Mary Louise Nash
Jan 13, 2020
Mary was born on June 21, 1947, in Hettinger, ND, to Vernon and Fern (Bauman) Olson. Mary was the oldest of 4 children. She graduated Reeder High School in 1965. Mary was united in marriage to Claude Iver Nash on October 15, 1965, and they had 2 sons, Heath and Justin. Mary and Claude ran the Chuckwagon Cafe in...
David Ellwood "Woody" Woodford
Jan 13, 2020
David Ellwood Woodford, known by his friends and close family as "Woody," lived in Rapid City, SD, when he passed away on January 13, 2020, at 4:08 p.m., due to complications from cancer surgery. Born July 26, 1948, Woody was 71 years of age at his passing, and is survived by his wife, Samantha Woodford; his children, Aaron Shelley,...
John Konrad Pabst
Jan 13, 2020
Grandpa John, as he was known to most, was one of the kindest but firmest grandpas there ever will be. Between his last 6 months battling with cancer and the last 2 weeks with dang pneumonia, he gained his big angel wings at 82 years young on Monday, January 13, 2020. John Konrad Pabst was born on May 10,...
Daisy Bell Baumeister
Jan 13, 2020
Daisy was born to Helmer and Lily (Will) Norlin in Newell, SD, on November 1, 1931. Daisy graduated from Belle Fourche High School in 1951.  After graduating, she went to live with her aunt in Hartley, IA, where she met her husband, Lyle. They moved back to Belle and Lyle went to work for the state highway department. Daisy...
Dan James Johnson
Jan 12, 2020
Daniel was born June 10, 1953, to Robert E. Johnson and MaryAnn (Williams) Johnson in Rapid City, SD. Daniel was the middle son of three boys. Robert's career as a civil engineer moved the family several times giving rise to new adventures. Originating in Rapid City, SD, they moved to Ft. Leonard Wood, MO, Pierre, SD, Minot, ND, Billings,...
Susan Marie Grambihler
Jan 11, 2020
Susan was born on March 4, 1955, in Breckenridge, MN. The family moved to Sioux Falls, SD, when she was four. Susan graduated from the Sioux Falls Lincoln High School in 1974. She then enrolled in the LPN program at the Southeast Area Tech School and obtained her LPN degree in 1974. Susan worked for several health care centers...
Lyndon Barid Smith
Jan 11, 2020
Lyndon was born to Ruth (Berges) and Larry Smith in Mason City, Iowa, on February 19, 1959. He was the oldest of three children. He grew up around Clear Lake, Iowa. Lyndon attended school in Iowa and Nevada. Lyndon spent some years traveling around the country. Telling stories of jobs, he held in different states, like Iowa, South Dakota,...
Gary Kenneth Vig
Jan 11, 2020
Gary Kenneth Vig was born in Sturgis, SD, on May 4, 1950. He was born the second of three children to Kenneth and Dagny (Kvernan) Vig of Stoneville, SD. He lived on the Kvernan homestead until 1958 when they moved to the Old Stoneville Road location. He went to grade school at Stoneville and graduated from Sturgis Brown High...
Nancy Ann (Yasgar) Denke
Jan 10, 2020
Nancy was born on May 31, 1956, at St. Gabriel's Hospital in Little Falls, MN, to Richard "Dick" and Shirley (Fisher) Yasgar. She attended school in Little Falls and later graduated from high school in 1974. She then graduated from St. Cloud Technical College where she obtained a degree to become an X-Ray and Lab Technician. After a few...
Mike Richardson
Jan 9, 2020
Michael "Mike" Richardson, 58, passed away on Thursday, January 9, 2020, at his home due to complications from diabetes. Mike, the owner of Michael's Catering, was a lover of all types of food! He and his staff thoroughly enjoyed catering pig roasts for clients, all while dressed in Hawaiian attire! He loved being able to bring people a wonderful...
Donna Lee Miller
Jan 8, 2020
Donna was born to Glenn and Ida Murray on February 14, 1935, in Sturgis. She graduated from Sturgis High School and attended Black Hills State College in 1954 through May, 1955, then worked at the Meade County school cafeteria. Shortly after, she married Dean Miller on May 13, 1956, and they moved to the Miller farm near Vale, SD....
Dwight Earl Cundy
Jan 6, 2020
Dwight Earl Cundy was born July 17, 1943, in Spearfish, SD, to Isaac Earl and Mildred Mae (Engelson) Cundy. He graduated from Sturgis High School in 1961. He entered the US Navy later that year. Dwight was a life-long learner and had several college degrees. His final degree in accounting led him to work for United States Department of...
Jacque "Jack" Thomas Ratliff
Jan 2, 2020
Jack Thomas Ratliff, 72, passed away Thursday, January 2, 2020 in Rapid City.
He is survived by his wife, Pauline; sons, Matthew Ratliff and Jeff Ratliff; brother, Jerry Ratliff; three grandchildren, Kimberly, Robert, and Jeffery Ratliff.
Jack was preceded in death by his parents, daughter; Kimberly Ratliff; and sister, Vivian Hynek.
George Warren Blair
Jan 1, 2020
George W. Blair, longtime Sturgis area rancher and former state legislator, passed away on January 1, 2020. He was born in Sturgis on August 24, 1921, to Harry and Elizabeth (Johnson) Blair and grew up on the family ranch in Pleasant Valley, graduating from Sturgis High School in 1939. After World War II broke out, he began taking flying...
Joberta Ann Pehrson
Jan 1, 2020
JoBerta Ann Pehrson, 72, of Deadwood SD, died January 1, 2020, at Monument Health Rapid City, SD.
JoBerta was born in Utah on August 6, 1947 to Joseph and Margaret (Barbee) Edwards.
She married Thomas Maclester Pehrson on September 10, 1970.
Robert Allan Coates
Jan 1, 2020
Robert A. "Bob" Coates passed away in his Piedmont, SD, home January 2, 2020. Bob was born May 7, 1937, in Hot Springs, SD, to W. Allan Coates and Leota (Clement) Coates. Bob grew up in Edgemont, SD, where he attended all years of school. His father had a trucking company, and when Bob was big enough to reach...
Patricia "Pat" Jean Carstensen
Dec 30, 2019
Patricia Jean Carstensen was born in Laramie, WY, on October 31, 1943, to Winne and Osman "Bud" Lyman. She grew up in Rapid City, SD, and graduated from high school in 1961. Pat, with her older sister, Elizabeth "Betty" Ann, spent most of her summer vacations with their grandmother, Senja Ikola, on her homestead ranch in Roubaix, SD. Pat...
Laurance "Larry" Brown
Dec 30, 2019
Larry J. Brown, 70, passed away Monday, December 30, 2019 at Rapid City Regional Hospital.
Full obituary is pending.
Patrick Theodore Joseph Alden
Dec 29, 2019
Patrick Theodore Joseph Alden, 29, passed away Sunday, December 29, 2019 in Rapid City.
Esther M. Coleman
Dec 25, 2019
Esther was born at home on December 10, 1922, to James and Victoria (Johnsen) Andersen in Minnetonka, MN. She was raised on their family dairy farm with 3 brothers, Walter, Arnold, and Earl. She attended Oak Knoll grade school and then graduated from Hopkins High School in 1941. During the war, she cleaned the inside and outside of airplanes,...
