Auch; Mayer; Neth

              OBITUARY
Robert "Bobby" Auch
Robert "Bobby" Auch, age 83, of
Lesterville, S.D., passed away at his
home Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016. The
funeral service was at 10:30 a.m.,
Monday, Feb. 29, at Zion Reformed
Church in Menno, S.D., with Rev.
Travis Grassmid officiating. Burial
was in the Menno Cemetery, Menno,
with military graveside rites by Ra-mes-
Bender American Legion Post
152 Honor Guard, Menno, and the
SDARNG Honor Guard, Sioux Falls,
S.D. Visitation was from 4-7 p.m.,
Sunday, Feb. 28, at Zion Reformed
Church in Menno with the family pres-ent
from 5-7 p.m. and a 7 p.m. prayer
service, and resumed one hour prior to
the service at the church. Pallbearers
were Brad Schaeffer, Daniel Schaeffer,
Luke Schaeffer, Zachary Auch, Terry
Auch, Wesley Schaeffer and Marcus
and Crystal Snearley. Honorary pall-bearers
were all his great-grandchil-dren
and nieces and nephews. Online
condolences may be sent to www.
opsahl-kostelfuneralhome .com .
Robert Emamjel- Auch wa
Oct. 17, 1932, to Emanuel and Salami-na
(Schoppert) Auch in rural Freeman,
S.D. He was baptized Dec. 26, 1932,
at Johannesthal Reform Church, rural
Freeman, by William Huenemann.
He attended Wolf Creek rural coun-ty
school where his education began
with teaching him to speak English as
only German was spoken at home.
Robert professed his faith with con-firmation
June 29, 1947 by Rev. Wil-liam
Korn at Kassel Reform Church,
rural Menno.
On April 1 , 1953, Robert was draft-ed
into the United States Army at Fort
Leonard Wood, Mo., with the 3rd Pit
Co A - 6th Quartermaster Bn - 6th
Armed Division. After completion of
basic training, he was transferred to
Fort Ord, Calif., for two weeks then
to Presidio, San Francisco, Calif. On
May 1, 1954, the 537th Engineer CO
was then transferred via ship to King
Salmon, Alaska. He was honorably
discharged April 5,1955, as a corporal
and returned home to South Dakota.
On March 21,1954, he married the
love of his life, Alvina Schaeffer at Sa-ron
Reformed Church, rural Menno.
After his marriage, their lifelong occu-pation
was farming beginning on his
father's farm north of Menno and later
moving to the current farm by Lester-ville.
He retired from farming in 2010
when his grandson took over in 2010.
Bob was an avid outdoorsman who
loved fishing and hunting. His love of
nature was evident with his creation of
a habitat and fishing pond behind the
property and large areas of CRP land.
He was also affectionately known in
the community as the "watermelon
king." He was an avid baseball player
and fan.
He was a devoted member of Zion
Reformed Church of Menno. He held
offices of trustee and Sunday school
teacher and also sang in the church
choir but most of all his joy was found
through his Savior Jesus Christ.
He was a loving husband, father,
grandfather, great-grandfather, who
instilled his faith and morals in all the
lives he touched.
Thankful for his love are those
he leaves behind, his wife Alvina
of 61 years; children, Dan (Nancy)
Auch, Lesterville, Deb (Greg) Rabbe,
Northrop, Minn., Carmen (John) Sch-ramm,
Utica, S.D., Douglas (Lynette)
Auch, Lesterville; five grandchildren
who loved their grandpa, Brad (Tanya)
Schaeffer, Parker, S.D., Dan (Nicole)
Schaeffer, Olivet, S.D., Luke (Des)
ScEaeffer, Mankato, Minn., Crystal
(Marcus) Snearley, Jacksonville, N.C.,
and Zachary Auch, Lincoln, Neb.; six
great-grandchildren, Hannah, Hadley,
Austin, Madison, Corwin and Isaac;
and brother Ed Auch of Menno.
He was preceded in death by his
parents, brothers: Ervin, Harold, Rich-ard,
Arnold and Eugene, and sisters:
Ruth, Esther and Ella.
Memorials may be directed to Hei-delberg
Theological Seminary, 7301
S. Louise Avenue, Sioux Falls, SD
57108.
OBITUARY
Steven John Neth
Steven John Neth of Scotland, S.D.,
unexpectedly passed away Monday,
Feb. 22, 2016, at Landmann-Jungman
Memorial Hospital in Scotland having
attained the age of 63 years, six months
and 25 days. Visitation was held
Thursday, Feb. 25, at the Goglin Fu-neral
Home in Scotland from 3-7 p.m.,
with the family present from 5-7 p.m.,
and a prayer service that evening at 7
p.m. The funeral service was at 10:30
a.m., Friday, Feb. 26, at the United
Church of Christ in Scotland with Rev.
Ron Shifley officiating. Burial fol-lowed
in the Ebenezer Cemetery, rural
Scotland, with military graveside rites.
Funeral arrangements were handled
by Goglin Funeral Home of Scotland.
Online condolences may be sent to
w ww.goglinfh .com.
Steven John Neth was born July 28,
1952, to Elmer and Dorothy (Mogck)
Neth in Parkston, S.D. In 1966 Steve
was confirmed in the Christian faith.
He early-enlisted in the U.S. Army
National Guard and actively served
in the Springfield Unit. On April 8,
1972, Steve was united in marriage to
Sharon Breaw at the United Church of
Christ in Scotland.
From the time he was young on the
family farm to the years he shared with
his wife on their own homestead, Steve
was a hard-worker who lived an agri-cultural,
outdoorsmen life-style. He
farmed numerous crops and for over
20 years raised and milked Holstein
dairy cattle. Throughout the years he
also worked as a road maintainer for
Zeeb Construction Co. and other lo-cal
construction companies. When he
wasn't working he was hunting with
his sons and grandsons, optimistically
fishing on his pontoon boat, camping
with his family and friends on his bluff
lot in Springfield, spending time with
his grandchildren and watching their
activities or taking a joy ride in his
prized automobiles or motorcycles.
Steve loved motorcycles, especially
his '03 Harley-Davidson Anniver-sary
Model. He and the motorcycle
visited many locations over the years
such as Rapid City, Yellowstone, Min-nesota,
Kool Deadwood Nites and '
more. When the crops were in and the
weather warm, he would also bring out ,
his treasured '61 Impala bubble top. I
These drives and time together were
a joy and a love that Steve happily
shared with his wife throughout their
marriage.
He is loved, remembered and sur- c
vived by his wife of 43 years Sha-ron
Neth of Scotland; daughter Tina ,
(Terry) Rueb of Yankton and their
children: Trevor, Tristan, Taylor and
great-granddaughter Paisley; son Kev-in
(Holly) Neth of Scotland and their
children: Tyler, Steven and Trey; son
Craig (Kristal) Neth of Sioux Falls and
their children: Braden, Bryantt, Breaw
and Brody; brothers Mike (Sandy)
Neth of Yankton and Roger (Robin)
Neth of Scotland; his parents; and
mother-in-law La Verne Breaw.
He was preceded in death by his
grandparents and father-in-law Mer-ton
Breaw.
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Altha Esther Mayer
Altha Esther (Semmler) Mayer
was born March 29, 1922, in Douglas
County, Delmont, S.D., to Gustave
and Marie Semmler. She was baptized
April 24, 1922, at home by Rev. Fred
Mayer and was confirmed June 14,
1936, by Rev. H. Pirner at Emmanuel
Lutheran Church of rural Delmont.
She passed away Feb. 23, 2016. The
funeral service was held Friday, Feb.
26, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Free-man,
S.D., with Rev. David W. El-lis
officiating. Organist was Marlene
Pidde. Pallbearers were Doug Kokesh
Sr., Doug Kokesh Jr., Dan Kokesh,
Doug Baumiller, Brad Baumiller and
Damian Janssen Jr. Interment was in
the Freeman City Cemetery. Walter
Funeral Home was in charge of ar-rangements.
She attended country school
through eighth grade. Altha was
united in marriage to Gerhardt Emil
Mayer from Clayton, S.D., Nov. 26,
1944, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church
by Rev. F. Edward Pietz. They lived
on a farm southeast of Parkston, S.D.,
for 42 years until retiring in Freeman,
S.D., in 1984. They were members of
Unity Lutheran Church of rural Free-man
where she was active with teach-ing
Sunday school from nursery age of
the confirmation class. She also led the
singing for the children, participated in
the Ladies Aide and sang in the church
choir.
Altha enjoyed gardening, canning,
sewing and any type of fancy work like
making corsages for anniversaries. She
also liked to bake and decorate cakes
for family occasions. Altha is survived
by her daughter Betty Hladky, grand-daughter
Kimberly Mayer and several
great-grandchildren.
Preceding her in death are her par-ents,
husband, son Jimmie Mayer,
grandchild Michael Hladky and sister
Leota Schultz.