Estate Management & Trust Administration
Our professionals can help you preserve and grow your assets.
Are not FDIC insured | Are not deposits | May lose value |
Secure your family’s financial future and leave a lasting legacy.
Why BankWest Estate Planning?
Estate planning ensures that your directives, paperwork and legal documents are all in place the way you choose. BankWest’s Trust team will meet with you and your other advisors (attorneys, accountants, insurance representatives and family members) to design an estate plan that fulfills your wishes.
Estate planning can be useful to anyone with asset transfer needs, especially if you:
- Own a farm or ranch
- Own your own business
- Have ownership interest in a business or investment property
- Have a child or loved one with a disability or ongoing special needs
- Have remarried – especially if you have children from more than one marriage
Your estate plan could:
- Distribute assets according to your wishes
- Keep a family business or property in the family
- Leverage tax benefits
- Protect your heirs from emotional and financial distress
- Determine who will manage your assets
- Preserve the value of your estate
- Determine how your assets are managed if you become incapacitate
- Provide guidance to your heirs or future business managers
Bankwest delivers estate planning services backed by experience and based upon proven principles. See our Estate Planning Action Plan.
Why BankWest Trust Services?
Trust services help you achieve financial security and peace of mind. This can be achieved through such services as investment or property management, access to tax benefits, retirement planning, estate administration, succession planning, charitable giving, providing for the needs of a family member or another type of professional financial service.
To preserve your assets and earnings, a trust can help:
- Protect and manage assets
- Minimize taxes and paperwork
- Maintain financial records
- Manage day-to-day financial matters
- Establish a business succession plan
When you transfer your assets, a trust can help:
- Distribute assets according to your wishes
- Protect assets from excessive tax exposure
- Protect your heirs from emotional distress
- Provide a plan for debt retirement
- Assist you in supporting a designated charity
Our Estate and Trust Team
Our experienced team of estate and trust planning professionals can administer services for a wide range of clients.

Lori Burmeister
333 Omaha St. Ste. 5
Rapid City, SD 57701
605-399-4133 or 855-288-9311

Ty Kinneberg CTFA™ AFIM®
1920 N. Sanborn Blvd.
PO Box 220
Mitchell, SD 57301
605-945-3896 or 800-671-0053

Richard Platt CTFA™
1920 N. Sanborn Blvd.
PO Box 220
Mitchell, SD 57301
605-995-4664 or 800-671-0053
Disclosures
*Investment products are:
NOT FDIC INSURED • NOT INSURED BY ANY FEDERAL AGENCY • NOT GUARANTEED BY THE BANK • MAY LOSE VALUE