Richard H. Sebern

Dick is recorded in the 1947-48 Legion mailing list in Manning.
He worked for Petersen Garage and Jensen's Service Station

Enlistment July 6, 1940, at Fort Crook, Nebraska
Service Number 17004032

Cash Register Stolen at Manning
May 4, 1955 Carroll Daily Times Herald
A cash register containing an estimated $30 in cash was stolen from the body shop and service station operated by Dick Sebern and Ward Jensen at Manning sometime during the early morning.

Deputy Sheriff Leonard Hinze, who investigated, said the cash register was found pried open on a rural road a mile and a half south of Manning.

The register was taken from Jensen's Service Station.

Entry was gained through rear window which was broken, the officer said.

Richard Sebern Richard H. "Dick" Sebern was born August 27, 1920, in Lanesboro, Iowa, to parents William and Tilla (Wegner) Sebern. He died July 13, 2013, in at Bethesda Nursing Home in Beresford, South Dakota, at the age of 92 years, 11 months, and 16 days.

Dick graduated from high school in Glidden, Iowa in 1938.

He served in the United States Army Air Corps from July 1940 to December 1945.

He married Betty Brick in 1941. The couple moved back to Iowa upon Dick's discharge from the Army and operated a body shop and wrecker service (Dick's Body Shop) in Manning in 1950 through the mid-1950s. They moved to the Spink, South Dakota, area in 1972 where Dick operated Sebern Construction until retiring in 1991, when the couple moved into Beresford.

Betty passed away in June of 2012 and Dick continued to reside here until the present time.

Dick attended Garryowen Church and St. Teresa Catholic Church after moving into town. He was a member of the Alsen American Legion and served as a Union County Commissioner for 8 years. Dick enjoyed reading, restoring old cars and was an avid Twins fan.

He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, brother, James, and a brother, Charles, in infancy.

Survivors are his daughter Gay Erks, Sioux Falls; two sons, Mike Sebern and wife Rosie and Bill Sebern and wife Linda all of Beresford, South Dakota; 9 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren; a brother, Ward Sebern and wife Betty of Manilla, Iowa; and many nieces, nephews, relatives, and friends.

A funeral mass will be held 10:00 AM, Tuesday, July 16, 2013, at St. Teresa Catholic Church in Beresford with burial to follow at St. John Catholic Cemetery, rural Beresford. Visitation with family present will be Monday at St. Teresa Catholic Church from 6 PM to 8 PM with a wake service at 7 PM
Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, July 14, 2013