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Herb Schlecht was kind, gentle man


Funeral services for Herbert Schlecht, 88, of Mobridge, will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, June 12, 2015, at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mobridge.
Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home.
A prayer service will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday at Kesling Funeral Home.
Herbert passed away on June 7, 2015, at Mobridge Regional Hospital.
Herbert Adam Schlecht was born on Oct. 27, 1926, on a farm in Walworth County, nine miles southwest of Bowdle, to Adam and Emily Schlecht. He was baptized on Dec. 5, 1926, at Trinity Church (the Baer Church), 12 miles southwest of Bowdle, by Pastor F. Traub.
In 1929, he moved to Mobridge with his parents and older brother Alvin. They became members of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mobridge. He attended German Sunday School until 1938 when it was changed to English. He was confirmed at Zion by Pastor Gustav Schlegel in 1940. He attended Mobridge public schools and Northwestern Lutheran Academy.
Herb started working at Mobridge Creamery and Produce in 1943. In 1952 he started working in the West River area with a seismograph crew. He then worked at the Mobil gas station until 1961. In 1962 he started as a highway contract mail carrier and worked for 26 years until 1988 when he retired due to health concerns.
Herb and Phyllis (Clifton) Schlecht were married on June 15, 1947, at Zion Lutheran Church. They had two daughters, Janette and Karin.
Herb was preceded in death by his wife, Phyllis in 2000; sister, Lorraine in 1929; mother, Emily in 1987; father, Adam in 1990; brother, Alvin in 2012; and several sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law.
Survivors include his two daughters, Janette Nelson and Karin (Richard) Iverson; seven grandchildren, Stephanie (Daniel) Berberich, Kevin (fiancée Bev Willis) Nelson, Lisa (fiancé Jim Hanson) Nelson, Sarah Iverson, Matt (Jodi) Iverson, Hans Iverson and Josh (Jen) Iverson; six great-grandchildren, Brenndin Nelson, Ashton, Cora, Eli and Gideon Berberich, and Soren Iverson; two brothers, Gene (Linda Nakamura) Schlecht and Don (Lydia) Schlecht; two sisters-in-law, Gertrude Erickson and Leona Schlecht; one brother-in-law, John Clifton; and many nieces and nephews.
Herb was a kind, gentle and compassionate man who desired to live a good life in the same community his whole life. He appreciated life’s simple things and held pride in others who perhaps did more flashy things, while he stayed the course. He had an uncanny ability to recall historical details of both family and community. His stories of the past held truth and a twist of humor that made his storytelling a treasure. Even as his eyes began to fail over the later years, he continued to see things with his heart, to see the good in others and share in the sorrows others experienced.
Blessed be his memory.

 

 

Herb Schlecht

Herb Schlecht

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