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- [S927] Obituary.
The funeral service for Helmuth Kirschenmann, 85, of Ipswich is 2 p.m. Tuesday at St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church in Roscoe with The Rev. Winfried Schroeder leading the worship. Burial follows at Morningside Cemetery at Roscoe.
Visitation is 6-8 p.m. Monday at Gramm Funeral Home in Ipswich and one hour prior to the service at the church on Tuesday.
Helmuth Kirschenmann, son of Christina Mayer and Gotlieb Kirschenmann, was born at his parent's farm near Hosmer on Nov. 11, 1926. He was raised near, and attended school in, Hosmer, S.D.
Helmuth served his country in the U.S. Army from 1944 to 1947, where he was stationed in both North Korea and South Korea. He was assigned as an artillery sergeant, where he became a certified sharp shooter and earned an honorable discharge.
On July 31, 1949, he married Neva Beyers at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Roscoe, S.D. They rented farms south of Beebe for several years until he bought his present farm northwest until he bought his present farm northwest of Ipswich, S.D. Helmuth lived on the farm until Wednesday, Sept 12, where he passed away peacefully in his striped overalls, while resting in his favorite chair.
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