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Rapid City Obituaries
Every death announced by Rapid City-area funeral homes, with visitation, funeral and burial times and a link to each full obituary.
10 recent deaths · 10 services in the next 7 days · updated November 3, 2026
Services this week
- Barbara Ann Yirka
94 · Rapid City, SD · Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home and Cremation Services
- Tue, Nov 3Visitation, 9:30 - 10:30 amBlessed Sacrament Church
- Tue, Nov 3Funeral service, 10:30 - 11:30 amBlessed Sacrament Church
- Tue, Nov 3Burial, Starts at 12:30 pmBlack Hills National Cemetery
- Joyce A. Riddle
Rapid City · Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home and Cremation Services
- Tue, Nov 3Visitation, 10:00 - 11:00 amSouth Canyon Lutheran Church
- Tue, Nov 3Funeral service, 11:00 amSouth Canyon Lutheran Church
- Tue, Nov 3Gathering, 12:00 - 1:15 pmSouth Canyon Lutheran Church
- Tue, Nov 3BurialPine Lawn Memorial Park
- Dorothy M. Slingsby
102 · Rapid City, SD · Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home and Cremation Services
- Fri, Nov 6Funeral service, 10:00 - 11:00 amFirst Congregational Church
- Fri, Nov 6Burial, 1:30 - 2:30 pmBlack Hills National Cemetery
- Teddy James Erlewine
83 · Rapid City, SD · Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home and Cremation Services
- Sat, Nov 7Memorial service, 10:30 AMOsheim & Schmidt Funeral Home
Died in the past week
Dusk Hunter Moon Curington
Age 30 · Rapid City
Died October 29, 2026Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home and Cremation Services
Joyce A. Riddle
Rapid City
Died October 28, 2026Joyce lived in Rapid City and died at age 89. The page notes that a full obituary is still pending, and it lists the upcoming services and burial arrangements.
Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home and Cremation Services
Visitation Tue, Nov 3
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Barbara Ann Yirka
Age 94 · Rapid City, SD
Died October 26, 2026Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home and Cremation Services
Visitation Tue, Nov 3
James Leo Sykora
Age 89 · Rapid City, SD
Died October 26, 2026Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home and Cremation Services
Connie Jo LeZotte
Age 66 · Rapid City, SD
Died October 24, 2026Connie grew up in the Winner area and later graduated from high school in Springview, Nebraska. She married Scott LeZotte in 1978 and built a long career that included church coordination, direct childcare, PTA leadership, nonprofit work and leading Storybook Island until she retired in 2021. Her faith and her family were central to her life.
Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home and Cremation Services
Teddy James Erlewine
Age 83 · Rapid City, SD
Died October 23, 2026Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home and Cremation Services
Memorial service Sat, Nov 7
Dorothy M. Slingsby
Age 102 · Rapid City, SD
Died October 20, 2026Dorothy grew up in Fargo, North Dakota, graduated from North Dakota State University, and married John B. Slingsby in 1946. The couple lived in New York and Colorado while he trained in medicine, then settled in Rapid City in 1953, where she raised three children and volunteered widely. She later earned business degrees, became a CPA and taught accounting, and was an avid bridge player, golfer and traveler. She died at age 102 at Westhills Village after her husband's death in 1993.
Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home and Cremation Services
Funeral service Fri, Nov 6
June Marie Brown
Age 92 · Rapid City, SD
Died October 17, 2026Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home and Cremation Services
Theodore "Ted" T. Lesselyoung
Rapid City, SD
Died October 13, 2026Born in Dupree, South Dakota, he was raised on a ranch near Faith alongside his siblings. He married twice, first to Madonna Joan Dustman and later to Bonnie Irene Podoll, and was a father and stepfather to several children. He worked as a firefighter during the 1972 Rapid City flood and spent a long career in the South Dakota National Guard, retiring in 1996 as State Command Sergeant Major.
Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home and Cremation Services
Mariane Kay Bromwich
Age 73
Died October 12, 2026Born in Gregory, South Dakota, she was one of seven children and graduated from Gregory High School in 1971, then trained in cosmetology. After her 1974 marriage she raised two children while living in Winner, later leaving in 1991 to study drug and alcohol counseling. She belonged to several auxiliary groups and enjoyed tatting, cake decorating, cats, and the color purple.
Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home and Cremation Services
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