Dick Kracht, 94, Luverne, died Monday, Sept. 30, 2019, at the Tuff Memorial Home in Hills.
A funeral service was Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Dingmann Funeral Home in Luverne. Burial was at the Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne.
Dick Kracht was born Sept. 15, 1925, to Ben and Jennie (Boeve) Kracht in Rock Rapids, Iowa.
He married Alice Veldkamp on Dec. 21, 1949, in Rock Rapids. After their marriage the couple farmed with Dick’s parents southwest of Rock Rapids. In 1951 they moved to the farm near Steen. They began farming near Garretson, South Dakota, in 1960 and farmed there for 25 years before retiring in 1985. In 1989 they moved to the acreage south of Luverne. Dick became a resident of the Tuff Memorial Home in October of 2017.
He enjoyed farming and playing the harmonica, which he learned to play while herding cattle in the pasture.
Dick is survived by four children, Harold (Janalee) Kracht, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Helen (Gene) Noll, Beaver Creek, Everett (Grace) Kracht, rural Garretson, and Mary Ann (Steve) Carlson, Garretson; 10 grandchildren, Jill (Jordan) Stipp, Jamie (Eric) Schuller, Justin (Claudia) Kracht, Tory (Jill) Noll, Renee (Joe) Swiatek, Adara (Luke) Wixo, Tyler Kracht, Shane (Beth) Carlson, Jordan Carlson and Dylan (fiancée, Michelle) Carlson; 16 great-grandchildren, Madelyn, Parker, Nolan, Audrey, Trenton, Emmet, Brooklyn, Brycen, Jaxson, Hailey, Madden, Hayden, Bo, Lola, Poppy and Harper; a brother, Pete (Bernice) Kracht, Rock Rapids; and two sisters, Alberta Flatberg, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Henrietta (Lowell) Wirtjes, Brandon, South Dakota.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Alice, on Jan. 31, 2012; a brother, Bert (Priscilla) Kracht; and a sister, Jeanette (Carmi) Braasch.
Arrangements were provided by Dingmann Funeral Home of Luverne, dingmannandsons.com.
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