Funeral services for Gottlieb Schmierer, age 89, of Lemmon, SD will be at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, May 23, 2009 at the Spencer Memorial Presbyterian Church in Lemmon. Pastor Webster P. Brower will officiate with burial at the Gallaway Cemetery near Meadow, SD.


A family service will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, May 22 at the Evanson Jensen Funeral Home.


Serving as casketbearers will be his 10 grandchildren, Virginia Green, Vicki Stotz, James Ainslie, Christine Broghammer, Brian Knutson, David Knutson, Daniel Ainslie, Lora Pekas, Sara Wenner and Kaitlyn Reimer. All of Gottlieb's friends and family are considered Honorary Bearers.


Special Music will be provided by Bart & Gillian Damnjanovich and Marilyn Willey.


Gottlieb Schmierer was born on October 26, 1919 to Christian and Christina (Orth) Schmierer at Tappen, ND. He was raised at Tappen along with his 15 siblings and attended school there. When he was a young man he moved to Idaho and began working in the logging industry. He returned to North Dakota a short time later and met and fell in love with his soon to be bride, Martha Seidel. They were united in marriage on February 8, 1943 at Jamestown, ND. They began their life together on a farm south of Lemmon, SD. In 1945, they moved to Lemmon and raised their family.


Gottlieb worked as a meat cutter and also delivered dairy products in North and South Dakota for Nick's Produce until its closing. He then began work with Lemmon Construction doing concrete work and then worked for the City of Lemmon until retiring. His greatest joy was his girls, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. He loved to fish, play rummy (usually coming up the winner most of the time), dancing with Martha and making the best sausage in the world. He was also honored to have been able to dance with his granddaughters at their wedding and walk his daughters down the aisle on their wedding day.


Gottlieb was a member of Spencer Memorial Presbyterian Church where he served as a Church Elder. He will be remembered as a hard working, kind and caring person and a loving father, grandpa, great-grandpa and friend.


Gottlieb passed away on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at the Five Counties Nursing Home in Lemmon, SD.


Grateful for having shared his life are his four daughters, Sharon (Dale) Rice, Lemmon, SD, Patricia (Ivan) Ainslie, Merced, CA, Sandra Schmierer, Lemmon, SD and Pamela (John) Reimer, Scranton, ND; ten grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; one brother, Dave (Hazel) Schmierer, Lodi, CA; two sisters, Pauline Heidinger, Lodi, CA, Amelia (Gottlieb) Waggomen, Spokane, WA; two sisters-in-law, Tillie (Frances) Hinton, Glendive, MT, Phylis (Aaron) Rash, Bismarck, ND; five brothers-in-law, Ted Seidel, Bismarck, ND, Henry Seidel, Mobridge, SD, Delbert (Lucy) Wiesinger, Hettinger, ND, Jake Haider, Belfield, ND and Albert (Mildred) Seidel, White Butte, SD; and numerous nieces, nephews, and other relatives.


Gottlieb was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Martha on July 24, 2004, one son, Arthur Lee in 1946; six brothers, Art, Christ, Joe, John, Emil and Edwin Schmierer; and six sisters, Christina, Mary, Susie, Alida, Anne and Tillie.


Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Friday, 9:00 to 12:00 noon Saturday at the Evanson Jensen Funeral Home in Lemmon and one hour prior to the services at the church.