born March 5, 1949 in Gillette, WY to Lloyd and Alice (Frisbee) Redding. She grew up o...



04/06/1936

- 09/13/2019

04/06/1936 - 09/13/2019

Gordon William Backhaus, 83, Rapid City, died Friday, September 13, 2019 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. He was born April 6, 1936 to George and Vera (Yeater) Backhaus in North Dakota. He served in t...



05/27/1939

- 09/11/2019

05/27/1939 - 09/11/2019

John Douglas Molitor passed away peacefully Sept 11 2019. He was born in Burbank, CA on May 27th 1939 to Orville and Mamie (Peldo) Molitor. The family relocated to South Dakota when he was young-- gro...



08/04/1951

- 09/09/2019

08/04/1951 - 09/09/2019

Rose Marie Lutz, 68, Rapid City, went to be with the Lord On September 9, 2019. She was born in Hettinger, ND to Tillman and Frieda (Fester) Norby on August 4, 1951. She graduated from Hettinger Hig...



08/28/1981

- 09/05/2019

08/28/1981 - 09/05/2019

Schuyler Lee Swan was born on August 28th, 1981 in Rapid City S. D to Coleen Swan and Verdell Jake Yellow Horse. Schuyler passed away in Rapid City. Schuyler is survived by his two daughters Kylee La...



07/31/1963

- 09/01/2019

07/31/1963 - 09/01/2019

Denise Diana Wickoren, 56, Rapid City, died Sunday, September 1, 2019 at home. She was born in Rapid City on July 31, 1963 to Gary and Geneva (Ulrich) Wickoren. She graduated from Hosmer High School...



06/12/1955

- 09/01/2019

06/12/1955 - 09/01/2019

William E. Willard passed away on Sunday, September 1, 2019 at home. He was born June 12, 1955 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas to Rolland and Laura Willard. He worked in his family business from 1970 t...



04/21/1925

- 08/30/2019

04/21/1925 - 08/30/2019

Helen Mae (Becker) Biley, 94, was called to Heaven on August 30, 2019 in Rapid City, SD. Helen was born the only child of William (Bill) Becker and Maude (Stoll) Becker on April 21, 1925. She attended...



04/21/1925

- 08/30/2019

04/21/1925 - 08/30/2019

Helen Mae (Becker) Biley, 94, was called to Heaven on August 30, 2019 in Rapid City, SD. Helen was born the only child of William (Bill) Becker and Maude (Stoll) Becker on April 21, 1925. She attended...



08/13/1968

- 08/24/2019

08/13/1968 - 08/24/2019

Stephen Richard Bardsley, 51, Black Hawk, died Saturday, August 24, 2019 at Regional Health Home Plus Hospice.



09/05/1933

- 08/24/2019

09/05/1933 - 08/24/2019

Clifford Merel Larive was born to Arthur and Matilda (Tillie) Larive on September 5, 1933. After a short stay at Avantara North under Hospice care, he went to join his wife, Linda in heaven on Saturd...



05/03/1933

- 08/18/2019

05/03/1933 - 08/18/2019

Barbara Jean Morris, 86 of Rapid City, SD passed away on August 18, 2019. She was born on May 3, 1933 in Rapid City to Earl and Clara (Roots) Brown. On May 3, 1950 she married the love of her life, ...



07/07/1955

- 08/15/2019

07/07/1955 - 08/15/2019

Edward Allen ‘Eddie’ Rowlette, 64, Belle Fourche, passed away Thursday August 15, 2019 after a battle with cancer at the University of Colorado Medical Campus in Aurora, CO. Eddie was born July ...



07/07/1955

- 08/15/2019

07/07/1955 - 08/15/2019

Edward Allen ‘Eddie’ Rowlette, 64, Belle Fourche, passed away Thursday August 15, 2019 after a battle with cancer at the University of Colorado Medical Campus in Aurora, CO. Eddie was born July ...



12/11/1955

- 08/15/2019

12/11/1955 - 08/15/2019

Katherine Janett Craig, 63, Rapid City, died Thursday, August 15, 2019 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. She was born in Fresno, CA on December 11, 1955 to Donald and Delores (Johnson) Egan. Katherine ...



10/04/1921

- 08/14/2019

10/04/1921 - 08/14/2019

Hazel Verna (Main) Stadel was born to Claude and Ella (Lammert) Main on October 4, 1921, at Dupree, South Dakota. She was raised on the family homestead northwest of Dupree along Thunder Butte Road. S...



10/04/1921

- 08/14/2019

10/04/1921 - 08/14/2019

Hazel Verna (Main) Stadel was born to Claude and Ella (Lammert) Main on October 4, 1921, at Dupree, South Dakota. She was raised on the family homestead northwest of Dupree along Thunder Butte Road. S...



10/23/1947

- 08/13/2019

10/23/1947 - 08/13/2019

Jerry Henry Denekamp, age 71, Rapid City passed away on August 13, 2019. Jerry was born in Watertown, SD to Henry and Melva Denekamp on October 23, 1947. He grew up and went to school in Gary, SD and ...



11/02/1936

- 08/10/2019

11/02/1936 - 08/10/2019

Alois ‘Al’ J. Hansen, 82 of Columbia, TN passed away on August 10, 2019 at the Rapid City Regional Hospice House surrounded by family. He was born on November 2, 1936 to Alois Sr and Germaine (Ye...



07/07/1930

- 08/09/2019

07/07/1930 - 08/09/2019

Esther May Zimmerman (Franke), 90, Keystone, SD, passed away on August 9 at Clarkson Health in Rapid City, SD. She was born in Gettysburg, SD to Quintus and Pauline Franke on July 7, 1930. They moved...



07/07/1930

- 08/09/2019

07/07/1930 - 08/09/2019

Esther May Zimmerman (Franke), 90, Keystone, SD, passed away on August 9 at Clarkson Health in Rapid City, SD. She was born in Gettysburg, SD to Quintus and Pauline Franke on July 7, 1930. They moved...



03/15/1952

- 08/06/2019

03/15/1952 - 08/06/2019

SSgt (retired) David "Dav" Gregory Routh, 67, born on March 15, 1952 in Saginaw, Ml, died at home in Rapid City, SD on August 6, 2019. A veteran of the United States Air Force, Dav joined the US Air F...



03/15/1952

- 08/06/2019

03/15/1952 - 08/06/2019

SSgt (retired) David \"Dav\" Gregory Routh, 67, born on March 15, 1952 in Saginaw, Ml, died at home in Rapid City, SD on August 6, 2019. A veteran of the United States Air Force, Dav joined the US Air...



06/20/1955

- 08/06/2019

06/20/1955 - 08/06/2019

Steven Leroy “Spence” Spencer aged 64, passed into motorcycle heaven from natural causes on August 6, 2019 at his home in Box Elder SD. The roar of motorcycles passing by on the highway to the Stu...



01/26/1936

- 08/04/2019

01/26/1936 - 08/04/2019

Calvin J Zenahlik, a Retired MSGT from the United States Air force, passed away at home Sunday, August 4, 2019. He was born January 26, 1936 in Portland, Maine. In 1956 he married his beautiful wife...



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