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Gary Tansill

1944 - 07/19/2025

BORN

1944

DIED

07/19/2025

FUNERAL HOME

Behrens-Wilson Funeral Home

632 St. Francis Street

Rapid City, South Dakota

Gary Tansill Obituary

Tansill, Gary

May 29, 1944 - July 19, 2025

Gary L Tansill, 81, passed away July 19, 2025, in Rapid City, S.D. A Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. July 27, 2025 at Behrens-WilsonFuneralHome. Services will be July 28, 2025, at 11 a.m. at Behrens-Wilson Funeral Home. Burial will follow at BlackHillsNationalCemetery.
Published by Rapid City Journal on Jul. 24, 2025.

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Jul

27

Visitation

5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Behrens-Wilson Funeral Home

632 Saint Francis St., Rapid City, SD 57701

Jul

28

Funeral service

11:00 a.m.

Behrens-Wilson Funeral Home

632 Saint Francis St., Rapid City, SD 57701

Jul

28

Interment

12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Black Hills National Cemetery

20901 Pleasant Valley Dr, Sturgis, SD 57785

Funeral services provided by:

Behrens-Wilson Funeral Home

632 St. Francis Street, Rapid City, SD 57701

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