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Funeral services for Victor Schlomer, 93, of Glenham will be at 10 AM, Thursday, June 17, 2021, at Zion Lutheran Church in Mobridge. Burial will be at the Glenham Cemetery under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge. A prayer service will be Wednesday at 7 PM at St. Jacobi Lutheran Church in Glenham with visitation starting at 5 PM. Victor passed away, Friday, May 28, 2021, in Gillette, WY.

Victor Delbert Schlomer was born on November 5, 1927 to John and Hannah (Lemke) on the family farm south of Glenham, SD. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Jacobi Lutheran Church in Glenham. Vic was a lifelong member of St. Jacobi, which his father, uncle and others started and built. He graduated from Glenham High School in 1946.

Vic was drafted into the Army during the Korean Conflict and was inducted into the Army on January 17, 1951. He served two years in Germany and France and was discharged on December 31, 1952. On New Year's day 1953, he arrived home on the train and was met at the Glenham depot by his parents and Dorothy Haar.

On Easter Sunday, April 5, 1953, Victor and Dorothy Haar were united in marriage at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Roscoe, SD. They spent their married life living in Glenham. Vic spent the last two and half years of his life at the Prairie Sunset Assisted Living in Mobridge, SD.

Victor worked for his brother Charlie at the Glenham Hardware store. He was also a backhoe operator. He put in the Glenham water and sewer system plus many water lines for ranchers and farmers in the area. He also dug many graves in the area and helped move many cemeteries along the Missouri River and in Kansas and Indiana. Later in life he worked for WEB water.

He was a lifelong member of St Jacobi Church Council, served as the Mayor of Glenham, the Glenham School Board, and was a member of the Mobridge Rodeo Association.

His main hobby were his horses and going to rodeos. He participated in many rodeos, doing break-a-way roping and team roping.

The highlight of his life was being the Grand Marshal of the Mobridge Fourth of July Parade and Sitting Bull Stampede Rodeo in 2018.

His other hobbies were hunting, bowling, trap shooting, playing softball (baseball in younger days), playing cards with family members and traveling to see his children. He was also a dedicated Twins and Vikings fan.

He was called to his heavenly home on May 28, 2021 at the age of 93.

Greatful for sharing his life are his four daughters; Vicky (Richard) Allerdings of Gillette, WY, Jeri (James) Richards of Aberdeen, SD, Tina Pearce of Orlando, FL, and Juli (Ray) Bailey of Alamogordo, NM plus nine grandchildren, nine great grandchildren, four step great grandchildren and one sister Lorraine Fowler and many nieces and nephews.

Vic was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Dorothy in 2011, seven brothers, Charlie, Cody, Walter, Henry, Richard, Alvin, Gehard and four sisters Dorothy, Ruth, Gertrude, and Leona, one sister in infancy (Elma Carrie), one son in law, and one grandson.

Memorials may be directed towards the St. Jacobi Church in Glenham, SD or the Great Plains Lutheran High School in Watertown, SD.