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Birth: Jan. 18, 1912
Long Lake
McPherson County
South Dakota, USA
Death: Nov. 24, 2010
Eureka
McPherson County
South Dakota, USA
Reinhold Schumacher, 98, Eureka, SD, died on Wednesday, November 24, 2010 at the Avera Eureka Healthcare Center from cancer.
Services will be held at the Zion American Lutheran Church in Eureka 10:00 Am Saturday, November 27, 2010 with Rev. Erik Swanson leading the service. Interment follows at the Church Cemetery. Organist will be Kim Gruebele and the congregation will sing "Precious Lord, Take my Hand" and "Abide with Me". Vocalists Dennis and Margie Walker will sing "Where the roses never Fade". Ushers will be Duane Wanner and Ervin Gebhardt.
Visitation will be at Lien-Straub Funeral Chapel from 5:00-9:00 PM Friday with family present from 6:30-8:00. Visitation resumes 9:00 AM Saturday at the Church.
Reinhold was born on January 18, 1912 in the original homestead located south of Long Lake, South Dakota. His mother Christine and his father Christian were the proud parents of 10 children, four of them still alive. Reinhold attended Long Lake # 2 which was one of four schools within the Long Lake Township. Once he completed the 8th grade his farming career began. He established his yearning for independence in his late 20's and married Evangeline Rath on November 28, 1940, at Salem Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Long Lake. With few cattle and little machinery, Reinie and Vangie began their married life on the Brandner farmstead with 160 acres. The work was taxing and often the crops were poor in quality but both persisted and beat the odds of conquering South Dakota agriculture practices. Their four children, Richard, Luther, Jim and Nina all played a vital part in the business and all learned to work every phase of the farming operation. Family gatherings with his children and grandchildren were always one of his happiest moments.
As a proud contributor to the Long Lake and Eureka communities Reinhold served on school boards in the Long Lake Township and in the Eureka School District. He served on the NW GF Mutual Insurance Company Board of Directors served and was an insurance agent for the company as well as a claims adjuster.
Reinhold was a devout Lutheran and served on various committees in the Salem Emanuel Lutheran Church in Long Lake and in the Zion Lutheran Church in Eureka.
Championing agriculture his entire life Reinie, at the age of 94, still had the physical presence to run the combine on the farm now owned by Jim, his youngest son.
Reinhold is survived by his wife of 69 years, Vangie; sons Dr. Richard (Gloria) Schumacher, Platteville, WI; Luther (Diane) Schumacher, Aberdeen, SD; James (Cindy) Schumacher, Eureka and one daughter Nina (Kenneth) Kunz, Eureka; 10 grandchildren: Dr. Gregory (Dr. Amy) Schumacher, Anchorage, AK; Dr. Kori Barry, Platteville, WI; Jennifer (Terry) Pfeiffer, Pyallup, WA; JP (Signe) Schumacher, Sioux Falls, SD; Nancy (Lou) Stadler, Wichita, KS; Thaddeus (Nicole) Kunz, Eureka; Anthony (Patricia) Kunz, Eureka; Dr. Jonathon Kunz, Sioux Falls; Ahren (Michael) Dosch, Fargo, ND; and Sam Schumacher, Eureka; and 13 great grandchildren: August, Rudolph and Heidi Schumacher; Andrew Barry; Abby and Preston Pfieffer; Griffin and Tate Stadler; Evangeline (Evie) Schumacher; Jackson and Carson Kunz; Mason Kunz and Alaina Dosch; brothers Christ Schumacher, Aberdeen, SD and Ervin (Gertrude) Schumacher, Watertown, SD and sisters Eleanora Heinrich, Hayward, CA and Erma Schumacher, Alexandria, VA.
He was preceded in death by his parents Christian and Christina; brothers Edward (Richard), Arnold, William and Rev. Albert Schumacher; sister Anna Becker, and four infant brothers and sisters.
Honorary bearers will be Reinie's granddaughters.
Casketbearers will be Reinie's grandsons.
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Parents:
Christian Schumacher (1886 - 1988)
Christina Schumacher (1890 - 1943)
Spouse:
Evangeline Rath Schumacher (1921 - 2012)*
Sibling:
Christian Arthur Schumacher (1911 - 2015)*
Reinhold Schumacher (1912 - 2010)
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Zion Lutheran Cemetery
Eureka
McPherson County
South Dakota, USA
Created by: Deborah Ridgway
Record added: Mar 23, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 87252211
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