Marguerite Schmelzel

1926 - 2012  (85 years)

• Name	Marguerite Schmelzel
  Born	16 Sep 1926	Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	26 Jan 2012	Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, USA
  Buried	Y  [1]
  Person ID	I178228	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	8 May 2016

  
  

  Father	Raymond Schmelzel
  Mother	Hazel Syverud
  Family ID	F112347	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Herbert Horst
  Relationship	guardian
  Mother	Guerine Unknown
  Relationship	guardian
  Family ID	F112348	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emmett Wallace Guthmiller,   b. 21 Apr 1924, Menno, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 1 Jul 2015, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, USA  (Age 91 years)
  Married	14 Jul 1944
  Children	1. Marietta Guthmiller   2. Connie Guthmiller   3. Elaine Guthmiller   4. Jeanette Guthmiller   5. Sandra Guthmiller,   d. USA
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F69275	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S927] Obituary. Marguerite Guthmiller Sep 16 1926 - Jan 26 2012 Marguerite Guthmiller, 85, died peacefully on January 26, 2012, at the Good Samaritan Village in Sioux Falls. Memorial services will be held at 11:00am on Monday, January 30, 2012, at Peace Lutheran Church, Sioux Falls, with Pastor Paul Stjernholm officiating. Burial will be at Hills of Rest Cemetery. Visitation will be held with the family on Sunday evening from 5:00 ? 8:00 pm at Miller Funeral Home West. Marguerite was born September 16, 1926, in Yankton, SD, the daughter of Raymon and Hazel (Syverud) Schmelzel. Her mother died in childbirth, and she was adopted and raised by loving parents, Herbert and Gurine Horst. She grew up in the Irene area and graduated from Irene High School. On July 14, 1944, she married Emmett Guthmiller in Little Rock, Arkansas. They began raising their family in the Menno area on a farm, until later moving to Sioux Falls. Marguerite retired from a job she loved at Horner Waldorf/Champion International Box Company and enjoyed 30 years of retirement. She loved reading, water aerobics, fishing, camping and spent many years wintering in Texas in the Brownsville area. She is survived by her husband, Emmett; a sister, Vivian Barber, Lakeland, Colorado; and four daughters, Marietta (Merlyn) Brandt, Connie (Jim) Dam, Elaine (Russ Nielsen) Grandgenett, and Jeanette (Tom) Torgerson, all of the Sioux Falls area; as well as many grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and adopted parents; daughter, Sandra Wellnitz; sister and brother-in-law, Lucetta and Don Johnson; sister, Edith Grimes, Sioux City; and great grandson, Jacob Brunk.