Buchholz, Mary Helen (Mulcahy)
Mary H. Buchholz, 55. Manager of Allards Salad Bowl. She perished with her husband. She was survived by one daughter, her mother, one brother and three sisters.
Burton Sly
Written Memory
Buzz Grover
Written Memory
Campbell, Mary Peterka Collins
Mary Collins Campbell, 77, widow. She and her husband owned and operated the Campbell Funeral Home until 1969. She was preceded in death by her husband, William. She was active as a Grey Lady for many years. She was survived by one son and two daughters. Buried in the Mountain View Cemetery.
Caplinn, Cheryl McBride
Cherylin McBride Caplinn, 20. She was a Secretary for the U.S. Army Recruiting Station. She was survived by one infant daughter and her parents. Buried in the Mountain View Cemetery.
Capt. Robert Mallow and Lt. John Parke
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235 General Supply Co., SDNG; Captain Mallow assembled company about 8 p.m., June 9; Took 6 men to Nemo road to check bridges - observation of conditions; Two men lost on rescue mission; Lt. Parke's description of rescue mission on which two men were lost; Search and rescue operations on Saturday; Debris removal; Opened mess hall for civilians; Supplied rations for other units; Security patrol; Supplied drinking water.
SD Oral History Center
Carla (Dewey) Johnson
Written Memory
June 10, 2012
Carol Martian
Written Memory
August 17, 2017
Carol Sumner
Written Memory
Carole Sisson
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Gary and Carole Sisson were out to dinner with friends when they cut their evening short to return home where their children were with a babysitter. Unable to cross the high water, they had to wait until the next day to reconnect with family.
Rapid City Public Library
September 5, 2013
Caroline Jimenez
Written Memory
August 17, 2017
Carrie Suthern
Written Memory
October 6, 2015
Carter, George Anthony
George A. Carter, 40. He was Captain of the Rapid City Fire Department, but perished during a rescue mission. He was survived by his wife, three daughters, his mother and one brother. Buried in the Black Hills National Cemetery.
Cathy Deckert Knapp
Written Memory
June 12, 2012
Cathy Kjer
Cathy Kjer's recollection of the 1972 flood. Recorded during the 50th Anniversary event at Rapid City Public Library.
Rapid City Public Library
June 9, 2022
Chamberlain, Olive Pearl (Case)
Olive P. Chamberlain, 76, widow. A Salesperson for Curtis Circulation Company. She lived at 27 E. Omaha where she perished. She was survived by one son and one daughter. Buried at the Mountain View Cemetery.
Charles Childs
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As a County Probation Officer, Charles Childs was involved in the rescue efforts and put in charge of the Missing Person/ Body Identification process.
Rapid City Public Library
November 16, 2010
Charles Childs
Written Memory
June 22, 2009
Chase, Mary Frances Smoak
Mary F. Chase, 52. She was employed at the Vila Ranchereo branch of the First National Bank of the Black Hills. She was married to an Ellsworth AFB Airman. She was survived by her husband, one daughter and her mother. Buried in the Black Hills National Cemetery.
Chase, Twyla Rae (Schilling)
BIRTH 25 Aug 1953
Walworth County, South Dakota, USA
DEATH 9 Jun 1972 (aged 18)
Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
BURIAL
Old Zion Cemetery
Walworth County, South Dakota, USA
Twyla Rae Schilling Chase was born Aug 25, 1953 in Walworth County South Dakota to Harold A Schilling and Lorraine Sulzle Schilling.
She married Samuel R Chase Jr , formerly of Belle Fourche, May 23, 1970 in Akaska, Walworth County South Dakota. The young couple was visiting in Rapid City when she lost her young life in the flood.
She is survived by her husband and a son Mathew of Rapid City, her father Harold A Schilling and step mother Dotty of Gettysburg SD.
Her grandmothers Mrs Magdeline Sulzle of Akaska SD and Mrs Regina Schilling of Mobridge SD.
Three brothers James M Schilling of Tulsa OK, Dwayne H Schilling of Vermillion SD, and Roy A Schilling of Amarillo TX. Three step sisters Mrs Walter Lehrkamp Gettysburg SD, Mrs Gene Simon of Hoven SD, and Belle Rae Hanson of Akaska SD .
She was preceded in death by her mother.
Services were held Wednesday afternoon at Zion Lutheran Church in Akaska with the Rev Durant P Shook officiating.
Burial was in the Zion Lutheran Cemetery in Akaska SD.