Shane Shannon St.Clair, 55, died on April 18, 2020, in a single-vehicle motorcycle accident.
A memorial service will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, July 11, 2020, at the Minnehaha Funeral Home in Dell Rapids, South Dakota.
Shane St.Clair was born April 7, 1965, to Charles and Annette (Fodness) St.Clair in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. His family moved to Chester, South Dakota, in his early childhood. He graduated from Chester High School in 1983.
Shane was married to JoLynn McClain from 1986 to 1999. They had twosons, Jordan and Andrew St.Clair. Shane graduated from Mitchell Technical Institute Lineman College in 1988. From 1989-2015 he worked for Otter Tail Power as a lineman and service representative. In 2015 he was hired by Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association, where he worked as a regional safety coordinator and JT&SInstructor. He continued serving many communities in South Dakota,Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin.
In 1985 Shane also joined the South Dakota Air National Guard wherehe served in the 114th Fighter Wing, Civil Engineer Squadron. Using his professional lineman training he worked on many assignmentsin-country and around the world setting up hospitals, base camps, andstabilizing infrastructure. He was also deployed to Afghanistan in 2001 as part of Operation Enduring Freedom, and to Iraq in 2003 as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was honorably discharged in 2006 as a first sergeant. Shane enjoyed traveling and was known to take long vacations to savorthe places he visited, and he made friends everywhere. Some of his favorite activities were riding motorcycle and watching his kids and grandkids at sporting events.
Shane is survived by his mother, Annette St.Clair of Chester, South Dakota; sons Jordan (Steffanie) St.Clair of Luverne and Andrew St.Clair of Lennox, South Dakota; grandsons Charlie, Kaleb, and Jameson St.Clair; stepson Brady Anderson; sister Ranae (Grant) Williams of Monticello; a niece; aunts and uncles; and other relatives and friends.
Shane was preceded in death by his father, Charles St.Clair, and grandparents Wald and Edith St.Clair.
Tributary donations to the VFW may be made in honor of Shane St.Clairat vfw.org/foundation/foundation-donate.
Arrangements are provided by Minnehaha Funeral Home of Dell Rapids, mnfhg@alliancecom.net.
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