In+Memoriam

The Rapid City Flood memorial, located within Memorial Park, stands as a tribute to those who lost their lives in the tragic flood of 1972. Below are the names of the people who died in the June 9, 1972 flood, as compiled by the city of Rapid City. 238 people perished in the June 9, 1972 flood, 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.

[|Original text from the 1972 memorial service for flood victims]

We need your help - we would like to have a photo of each flood victim. If you have one available for digitization please contact Stacy at Rapid City Public Libraries.
 * ===A===


 * William Albers
 * William Dean Albright
 * Russell W. Alcott
 * Susan Carol Williamson Allen
 * James C. Atkins
 * Clara (Knutson) Atwater

B

 * Raymond Sebastian Back
 * James Howard Baldwin Sr.
 * Mary Blanche (Criveau) Balsley
 * Daisy E. Barber
 * Henry Andrew Bauch
 * Valerie Jean (Wedding) Bauch
 * Roland "Babe" Baumberger
 * Henry K. Beberger
 * Elmer Leonard Bendert
 * Nellie Beatty (McKay) Bishop
 * Wilbur "Bill" Bishop
 * Patricia Marlene Blomlie
 * Christel Blum Bostick
 * Matilda June (Olson) Broderson
 * Albert Buchholz
 * Mary Helen (Mulcahy) Buchholz

C

 * Mary Peterka Collins Campbell
 * Cheryl McBride Caplinn
 * George Anthony Carter
 * Olive Pearl (Case) Chamberlain
 * Mary Frances Smoak Chase
 * Twyla Rae (Schilling) Chase
 * Joyce Christianson
 * Cecil LeRoy Coker
 * Flora Napier Allen Coker
 * Gertrude Peggy (Wakefield) Coldwell
 * Rufus McRae Coldwell
 * Rev. Francis John Collins, S.J.
 * Myron Henry Corbin
 * Mary Bea (Baxter) Corner
 * Arla Estaline Corwin
 * Opal Estaline (Barber) Corwin
 * Annette Rose (Hodek) Costello
 * Daniel Brent Crowder
 * Matthew Lloyd Crowder
 * Richard Brent Crowder
 * Lance Arnold Cummings
 * Tamara Dee Cummings

D

 * Durwin John Davidson
 * Agnes (Pletcher) Detwiler
 * Erma Luella (Jenkins) Dick
 * Lowell Henry Dieter
 * Patricia Hope Dieter
 * Gwendolyn Ray Dietzel
 * Thomas Patrick Doherty
 * Joni Rodriquez Ducheneaux || ===E===


 * Harold Peter Elliott
 * Ena Ellison
 * Gary M. Engelstad
 * Leila J. (Henle) Erickson
 * Orville J. Erickson

F

 * Robert Van Fairbank
 * Leon James Ferber
 * Noel Arthur Ferber
 * Sharon Lea (Behlings) Ferber
 * Margaret (Uptegrove) Fox
 * Raymond Fox

G

 * Alice Hazel (Wieczorek) Gall
 * Norvel Raymond Gall
 * Theophil Gall
 * Cathy Neal Gall
 * Lawrence Anthony Genovese
 * Martin Carl Genzler
 * Ruth Lonena (Huehl) Genzler
 * Jason Girton
 * Madeline Hazel (Hamer) Glover
 * Oliver Clarence Glover
 * Dale Clell Goodroad
 * Delores Grass
 * Mark Edward Greenlund

H

 * Antonie Hokey Hajek
 * Pearl Celeste (Berry) Halff
 * Janice Elaine (Lytle) Hall
 * Ernest Edward Harris
 * Roger C. Harris
 * Edwin Barkley Harry
 * Doris M. Hausmann
 * Henry Hausmann
 * Donald E. Hausmann
 * Edward Everett Healey
 * Sheila Marie (Pike) Heaton
 * Harry Victor Henricksen
 * John Fletcher Heraty
 * Beatrice Judd (Carlisle) Hogan
 * Christopher John Hogan
 * Cloris Martha Hollis
 * Wilfred Hopkins

J

 * Lois Eilene Jackson
 * Donald F. Johnson
 * Elmer Harold Johnson
 * Jamie Edward Johnson
 * William Marion Johnson
 * David Evan Jones
 * Albert Juhnke || ===K===


 * Grace Agnes (McLennen) Keiser
 * Leo Francis Kreber

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 * Delores D. Larvie
 * Julia Ann Larvie
 * Noreen Agnes Laughlin
 * Anna Regina Natwick Lodnell
 * Edwin Francis Lodnell
 * Edwin H. Long

M

 * Daniel Richard MacArthur
 * Jeffry Ralph Magner
 * Norma E. Magner
 * William Edgar Magner Sr.
 * Leonard Magnotto
 * Lucy (Perry) Magnotto
 * Jonathan Ward Masters
 * Stephen Ronald Masters
 * Timothy Wayne Masters
 * Harry D. McPherson
 * Beatrice Helena (Vallie) McPherson
 * Otis W. Matthew
 * William George Medley
 * Annette Mare Melby
 * Arlin Kilroy Mesteth
 * Margaret Ann Miller
 * Burton Harris Millett
 * Ida (Dunham) Moore
 * Fred Harold Morrow
 * Michael James Mortensen
 * Richard Lee Mundell

N

 * Mary Melissa Napier
 * Gayle Lynn Nemeti
 * Michael T. Neofer
 * Hannah New
 * Cora A. (Valentine) Newsome
 * Billy Wayne Noble

O

 * Arnold James Ozuna
 * Ronald Joseph Ozuna
 * Stanley Julian Ozuna

P

 * James Wesley Patrick
 * Rosa Kathryn Paulsen
 * Marvin Eugene Pepper
 * Audrey Jane Petersen
 * Drucilla Ruth Petersen
 * Estel Merl Petersen
 * Freeman Franklin Phillips
 * Beth Marie Phipps
 * Carla Jo Phipps
 * Lonelle Rae Phipps
 * Forrest Edgar Picht
 * Mardell M. Picht || ===Q===

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 * Christine Ruth Quick Bear
 * Dennis Wayne Quilt

R
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 * Ronald Russel Rathman
 * Brenda Lea Rawlins
 * Frances Arlene (Rhodes) Rawlins
 * Lori Jean Rawlins
 * Julia Ann Rawlins
 * Edna E. Reaves
 * Judy Leann (Johner) Ringenberg
 * Tammie Jeanette Ringenberg
 * Neva L. Rippe
 * Richard Gary Rippe
 * Mary A. Robbins
 * Laura A. Robinson
 * Tina Robinson
 * Elmer Henry Rohrs
 * Bernnie Neil Roose
 * Glenn Alan Root
 * William Harold Rough
 * Mable Eleanore (Fish) Ruhe
 * Cheryl Ann (Roth) Runestad
 * Ruthella G. (Taylor) Ruud

S

 * Bill Allen Sampsill
 * Marline Haveman Sampsill
 * Michael John Sampsill
 * Ralph Phllip Sampsill
 * Maxine Young Stewart Savely
 * Mable Alta (Hoesli) Schullian
 * Edna (Alice) Murphy Schuster
 * Jacob Herman Schweigman
 * Lucy Lolie LaRoche Schweigman
 * Lillian E. Scriver
 * Randy Lee Shacklett
 * Claudia Jane Lease Simpson
 * Eldon LeRoy Smith
 * Billie Claire Smith
 * Paula Jean Smith
 * Carl Eugene Smith
 * Gerald Wayne Smith
 * Jane Francis Austin Hanson Smith
 * Nella Ferne (Lugenbeel) Smith
 * Vinton Parman Smith
 * Elaine F. (Glanzer) Smolnikar
 * Wilfred Matthew Smolnikar
 * Louise May (Sutter) Sprague
 * Louis Star
 * Annette Star
 * Alberta Star
 * John J. Stroup
 * Geraldine K. (Larrabee) Stuart
 * George Albert Sumners
 * Mary Louise Swanson || ===T===


 * Roger Barner Tadlock
 * Henry W. Tank
 * Flora Ellen (Clarkson) Taylor
 * William Edwin Taylor
 * William Taylor
 * Shannon Vale Taylor
 * William Allen Nelson Taylor Jr.
 * Richard M. Tell
 * Jean Margorie Thomas
 * John C. Thomas Sr.
 * John C. Thomas Jr.
 * Lisa Aase Hixson Thompson
 * Paul Thompson
 * Blake Evans Thornton
 * James Edward Toutges
 * Brand Terry Towner
 * Jennifer Rose Traversie
 * Jeremy Paul Traversie
 * Margaret Lamont (Winn) Turner
 * Nellie Two Bear

V

 * Helen Jean (Hagel) Vanderbeek
 * Mark Hollister Vanderbeek
 * Robert H. Vanderbeek
 * Francis Glenn VanLeuven
 * Portia Faye (Burkhead) VanLeuven
 * Rosemary (Tolzien) Vogt
 * Anna (Egnatich) Vucurevich

W

 * Herbert Michael Weisz
 * Evelyn White Bull
 * Herbert Loren Whiting
 * Phyllis Arlene (Reich) Whiting
 * Daniel Delano Wickard
 * Lisa Marie Winsel
 * Rachel Rae (Gall) Winsel
 * Tracy Allen Winsel

Y

 * Charles J. Young

Z

 * Anton Bernie Zieglmeier ||