South Dakota Obituaries online lists obituary collections and death notices from libraries, newspaper publishers, transcribed collections, and others with published information related to the death of an individual such as:

• • Name of the deceased person

  • Age of deceased person at the time of death

  • Birth date and place

  • Death date and place

  • Names of parents, spouse, and/or relatives

  • Residence of the deceased person

  • Biographical information such as occupation, religion, social activities

  • Name of the newspaper and the date and place of publication

  • Mortuary or undertaker or funeral home

This is a preliminary listing

Also see:

South Dakota Birth, Marriage, and Death Records online

South Dakota Substitute Birth, Marriage, and Death Records online

South Dakota Funeral Home Records online

TIP – Login with your free FamilySearch account to unlock some collections — see other tips for opening FS resources.

KEY to collections

• FS=FamilySearch FREE but login with your free account to access
• AA$ – American Ancestors – fee site
• Anc$ – Ancestry – fee site
• Arc$ – Archives – fee site
• MH$ – MyHeritage – fee site
• N$ – Newspapers.com – fee site
• NA$ – NewspaperArchive.com – fee site
• NAb$ – Newspaper Abstracts.com – fee site
• NB$ – NewsBank – fee site
• OA$ – ObitsArchives.com – fee site (free index)
• AA – Advantage Archives
• AG – AfriGeneas
• CO – CurrentObituary.com
• GB – GenealogyBuff.com
• GBk – GenealogyBank
• GL – GenLookups.com
• GTHG – Genealogy Trails History Group
• IA – Internet Archive
• SDGW – SDGenWeb
• SDGWA – SDGenWeb Archives
• L – Legacy.com
• OC – ObitCity.com
• OH – Obituaries Help
• RW – RootsWeb

South Dakota obituaries online at the federal level

US – Obituaries – HeritageHub collection of obituaries and death notices all 50 states, 1704-present, at NB$

US – Obituaries – Current Obituaries, at CO

US – Obituaries – United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011, index links to images, at FS

US – Obituaries – United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014, index & images, at FS

US – Obituaries – Obituary Daily Times Searchable Index, at RW

US – Obituaries – United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012, index & images, at FS

US – Obituaries – Currentobituary.com index, 2001-2014, index links to images, at FS

US – Obituaries – Tributes.com, MH$

US – Obituaries – United States Obituary Notices, at FMP$

US – Obituaries – U.S., American Historical Society of Germans from Russia Obituaries, 1899-2012, at Anc$

US – Obituaries – U.S., Selected Jewish Obituaries, 1948-2002, at Anc$

US – Obituaries – U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, at Anc$

US – Obituaries – U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-current, at Anc$

US – Obituaries – Web: Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-2016, at Anc$

US – Obituaries – The United Methodist Church Annual Conference Journal Memoirs Index, at GCAH

US – Current Obituaries – Online Obituaries, at Arc$

State level South Dakota Obituaries online

South Dakota – Obituaries – South Dakota USGenWeb Archives Obituary Project, at USGWA

South Dakota – Obituaries – African-American Cemeteries and Obituaries, at BC

South Dakota – Obituaries – South Dakota Obituary Search, at OA$

South Dakota – Obituaries – South Dakota Obituaries, at OC

South Dakota – Obituaries – South Dakota Obituary and Death Notice Archive, at GL

South Dakota – Obituaries – South Dakota Obituaries 2000-present, at L

South Dakota – Obituaries – Genealogy Bank Obituaries, at GBk

South Dakota – Obituaries – South Dakota Obituaries, at GB

South Dakota – Current Obituaries – South Dakota Obituaries at Funeral.com

South Dakota – Newspapers – South Dakota Newspapers, at Anc$ 

South Dakota – Newspapers – Newspaper Abstracts South Dakota, at NAb$

South Dakota – Newspapers – NewspaperArchive, at NA$

County level South Dakota Obituaries online

Abbeville County – Newspaper Extracts – Abbeville County Obituaries online, at SCGW

Abbeville County – Obituaries – Abbeville County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Abbeville County – Obituaries – Abbeville County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Aiken County – Obituaries – Aiken County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Aiken County – Obituaries – Aiken County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Aiken County – Obituaries – Aiken County Obituaries online, at SCGW

Allendale County – Obituaries – Allendale County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Anderson County – Obituaries – Anderson County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Anderson County – Obituaries – Anderson County Local Obituary Index, at ACLS

Anderson County – Obituaries – Anderson County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Aurora County – Obituaries – Aurora County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Bamberg County – Obituaries – Bamberg County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Barnwell County – Obituaries – Barnwell County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Barnwell County – Obituaries – Barnwell County Obituaries online, at SCGW

Beadle County – Obituaries – Beadle County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Beaufort County – Obituaries – Beaufort County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Beaufort County – Obituaries – Beaufort County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Beaufort County – Obituaries – Beaufort County Online Obituary Index, at BCL

Bennett County – Obituaries – Bennett County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Berkeley County – Obituaries – Berkeley County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Berkeley County – Obituaries – Berkeley County Obituaries online, at SCGW

Bon Homme County – Obituaries – Bon Homme County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Bon Homme County – Obituaries – Bon Homme County Obituaries online, at SDGW

Brookings County – Obituaries – Brookings County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Brookings County – Obituaries – Brookings County Obituaries online, at SDGW

Brown County – Obituaries – Brown County Obituaries online, at SDGWA

Brown County – Obituaries – Brown County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Brown County – Obituaries – Brown County Obituaries online, at SDGW

Brule County – Obituaries – Brule County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Brule County – Obituaries – Brule County Obituaries online, at SDGW

Brule County – Obituaries – Brule County Obituaries online, at SDGWA

Buffalo County – Obituaries – Buffalo County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Butte County – Obituaries – Butte County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Calhoun County – Obituaries – Calhoun County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Calhoun County – Obituaries – Calhoun County Obituaries online, at SCGW

Campbell County – Obituaries – Campbell County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Charles Mix County – Obituaries – Charles Mix County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Charleston County – Obituaries – Charleston County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Charleston County – Obituaries – Charleston County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Charleston County – Obituaries – Death Notices in the South Carolina Gazette, 1732-1775, at FS

Charleston County – Obituaries – Death Notices in the South Carolina Gazette, 1732-1775, at FS

Charleston County – Obituaries – Death Notices, Mostly from Charleston Newspapers, from Elzas Papers, at FS

Charleston County – Obituaries – Charleston County Obituaries online, at SCGW

Cherokee County – Obituaries – Cherokee County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Cherokee County – Obituaries – Gaffney Ledger Obituary Index, 2000-present, at L

Cherokee County – Obituaries – Spartanburg Herald-Journal Obituary Index, at L

Chester County – Obituaries – Chester County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Chester County – Obituaries – Chester County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Chesterfield County – Obituaries – Chesterfield County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Chesterfield County – Obituaries – Chesterfield County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Chesterfield County – Obituaries – Chesterfield Obituary Archives, at CDCSCGS

Chesterfield County – Obituaries – Chesterfield County Obituaries online, at SCGW

Clarendon County – Obituaries – Clarendon County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Clarendon County – Obituaries – Clarendon County Obituaries online, at SCGW

Clark County – Obituaries – Clark County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Clay County – Obituaries – Clay County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Clay County – Obituaries – Clay County Obituaries online, at SDGW

Clay County – Obituaries – Clay County Obituaries online, at SDGWA

Codington County – Obituaries – Codington County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Codington County – Obituaries – Codington County Obituaries online, at SDGW

Colleton County – Obituaries – Colleton County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Colleton County – Obituaries – The Press and Standard Newspaper Obituaries, ca. 1873-2019, at CGS

Corson County – Obituaries – Corson County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Custer County – Obituaries – Custer County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Darlington County – Obituaries – Darlington County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Darlington County – Obituaries – Darlington County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Davison County – Obituaries – Davison County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Day County – Obituaries – Day County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Day County – Obituaries – Day County Obituaries online, at SDGW

Deuel County – Obituaries – Deuel County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Dewey County – Obituaries – Dewey County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Dillon County – Obituaries – Dillon County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Dillon County – Obituaries – Dillon County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Dillon County – Obituaries – Dillon Herald Obituaries Index 1931-2011, HLC

Dillon County – Obituaries – Dillon County SC Obituaries & Death Notices, SCHG

Dillon County – Obituaries – Dillon County Obituaries online, at SCGW

Dorchester County – Obituaries – Dorchester County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Dorchester County – Obituaries – Dorchester County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Douglas County – Obituaries – Douglas County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Edgefield County – Obituaries – Edgefield County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Edgefield County – Obituaries – Edgefield County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Edgefield County – Obituaries – Edgefield County Obituaries online, at SCGW

Edmunds County – Obituaries – Edmunds County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Edmunds County – Obituaries – Edmunds County Obituaries online, at SDGWA

Fairfield County – Obituaries – Fairfield County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Fairfield County – Obituaries – Fairfield County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Fall River County – Obituaries – Fall River County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Fall River County – Obituaries – Fall River County Obituaries online, at SDGW

Faulk County – Obituaries – Faulk County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Florence County – Obituaries – Florence County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Florence County – Obituaries – Florence County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Florence County – Vital Records – Florence County Obituaries online, at SCGW

Georgetown County – Obituaries – Georgetown County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Georgetown County – Obituaries – Georgetown County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Georgetown County – Obituaries – Georgetown County Obituaries online, at SCGW

Grant County – Obituaries – Grant County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Greenville County – Obituaries – Greenville County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Greenville County – Obituaries – Greenville County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Greenville County – Obituaries – Obituary Index for Greenwood SC Newspapers, at GCL

Greenville County – Obituaries – Greenville County Library System Obituary Index, at GCLS

Greenwood County – Obituaries – Greenwood County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Greenwood County – Obituaries – Greenwood County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Greenwood County – Obituaries – Greenwood County Obituaries online, at SCGW

Gregory County – Obituaries – Gregory County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Gregory County – Obituaries – Gregory County Obituaries online, at SDGW

Haakon County – Obituaries – Haakon County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Hamlin County – Obituaries – Hamlin County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Hampton County – Obituaries – Hampton County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Hand County – Obituaries – Hand County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Hanson County – Obituaries – Hanson County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Hanson County – Obituaries – Hanson County Obituaries online, at SDGWA

Harding County – Obituaries – Harding County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Horry County – Obituaries – Horry County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Horry County – Obituaries – Horry County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Hughes County – Obituaries – Hughes County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Hughes County – Obituaries – Hughes County Obituaries online, at SDGW

Hutchinson County – Obituaries – Hutchinson County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Hutchinson County – Obituaries – Hutchinson County Obituaries online, at SDGWA

Hyde County – Obituaries – Hyde County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Jackson County – Obituaries – Jackson County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Jackson County – Obituaries – Jackson County Obituaries online, at SDGW

Jasper County – Obituaries – Jasper County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Jerauld County – Obituaries – Jerauld County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Jerauld County – Obituaries – Jerauld County Obituaries online, at SDGWA

Jones County – Obituaries – Jones County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Kershaw County – Obituaries – Kershaw County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Kershaw County – Obituaries – Kershaw County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Kershaw County – Obituaries – Marriages and Death Notices Abstracted from Newspapers Published in Camden, South Carolina, 1822-1842, at FS

Kingsbury County – Obituaries – Kingsbury County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Lake County – Obituaries – Lake County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Lake County – Obituaries – Lake County Obituaries online, at SDGW

Lancaster County – Obituaries – Lancaster County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Lancaster County – Obituaries – Lancaster County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Lancaster County – Obituaries – Lancaster County Obituaries online, at SCGW

Laurens County – Obituaries – Laurens County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Lawrence County – Obituaries – Lawrence County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Lawrence County – Obituaries – Lawrence County Obituaries online, at SDGW

Lee County – Obituaries – Lee County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Lee County – Obituaries – Lee County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Lexington County – Obituaries – Lexington County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Lexington County – Obituaries – Lexington County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Lexington County – Obituaries – Lexington County Obituary Index, LCPL

Lexington County – Obituaries – Lexington County Obituaries online, at SCGW

Lincoln County – Obituaries – Lincoln County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Lincoln County – Obituaries – Lincoln County Obituaries online, at SDGW

Lyman County – Obituaries – Lyman County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Lyman County – Obituaries – Lyman County Obituaries online, at SDGW

Marion County – Obituaries – Marion County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Marion County – Obituaries – Marion County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Marion County – Obituaries – Marion County SC Obituaries & Death Notices, SCHG

Marion County – Obituaries – Marion County Obituaries online, at SCGW

Marlboro County – Obituaries – Marlboro County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Marlboro County – Obituaries – Marlboro County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Marlboro County – Obituaries – Marlboro County SC Obituaries, SCHG

Marshall County – Obituaries – Marshall County Obituaries online, at GTHG

McCook County – Obituaries – McCook County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Mccormick County – Obituaries – Mccormick County Obituaries online, at GTHG

McCormick County – Obituaries – McCormick County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

McPherson County – Obituaries – McPherson County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Meade County – Obituaries – Meade County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Meade County – Obituaries – Meade County Obituaries online, at SDGW

Mellette County – Obituaries – Mellette County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Mellette County – Obituaries – Mellette County Obituaries online, at SDGWA

Miner County – Obituaries – Miner County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Minnehaha County – Obituaries – Minnehaha County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Minnehaha County – Obituaries – Minnehaha County Obituaries online, at SDGW

Minnehaha County – Obituaries – Minnehaha County Obituaries online, at SDGWA

Moody County – Obituaries – Moody County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Moody County – Obituaries – Moody County Obituaries online, at SDGW

Newberry County – Obituaries – Newberry County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Newberry County – Obituaries – Newberry County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Oconee County – Obituaries – Oconee County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Oconee County – Obituaries – Oconee County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Oglala Lakota County – Obituaries – Oglala Lakota County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Orangeburg County – Obituaries – Orangeburg County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Orangeburg County – Obituaries – Orangeburg County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Pennington County – Obituaries – Pennington County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Pennington County – Obituaries – Pennington County Obituaries online, at SDGW

Pennington County – Obituaries – Pennington County Obituaries online, at SDGWA

Pennington County – Obituaries – Obituaries in Rapid City (S.D.) Daily Journal, 1975-1998, at FS

Perkins County – Obituaries – Perkins County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Pickens County – Obituaries – Pickens County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Pickens County – Obituaries – Pickens County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Potter County – Obituaries – Potter County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Richland County – Obituaries – Richland Library Obituary Index, at RL

Richland County – Obituaries – Richland County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Richland County – Obituaries – Richland County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Richland County – Obituaries – World War I Obituary Set, at RCPL

Roberts County – Obituaries – Roberts County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Saluda County – Obituaries – Saluda County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Saluda County – Obituaries – Saluda County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Sanborn County – Obituaries – Sanborn County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Sanborn County – Obituaries – Sanborn County Obituaries online, at SDGW

Shannon County – Obituaries – Shannon County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Spartanburg County – Obituaries – Spartanburg County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Spartanburg County – Obituaries – Spartanburg County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Spartanburg County – Obituaries – Death and Obituary Notice Search, at SCPL

Spartanburg County – Obituaries – Spartanburg County Obituaries online, at SCGW

Spink County – Obituaries – Spink County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Stanley County – Obituaries – Stanley County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Sully County – Obituaries – Sully County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Sully County – Obituaries – Sully County Obituaries online, at SDGWA

Sumter County – Obituaries – Sumter County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Sumter County – Obituaries – Sumter County Obituaries online, at SCGW

Todd County – Obituaries – Todd County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Tripp County – Obituaries – Tripp County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Turner County – Obituaries – Turner County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Turner County – Obituaries – Turner County Obituaries online, at SDGW

Turner County – Obituaries – Turner County Obituaries online, at SDGWA

Union County – Newspapers – Digital Archives of the Beresford Library, at AA (obituary search capabiity)

Union County – Obituaries – Union County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Union County – Obituaries – Union County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Union County – Obituaries – Union County Obituaries online, at SDGWA

Union County – Obituaries – Union County Obituaries online, at SCGW

Union County – Obituaries – Union County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Walworth County – Obituaries – Walworth County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Walworth County – Obituaries – Walworth County Obituaries online, at SDGW

Williamsburg County – Obituaries – Williamsburg County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Williamsburg County – Obituaries – Williamsburg County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

Yankton County – Obituaries – Yankton County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Yankton County – Obituaries – Yankton County Obituaries online, at SDGW

York County – Death Notices – York County Death Notices online, at SCGW

York County – Obituaries – York County Obituaries online, at GTHG

York County – Obituaries – York County Obituaries online, at SCGWA

York County – Obituaries – The News and Obituary Index, at YCL

Ziebach County – Obituaries – Ziebach County Obituaries online, at GTHG

Ziebach County – Obituaries – Ziebach County Obituaries online, at SDGW

City level South Dakota Obituaries online

Beresford – Newspapers – Digital Archives of the Beresford Library, at AA (obituary search capabiity)

Rapid City – Obituaries – Births and Deaths in Rapid City Daily Journal, 1975-1980, 1991, at FS

Rapid City – Obituaries – Obituaries in Rapid City (S.D.) Daily Journal, 1975-1998, at FS

Rapid City – Obituaries – Obituaries in Rapid City (S.D.) Daily Journal, 1975-1998, at FS

Sioux Falls – Obituaries – Obituary Card Files of Sioux Valley Genealogical Society, at FS