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I was writing out wedding invitations (my husband and I were married June 25, 1972) and he called to tell me there was flooding in Rapid City. I told him "There's always flooding there" but he told me it was serious. As the day went on, the news became worse and worse. By evening, we knew that my grandparents, Jake and Lucy Schweigman, had been killed. My dad, Walt Comer, volunteered his fiberglass canoe for rescue. He lived on Star Hill, so he was okay.
After our wedding, my husband and I drove up here and were overwhelmed with the scenes. I still have the newspaper that was issued the day we were here. My grandma had written to my sister about how afraid she was of storms. I cried during your film for my grandparents.
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Jude Edelman
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January 23, 2013
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I was on the air for KKLS as "Jeff Davis." Apparently, we continued normal programming (top 40 hits) while the flood was already underway, unbeknownst to us. When word reached us, we started to broadcast emergency messages between songs. Then, the back door burst open and chocolate-brown water poured into the basement radio station. In no time we were up to our hips in water. I flipped open the mic and said something like, "The water's come in and we are getting out!" We started wading towards the stair case. The lights went out. We held hands and worked our way up the stairs. The entire building shook, all of the ground floor windows burst, and then the water really came pouring in! We had made it out of the basement by mere minutes. We all spent the night on the third floor. I remember watching propane tanks and one small house float by. I made plans to jump to a big tree if the water got that high. The next day the water was gone. It was a beautiful blue day, but mud and debris everywhere. Half of my fraternity house on Omaha was wiped out, along with property at SD Tech, where I was between my sophomore and junior years. I lost my car. Found it a few days later all smashed in. I came close to being trapped and drowning in the basement, but I consider myself one of the lucky ones. 238 others weren't.
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Joseph J. Roby, Jr.
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June 10, 2012
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My name is Joel R. Splinter. My father was Capt. Robt. Splinter commanding officer for the 740th trans. unit SoDANG. My memory of the night of June 10th... was when my mother informed us that dad could not come home from summer camp because half of Rapid City was underwater and the other half was on fire. His unit convoy had just left for home when he got the radio call to turn around and assist in evacuations and search and rescue. This was also when she told us that one of dad's officer's Lt. Gary M. Englstad had gone missing while attempting to save passengers from a stranded car. The following evening I was surprised and elated to see my father come in to the house, wearing mud caked fatigues and looking very exhausted. I thought everything was okay. I was wrong. As dad was getting ready to shower and change into his Dress uniform, He explained to me that Gary had been found earlier that day, and he did not make it. My father had flown home to make the notification to Gary's young wife and 3yr. old daughter. My father told me years later that when he arrived at their door the little girl saw him in uniform and thought it was her daddy she screamed daddy's home and latched on to my dad's leg. And through tear stained eyes he made the notification. My father retired after 20yrs of faithful service in 1973. Before he did he made sure that no one would forget the sacrifice that Lt Englstad gave his all. The new Guard Armory in Milbank SDak was dedicated in his name. I lost dad in April of 2000 to cancer. My heartfelt thanks go out to all the men who put their lives on hold to help the citizens of Rapid City. May the memories of the fallen NEVER DIE.
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Joel R. Splinter
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Looking for my son who was working at Bonanza Steak House. When I was stopped by a volunteer who was standing in the middle of the road at Omaha and E North. He told me to get to high ground as a wall of water would arrive at the side in 10-15 minutes. I left. The next day I learned that the Ford dealership (Frontier) lost every car on its lot. That was the location where I had been. My Father had rented a car from Ford. It was their only car that was not lost in the flood.
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Jocelyn Baker
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July 30, 2011
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My mother-in-law was in her seventies and taking care of my husbands mentally handicapped daughter, because we were out of town. Her home was on Rapid Creek, directly across the creek from what is now the Meadowbrook Golf Course Clubhouse. She was alone with Vickie, who was asleep in a back bedroom on a foam rubber mattress. As the water began to rise in her house she went to the bedroom and saw that the mattress was floating. Vickie was a big girl and my mother-in-law couldn't lift her so she grabbed hold of the mattress, pushed it in a corner and hung on the rest of the night. By then, the neighbors son in law had assessed the situation, climbed on the roof of that house and stayed there the rest of the night talking to her through an open window, encouraging her to hang on. The water began to recede when it reached her chin. They all were okay. This story appeared in a 1972 Readers Digest and is written today by Jo Ann Lux from the best of my memory.
And here is a funny story---my husband kept his extra dollars in a sock in his dresser drawer . My mother knew this and when they could get to our house, which was flooded, she waded through the mud inside, got the sock, took it home and hung the dollars on her clothes line to dry. We returned that day from our vacation to utter devastation but some dry extra money!
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Jo Ann Lux
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June 26, 2012
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My sister had just moved to Rapid City right behind Rapid creek...a neighbor came over to tell us there was a flood and to get out...of course not knowing the town....we had no idea where to go...first we went to the landlord's house then when we saw cars floating by we made a run for it in waist high water.....driving to the highest point we could find by a church....listening to all the cries all night watching the fires...my family in Huron had no idea if we were alive till we got thru to them....when we finally got to my sister's house it was like someone had taken a saw and cut the whole middle of the floor out...we found some friends to stay with but then when they said Pactola dam was going to go we left town on the only road out...it was a nightmare.....one I never want to relive.....so many lives lost...so much destruction....
My name is Joann Johnson...Huron,s.dak
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Joann Johnson
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June 11, 2009
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The June 9, 1972, flood along Rapid Creek and several other Hills streams became a disaster that left 238 people dead. It is deeply etched in the minds of those who survived it or witnessed the hideous aftermath.
The 25th anniversary this year (1997) will resurrect memories and, for many, reopen wounds caused by the deaths of loved ones. The destruction was incredible. Stories of terror and heroism were legion. The good to come from it was a massive multi-million dollar urban renewal project that resulted in a beautiful greenway and, ultimately, a safer, stronger community.
Nearly everyone in Rapid City was affected by what happened that Friday night in June. The Kuehns were no exception.
Clouds building all afternoon loomed large and dark, seemingly unable to move eastward against westerly winds. Stagnating over the Hills, the storm system started releasing heavy surges of rain shortly before 6 p.m. After dinner, Yvonne and I drove to Stevens High School where a band from Germany, here for Rapid City's annual band festival, was scheduled to perform. The sun had managed to break through, but it was obvious more rain was to come.
At intermission, someone at the microphone advised the audience that Rapid Creek was rising rapidly and waters were beginning to threaten some bridges. Many people left then. We stayed to the end of the program only to find that the most direct way home across Rapid Creek was cut off. We traveled an alternate route and pulled into our driveway in the midst of a pounding downpour.
Newscasters at 10 p.m. reported flooding in western Rapid City, with people in Dark Canyon and above Canyon Lake trying to cope with severe problems. Evacuation had started, but some living in the deep canyons were trapped. Lives were being lost as rising torrents swept away houses and vehicles.
Yvonne had night duty at Bennett-Clarkson Hospital, about a mile away, and left for work shortly before 11 p.m. A friend of Deb's followed Yvonne in his car to make sure she arrived safely. She parked behind the hospital minutes before flood waters slammed into Sioux Park adjacent to the hospital. Our Plymouth and dozens of other cars were tossed about. Some were overturned or carried away. Ours wedged against the wall by the hospital's back door.
Water, mud and debris dumped into the basement of the hospital, creating a crisis for Yvonne and everyone in the facility. Power went out and lights from flashlights revealed water covering the first floor.
In the face of great difficulty, patient care continued but evacuation would be necessary when daylight came. During this wild and violent night, Yvonne and others heard cries for help from people fighting for their lives in boiling flood waters only yards away. There was no way to help victims struggling against powerful, churning forces or riding on rooftops of floating structures.
Our family was dispersed. Doug was in Great Falls, Montana, were he was stationed at Malmstrom Air Force Base. Diana was with her Uncle Al and Aunt Avis at Lake Madison in eastern South Dakota.
Shortly after 11 p.m. Deb and I were in the dark at 2017 Selkirk Place, listening to reports on a battery-powered radio and watching skies filled with rain and the glow of fires burning along the floodway. Propane containers had broken loose and numerous mobile homes were consumed by fire and rushing water.
Around midnight I carefully drove side streets to reach the 7-11 Store on Jackson Boulevard. Dozens of people were milling around in the parking lot, telling about their escape or upset about people they could not reach only a block or so away. The water's continuous roar and the general commotion were frightening.
My reconnaissance was limited because travel toward the hospital was out off. In the opposite direction, toward the bridge over Rapid Creek, water was still overflowing Jackson Boulevard a block from our old house on Dundee Street. Flashes of lightning revealed two houses sitting cockeyed on Jackson Boulevard, not far from the bridge over Rapid Creek. Behind our Selkirk address, water perhaps a foot deep covered Central Boulevard.
Telephone service was lost, so there was no way for me to communicate with my news staff. Seasoned veterans among them needed no instructions. One reporter living near Rapid Creek in the downtown area lost everything, but walked to the Journal. Ace photographer Don Polovich somehow made his way through upstream damage to begin a spectacular photo record.
Through fog and smoke, dawn came slowly on Saturday, June 10. The air was acrid and fouled by smells of death and sewage and various unidentifiable odors. Sounds included chain saws, heavy equipment, vehicles moving in all directions, people shouting.
Assuming correctly that Yvonne's shift at the hospital would be prolonged, I left Deb in charge at home and picked my way to the Journal building (none of that area on Main Street was damaged). I was stunned by what I saw while traveling on Jackson and on Mountain View past the broken nursing home. Wrecked vehicles and debris prevented me from going to the corner of Main and Mountain View, so I returned to Jackson to travel on West Main through the Gap. Hours before, oars had stalled here and people had to wade to higher ground.
The problems facing the Rapid City Journal would fill a chapter by itself. For the first time in memory, we could not publish because gas lines were severed, leaving hardened lead in our Linotypes and casting machines. Propane gas tanks were brought in and connections made so that we could produce a substantial Sunday issue filled with dozens of pictures, personal accounts and columns of detailed reports. We increased the press run considerably. (A week later, we printed 50,000 copies of a special souvenir edition).
The news staff performed superbly. Everywhere they looked there were stories. We sought out officials and relief workers to give perspective and relay essential data. To people needing information for crucial decisions, the Journal staff delivered facts, notices, and official announcements. There were countless public meetings to attend.
Sadly, we compiled lists of the dead and the missing, and produced dozens of obituaries. All of us, it seems, knew victims and had funerals to attend. When not on duty at the paper many of us pitched in to help where needed.
While we kept the world informed through the Associated Press, we also were host to dozens of reporters and photographers descending upon us from the major wire services, metropolitan newspapers, magazines, radio and TV stations. Many were pushy, demanding and rude, even as we allowed them the use of our dark room, desks and telephones. Others helped round out our news and photo reports and did everything possible to assist us.
Covering the first few days of the flood was, in a sense, easy because we were literally surrounded by stories and photo opportunities. Deciding what not to publish was perhaps harder than choosing what to print. Little did we realize that, as enormous as the immediate chapters were, recording the painful recovery would be a prolonged and even larger task. For our efforts we won the Inland Daily Press Association Award through the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
Before Day 1 of the aftermath was over, our house on Selkirk Place became a shelter for flood victims. Because Bennett-Clarkson Hospital had to be evacuated, Yvonne brought one mother and her hours-old infant to our house. Also joining us were a woman and her three small children who were stranded at the hospital after their car stalled in the nearby Safeway parking lot. Her husband was in another car and they had become separated--it's hard to fathom her worry. A teen-age acquaintance of Deb who could not get back to his own neighborhood found a place with us, too.
Yvonne, working nights as usual, was on duty with babies and mothers at St. John's Hospital for the next 14 nights.
By Day 2 our household grew further as the woman whose husband was missing was joined by her worried parents from Mitchell and, finally, by her husband. This couple was left with nothing more than a silver spoon from their destroyed house.
We and our 10 unexpected guests were somewhat crowded. The bathroom situation was a bit crazy. The lack of water was a major concern.
But with typical South Dakota neighborliness, that problem was alleviated by Sunday when a tank truck from Wall, 60 miles away, pulled onto Selkirk Place. Before long the water main serving Selkirk was restored. And power came on. Because our water heater was electric, we were able to wash clothes and dishes and to bathe, so we invited people from around the circle without gas service to shower at our house.
As can be imagined, Al and Avis were worried about us and what they would tell Diana the Saturday after the flood. It was virtually impossible to call into Rapid City or to get lines out. To my surprise, my Journal office phone rang. At the other end was Pat Morrison, calling from Mobridge to inquire about damage at Hisega, where the Morrison family had a cabin. Before signing off, I made Pat promise to tell my mother in Mobridge that Yvonne, Deb and I were safe. She, in turn, could tell Al and Avis. Eventually, Doug was able to call in from Great Falls.
Several days later, Al and Avis put Diana on a plane to fly home, and shortly after that Doug and Joy came to survey the damage.
One of the cruelest episodes occurred late in the afternoon of Day 1. I had walked into our old neighborhood and was commiserating with an exhausted Helen and Gene Seeley whose finished basement had been full of water. They were in a state of shock and depressed as they rested on their front step. Unexpectedly, word spread that Pactola Dam had been breached. It was only a rumor but weary survivors were in no condition to judge. I watched in amazement as Gene and Helen jumped into their car and sped away. By any means available other Lanark Road residents fled. Walking quickly toward Selkirk, I watched cars nearly collide or swerve to miss others attempting to back out of their driveways. I've never seen such panic.
God works in mysterious ways. For us, the loss of a car was like a scratch compared with pain and destruction others felt. Our situation would have been considerably different--perhaps even fatal--if it were not for our decision in 1971 to sell our house on Dundee Street. Yvonne had wanted a better kitchen, I needed a garage, and so we decided to relocate rather than to remodel our 177year-old house. Nine months before the flood, we bought a house that we had admired since it had been shown as a Better Homes & Gardens model home--only about three blocks as the crow flies away from Dundee but considerably higher above the creek.
Windows were smashed by debris-filled water that rose higher than the washer and dryer in the basement of our former Dundee residence. The lawn, garden and fence we had built were all badly damaged. Worse yet, neighbors were forced into their attics in desperate attempts to stay alive. At the lower end of Dundee and between Argyle Street and Rapid Creek, probably six people were killed or drowned. On the nearby bridge over Rapid Creek, a minister lost control of his Jeep that was propelled into the torrent. He and his wife lived, their three children perished.
A week after the flood, people were still very much on edge. When sirens sounded in the midst of another rain storm, safety was the utmost priority. We left the dinner table to find out what caused the commotion on Selkirk Place. Two doors away, people threw clothes into their car before roaring out their driveway. With them were a man and his wife who had spent the night of the flood on their roof and in a nearby tree. They were not about to be caught again. Not knowing the extent of this emergency, we, too, got into our car and drove to higher ground on Sheridan Lake Road. One person drowned that night; otherwise there was only minor damage to property but major stress on nerves and emotions.
As with any disaster, the survivors wonder why they were spared. Actually, Yvonne was in greater danger than she realized when she ran from her car into the back door of the hospital. Fortunately she was spared and given strength to carry on under difficult conditions at Bennett-Clarkson. Days continued long and work was stressful after the nursery reopened at St. John's Hospital.
Deb would have been in grave jeopardy that terrible night had she and a friend gone to clean a meat market on Omaha Street. Her mother told her, "You will not go clean the market tonight." The market was totally wiped out. The body count was probably highest in this area.
Indeed, for a variety of reasons, we were fortunate and blessed to have survived the flood of 1972.
Jim Kuehn
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June 16, 2009
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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.
Description
An account of the resource
Digital Memorial Wall for those lost in the 1972 flood.
Text
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Zieglmeier, Anton Bernie
Description
An account of the resource
Anton B. Zieglmeier, 31. He was the Division Manager for Sears and lived at 3924 West Chicago Street, where he was electrocuted in the flood. He was survived by his wife, one son and one daughter. Buried in the Mountain View Cemetery, Rapid City.
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Title
A name given to the resource
Lives Lost
Subject
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
A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.
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Young, Charles J.
Description
An account of the resource
Charles Young, 2. A young baby that perished on 11th Street. He was survived by his parents. Buried in the Mountain View Cemetery.
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Title
A name given to the resource
Lives Lost
Subject
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
A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.
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Title
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Winsel, Tracy Allen
Description
An account of the resource
Tracy Winsel, 5. He perished with his mother and sister and four other family members. He was survived by his father Raymond Allen Winsel who currently resides in Rapid City. Buried in the Mount Calvary Cemetery, Rapid City.
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Title
A name given to the resource
Lives Lost
Subject
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
A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.
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Title
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Winsel, Rachel Rae (Gall)
Description
An account of the resource
Rachel Gall Winsel, 25. She perished with her two children and four other family members. She was survived by her husband. Buried in the Mount Calvary Cemetery, Rapid City.
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Title
A name given to the resource
Lives Lost
Subject
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
A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.
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Title
A name given to the resource
Winsel, Lisa Marie
Description
An account of the resource
Lisa Winsel, 2. She perished with her mother and brother and four other family members. She was survived by her father Raymond Allen Winsel who currently resides in Rapid City. Buried in the Mount Calvary Cemetery, Rapid City.
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Title
A name given to the resource
Lives Lost
Subject
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
A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.
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Wickard, Daniel Delano
Description
An account of the resource
Daniel Wickard, 26. He volunteered as a reserve officer, working with a regular duty officer. He perished while trying to save others lives. He was survived by his wife, two daughters and his parents. Buried in the Black Hills National Cemetery.
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Title
A name given to the resource
Lives Lost
Subject
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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Whiting, Phyllis Arlene (Reich)
Description
An account of the resource
Phyllis A. Whiting, 44. She perished with her husband while working with the Radio Emergency Assistance Communication Team. She was survived by two sons, one daughter, her mother and one sister. Buried in the Black Hills National Cemetery.
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Title
A name given to the resource
Lives Lost
Subject
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
A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.
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Whiting, Herbert Loren
Description
An account of the resource
Herbert Whiting, 47. He was a Master Electrician at the Whiting Electric Company. He and his wife perished while helping with the Radio Emergency Assistance Communication Team. He was survived by two sons, one daughter, one brother and one sister. Buried in the Black Hills National Cemetery.
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Title
A name given to the resource
Lives Lost
Subject
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
A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.
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White Bull, Evelyn
Description
An account of the resource
Evelyn White Bull, 37. She was a widow. It is presumed that she was buried at Pine Ridge, South Dakota.
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Title
A name given to the resource
Lives Lost
Subject
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
A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.
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Weisz, Herbert Michael
Description
An account of the resource
Herbert M. Weisz, 69. He was a professor of mining engineering at the School of Mines at the time that he perished. He lived at 3618 Cottonwood with his wife. He was survived by his wife and two sons.
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
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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Vucurevich, Anna (Egnatich)
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She was born to Pedro Egnatich and Maria Vujoich Egnatich, she came to the US in 1920 and she and her husband lived in Lead SD until 1967 when they moved to California. Her husband Trivko died in 1969 and she moved to Rapid City where her son was living. She lived at 137 Riverside Dr on the night of the flood, her neighbor Ruthella Ruud also died.
She was suvived by her sons John T and Alexander in Rapid City SD and Milan in Los Angeles CA, she as buried with her husband in Alahambra CA.
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BIRTH 26 Jun 1892
Born in Yugoslavia
DEATH 6 Jun 1972 (aged 79)
Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
BURIAL
Serbian United Benevolent Society Cemetery
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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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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Vogt, Rosemary (Tolzien)
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Rosemary Tolzien Vogt was born August 30, 1930 in South Dakota to Lawrence Tolzien and Marion Davison Tolzien. In the 1930 census Marion Tolzien is 16 years old and living with her parents in Clark county SD but Lawrence is not with her, this was in April of 1930.
By 1932 the family had moved to Glasgow Montana where her siblings were born.
She was survived by her husband in Rapid City, her parents in Glasgow Montana and two brothers Willard Richard Tolzien and Larry Budd Tolzien in Montana. She was predeceased by a sister Margaret in Montana.
Rosemary was buried in Glasgow Montana.
From an article in the Glasgow Montana paper this is what happened to Rosemary.
It indicates her father Pete was in Glasgow Mt at the time of the flood.
On the night of the flood Rosemary, her husband and another couple were sitting in a car waiting for the rain to stop when a security officer urged them to evacuate the area. A wall of water pushed the trailer house in front of the car blocking their exit. The foursomes stepped out of the car and were swept away by the current.
Pete Vogt was carried by the flood waters to an upended truck braced against a tree where he was able to maintain a position of safety on top the truck. The other couple was found alive although the man is reported seriously injured.
No trace had been found or Rosemary a the time of the article, pictures had been taken of her wedding ring which matched her husband's,in an attempt to identity her when she was found.
Rosemary's husband was in the Air Force he was stationed at the time at Ellsworth AFB. Rosemary had spent most of the last four year years in Rapid City but had returned to Glasgow to work during brief periods when her husband was assigned to other duty stations.
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BIRTH 30 Aug 1930
Clark County, South Dakota, USA
DEATH 9 Jun 1972 (aged 41)
Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
BURIAL
Highland Cemetery
Glasgow, Valley County, Montana, USA
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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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Van Leuven, Portia Fay (Burkhead)
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Portia Burkhead Van Leuven was born in Monroe Adams county Indiana January 23, 1923 to Loren Burkhead SR and Stella Boxley Burkhead. The family is still there in the 1930 census where her father was a farmer.
In 1959 she worked as a clerk at Donaldson's Department store. Portia and Frank lived at 705 Chicago Street for many years and lived there at the time of their deaths.
Portia was survived by her mother Stella Burkhead in Monroe IN; four sisters Virginia Burkhead of Monroe IN, Druscilla Hartman in California, Margaret Maddock of Warren IN and Wanda McFall of Carmi Illinois, and two brothers Loren Burkhead Jr of Montrose IN and Jack Burkhead of Alliance Ohio.
Her husband Francis also died in the flood they were buried in Mt View Cemetery.
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BIRTH 22 Jan 1923
Monroe, Adams County, Indiana, USA
DEATH 9 Jun 1972 (aged 49)
Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
BURIAL
Mountain View Cemetery
Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA