Barbara Krantz, age 67, of Rapid City, SD, unfortunately passed away due to natural causes in her hometown of Rapid City. Barbara was born in Mitchell, South Dakota to Otis Eugene and Doris Richmond. She attended Rapid City Central High School for her education. She became wed to Harley Eugene Larson on February 20th, 1987 in Sturgis, South Dakota. Following Harley’s harsh loss to the battle of cancer, she later remarried to William Krantz on May 20, 2018 in Rapid City, South Dakota. She worked as a controller at SCI for 25 years. She retired from Greentree Customer Service at 62. She loved the outdoors, fishing, target shooting, sunsets, sunrises, deadwood, reading in her spare time, crafting, crocheting, painting, as well as reading the bible. Barbara is survived by her daughter, Sonya (Matt) Gibson, stepson Corey Larson, 3 brothers, Bob (Deb) Richmond, David (Rhonda) Richmond, and Allen (Ursula) Richmond, grandchildren, London Gibson and Cole O’Grady and four great grandchildren, as well as several nieces and nephews. Barbara is preceded in death by her parents, as well as her late husbands, Bill Krantz and Harley Larson.




