Eureka, SD-Funeral Service for Cletis LeRoy Grenz, 86, of
Eureka will be 2:00 pm, Sunday, November 7, 2021, at Eureka
Baptist Church. Rev. Patrick Russell will officiatePrivate
Family Burial will be in Eureka City Cemetery.
Visitation will be Saturday from 3:00-5:00 pm at the funeral
home.
Cletis peaceably went to heaven at Eureka Health Care Center
on October 30, 2021, with his family at his side.
Cletis LeRoy Grenz was born August 2, 1935, to John and Emma
(Ackerman) Grenz. He attended the Grand School District #21
until the seventh grade. His family then moved to Ipswich,
SD and lived there for a couple of years and moved to Eureka
where he attended Eureka High School and graduated in 1953.
Cletis gave his heart to the Lord Jesus in 1947 and was
baptized in Herreid Baptist Church. After his graduation he
went to work with his brother, Wilmer, for several months
and then decided to join the United States Army in the fall
of 1953. He did his basic training and Leadership School at
Fort Ord in California. Cletis was stationed in Germany.
After his honorable discharge in 1955 he went to farm with
his brother Wilmer. In 1959 he decided to move to California
and got a job with the United States Post Office in Lodi
after passing his Civil Service Exam. After many years with
the post office Cletis became the Postmaster in Victor, CA.
He retired in 1990 and returned to Eureka, SD.
He met and married Inez Svendsen in 1998 and they made their
home in Eureka, SD. He was a lifelong member of the American
Legion, Fred Weller Post 186, and the VFW. Cletis had many
activities that he enjoyed with his friends, such as golf,
playing Hi/Lo Jack every day at 4pm at the American Legion,
hunting with his nephews, and fishing. He was also involved
in the Eureka Baptist Church for many years and served as a
Trustee and was also on the Housing Committee.
Cletis is survived by his wife Inez, stepchildren: Scott
(Krista) Svendsen, Steve (Robyn) Svendsen, and Tom (Wendy)
Svendsen. Step grandchildren: Shariah Svendsen, Kiah
Svendsen, Colton Svendsen and Cale Svendsen. Nieces and
nephews: David (Judy) Grenz, Jim Buechler, Holly (Darrel)
Grohs, Sherri (Dick) Kraft, Richard (Linda) Buechler, Larry
Quenzer, Herb (Pat) Quenzer, Beverly (Bill) Halloway, Betty
(Ernie) Dobler, Don (Bernie) Quenzer and John (Lucy Atwood)
Grenz.
Casketbearers will be his great nephews, Ryan Grenz, Eric
Grenz, Scott Bachmeier, Corey Bachmeier, AJ Buechler,
Matthew Grohs, Mike Lauritsen and Mitchell Rufer.
He was preceded in death by his parents, brother Wilmer
Grenz, sisters Florence Buechler and Irene Quenzer, two
brothers and a sister in infancy, and two nephews .
Carlsen Funeral Home of Eureka has been entrusted with
arrangements.
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