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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.

11/10/1937

- 12/20/2018

11/10/1937 - 12/20/2018

Amy Sue Brumlow, 81, Rapid City, died Thursday, December 20, 2018 at home. She was born November 10, 1937 in Rose Hill, Kentucky to Charles and Etta May (Carpenter) Bottom. Amy was a nurse at Rapid...



06/06/1953

- 12/20/2018

06/06/1953 - 12/20/2018

Peggy Gerritson, 65, Rapid City, died Thursday, December 20, 2018 at home. She was born June 6, 1953 in Chattanooga, TN to James Henry and Sally Ann (O’Rear) Glisson. She is survived by her brothe...



06/06/1953

- 12/20/2018

06/06/1953 - 12/20/2018

Peggy Gerritson, 65, Rapid City, died Thursday, December 20, 2018 at home. She was born June 6, 1953 in Chattanooga, TN to James Henry and Sally Ann (O’Rear) Glisson. She is survived by her brothe...



11/10/1937

- 12/20/2018

11/10/1937 - 12/20/2018

Amy Sue Brumlow, 81, Rapid City, died Thursday, December 20, 2018 at home. She was born November 10, 1937 in Rose Hill, Kentucky to Charles and Etta May (Carpenter) Bottom. Amy was a nurse at Rapid...



05/21/1959

- 12/19/2018

05/21/1959 - 12/19/2018

Edmond Wayne Graham, 59, Rapid City, died Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. He was born to Jimmy and Shirley Mae (McDonald) Graham on May 21, 1959 at Ellsworth Air Force Ba...



07/13/1944

- 12/18/2018

07/13/1944 - 12/18/2018

Freddie Allen Wilson, 74, Rapid City, was born July 13, 1944 in Seattle, Washington to Fred Burdett and Violet Marie (Schrier) Wilson and died Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at his home. He was drafted in...



06/14/1940

- 12/12/2018

06/14/1940 - 12/12/2018

Joan Laura (Green) Lix, was born June 14, 1940 in Rapid City SD as the second of seven children to Albert Welcome and Vivian Viola Green. During her early life her family lived in a couple homes in th...



03/16/1939

- 12/12/2018

03/16/1939 - 12/12/2018

Phyllis Ann Simonson, 79, Rapid City, died Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at Rapid City Regional Home Plus Hospice. She was born March 16, 1939 in Beardsley, MN to John and Ann (Westermeyer) Tracy. Ph...



03/16/1939

- 12/12/2018

03/16/1939 - 12/12/2018

Phyllis Ann Simonson, 79, Rapid City, died Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at Rapid City Regional Home Plus Hospice. She was born March 16, 1939 in Beardsley, MN to John and Ann (Westermeyer) Tracy. Ph...



06/14/1940

- 12/12/2018

06/14/1940 - 12/12/2018

Joan Laura (Green) Lix, was born June 14, 1940 in Rapid City SD as the second of seven children to Albert Welcome and Vivian Viola Green. During her early life her family lived in a couple homes in th...



03/19/1951

- 12/12/2018

03/19/1951 - 12/12/2018

Richard Donald Small, 67, passed away unexpectedly on December 12 at his home near Piedmont. Richard was born in Sibley, Iowa to Kenneth D. Small Sr and Lenora Small on March 19, 1951. He attended sc...



05/22/1926

- 11/30/2018

05/22/1926 - 11/30/2018

Grace Erdahl Mickelson, 92, Rapid City, died Friday, November 30, 2018 at Westhills Village Healthcare. She was born in Rake, Iowa on May 22, 1926 to Albert Martin and Amanda (Gunderson) Erdahl. In ...



05/22/1926

- 11/30/2018

05/22/1926 - 11/30/2018

Grace Erdahl Mickelson, 92, Rapid City, died Friday, November 30, 2018 at Westhills Village Healthcare. She was born in Rake, Iowa on May 22, 1926 to Albert Martin and Amanda (Gunderson) Erdahl. In ...



03/25/1944

- 11/28/2018

03/25/1944 - 11/28/2018

Frances Benzmiller Knudson, 74, of Rapid City, SD, passed away in her home on November 28, 2018 in Rapid City, SD. Fran was born in Los Angeles, CA to Lawrence and Agnes Benzmiller. She was married t...



03/07/1960

- 11/23/2018

03/07/1960 - 11/23/2018

Cwinton Kip Hiller, 58, Rapid City, died Friday, November 23, 2018 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. He was born March 7, 1960, in Dickinson, ND to Sheryl Mae Hiller.



08/06/1974

- 11/23/2018

08/06/1974 - 11/23/2018

Wanda Renee Guerrero, 44, Rapid City, died Friday, November 23, 2018 at home. She was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on August 6, 1974 to Alva Edward and Starlene (Kallwaite) Hunter. Wanda was the most ...



06/28/1953

- 11/22/2018

06/28/1953 - 11/22/2018

Jill Fay Logan, 65, Rapid City, passed peacefully in her home on Thursday, November 22, 2018. She was born in Pipestone, MN on June 28, 1953 to Lloyd Dennis and Phyllis Diane Ward. She attended Linc...



09/19/1931

- 11/08/2018

09/19/1931 - 11/08/2018

Emily Olga Andrews 87, Box Elder, passed away Thursday, November 8, 2018, at David Dorsett Health Care in Spearfish. She was born in Two Hills, Alberta Canada on September 19, 1931 to John and Nancy ...



04/11/1930

- 11/07/2018

04/11/1930 - 11/07/2018

G. Edward “Ed” Brown, 88, passed away Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Ed was born April 11, 1930 to George and Cecelia (Mailloux) Brown in Rapid City, a town in which ...



03/27/1926

- 11/07/2018

03/27/1926 - 11/07/2018

Edward Victor Brunner was born Mar. 27, 1926 in Chicago, IL to Carl and Anna Brunner. He was one of ten children. When Ed was a child, the family moved to South Dakota. While living in Nisland with h...



01/10/1963

- 11/06/2018

01/10/1963 - 11/06/2018

Arthur \'Art\' William Hall, 55, Rapid City, died Tuesday, November 6, 2018. He was born January 10, 1963 to Max Thompson and Delphine Chapman in Rapid City. Art is survived by his sister Arleeta Le...



03/12/1927

- 11/04/2018

03/12/1927 - 11/04/2018

Dorothy Coats, 91, Rapid City, passed away on Sunday, November 4, 2018 at Regional Health Hospice House. Dorothy passed peacefully from this life in the morning after a gradual decline in health. She ...



03/02/1934

- 11/03/2018

03/02/1934 - 11/03/2018

Arnold Daniel Doyle was born March 2, 1934, in Egan, SD to Daniel and Auguste Doyle. He died November 3, 2018 at the Hospice House due to an earlier fall that resulted in a serious head injury. The f...



08/12/1922

- 10/29/2018

08/12/1922 - 10/29/2018

Constance Shirley Gilreath, age 96, Rapid City, passed away on Monday, October 29, 2018 at Pine Hills Retirement Community in Hot Springs. She was born on August 12, 1922 in Hot Springs, SD to Carl a...



08/12/1922

- 10/29/2018

08/12/1922 - 10/29/2018

Constance Shirley Gilreath, age 96, Rapid City, passed away on Monday, October 29, 2018 at Pine Hills Retirement Community in Hot Springs. She was born on August 12, 1922 in Hot Springs, SD to Carl a...



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