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Richard Joseph “Dick Gike” Gaikowski

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Birth	:	14 Mar 1936 Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota, USA
Death	:	30 Apr 2004 San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Burial	:	Saint Ottos Cemetery, Webster, Day County, USA
Coordinate	:	45.3074989, -97.5188980
Plot	:	Sec 14 Row E
Description	:	Richard is buried by his parents in St Otto's Cemetery - now the Catholic part of Webster Cemetery. Richard Gaikowski, who left his tiny South Dakota town to see the world and ultimately found that world in the eclectic stew of San Francisco's psychedelic era as a writer and filmmaker, died Friday in San Francisco. Mr. Gaikowski was born in Watertown, S.D., and raised in Webster, S.D. He graduated from Webster High School in 1954, spent a year at Northern State College (now Northern State University) in Aberdeen, S.D., then was drafted. His two years in the Army, largely spent as a... Read More	Richard is buried by his parents in St Otto's Cemetery - now the Catholic part of Webster Cemetery. Richard Gaikowski, who left his tiny South Dakota town to see the world and ultimately found that world in the eclectic stew of San Francisco's psychedelic era as a writer and filmmaker, died Friday in San Francisco. Mr. Gaikowski was born in Watertown, S.D., and raised in Webster, S.D. He graduated from Webster High School in 1954, spent a year at Northern State College (now Northern State University) in Aberdeen, S.D., then was drafted. His two years in the Army, largely spent as a medic, opened his eyes to the possibilities of the world outside South Dakota. After the Army, he finished up at Northern State, did a brief stint as a press aide to then-Gov. Ralph Herseth and lit out for the east. He fetched up at the (now defunct) Albany Knickerbocker-News, in upstate New York, where Fred LeBrun, now a columnist for the Albany Times-Union, remembers Mr. Gaikowski for "a series he did here on migrant workers. He spent about three weeks as a migrant worker -- this was the age of the actuality reporter -- and he wrote a terrific, warm series. "He was very much of an activist journalist," LeBrun said. "He was moved by all the issues of the time -- the Vietnam War, Kent State (University, where the National Guard killed four student protesters), the freedom rides, workers' rights." But he left the paper in 1970 and moved to the Bay Area, stopping first at the Martinez newspaper, then moving to San Francisco and joining the thriving life in the Haight. Mr. Gaikowski and the late Robert Evans took over a Mission district porno movie theater called the Roxie and converted it into an emporium for art films and independent movies. Mr. Gaikowski also formed One Way Films, a distribution company for independent films. In the late 1970s, Mr. Gaikowski made his big film, "Deaf Punk," described in a 1981 Chronicle review of new wave films as "an enigmatic joining of a band called the Offs and their audience at the S.F. Deaf Club." Mr. Gaikowski is survived by three sisters, Marian Zollar and Therese Boik, both of Webster, S.D.; and Lorraine Lesnar, of Millbank, S.D.; and a brother, Larry Gaikowski, of Peoria, Ariz.In 1976, A celebration of Mr. Gaikowski's life will take place at 1 p.m. May 29 at 1035 Guerrero St., San Francisco. This article appeared on page B - 7 of the San Francisco Chronicle ∼San Francisco writer/journalist, and filmmaker SP3 US ARMY.

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Richard Joseph “Dick Gike” Gaikowski's memorial is located at: Saint Ottos Cemetery, Webster, Day County, USA.
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Richard Joseph “Dick Gike” Gaikowski death on 30 Apr 2004 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
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Latitude: 45.3074989
Longitude: -97.5188980

Family Members:

Parent

Frank Peter Gaikowski

(1900 - 1997)

Esther Margaret Jutting Gaikowski

(1907 - 2002)

Siblings

Pauline Eva Gaikowski Sass

(1927 - 2001)

Donald F Gaikowski

(1928 - 2003)

Marian Esther Gaikowski Zollar

(1930 - 2010)

Therese Leone Gaikowski Boik

(1932 - 2020)

Lorraine Rita Gaikowski Lesnar

(1934 - 2014)

Roger C Gaikowski

(1941 - 1986)

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1. Saint Ottos Cemetery
Webster, Day County, USA
Coordinate: 45.3074989, -97.5188980

2. Webster Cemetery
Webster, Day County, USA
Coordinate: 45.3107986, -97.5183029

3. Zoar Lutheran Rusk Cemetery
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4. Old Saint Ottos Cemetery
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5. Ebenezer Cemetery
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6. Salem Cemetery
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7. New Sweden Cemetery
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Coordinate: 45.3849983, -97.6530991

8. Hosanger Cemetery
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Coordinate: 45.1761017, -97.5342026

9. Wheatland Cemetery
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Coordinate: 45.1875000, -97.4319000

10. Lakewood Cemetery
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Coordinate: 45.3278008, -97.3257980

11. Waubay City Cemetery
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12. Prairie Mound Cemetery
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13. Old Zion Cemetery
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Coordinate: 45.3391991, -97.3199997

14. Tabor Lutheran Church Cemetery
Webster, Day County, USA
Coordinate: 45.4423570, -97.6063590

15. Highland Cemetery
Day County, USA
Coordinate: 45.1624985, -97.5746994

16. Saint Josephs Cemetery
Lily, Day County, USA
Coordinate: 45.2010994, -97.6782990

17. Egeland Cemetery
Waubay, Day County, USA
Coordinate: 45.2005500, -97.3523600

18. Hillside Cemetery
Lily, Day County, USA
Coordinate: 45.1814003, -97.6680984

19. Bristol Cemetery
Bristol, Day County, USA
Coordinate: 45.3406160, -97.7481940

20. Saint Pauli Cemetery
Wallace, Codington County, USA
Coordinate: 45.1444700, -97.4733420

21. Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Cemetery
Waubay, Day County, USA
Coordinate: 45.3264440, -97.2735710

22. Lindaas Cemetery
Day County, USA
Coordinate: 45.1786000, -97.3406000

23. Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery
Grenville, Day County, USA
Coordinate: 45.4646310, -97.3856450

24. Roslyn Lutheran Cemetery
Roslyn, Day County, USA
Coordinate: 45.4880981, -97.4689026