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Mick Sather funeral is Friday


Funeral services for Mick Sather, 84, of Mobridge, will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 17, 2020, at Trinity Lutheran Church.
Inurnment will be at Black Hills National Cemetery at a later date under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge.
A prayer service will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 16, at Kesling Funeral Home.
Mick passed away on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020, at the Bowdle Nursing Home.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be directed to Trinity Lutheran Church window fund or a charity of your choice.
Erling “Mick” Sather was born on Jan. 15, 1935, to Carl and Bernice (Garden) Sather on a farm in Keene Township, Clay County, Minnesota. He grew up and attended country school and Ulen High School.
Mick entered the US Navy on Oct. 6, 1952, and was honorably discharged on April 8, 1954.
He married Beatrice “Bea” Syverson on Dec. 27, 1952, at Zion Lutheran Church in Twin Valley, Minn.
In early 1953, Mick and Bea moved to Norman, Okla., where he finished his basic training at Tinker Field AFB and was stationed in Corpus Christi, Texas, until the end of the Korean War in 1954.
After his discharge they relocated to Minnesota where they farmed for two years on his grandfather’s farm. In 1957, Mick became employed at Armour’s Meat Packing Plant in Fargo, N.D. In 1959, Mick went to Greenland and worked for a construction company building ballistic missile early warning systems for eight months. In 1960, Mike and his family moved to Rapid City where he worked for Forseth Construction Company until 1967 when they moved to Mobridge. Mick went to work for Willis Sackreiter selling Butler Steel Buildings. A few years later, he took a job with Zip Feed Company and continued to work for this company until he retired in 1997. A short time later, Mick was asked to work part-time for Dakotaland Feeds, which he enjoyed working until he retired in 2017.
Mick enjoyed hunting, fishing and gardening. He and Bea enjoyed their time spent in South Padre visiting with new friends they met. They also enjoyed traveling to Norway a couple of times with Mick’s brother, Al, and his wife, Genelle.
Mick was an active member of Trinity Lutheran Church, the Mobridge Moose Lodge, the American Legion and was a board member of Klein Museum.
Grateful for having shared his life are his wife of 67 years, Bea of Mobridge; his children, Deb Meints of Rapid City, Val (Bill) Vankley of New Evarts, Deino (Therese) Sather of Elk Horn, Neb., and Lisa (Rick) Long of Huron; grandchildren, Jeff (Kristie) Thorstenson, Christopher (Amber) Brandner, Justin (Julie) Thorstenson, Jason (Jamie) Thorstenson, Josh (Mindy) Guthmiller, Amanda (Matt) Guthmiller, Andrea (Mickey) Larson, Matt (Lyndsey) Sather, Nicole (Andy) O’Neil, and Logan Vankley; step-grandchildren, Brandon (Wendy) Long, Jordan (Bridget) Long, and Lisa (Jim) Miller; and 21 great-grandchildren; siblings, Al (Genelle) Sather, Connie Nokken, and Ron Sather; sister-in-law, Lavonne (Vince) Babler; many nieces and nephews; and many good friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Carlton; sisters, Marilynn and Sylvia;and son-in-law, Donnie Meints.

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