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Matthew Lloyd Crowder, 14.
Born on May 13, 1958 to Richard and Audrey Crowder.
He perished with his father and one brother. He was survived by his mother, one brother, and one sister. His body was never found.
He is memorialized in Mountain View…

Dr. Richard Brent Crowder, 51.
Born on January 31, 1921 in Branson, MO, to Lloyd and Pearl Crowder.
A neurosurgeon in Rapid City. He perished with two sons, Daniel and Matthew. He was survived by his wife, one son, and one daughter.
Buried in…

Lance Arnold Cummings, 7 months.
Born on October 22, 1971 to Arnold and Joyce Cummings. He lived at 321 New York Street. He was torn from his father’s grip and perished along with his 3 ½ year old sister. He was survived by his father, mother, one…

Tammara Dee Cummings, 3.
Tammara was born on December 10, 1968 to Arnold Cummings and Joyce Cline Cummings. The family lived at 321 New York Street in Rapid City.
The story in the newspaper was that she was torn from her mother's arms by the flood…

Durwin Davidson, 4.
Born on June 19, 1967 to Clayton and Mary Davidson. He lived with his parents in the Box Elder area. He was survived by his parents, one brother and two sisters. Buried in the Black Hills National Cemetery.

Agnes (Pletcher) Detwiler, 57.
Agnes was born on June 30, 1914 in Westmoreland County, PA, to Wallace and Mary Pletcher.
She married Martin Detwiler on April 22, 1936 in Pennsylvania; he died in 1963.
Agnes and a gentleman friend had bought a…

Erma Luella (Jenkins) Dick, 50.
Born on June 22, 1921 in Minnesota to Herbert and Lucinda Jenkins. She married Albert Dick on June 4, 1938. They moved to South Dakota in 1946 and settled in Pierre in 1962. At the time of her death, she was a…

Dr. Lowell Henry Dieter, 39.
Born on October 20, 1932 to Henry and Lucinda Dieter in Eureka, SD. Married Mildred Schultz in McLaughlin, SD on August 14, 1955. He joined the faculty of South Dakota School of Mines & Technology in 1956. At the time…

Patricia Hope Dieter, 8.
Born on December 12, 1963 to Lowell and Mildred Dieter in Grand Forks, ND. Patricia had recently completed second grade at Meadowbrook School in Rapid City.
She was swept from her mother saying, “Mommy my feet aren’t…

Gwendolyn Rae Dietzel, 1.
Born on March 18, 1971 to Gary and Gretchen Dietzel. A baby living with her parents on West St. Louis Street. She was survived by her parents.
Buried in the Chapel Hill Garden South Cemetery in suburban Cook County,…

Thomas Patrick Doherty, 18.
Born on March 3, 1954 in Minneapolis to Robert and Elenor Doherty. He had just graduated from Robbinsdale High School in St. Paul, MN. Thomas was with five friends a the Miner Motel in Keystone when Battle Creek…

Joni Rodriquez Ducheneaux, 2.
Born to Reuben Rodriquez and Linda Ducheneaux on November 8, 1969. She was survived by her parents. Buried in the St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Cemetery, La Plant, SD.

Harold R. Elliott, 62.
Born on February 24, 1910 to Fred and Elsie Elliott in Iowa. He married Fredris Hyde on October 7, 1929 in Lake Andes, SD.
He was the president of A.B. Welding and Dakota Welding Supply. He was survived by his wife and four…

Ena Ellison, 90.
Ena was born August 24, 1881 in Nebraska to Samuel and Elizabeth Ellison. She came with them to Pennington County in 1890. She never married. She was a grade school teacher in the Black Hills in the 1920's. She worked for as a…

Gary M. Engelstad, 26.
Born on January 24, 1946 to Maynard and Mary Engelstad. He married Evelyn Milbrandt on August 19, 1967.
He lived in Watertown and was a salesman for KDLO TV. He was a second lieutenant in the 740th Transportation Company in…

Leila Julia (Henle) Erickson, 58.
Born on February 13, 1914 to Peter and Julia Henle in Montrose, SD. She married Orville Erickson on October 10, 1933.
She lived at 714 Minnilusa St behind Baken Park, where she perished with Orville. Her uncle,…

Orville Jerauld Erickson, 63.
Born on July 25, 1909 to Iver and Maria Erickson in Madison, SD. Married Leila Henle on October 10, 1933.
He and Leila moved to Rapid City in 1962. He was a State Drivers Examiner in Rapid City. He lived at 714…

Robert Van Fairbank, 17.
Born on May 2, 1955 to William and Vivian Fairbank. He was a student at Douglas High School and lived in the Box Elder area. He was survived by his parents, four sisters, and three brothers. Buried in the Black Hills…

Leon Ferber, 6.
Born on June 21, 1965 in Rapid City, SD to Larry and Sharon Ferber. He perished with his mother and brother, Noel. He was survived by his father, who was the Superintendent of the Cleghorn Fish Hatchery in June 1972.
Buried in the…

Noel Ferber, 3.
Born on November 25, 1968 in Rapid City to Larry and Sharon Ferber. Perished with his mother and brother, Leon. He was survived by his father, who was the Superintendent of the Cleghorn Fish Hatchery in June 1972.
Buried in the…