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A Few of Our Members Currently Searching Within South Dakota Who Chose To Be Featured
361. MerryLone : I am looking for my nephew. My brother‚ Richard Duerre and his girlfriend Bonnie Loterbauer got pregnant after they graduated from Bristol High School‚ Bristol ‚ SD‚ sometime in the summer of 1970 and she gave the baby up for adoption after giving birth. My brother died of leukemia on December 1‚ 1970 before the baby was born.
Baby boy was born about May 1971 in Aberdeen‚ SD.
362. MerryLone : Richard Duerre, father
Bonnie Loterbauer, mother
From Bristol, SD
Birthplace possibly Watertown, SD
Adoption out of Watertown or Sioux Falls SD
Birth year 1970
363. MerryLone : Searching for my nephew
His/her mother Bonnie Loterbauer, gave him/her up for adoption, because my brother Richard Duerre died of leukemia before the baby was born.
Bonnie was 18 or 19 years old.
From Day county South Dakota
Graduated from Bristol, South Dakota in 1970
365. U263934 : My father was born Sept. 28, 1950 in Austin, TX. He was white and his parents were white. There was the name of Albert Alsenz listed as his father but I think that might not be true. I am almost positive the mother was Alice Marie Lane Alsenz. Albert was born in 1911 in Brooklyn, NY and Alice in 1927 in Shandaken, NY. Both parents stated they had other children from other relationships either already adopted out or in foster care waiting for papers to be signed so they can be adopted. The only indication of where these children are is the mother said she had a child in foster care ’up east’ with the parents wanting to adopt the child which may have been a boy. The Alsenz’s lived in Austin, TX in 1950-1952 and in Kansas in 1956. The Kansas census has a Donald and a Jack Alsenz listed as being with them. I don’t think these were Alice’s children. I think they were the children of Albert and a Ruth Kniffen Alsenz Hartman Olsen now buried in New Orleans, and they were visiting with Albert and Alice, with Ruth being the person in charge of them. Let me know of any info, please, by sending a message.
366. Delonna : I was born in San Jose, CA, but I think my family moved back to South Dakota before I was adopted. I was always told that my parents were from the Rosebud Lakota Sioux reservation and that they had other children after me. Years ago, someone wrote me a letter. I wasn’t ready to talk then. I am now.
367. Delonna : I was born in San Jose, CA, but I think my family moved back to South Dakota before I was adopted. I was always told that my parents were from the Rosebud Lakota Sioux reservation and that they had other children after me. Years ago, someone wrote me a letter. I wasn’t ready to talk then. I am now.
368. KimberTSwitzer : I was born in Pennington County Rapid City‚ SD on August 14‚1973. I was flown to Highlands Adoption Agency in Kansas City‚ MO where I was adopted by my birth parents. I grew up in Springfield‚ MO and have never met my birth parents.
369. Tabby099 : Looking for brother that was born at st edward mercy medical center september 25‚1976 8 lbs 2 ounces at 10:21am. The adoption may have been finalized in another state. I have looked everywhere. Very closed adoption cannot get any information.
371. ClaudiaFernMiller : I’m looking for the biological parents or other family members of my grandmother. She was adopted as an infant or young toddler. Her birthday is documented as July 12‚ 1936. Her adoption location is believed to be Sioux Falls‚ South Dakota. Her adoptive parents’ last name is Endahl.
372. Mjduffield : My little boy was born in Mitchell South Dakota. He might have been adopted in Iowa. I was from Iowa.He weighted 3lbs 15oz when he was born. He was moved to sioux falls SD hospital. My name was Mary Jo Shaffer 1/14/1961. He was born Brett Allen Shaffer on Nov 8 1974. Catholic charities in Sioux Falls took care of the adoption. I was 13years old.
I’ve also have done DNA on ancestry also 23 and me. Waiting results
373. DestineyRoseMartinez : Looking for a sibling who is searching for me. I am Destiney Rose Martinez Fisher who was born in Iowa City Iowa. My mom is Rachel Fisher and dad is Gonzalo Martinez.
375. Angelaxr7 : My brother was born on 7/2/1976 and was taken from my mom on 7/3/1976 as part of a black-market adoption ring common during that era in San Francisco‚ CA. The baby was taken from my 14 year old mom as she was a runaway at the time. She was released from the University of California San Francisco Hospital (San Francisco County). My mom was initially allowed to see the baby (left unattended in a portable crib by her hospital bed). The next morning‚ a hospital employee informed her that her baby had died. They would not allow her to see her baby again‚ and when she asked about the burial‚ the nurse told her it was against the rules and that her child would instead be buried in mass grave. They had her sign some form resembling a "contract" that she didn’t understand. A few years ago‚ I happened to cross paths with a retired RN who happened to work in the SF area during those years with her husband who was a physician. She was quite familiar with‚ and apologetic for‚ the unfortunate practice of black-market adoptions at those hospitals‚ during that era. She was a wealth of information and informed me that we are possibly looking for a child with a birth certificate filed within a few days of 7/2/76 with the generic name "Baby Boy" on the birth certificate. The retired RN I spoke with mentioned that the hospital staff would not have filed a false death certificate for these types of situations due to the legal implications of filing a false death record.
On May 27‚ 2022 - We confirmed with the vital records office in San Francisco that there is a certificate of live birth but no death record exists for my brother which confirms he did not die in the hospital on July 3‚ 1976 and that the hospital indeed lied.
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