Obituaries

Toni Marie Rutten

Oct 22, 2018

Toni Marie Rutten, 64, passed away Monday, October 22, 2018 at Rapid City Regional Hospital after a brave battle with cancer. She is survived by her loving husband, Robert "Bob" Rutten; daughters, Michelle and Toni; brothers, Glen, Dennis, Richard, Alex, Scott, Dean, John, and Chet Hull; sisters, Donna Menard and Carol Holthusen; and numerous nieces and nephews. Toni was preceded...

Charlotte M Mcbrayer

Oct 22, 2018

Charlotte Marie (Hale) McBrayer was born May 27, 1953 in Rapid City, SD to Wallace F. and Elizabeth I. (Warren) Hale. She was the second oldest child. Charlotte passed away on October 22, 2018 at Hospice of the Hills in Rapid City, S.D. She was 65 years old.

Charlotte...

Violet M. Erk

Oct 20, 2018

Violet was born in Sundance, WY, April 3, 1933, to George and Maita (Anderson) Christiansen. Her father passed away when she was 6 and her mother married Rapheal Larive. Violet married Joseph Erk, on June 2, 1954, in St. Onge, SD. They farmed and ranched near Newell. She was a member of the St. Mary's Star of the Sea...

Gary Lee Mauldin

Oct 19, 2018

Gary Lee Mauldin, 73, of Sturgis, SD, died at home on October 19, 2018.

Gary was born in South Dakota to MJ and Wanda (Davis) Mauldin on December 21, 1943.

He had a brother, Dean Mauldin and was married to Dianna (Jones) Mauldin.

Curtis Nelson Miner

Oct 18, 2018

Curtis Nelson Miner, 68, passed away Thursday, October 18, 2018 at Rapid City Regional Hospice House. Cremation has taken place and no services are planned at this time.

Leslie "Les" Edward Marty

Oct 18, 2018

Les Marty, 68, of Newcastle, WY, died Thursday, October 18, 2018 at the Department of Veterans Affairs Ft. Meade in Sturgis, SD after complications from a stroke. He was born on November 4, 1949 in Hot Springs, SD to Henry Ed' and Grace (Standen) Marty. Les graduated from Edgemont High School in 1968. After high school, he served in...

Virginia Lucile Jensen

Oct 17, 2018

Virginia was born June 10, 1951, to Virgil and Freda Terrill in Butte Co, SD. She was raised on the family farm and went to school in the Newell/Nisland area. She semi-retired from a banking career and settled in Sturgis, SD. Virginia Lucile Jensen, 67, of Sturgis died Wednesday, October 17, 2018, in Rapid City. She is survived by...

Elizabeth Ann Sundstrom

Oct 15, 2018

Elizabeth was born April 10, 1922, the fifth of thirteen children born to Cumian and Julia (Swafford) McTighe at their home in Maurine, South Dakota. As a young woman, she earned a degree in teaching and taught in a country school. She married Juno Sundstrom June 16, 1946, and they had four children, David, Darrell, Carl, and Betty. She...

Wayne Floyd Donnenwirth

Oct 14, 2018

Wayne was born on October 17, 1941, the youngest child of Vernon and Evelyn (Armour) Donnenwirth. He was raised in Faith and graduated from Faith High School in 1959. He graduated from South Dakota State University in 1963 with a bachelor's degree in economics and married Marlene Nelson on July 5, 1970. Wayne was employed in several departments of...

Debra Kay Decicco

Oct 12, 2018

Debra Kay De Cicco, 65, of Nisland SD, died on October 12, 2018 at Rapid City Regional Hospital.

Debra was born in Ohio to Raymond and Dorothy (Cramblett) Seward.

She married Dennis Fyshe on August 30, 1992.

Clemens "Clemmy" Bossert

Oct 11, 2018

"Clemmy" was born in Strasburg, ND in 1928 to Adam and Rose (Schneider) Bossert. The family resettled in the Vale, SD area in 1941. He passed away under the loving care of the Ft. Meade VA Hospice of Lewy Bodies dementia.

The Bossert family raised sugar beets and livestock. As a young man, he farmed...

Roxie Ann Chowen

Oct 11, 2018

Roxie Ann Bracewell was born to Kenneth and Rozella Bracewell on September 7, 1945, in Sturgis, SD, in a house that later turned into a hospital. She lived on the Vale family farm with her sister, Candace "Candy," attended Cottonwood and Riggs Rural Schools through elementary, and graduated from Sturgis Brown High School in 1963. Soon after, the love...

Candis Irene Meyers

Oct 10, 2018

Candis was born September 16, 1961, in Ridley Park, PA, to Robert and Thelma Danks Candis lived in Newcastle for 23 yrs. Everyone knew her as Candi, she loved watching her son and grandsons play sports, especially baseball every summer. Candi was a big fan of the Seattle Seahawks. She loved all of her friends and the community very...

David Allen Norby

Oct 8, 2018

David A. Norby, passed away October 8, 2018 at Rapid City Hospice House.

David was born January 4, 1951 to Neltha and Erman Norby.

David went to Rapid City High School and graduated in 1969. After high school he attended South Dakota School...

Verlin L. Guisinger

Oct 8, 2018

Verlin Lea Guisinger, 72, of Rapid City passed peacefully at his home on the morning of October 8, 2018. As the first giant flakes of the coming winter, began to fall. He decided, it was time. Almost as if he was waiting for the snow. He always loved the Black Hills winters. I think, more...

John Malone Young

Oct 1, 2018

John M. Young was born August 13, 1954, to Fred and Mabel Young in Mt. Home, ID. He served in the US Navy and later became a Sgt in the US Army being honorable discharged in 1984. Both John and his father were professional chefs and restaurant owners. He was a skilled boxer and basketball player. He enjoyed building...

Adam Paul Dalke

Oct 1, 2018

Adam Paul Dalke was born June 9, 1984, to Ted Dalke and Donna Williams in Vancouver, WA. Adam moved from Washington to Georgia where he continued his education. After Georgia, he moved to South Dakota, where he lived until he passed away. Adam met his loving wife in June of 2009 and she finally convinced him they should get...

Patrick Arthur Napoli

Sep 30, 2018

Patrick Napoli, brother, father, uncle, and friend passed from this earth to be with the GOD he loved, on September 30, 2018 after a 15 year battle with cancer.

Patrick, 72, was born November 16, 1945 in Rapid City, SD. Patrick led an extraordinary life. After graduation from Rapid City...