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Lives Lost
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The Rapid City Flood Memorial, located within Memorial Park, stands as a tribute to those who lost their lives in the tragic flood June 9, 1972. Each name listed on the memorial is recorded here, along with a brief description and a photo if available.<br /><br />The total number of people who perished in the flood was 238, including 5 missing. That number also includes three National Guardsmen, three firefighters, seven airmen from Ellsworth Air Force Base, one police reserve officer, and other rescuers.<br /><br />We need your help - we would like to have a photo of each flood victim. If you have one available for digitization please see the <a href="http://1972flood.omeka.net/contact">Contact Us</a> page for more information.
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An account of the resource
Digital Memorial Wall for those lost in the 1972 flood.
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Swanson, Mary Louise
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Mary L. Swanson, 11. She lived with her mother at 1040 E. Ohio Street. She was survived by her mother. Buried in the Pine Lawn Cemetery, Rapid City.
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Lives Lost
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The Rapid City Flood Memorial, located within Memorial Park, stands as a tribute to those who lost their lives in the tragic flood June 9, 1972. Each name listed on the memorial is recorded here, along with a brief description and a photo if available.<br /><br />The total number of people who perished in the flood was 238, including 5 missing. That number also includes three National Guardsmen, three firefighters, seven airmen from Ellsworth Air Force Base, one police reserve officer, and other rescuers.<br /><br />We need your help - we would like to have a photo of each flood victim. If you have one available for digitization please see the <a href="http://1972flood.omeka.net/contact">Contact Us</a> page for more information.
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An account of the resource
Digital Memorial Wall for those lost in the 1972 flood.
Text
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Sumners, George Albert
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George A. Sumners, 35. He was a Rapid City Fireman that perished in the flood. He was survived by his wife, one son and two sisters. Buried in White River, South Dakota.
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Lives Lost
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The Rapid City Flood Memorial, located within Memorial Park, stands as a tribute to those who lost their lives in the tragic flood June 9, 1972. Each name listed on the memorial is recorded here, along with a brief description and a photo if available.<br /><br />The total number of people who perished in the flood was 238, including 5 missing. That number also includes three National Guardsmen, three firefighters, seven airmen from Ellsworth Air Force Base, one police reserve officer, and other rescuers.<br /><br />We need your help - we would like to have a photo of each flood victim. If you have one available for digitization please see the <a href="http://1972flood.omeka.net/contact">Contact Us</a> page for more information.
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An account of the resource
Digital Memorial Wall for those lost in the 1972 flood.
Text
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Stuart, Geraldine K. (Larrabee)
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Geraldine L. Stuart, 30. She was survived by her mother, four sisters and one brother. Buried in the Pine Lawn Cemetery, Rapid City.
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Lives Lost
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The Rapid City Flood Memorial, located within Memorial Park, stands as a tribute to those who lost their lives in the tragic flood June 9, 1972. Each name listed on the memorial is recorded here, along with a brief description and a photo if available.<br /><br />The total number of people who perished in the flood was 238, including 5 missing. That number also includes three National Guardsmen, three firefighters, seven airmen from Ellsworth Air Force Base, one police reserve officer, and other rescuers.<br /><br />We need your help - we would like to have a photo of each flood victim. If you have one available for digitization please see the <a href="http://1972flood.omeka.net/contact">Contact Us</a> page for more information.
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Digital Memorial Wall for those lost in the 1972 flood.
Text
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Stroup, John J.
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John J. Stroup, 49. He was employed by the Black Hills Material Company. He was survived by his wife, three sons and four daughters. Buried in the Cedar Hills Cemetery, Ft. Pierre, South Dakota.
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Title
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Lives Lost
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The Rapid City Flood Memorial, located within Memorial Park, stands as a tribute to those who lost their lives in the tragic flood June 9, 1972. Each name listed on the memorial is recorded here, along with a brief description and a photo if available.<br /><br />The total number of people who perished in the flood was 238, including 5 missing. That number also includes three National Guardsmen, three firefighters, seven airmen from Ellsworth Air Force Base, one police reserve officer, and other rescuers.<br /><br />We need your help - we would like to have a photo of each flood victim. If you have one available for digitization please see the <a href="http://1972flood.omeka.net/contact">Contact Us</a> page for more information.
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An account of the resource
Digital Memorial Wall for those lost in the 1972 flood.
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Star, Alberta
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Alberta Star, 29. She lived at 301 North 5th Street with her two children, who perished with her at their home. She was survived by her father. Buried with her young daughter in her arms, at the Holy Rosary Cemetery, Pine Ridge, South Dakota.
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Title
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Lives Lost
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The topic of the resource
The Rapid City Flood Memorial, located within Memorial Park, stands as a tribute to those who lost their lives in the tragic flood June 9, 1972. Each name listed on the memorial is recorded here, along with a brief description and a photo if available.<br /><br />The total number of people who perished in the flood was 238, including 5 missing. That number also includes three National Guardsmen, three firefighters, seven airmen from Ellsworth Air Force Base, one police reserve officer, and other rescuers.<br /><br />We need your help - we would like to have a photo of each flood victim. If you have one available for digitization please see the <a href="http://1972flood.omeka.net/contact">Contact Us</a> page for more information.
Description
An account of the resource
Digital Memorial Wall for those lost in the 1972 flood.
Text
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Star, Annette
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Annette Star, 2. She perished with her mother and one brother at 301 North 5th Street. She was survived by her grandfather. Buried in her mother’s arms at the Holy Rosary Cemetery, Pine Ridge, South Dakota.
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Written Memories
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Each item in this collection is an individual's story or memory about the night of June 9, 1972 and the following recovery efforts. These memories have been collected by the Rapid City Public library at various memorial events and through online submission by community members. If you have a memory you would like to submit, please do so on the <a href="https://1972flood.omeka.net/contribution">Contribute an Item</a> page.<br /><br /><span>Below is a map of all the interviews and written memories we have conducted and gathered to help you visualize the impact of the 1972 Flood and explore stories.<br /></span><br /><iframe width="640" height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1KzeKQJ4R89Riq5B9FguZdJzj6c0&ll=44.0744389777805%2C-103.24796692260742&z=13"></iframe>
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Stories and memories of the flood submitted by community members and shared with Rapid City Public Library.
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Spent the night in our truck at Gibson's parking lot, everything gone in the morning. Myself, older sister Martha and mother Alice - single mom. I was 15. No lives lost in the family so we were o.k.
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Title
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Douglas A. Crawford
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An account of the resource
Written Memory
Date
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January 25, 2013
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Written Memories
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Each item in this collection is an individual's story or memory about the night of June 9, 1972 and the following recovery efforts. These memories have been collected by the Rapid City Public library at various memorial events and through online submission by community members. If you have a memory you would like to submit, please do so on the <a href="https://1972flood.omeka.net/contribution">Contribute an Item</a> page.<br /><br /><span>Below is a map of all the interviews and written memories we have conducted and gathered to help you visualize the impact of the 1972 Flood and explore stories.<br /></span><br /><iframe width="640" height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1KzeKQJ4R89Riq5B9FguZdJzj6c0&ll=44.0744389777805%2C-103.24796692260742&z=13"></iframe>
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Stories and memories of the flood submitted by community members and shared with Rapid City Public Library.
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I was packing the car with suitcases, pillows, coolers, activity book. Dad was at his office finishing things up, mom was cleaning house and my sister was doing nothing as always. You see we were going to drive to California and go to Disneyland June 10. So at the age of 8 I really didn't understand why we could not still go to Disneyland.
Things people might not understand but back then during summer you sometimes didn't see your school friends all summer for whatever reason. Based on your neighborhood. So one thing that happened is you went back to school in September and that is when you found out some of your school friends passed. I only knew the little girl in school and always had fun but I didn't find out she was swept from her mom's arms until that September. It crushed me. Patricia Hope Dieter RIP. Only knew you for one school year but I remember you for 43 years.
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Doug Phelps
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Written Memory
Date
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September 25, 2015
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Written Memories
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Each item in this collection is an individual's story or memory about the night of June 9, 1972 and the following recovery efforts. These memories have been collected by the Rapid City Public library at various memorial events and through online submission by community members. If you have a memory you would like to submit, please do so on the <a href="https://1972flood.omeka.net/contribution">Contribute an Item</a> page.<br /><br /><span>Below is a map of all the interviews and written memories we have conducted and gathered to help you visualize the impact of the 1972 Flood and explore stories.<br /></span><br /><iframe width="640" height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1KzeKQJ4R89Riq5B9FguZdJzj6c0&ll=44.0744389777805%2C-103.24796692260742&z=13"></iframe>
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Stories and memories of the flood submitted by community members and shared with Rapid City Public Library.
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Memory Added: October 31, 2011
Location of Memory: Ellsworth Airforce Base/Rapid City
While I had no direct involvement with the flood of Rapid City in June of 1972, I remember the worried look on my mom’s face through the morning of the 10th, as my dad wasn’t home from a fishing trip to Lake Pactola that had embarked on the evening of the 9th.
My dad was in the Air Force and we actually lived on Ellsworth AFB. He had been stationed there the summer before and he had orders to leave the following month. Since we only lived there one year most of my memories of Rapid City are sketchy at best.
What I remember about June 9th was that it was a sunshiny Friday for most of the day. My dad came home from work early preparing for a fishing trip that evening, something he had done with his friends from work for several Fridays before. He had taken me on occasion, and I begged him to take me that night, but he did not allow me to go that time.
I had been attending vacation bible school with a friend that week at a church in Rapid City and since I didn’t get to go fishing I went to VBS for the evening. I cannot recall the name of that church but I remember that it was on a hill with a balcony or porch overlooking part of the city. As services were over for the evening, I went out on the balcony and a heavy sprinkle had started so I thought great, we are going to have rain this weekend. I looked out over the landscape and I remember thinking how pretty the lights of the city looked in the darkness and the rain. It’s an image I remember vividly to this day, obviously not realizing at that moment that a terrible chain of events was about to unfold.
The trip home from the church was uneventful except that it was raining a little harder. Sometime Friday evening on the radio we heard about the flood and that Canyon Lake dam broke and that authorities were worried that Lake Pactola Dam would break. There wasn’t anything we could do at that point, so my mom told me it was time to go to bed.
It was gloomy, cloudy and raining when I awoke on Saturday morning. I got up and my dad still wasn’t home and my mom was up listening to the radio. It was obvious that she didn’t get much sleep. I asked if she knew where dad was, and she said that she didn’t know. We sat there listening to the news reports of what had happened and was relieved to hear that Pactola Dam was still standing. I remember conflicting reports of the number of dead and that authorities were asking the public for boats with more than 35 horsepower to help in rescue operations. I heard reports of several other cities flooding, including Box Elder where two of my classmates and friends lived.
The day wore on into the afternoon and at about 4 pm, my dad pulled up into the driveway. It is hard to explain the relief we felt. He was worn out from his night of adventure and it showed. He had stories of the events that he lived through but these days I just remember how he said that they kept going for higher ground. He was in his car following one of his friends in a pickup truck and there were places that were flooded that the pickup went through that my dad was afraid to follow in his car, but he did it anyway. At one point he could look out his window see down over one side of a hill, while water was coming at him from the other side and he knew if he kept moving he would not be swept over. He also said that one of the guys he was with managed to call his wife and she was supposed to relay the message to my mom, but that call never came.
I don’t know how he eventually made it home, I just know how lucky he was. That may not have been the case had I gone with him. I’m sure it took a lot of concentration on his part to survive and I would have been a big distraction.
He and his friends went fishing again the following Friday, and I got to go this time. We drove around Rapid City surveying the damage while he and his friends relived what had happened. I remember the trees, limbs and cars stacked up in places and houses wiped away. That was quite a lot for a 13 year old to take in.
As I said, we only lived there for one year, so by mid-July, we moved to Michigan. It wasn’t until years later when I found one of my friends on a popular high school reunion web site that I knew that she had made it through the flood. I still to this day have not heard about the other one.
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Doug Glenn
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An account of the resource
Written Memory
Date
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October 31, 2011
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Written Memories
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Each item in this collection is an individual's story or memory about the night of June 9, 1972 and the following recovery efforts. These memories have been collected by the Rapid City Public library at various memorial events and through online submission by community members. If you have a memory you would like to submit, please do so on the <a href="https://1972flood.omeka.net/contribution">Contribute an Item</a> page.<br /><br /><span>Below is a map of all the interviews and written memories we have conducted and gathered to help you visualize the impact of the 1972 Flood and explore stories.<br /></span><br /><iframe width="640" height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1KzeKQJ4R89Riq5B9FguZdJzj6c0&ll=44.0744389777805%2C-103.24796692260742&z=13"></iframe>
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Stories and memories of the flood submitted by community members and shared with Rapid City Public Library.
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My name is Donna Parks and I want to say that we did not live in the flood area, but like almost everyone in Rapid City, we worried about family members and friends. On that day, my father, Delbert Harbaugh, was a patient at the Bennett-Clarkson Hospital, on the top floor. He had been sedated, but was awakened in the night by a nurse, who wanted to borrow his battery-powered radio, which he had by his bedside. He said she could use it, then turned over and went back to sleep. When he woke up the next morning, he saw outside his west window what looked like a lake with people in boats moving about. He thought he was seeing things, hallucinating, because he knew he should be seeing flower beds and grass. But what he saw was real. That nurse was very observant to remember that radio on Dad's bedside table. It was the only way the staff could find out what was going on. Later that day, he went home a bit earlier than planned.
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Donna Parks
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Written Memory
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Donald and Margaret Wickler:
Memories from the 1972 Rapid City Flood.
LTC Don Wickler, USAF (RET), Jackson, MN and Margaret Miller Wickler, Volga, SD, Married on 20 March 1948.
In the process of transferring from Elmendorff AFB, AK to Ellsworth AFB, SD we arrived back in South Dakota in early June ’72 leaving our two children, Dan and Tim, with grandparents in Volga. We arrived in Rapid City on 7 June and occupied guest quarters at the air base.
With mandatory retirement in the near future and a decision to remain in Rapid City, we spent June 8 with a realtor shopping for a single family dwelling. I purchased a pre-owned Volkswagon at 9 AM the morning of the 9th of June.
At 7:30 PM of the 9th, we were visiting Dottey Moe, wife of Bill Moe, Huron, SD, graduate Pharmic, SDSU Class of ’50. Also a USAF Lt. Colonel (Ret), a tanker pilot, and employed as a pharmic at the local hospital. He was at work and not due home until 9 PM.
It was raining “cats and dogs”! When Bill arrived at their home just to the west of Meadowbrook Golf Course, water was entering the finished basement. Bill and I proceeded to move possessions off the basement floor. At about 9:30PM, the girls called down to report that our cars (my VW and Bill’s new Ford Pinto), parked on the street, were floating away. Only a few minutes after leaving the basement, the concrete block wall on the west of the residence collapsed inward and inundated the basement. Our group of four climbed on to the roof and watched as the neighbor’s house next door moved off the foundation and into the street. Bill’s garaged Cadillac was in 3.5-4ft of water. His streetside mail box was not quite in the water.
We spent perhaps one hour on the roof and could see lights on in the dwelling to the south at somewhat a higher elevation. We trudged up the hill in ankle deep water and were uninvited but welcome guests at the home of the Mr. and Mrs. Pelky (sp?). . . perhaps thirty souls in the living room from midnight until first light on 10 June. Early that morning, we were rescued by the Army National Guard from Camp Rapid, jeeped to the guard camp for coffee and donuts and then to our quarters at the air base.
(Note: Bill Moe passed away perhaps 15 years ago. He had given up smoking cigarettes but on the night of 9 June, decided to give it another try!)
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Donald and Margaret Wickler
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June 10, 2012
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Escaped our house just ahead of the deepest waters. It was nearly knee-deep when, with our three sons, we were able to drive across the front yard in a four-wheel drive to higher ground.
Got through the Gap ahead of the high water. Put the family including the dog to bed on the 7th floor of the Alex Johnson (thanks to the hospitality of J. Vucurevich who owned the A.J. at the time). Power was out so climbed the stairs by candlelight (candles came from the restaurant - The Carousel).
I (Dick) spent the night cruising the area still above water downtown. Drove up Skyline Drive and spent an hour observing what was happening both sides of "The Gap," while electric sub-stations exploded below. Drove a couple of injured people, who showed up at A.J., to the hospital.
By morning's light the scene was very eerie-murky, smelly, "other-worldly" with devastation everywhere as seen in thousands of photos. Managed to find a way through the blocked streets to our house which had a high water mark inside at 3 ft. above floor level. Lost everything except a few items left on beds (the mattresses floated and kept their "cargo" high and dry.)
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Dick and Hazel Pearson
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Written Memory
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July 30, 2011
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Diane M Smith:
Location at Time of Flood: Columbus St.
Memory: My husband Keith worked at Ford, my parents lived on St. Joe. Keith went to check on them. When he crossed St. Joe, the water was knee deep and so cold it took his breath way. This was about 3:00AM
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Diane M. Smith
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June 2011
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I have so many memories of June 9, 1972 and the days following. A sister of a friend arrived at our house about midnight. They had walked over the hill but couldn't get home. Dad woke me to see if they could stay with us. "Sure it's flooding and she can't get home." The rest of the night we sat at the counter with the phone receiver to our ear waiting for a dial tone. About 0300 Dad said he was going up the "H2O hill" to see what he could see from a higher spot. While he was gone the buzz on the phone quit. I was surprised and blew into the phone receiver. A surprised voice on the other end said "Hello." As surprised I replied "Hello." The caller said "Is Mr. Kuehn there. This is from Minneapolis Star Tribune. We've been trying to reach Mr. Cannon and can't. (They were in their attic). We've heard there's a flood and are trying to decide if we should send a reporter in the morning?" I said "Yes I have people sitting here who saw people die in a parking lot 3 blocks from the creek (Safeway parking lot). Therefore I "dispatched the Minneapolis Star Tribune" to come cover the flood.
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Deb Kuehn
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Written Memory
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August 17, 2017
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Dayna was at her parents home at the time of the flood.
"I was 4 years old and still remember the rain and my parents getting down on their knees to pray for the people involved. I was living on the south side of town so we were not affected! Still a scary memory though!
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Dayna Adams
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June 9, 2011
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Lives Lost
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The Rapid City Flood Memorial, located within Memorial Park, stands as a tribute to those who lost their lives in the tragic flood June 9, 1972. Each name listed on the memorial is recorded here, along with a brief description and a photo if available.<br /><br />The total number of people who perished in the flood was 238, including 5 missing. That number also includes three National Guardsmen, three firefighters, seven airmen from Ellsworth Air Force Base, one police reserve officer, and other rescuers.<br /><br />We need your help - we would like to have a photo of each flood victim. If you have one available for digitization please see the <a href="http://1972flood.omeka.net/contact">Contact Us</a> page for more information.
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Digital Memorial Wall for those lost in the 1972 flood.
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Star, Louis
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Louis Star, 9. He perished with his mother and sister at 301 North 5th Street. He was survived by his grandfather. Buried in the Holy Rosary Cemetery, Pine Ridge, South Dakota.
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The Rapid City Flood Memorial, located within Memorial Park, stands as a tribute to those who lost their lives in the tragic flood June 9, 1972. Each name listed on the memorial is recorded here, along with a brief description and a photo if available.<br /><br />The total number of people who perished in the flood was 238, including 5 missing. That number also includes three National Guardsmen, three firefighters, seven airmen from Ellsworth Air Force Base, one police reserve officer, and other rescuers.<br /><br />We need your help - we would like to have a photo of each flood victim. If you have one available for digitization please see the <a href="http://1972flood.omeka.net/contact">Contact Us</a> page for more information.
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Sprague, Louise May (Sutter)
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Louise M. Sprague, 73. She lived at 1713 W. Omaha, where she perished. She was survived by one daughter. Buried in the Black Hills National Cemetery.
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The Rapid City Flood Memorial, located within Memorial Park, stands as a tribute to those who lost their lives in the tragic flood June 9, 1972. Each name listed on the memorial is recorded here, along with a brief description and a photo if available.<br /><br />The total number of people who perished in the flood was 238, including 5 missing. That number also includes three National Guardsmen, three firefighters, seven airmen from Ellsworth Air Force Base, one police reserve officer, and other rescuers.<br /><br />We need your help - we would like to have a photo of each flood victim. If you have one available for digitization please see the <a href="http://1972flood.omeka.net/contact">Contact Us</a> page for more information.
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Digital Memorial Wall for those lost in the 1972 flood.
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Smolnikar, Wilfred Matthew
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Wilfred Smolnikar, 28. He was employed by the State Auditor Office. He and his wife perished in the Dark Canyon area. He was survived by his parents, one brother and one sister. Buried in the Black Hills National Cemetery.
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The Rapid City Flood Memorial, located within Memorial Park, stands as a tribute to those who lost their lives in the tragic flood June 9, 1972. Each name listed on the memorial is recorded here, along with a brief description and a photo if available.<br /><br />The total number of people who perished in the flood was 238, including 5 missing. That number also includes three National Guardsmen, three firefighters, seven airmen from Ellsworth Air Force Base, one police reserve officer, and other rescuers.<br /><br />We need your help - we would like to have a photo of each flood victim. If you have one available for digitization please see the <a href="http://1972flood.omeka.net/contact">Contact Us</a> page for more information.
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Digital Memorial Wall for those lost in the 1972 flood.
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Smolnikar, Elaine F. (Glanzer)
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Elaine Smolnikar, 24. She was employed by the Black Hills Power and Light Company. She perished with her husband in the Dark Canyon area. She was survived by her parents and one brother. Buried in the Black Hills National Cemetery.
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Lives Lost
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The Rapid City Flood Memorial, located within Memorial Park, stands as a tribute to those who lost their lives in the tragic flood June 9, 1972. Each name listed on the memorial is recorded here, along with a brief description and a photo if available.<br /><br />The total number of people who perished in the flood was 238, including 5 missing. That number also includes three National Guardsmen, three firefighters, seven airmen from Ellsworth Air Force Base, one police reserve officer, and other rescuers.<br /><br />We need your help - we would like to have a photo of each flood victim. If you have one available for digitization please see the <a href="http://1972flood.omeka.net/contact">Contact Us</a> page for more information.
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Digital Memorial Wall for those lost in the 1972 flood.
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Smith, Vinton Parman
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Vinton Smith was born and raised during most of his youth on a farm 10 miles south of Fairview, Kansas. Mrs. Smith was the former Ferne Lugenbeel, who was born and raised at Padonia, Kansas. The body of Mr. Smith has been found and identified, however, the body of Mrs. Smith has not yet been found.
The Smiths were camping on a creek bank in the Black Hills near Rapid City at the time of the flood. Friends of the Smiths, who lived in the Rapid City area, were also killed in the flood. At this time, their bodies have not been found. The Smiths were camping in their friends' yard when the flood hit.
Burial for Mr. and Mrs. Smith will be in Mount Hope Cemetery in Hiawatha. Arrangements for funeral services will be announced later.
Mrs. Smith is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Lee Weaver, Marion, Kansas, and Mrs. Cecil Allen, Berthoud, Colorado.
Mr. Smith is survived by two sisters . . . Mrs. Harold Roush of Wetmore, and Mrs. Ralph Barge of Topeka . . . and four brothers.
Hiawatha Daily World – June 20, 1972 : Graveside services for Vinton Smith will be held at 11:00 Friday morning, June 23rd, at the Mount Hope Cemetery in Hiawatha, with the reverend Cecil Allen officiating. Mr. Smith was born May 8, 1902, at Netawaka, Kansas. He was married July 7, 1934, to Fern Lugenbeel. They have been living at La Crosse, Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Smith both died June 9th in the Rapid City flooding, and her body has not yet been recovered. Included among the survivors of Mr. Smith is a sister, Mrs. Wilma Barge of Topeka.
Hiawatha Daily World – June 21, 1972 : Additional survivors listed : Mr. Smith is survived by four brothers Walter Smith of Santa Ana, California, Ora Smith of Wichita, Kansas, Ronald Smith of Portland, Oregon, and Eugene Smith of New Boston, Illinois . . . two sisters, Mrs. Harold (Lorena) Roush of Wetmore, Kansas, and Mrs. Ralph (Wilma) Barge of Topeka, Kansas.
Mrs. Smith's survivors include two sisters, Louise Allen of Berthoud, Colorado and Leota Weaver of Merriam, Kansas.
The body of Mr. Smith has been returned to the Meek Mortuary Chapel, Hiawatha, and graveside services are set for Friday morning, June 23rd at Mount Hope Cemetery.
At this time the body of Mrs. Smith has not yet been recovered.
Memorial services are planned for the couple Sunday, June 25th, in La Crosse, Wisconsin, where they had lived for the past 25 years.
Hiawatha Daily World – June 26, 1972 : The body of Mrs. Ferne Smith, 61, La Crosse, Wisconsin, former Brown Countian, was found by searchers in debris in Rapid City, South Dakota, Friday, just three hours after graveside services were held for her husband, Vinton P. Smith here in Hiawatha.
According to an A.P. dispatch, the discovery of her body brought the flood toll to 227. In a conversation with a Rapid City funeral director Saturday morning, it was learned that the number missing or unaccounted for is now down to 14.
Mrs. Smith and her husband were both swept away in the June 9th flood waters in Rapid City when they parked their travel trailer in the yard of friends living on the banks of Rapid Creek. They were on the second night of a long planned vacation in their new travel trailer pulled by a pickup truck.
Mr. Smith's body was recovered soon after the flood and was held for two weeks awaiting the discovery of Mrs. Smith's body in order that joint funeral services might be held for the couple.
Graveside services were held at 11 o'clock Friday morning at Mount Hope Cemetery for Mr. Smith, with the Reverend Cecil Allen, brother-in-law of Mr. Smith, officiating.
The family was notified shortly after 4:00 pm Friday, of the discovery and positive identification of Mrs. Smith's body.
Nella Ferne Smith was born at Padonia, Kansas, on November 6, 1910. She had lived the past 25 years in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and attended the Congregational Church in La Crosse. Her survivors include two sisters : Mrs. Leo (Leota) Weaver of Shawnee Mission, Kansas, and Mrs. Cecil (Louise) Allen of Loveland, Oregon. Graveside services for Mrs. Smith will be held at Mount Hope Cemetery, Hiawatha, at 11 o'clock Friday, June 30th, with the Reverend Cecil Allen officiating.
Hiawatha Daily World – June 27, 1972 : Vinton Smith of La Crosse, Wisconsin, who died in the June 9th flood at Rapid City, South Dakota, was a relative of Ethel and LaVerne Frazey of Hiawatha.
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BIRTH 8 May 1902
Netawaka, Jackson County, Kansas, USA
DEATH 9 Jun 1972 (aged 70)
Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
BURIAL
Mount Hope Cemetery
Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas, USA