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Former Groton Police Chief, Butch Radke, passes on
Services for Harlan “Butch” Radke, Jr., 62 of Groton, will be 11:00 a.m., Thursday, February 1st at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Groton. Rev. Craig Grams and William Paepke will of ciate. Burial will follow in Groton Union Cemetery.
Visitation will be held at the church on Wednesday from 5-7 p.m. with a prayer service at 7:00 p.m.
Butch passed away January 29, 2018 at Groton Care and Rehabilitation Center.
Harlan Eugene, Jr. was born on October 29, 1955 in Aberdeen to Harlan and Thelma (Flint) Radke. He attended
school in Groton, graduating in 1974. Butch united in marriage with Nancy Dobberpuhl on May 20, 1977 and together they were blessed with three children. Butch attended the Law Enforcement Training Center in Pierre and served as an of cer for 31 years. He was employed with the Brown County Sherriff’s Of ce and Groton Police Department from 1977-2007. Radke served as Groton's Chief of Police from November 2004 and retired the same time as former Mayor Gerald Rix on May 1, 2007.
Butch was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Groton. He was active on the Fire Board and Kiwanis. Butch enjoyed hunting, shing and target shooting. He also loved spending time with his four grandchildren.
Celebrating his life is his wife of 40 years, Nancy of Groton, children; Michelle (Chad) Johnson of Groton, Kevin Radke of Groton, Lisa (Brent) Wienk of Milbank, four grandchildren, Brenna, Porter, Ava and Bradyn and his brothers, Tom (Barbara) Paepke of Groton and Rev. William (Audrey) Paepke of Piedmont.
Preceding him in death were his parents and his sister, Marlene Gilbertson.
Honorary Casketbearers will be all of his law enforcement and reman friends.
Caksetbearers will be Steve Tewksbury, Jerry Bjerke, Stacy Mayou, Justin Cleveland, Brian Koens, Ben Dolen and Eddy Nehls.
The Life of Loren Kambestad
Loren Milton Kambestad, 65, Rapid City, SD passed away Thursday, January 18th, 2018 at Rapid City Regional Hospital.
Born June 17th, 1952, Loren was the 5th son of Milton and Ruby Kambestad (Christenson) with two sisters following him. He married Bobbie Kambestad (Rossow) on August 9th, 1980, and lived in Lead and Rapid City, SD.
Loren grew up in Bristol, SD and graduated from Bristol High School in 1970. He went on to earn his education degree from Northern State University in Aberdeen, SD.
Running was an important part of Loren’s life in high school and college. Coached by Dave Grif th, he set South Dakota high school state records in the 1600 meter run (4:13.7), 3200 meter run (9:11.5), and 3 mile (14:13.6). His 1600 meter time still ranks him in South Dakota’s top 10 times run by a high school runner. He still holds the state record in the 3 mile run and was ranked 3rd in the nation that year for high school boys.
After being heavily recruited by schools all over the nation, Loren chose to stay near to home and attend Northern State University in Aberdeen, SD. He would set many school records in races between the mile and the 6 mile runs. Loren was inducted into the
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He started his teaching career in Britton, SD where he also coached
cross country. Following that time, he went to Gettysburg, SD to teach. While he was working on his graduate degree, he met Bobbie at Northern State University. They were united in marriage on August 9th, 1980 in Herreid, SD. They lived in Lead, SD where he was hired by River Park to be the rst high school drug/alcohol counselor hired by a school district in South Dakota. He also served as the girls’ varsity basketball and track coach for the Lead Golddiggers. While in Lead, Loren welcomed his two children, Lora and Marshall, into the world.
Soon the family would move to Rapid City, SD where Loren would serve as the executive director of River Park working with recovering drug and alcohol clients. Later he returned to teaching elementary physical education. Throughout his teaching career in Rapid City he taught at Valley View, Canyon Lake, Gar eld, South Canyon, and Mead- owbrook. He began elementary running clubs at his schools and the Rapid City Elementary Cross Country Meet program that introduced the sport he loved to the youth of Rapid City. He continued his passion for coaching cross country at Rapid City Central (2006-2011). In 2017 Loren retired from 30 years of teaching and coaching.
Loren loved to be active. He could frequently be seen throughout town riding his bike on the bike path with Bobbie. He was very proud
of his children as they grew up. Frequently, he would boast about Lora’s career successes to nearly everyone he knew. He loved to attend events that Marshall coached and many of his athletes would get to know Loren through his encouragement. Loren and Bobbie loved to babysit for a neighborhood family. Libby, Malachi, and Noah brought joy to them and were a steady presence in their lives.
Lorenissurvivedbyhiswife,BobbieKamb- estad of Rapid City, SD; his children Lora (Trin- ity Bernard, ance) Kambestad and Marshall Kambestad of Rapid City, SD; his older brother Ron Kambestad of Hudsonville, Michigan; his younger sister Julie (Gene) Brownell of Aber- deen, SD., as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
Lorenwasprecededindeathbyhisparents, MiltonandRuby;threebrothersDennis,Dallas, andDaryl;sister,Joy(Loren)Heim;brother- in-lawLarryMetz;sister-in-lawSandyRossow; and in-laws Jerome and Arlouene Rossow.
His funeral was held Tuesday January 23, 2018 at South Canyon Baptist Church.
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