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Mass of Christian Burial for Robert Schumacher age 72 of Timber Lake will be at 10 AM, Friday, September 27, 2019, at the Holy Cross Catholic Church in Timber Lake. Burial will be at the Timber Lake Cemetery under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge. Visitation will be at 6 PM, with a prayer service at 7 PM Thursday at the church. Robert passed away suddenly on Saturday, September 21, 2019 of a heart attack near Timber Lake.

Robert (Bob) John Schumacher was born on April, 30, 1947 at Mobridge, South Dakota to John and Ann (Schwingler) Schumacher of Timber Lake. He attended grade school at the Holy Cross Catholic School where he graduated from the eighth grade. The next three years he worked on the Benny Dollarhide Ranch working with sheep and cattle, which is now the Timber Lake Elk Ranch. He also worked for Timber Lake Motors and Kesling Lumber in Timber Lake. On April 15, 1967, he married Bernita Reiss of Trail City, SD, and to this union three children were born, John, Victoria (Vicky) and James (Jim). After having children, they took over the family farm, raising cattle, sheep and crops until the time of his death.

In 1990, Bob started up the Schumacher Meat Processing business and it ran it until 2000. He liked to go fishing, ice fishing, playing cards, hunting coyotes with Terry Gross by plane, and snowmobiling with friends. Farming was his favorite life's work. He enjoyed planting and watching his crops grow. He would drive around checking fields and would stop at the neighbors to visit along the way. He enjoyed visits from his grandkids.

Bob is survived by his wife, Bernita of Timber Lake, one son, John (Nina) Schumacher of Timber Lake and one daughter, Vicky (Shawn) Fogerty of Lemmon, SD, granddaughters, Kayla (Jon) Bigger, Kristi (Tyler) Schumacher, Kelli (Isaac) Buckley, Kiri Schumacher all of Timber Lake, grandsons, Kyle (Al'x) Schumacher of Timber lake, Casey and Olan Fogerty of Lemmon, SD, nine great grandchildren, Kessa, Jackson, and John Bigger, Dante, Dayson and Harleigh Schumacher, Ikeeah Buckley, Ava Grant and Blakely Brown Otter all of Timber Lake, SD, two sisters, Lorraine (Lonnie) Nilson of Selby, SD and Linda (Rod) Hubbard of Rapid City, SD.

Robert was preceded in death by his son, Jim Schumacher in 2002, his parents, John and Ann and his sister, Darlene Shaw of Austin, TX.