Joel W. Klusmann

Joel Klusmann, 75, died Friday, January 9, 2015 at his home in Lennox, South Dakota. Joel Wilbur Klusmann was born at New Salem, North Dakota on December 3, 1939, the son of Wilbur H. and Golde (Stayton) Klusmann. He grew up there and graduated from New Salem High School in 1957. He lived in Bismarck, North Dakota and graduated from Bismarck State University with an Associate Degree in Pre-Mortuary Science. He then graduated from the Dallas Institute-Gupton Jones, College of Mortuary Science in 1962. On September 2, 1961, he was united in marriage to Delphi Gill at Wilton, North Dakota. Following their marriage they lived in Dallas, Texas, Kenmare, North Dakota, and Rapid City, South Dakota before moving to Lennox, South Dakota in August of 1965. He was employed at Dindot & Son Funeral Home and on September 1, 1983, purchased the business and re-named it Dindot-Klusmann Funeral Home. Joel was a member of Lennox Ebenezer Presbyterian Church where he served as an Elder, a Deacon, a Sunday school teacher and camp nurse. He and wife Delphi served on a church planting team, that helped start Living Hope Community Church in Tea, South Dakota. Joel was an active member of the Lennox community. He helped organize the Lennox Area Ambulance Service, of which he became a lifetime member. He was a charter member of the Lennox Lions and had served as a Cub Scout Master for Pack 109 and an Assistant Boy Scout Master for Troop 109 from 1976 to 1990. In earlier years he had been a member of the Development Corporation and the Lennox Jaycees. In 1997 at age 57, he completed his EMT Basic course and rejoined the Lennox Ambulance as a Certified Emergency Medical Technician, retiring in 2008. Joel's hobbies were feeding and watching birds and volunteering. He was preceded in death by his father, on November 26, 1991, his mother, on November 30, 1996, his daughter, Jodi Klusmann on February 9, 1997 and one grandson Zachary Klusmann on January 26, 2002. Grateful for having shared his life are his wife of over 50 years, Delphi; son Jay (Julie) Klusmann, Lennox; five grandchildren: Kelsi Klusmann (fiancée Jordan Stricherz), Brookings, SD, Tyler Klusmann, Sioux Falls, Benjamin Klusmann, Eygpt, Stanley and Wyden Klusmann; three sisters: JoAnn Petich, Denver, JerryLou (Edward) Landis, San Jose, CA and Penny Golden, Denver as well as other relatives and many friends. Services will begin at 1:30 p.m. Friday, January 16, 2015 at the Lennox Ebenezer Presbyterian Church with burial to follow in the Lennox Cemetery. Visitation, also at Lennox Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, will begin at 2:00 p.m. Thursday. Dindot-Klusmann Funeral Home, Lennox is in charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials to Lennox Ebenezer Presbyterian Church or Living Hope Community Church, Tea buidling funds or Mission Haiti.

Joel W. Klusmann

December 3, 1939 - January 9, 2015

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