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Elmer Schelske July 2, 1914 - Feb. 17, 2004
Elmer Henry Schelske, 89, Reliance, died Tuesday Feb. 17, 2004, at Good Samaritan Village, Sioux Falls. Burial will be in the Reliance Cemetery.
He was born July 2, 1914, at Hamill to Edward and Mary (Ott) Schelske.
He graduated from Reliance High School in 1932, and continued his education in Chicago at the College of Advanced Traffic. He returned to Chamberlain and worked on a farm. He then worked with Beck Motor Company in California. A year later he returned to South Dakota to farm and raise Registered Hereford cattle.
Nov 16, 1940, he married Vaneta Tracy at Gordon, NE.
He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Reliance and served in various church offices; served on the board of Farmers Union Oil Company, served as a Lyman County Commissioner and was an inspector for the Lyman County Weed Board. He was also a member of the Reliance School Board.
He is survived by his children: Myrna and husband Billy Hale, Plattsmouth, NE, Harlan and wife Sonia, Reliance, Lorna and husband Jerry Kistler, Chamberlain, and Judy Brewster, Sioux Falls; 11 grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren; two brothers: Adolph, Chamberlain, and Alfred and wife Edna, Reliance, and two sisters: Betty Fillbach and Violet Burull-Borr, both of Riverside, CA.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife on Feb. 4, 2004; a son-in-law, Doug Brewster; one brother and three sisters.
A memorial has been established.
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Myrna Schelske (Hale) (1959)
Dad loved Lyman County dearly..He was always an inspiration to us. We miss him and Mom so much..All Dad could say to us the last few years of his life was that he wanted to be back "West of the River". The Missouri River was the dividing point for the settlement of the County. He loved Reliance and Lyman County and he was so involved with his family, friends, and anything he could do to promote Lyman County. His family was one of the original settlers who homesteaded in the area. We have such fond memories of the square dances and the many card parties that the Kindopp's, Fletcher's, Bukacek's amd Schelske's had almost every week after the dances that they attended. We were given very good ethics to live by--both of our parents instilled these qualities to us to be carried on in our own families. We miss all of the times we spent with them..Myrna