Emmett Wallace Guthmiller

1924 - 2015  (91 years)

• Name	Emmett Wallace Guthmiller
  Born	21 Apr 1924	Menno, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	1 Jul 2015	Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, USA
  Buried	7 Jul 2015	Hills of Rest Memorial Park, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I178219	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	5 Mar 2018

  
  

  Father	Albert Guthmiller,   b. 4 Sep 1896, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 0Aug 1969, Menno, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Mabel Gullickson,   b. 1898, South Dakota, USA ,   d. Menno, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA
  Married	17 Jun 1919	South Dakota, USA   [2]
  Family ID	F46407	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marguerite Schmelzel,   b. 16 Sep 1926, Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 26 Jan 2012, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, USA  (Age 85 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. Emmett Wallace Guthmiller April 21, 1924 - July 1, 2015 Emmett W. Guthmiller, 91, died on July 1, 2015 at the VA Medical Center in Sioux Falls. Funeral services will be held 1:00 pm on July 7, 2015 at Peace Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls with Pastor Rolf Svanoe officiating. Burial will be at Hills of Rest Cemetery with full military honors. Visitation will be held at Miller Funeral Home West on July 6, 2015 with the family present from 5:00-7:00 p.m. and Masonic Funeral Rites at 7:00 p.m. Emmett was born on April 21, 1924, the son of Albert and Mabel Guthmiller. He was born and raised in the Menno, SD area. As a World War II veteran, he was very proud of his military service. He was privileged to travel to Washington, DC on the first South Dakota Honor Flight and shared many memories of that trip with family and friends. On July 14, 1945, he married Marguerite Horst in Little Rock, Arkansas. They began raising their family on a farm in the Menno area until later moving to Sioux Falls. Emmett retired after 30 years of service with the South Dakota Livestock Sanitary Board and enjoyed many years of retirement. He was a member of the VFW, American Legion, a Master Mason in Trinity Lodge #200 and a Shriner. He loved Twins baseball, camping and fishing and spent a number of years wintering in the Brownsville, TX area. He also enjoyed exercising and the many friends he met on his daily trips to the Sanford Wellness Center having been an active member since 1992. Grateful for having shared his life are his four daughters Marietta (Merlyn) Brandt, Connie (Jim) Dam, Elaine (Russ Nielsen) Grandgenett, Jeanette (Tom) Torgerson all of the Sioux Falls area, along with many grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren, a brother Mervin (Betty) Guthmiller of Menno, SD, sisters Lorraine Baltzer of Scotland, SD and Marge Sorenson of Brookings, SD, a special friend Deloris McDonald of Sioux Falls and a host of other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his wife Marguerite, parents, daughter Sandra Wellnitz, sister Irene Imig of Yankton, SD and brother Laverne Guthmiller of Austin, TX. [S558] South Dakota Marriages, 1905-1949. Name: Albert Guthmiller Age: 22 Gender: Male Spouse: Mable Gullickson Marriage Date: 17 Jun 1919 Marriage County: Hutchinson County of Residence: Yankton Post Office: Menno