Funeral services for Lloyd L. Schlichting, 83, longtime Bucyrus area farmer, will be Monday, January 19, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. at the Bucyrus Lutheran Church. Rev. Ron Nelson will officiate and burial with full Military Honors will follow at the Bucyrus Cemetery. Visitations will be from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 18 at the Evanson Jensen Funeral Home in Hettinger, ND and one hour prior to the funeral on Monday afternoon at the church.

LLOYD LOUIS SCHLICHTING was born on April 11, 1925 to William and Anna (Pagel) Schlichting in Stratford, SD. When Lloyd was 11 years old, his father died in 1936 so his family moved to Groton, SD, where Lloyd finished grade school and then attended high school.


In 1944, Lloyd was drafted into the US Army where he served as a combat infantryman in the European Theatre of Operations. While in the service he was wounded in action on April 3, 1945. Along with being awarded the Purple Heart, he also earned the Infantryman Combat Badge, The Bronze Star and Good Conduct Medal, along with the European Theatre of Operations Ribbon with two Stars, The American Theatre of Operations Ribbon and Service Award Ribbon with Oak Leaf Clusters. Lloyd was honorably discharged in 1946 after serving his country for one year, 11 months and 26 days.


Upon returning home, Lloyd went back to Groton High School to finish his fourth year and graduated in the spring of 1947. Lloyd moved to Reeder, ND where he began farming. On October 10, 1953 he was united in marriage to Evelyn Olson, from Bucyrus and they began their life together farming. In 1964 they purchased a farm of their own. Lloyd was a member of the Bucyrus Lutheran Church, the Johnson-Melary American Legion Post in Hettinger and served for many years on the Wolf Butte Township Board. Lloyd and Evelyn retired in 1991 and moved to Hettinger, ND. Lloyd entered the Western Horizons Care Center in 2006.

Lloyd Schlichting passed away at the West River Regional Medical Center in Hettinger on January 15, 2009.

Grateful for having been a part of Lloyd's life are his wife, Evelyn Schlichting, of Hettinger, ND; his brother, Orville Schlichting, of Groton, SD and a sister-in-law, Deanie Swindler, of Grandview, MO and numerous nieces and nephews. Lloyd was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters in infancy and one brother.