Gerhard "Gary" Herman Reimnitz, age 90, of Fremont, NE (formerly of Mitchell) was born December 13, 1925 on a farm near Mt Vernon, SD to Gottlieb and Bertha (Ziebart) Reimnitz. He was baptized December 27, 1925 in Davison County, SD and confirmed June 16, 1940 at Immanuel Church in Flensburg, SD. He left this earthly life on Saturday, August 27, 2016 at Nye Pointe in Fremont, NE, where he had lived for the past year and a half.

Gerhard attended country school and graduated from Mt Vernon High School in 1945. He served his country in the US Navy 1945-1946. While in the Navy, he witnessed the atom bomb test at Bikini Beach, HI. After receiving his discharge he lived in Mitchell, SD, where he worked for Standard Oil for three years and Hormel in Mitchell and Fremont, NE for 33 years.

On May 21, 1948 he married Elizabeth Burfeindt of Avon, SD. They made their home in Mitchell, where they had three children. He retired in 1984 from Hormel in Fremont and he and Elizabeth moved to Spearfish, SD where he worked for a retirement complex for nine years and volunteered for Meals on Wheels for five years. He got great pleasure from his volunteer work at Booth Fish Hatchery in Spearfish, where he helped restore an antique fish train car. In 2003, they returned to Mitchell because of Elizabeth's declining health due to Parkinson's and moved back to Fremont in 2004.

Gerhard and Elizabeth were active members of Zion Lutheran Church in Mitchell, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church of Fremont and St. Paul Lutheran Church of Spearfish, where he served as a trustee and held various other offices. He was also a lifetime member of VFW Post 2750 and the American Legion of Mitchell.

Survivors include son, Larry (Sandy) Reimnitz of Fremont; daughter, Charlotte (Rick) Schmid of Atlanta, GA; son, Arlen Reimnitz of Kansas City, MO; seven grandchildren; and eight great granddaughters; sister Albertina Anderst of Mitchell;  sister-in-law Agnes Reimnitz of Mitchell; brother-in-law Alvin (Margaret) Burfeindt of Avon, SD; and several nieces and nephews.

Preceding him in death were wife Elizabeth;  parents; three brothers; and one sister.

Funeral service will be 2:00 PM, Wednesday August 31, 2016, at Will Funeral Chapel in Mitchell, SD. Pastor Thomas Brown and Pastor Daniel Grimmer will officiate.  Visitation with family receiving friends will be one hour prior to the service at the Will Funeral Chapel. Burial with military honors will be at Servicemen's Memorial Cemetery in Mitchell, SD.

Memorials may be designated to Zion Lutheran Church in Mitchell, SD or Booth Fish Hatchery in Spearfish, SD.