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Birth: Jul. 19, 1910
Artas
Campbell County
South Dakota, USA
Death: Apr. 22, 1995
Rapid City
Pennington County
South Dakota, USA
Ernest Schweigerdt, 84, Rapid City, died of cancer on Saturday, April 22, 1995 at the Clarkson-Mt. Home.
Ernest Schweigerdt was born July 19, 1910 at Artas, South Dakota, to Andrew and Johanna (Knoepfle)Schweigerdt.
*His father died in 1915, and his mother was remarried to John Kirschermann - also spelled as "Kirscherman" in the Artas Cemetery memorials...csr *
He married Bertha (Beck) November 14, 1929 at Artas, and they recently celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary.
They farmed near Artas until 1946, then moved to Artas where he owned a grocery store and later managed the grain elevator.
In 1948, he moved his family to Miller where he and his brother, John Kirschenmann bought and managed the Princess Theatre. In 1953 they built and managed the Midway Drive-In Theatre.
He and his wife wintered in Mesa, Arizona from 1958 until 1990. They moved to Rapid City in 1963, and he managed an indoor theater in Sturgis for a short time. He bought the outdoor drive-in in Alliance, Nebraska, then bought and managed Ernie's Mobile Home Park in Box Elder until 1974 when he retired. He was a member of Westminster
Presbyterian Church, Rapid City.
He is survived by four daughters; Alyce [Marvin] Oligmueller, Joan Bertsch, both of Miller, Shirley Moore and Beverly [Marvin] Kisser, both of Rapid City, two sisters, Christina Kautz, Artas and Bertha Hoff, Eureka, two brothers, Oscar Kirschenmann, Eureka and John Kirschenmann, Artas, 11 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, Art Schweigerdt, Jake Kirschenmann and Edwin Kirschenmann and a son-in-law, Gerald Bertsch.
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Services: Thursday, April 27 at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Rapid City.
Officiating: Rev. Kenn Cragg.
Interment: Mountain View Cemetery, Rapid City.
Active pallbearers were his grandson, Chuck Oligmueller, Randy Oligmueller, John Bertsch, Michael Moore, Brett Stevens and Jarrod Fullmer. Honorary pallbearers were
Danny Gortmaker and James Schweigerdt.
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Parents:
Andrew Schweigerdt (1885 - 1915)
Johanna Knoepfle Kirschenmann (1887 - 1965)
Spouse:
Bertha Beck Schweigerdt (1912 - 2002)
Children:
Shirley Ann Schweigerdt Moore (1936 - 2011)*
Siblings:
Christina Schweigerdt Kautz (1908 - 2000)*
Ernest Schweigerdt (1910 - 1995)
Arthur Andrew Schweigerdt (1914 - 1984)*
Bertha kirschenmann Hoff (1919 - 2010)**
John Kirschenmann (1921 - 2003)**
Edwin Kirschenmann (1924 - 1959)**
*Calculated relationship
**Half-sibling
Burial:
Mountain View Cemetery
Rapid City
Pennington County
South Dakota, USA
Maintained by: Carolyn Bingham Rosemore
Originally Created by: Stephen Ranum
Record added: Jun 19, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 38519987
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1910 - 1995 (84 years)