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Burial: Eureka City Cemetery/Eureka, SD
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ABERDEEN AMERICAN NEWS - Saturday, February 25, 1995 - Page: 5A
The funeral for Milbert A. Grenz, 75, of 1324 12th Ave. S.E., will be at 10 a.m. Monday at First United Methodist Church, 502 S. Lincoln St. The Rev. Eldon Reich and the Rev. Dave Motta will officiate.
Burial will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday in the Eureka City Cemetery, with military rites by Fred Weller American Legion Post No. 186 of Eureka. Miller-Huebl Funeral Home, 1111 S. Main St., is in charge of arrangements. Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home and one hour prior to the service on Monday at the church. The family and casketbearers are requested to meet at 9:30 a.m. Monday at the church.
He died Thursday, Feb. 23, 1995, at McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls.
Milbert A. Grenz was born Feb. 16, 1920, to Christian and Margaret (Scherbenske) Grenz at Artas. He graduated from Eureka High School and attended business school in Mitchell. He worked at the Gottleib Humann General Store in Eureka. He served in the U.S. Army, 3184 Signal Service Battalion, from 1942 to 1946.
He married Frieda Junker of Eureka on April 23, 1944. After his discharge from the Army, they owned and operated a restaurant in Ellendale, N.D. They later moved back to Eureka, where he worked at Eureka Hardware until 1956. In the fall of 1956 they moved to Lodi, Calif., where he worked at Victor Hardware Store. In 1957 they purchased a farm north of Eureka and raised cattle and grain. For 15 years, while he farmed, he also worked at the Coast-to-Coast store in Eureka. In 1978 they sold the farm due to his ill health and moved into Eureka. In 1989 they moved to Aberdeen, where they resided at Parkside Apartments until his death.
He was a longtime member of the Eureka United Methodist Church, where he served as treasurer, church school superintendent, board member, conference delegate, member of the men's organization and in various other roles. He was also a member of Fred Weller American Legion Post No. 186 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, both in Eureka. After moving to Aberdeen, he became a member of First United Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife of Aberdeen; one son, Kenneth K. Grenz of Holton, Kan.; two daughters, Linda L. Grenz of Toronto, and Mary Grenz Jalloh of Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; six sisters, Martha Knoepfle of Eureka, Bertha Hulse of Miles City, Mont., Edna Rohrbach, Esther E. Rohrbach and Ruth Grenz, all of Eureka, and Irene Kusler of Artas; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and one infant son.
Honorary casketbearers will be the Angler Sunday school class of First United Methodist Church.
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