Obituaries

Herbert Elmer Fickbohm, 95, passed away on Saturday, January 9, 2010 at Sanford Vermillion Hospital after a brief illness.

Herbert was born on October 13, 1914 in Montevideo, MN to Walter and Mary Fickbohm.  When he was young he helped build Highway 77 from the Garryowen Community near rural Elk Point all the way to Beresford.

He was married to Violet Virgie Offerdahl on August 23, 1937.  They farmed until moving to Vermillion in 1946, where they still lived.  Herbert was a hard working man whose first job was with the Southern Pacific Railroad.  He also worked for the Lumber Yard in Vermillion before finding his occupation as a Book Keeper at the REA where he worked until his retirement in 1979.  Herbert and Violet loved to bowl and play cards with the family.  They also enjoyed volunteering and were named Volunteers of the Year at the Vermillion Nursing Home.  He was a quiet and private man who loved to fish and vegetable garden and play horseshoes.  He was a member of Cornerstone Assembly of God.

Survivors include his wife, Violet Fickbohm of Vermillion; son, Herbert V. Fickbohm of Vermillion; daughter Sallyann Mettler of Stevensville, MI; 8 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild; sister, Ethel Anderson of Alcester, and sister-in-law, Agnes Fickbohm of Centerville.

Herbert is preceded in death by his parents, Walter & Mary Fickbohm, brothers, Alvin, Walter and Vern Fickbohm; half-brother, Alfred Carlson; and sister, Pearl Anderson.