South Dakota Funeral Home Records online may include funeral home or mortuary records, funeral programs, burial insurance records and more. These records contain information related to death and burial such as:

• name of the deceased

• death certificate

• death date and place

• burial date and place

• birth date and place

• copy of the obituary

• name of informant (often a relative)

• residence of deceased

• list of surviving relatives

• residences of relatives

• funeral program including speakers and pall bearers

• biographical information for the deceased

• burial insurance

Also see:

South Dakota Birth, Marriage, and Death Records online

South Dakota Substitute Birth, Marriage, and Death Records online

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South Dakota Funeral Home Records online at the federal level

US – Mortuary Records – United States, Panama Canal Zone, Index to the Gorgas Hospital Mortuary Registers, 1906-1991, index, at FS

US – Funeral Homes – U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-Current, at Anc$

South Dakota Funeral Home Records online at the state level

South Dakota – Church Records – Miscellaneous church and cemetery records of South Dakata, at FS

South Dakota Funeral Home Records online at the county level

Fall River County – Vital Records – South Dakota, Fall River County, Mortuary Records, 1892-1934, at FS

Lawrence County – Funeral Homes – Mortuary Records of Lead, South Dakota, 1880-1953, at FS

Pennington County – Cemeteries – South Dakota, Pennington County, Funeral Registers, 1886–1971, at FS

South Dakota Funeral Home Records online at the city level

Armour – Funeral Homes – Koehn Brothers Funeral Home Obituaries, at KBFH

Hot Springs – Funeral Homes – Evergreen Funeral Home Records, at RCSGR

Lake Andes – Funeral Homes – Koehn Brothers Funeral Home Obituaries, at KBFH

Lead – Funeral Homes – Mortuary Records of Lead, South Dakota, 1880-1953, R. Smith Mortuary (Lead, South Dakota), at FS

Mitchell – Church Records – Miscellaneous church and cemetery records of South Dakata, at FS (Noble Funeral Home), at FS

Mt Vernon – Church Records – Miscellaneous church and cemetery records of South Dakata, at FS (Caldwel Funeral Home), at FS

Parkston – Funeral Homes – Koehn Brothers Funeral Home Obituaries, at KBFH

Rapid City – Funeral Homes – Index to the Behren’s Mortuary Records, 1879-1971, at FS

Rapid City – Funeral Homes – Behrens Mortuary Records, at RCSGR

Rapid City – Funeral Homes – Heritage Funerals Obituaries, at HF

Stickney – Funeral Homes – Koehn Brothers Funeral Home Obituaries, at KBFH

Wall – Funeral Homes – Galbraith Mortuary Records, at RCSGR