September 22, 1935 - March 28, 2024 Thursday, March 28, 2024, Velva LaDonna Plant, passed away at the age of 88 at Monument Health Rapid City Hospital. The fourth-born of five children, Velva was born on September 22, 1935, in Sisseton, S.D., to Rudolph & Thelma Elizabeth Harrison Horstman.

June 13, 1927 - March 10, 2024 Elizabeth Ann Graf, ‘Miss Betty’, died March 10, 2024, at Pine Hills Retirement Community Living Center in Hot Springs, at the age of 96. Graveside services, officiated by Pastor Doug Burdette, were held Friday, March 15, 2024, at the Evergreen Cemetery, where Betty is now back with Ed and her daughters, Sharron and Mardella.

May 17, 1945 - March 11, 2024 Gwen Eloise Cortez Kaneshiro took flight from Hot Springs, S.D. on her journey into the great unknown on March 11, 2024.

June 12, 1931 – February 23, 2024 Clarice LaVonne (Robbennolt) Williams, 92, walked peacefully through the gates of heaven on February 23, 2024 to join her beloved husband Chester and infant son Aaron to be wrapped in the everlasting light and warmth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Her loving children, Susan Kay Turnbull, Bonny Ray Jenniges, and Steven Wayne Williams were with her in prayer as she gently departed this wonderful world.

March 11, 2024 Jackie, 83, passed away on March 11, 2024. Jackie was a life long resident of the Hot Springs area and a professional business woman in the community.

May 24, 1969 - March 1, 2024 Dawn Renae Percy, 54, of Hot Springs, S.D., passed away March 1, 2024 at Monument Health Rapid City Hospital in Rapid City, S.D. Dawn was born May 24, 1969.

April 27, 1962 - March 6, 2024 Timothy P. Alberts, 61, of Hot Springs, S.D., passed away March 6, 2024 in Rapid City, S.D.

September 17, 1938 - arch 1, 2024 Leonard Powell, 85, of Hot Springs, S.D., passed on March 1, 2024 at Michael J. Fitzmaurice South Dakota Veterans Home in Hot Springs.

August 2, 1948 - February 28, 2024 Robert James McAllister, formerly of Hot Springs, departed this world on February 28, 2024 from Aphasia. Robert was born on August 2, 1948, he attended the University of South Dakota at Springfield.

January 14, 1934 - March 1, 2024 Shirley Diane Hill, 90, of Hot Springs, S.D., passed away March 1, 2024. She was born January 14, 1934, in Belle Plane, Iowa, to Mike and Onilee Ferry.