Ervin Schiermeister

Ervin Schiermeister, 79, Bismarck, died December 10, 2015, in a Bismarck hospital. A memorial service will be held at 11:30 am Tuesday, December 15, 2015, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 502 N 4th St., Bismarck, with Rev. Paul Schick officiating. Burial will be held at 2:00 pm Tuesday at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan. Ervin’s wish was to be cremated. Ervin George Schiermeister was born January 5, 1936, on the family farm in Emmons County, the 6th of 15 children born to Jake and Johanna (Schmidt) Schiermeister. He served in the Navy for four years. Ervin married Joan Lipp on October 5, 1957, in Patuxent River, MD. They lived in Linton and Mott, and then settled in Bismarck. For 32 years, Ervin was a soil conservationist for the federal government. A humble man, Erv had a special gift for razzing people, with a sense of humor, and was always lending a helping hand. He could build or fix anything. He also enjoyed playing pinochle, loved deer hunting (and do the meat dance), and shoot rabbits in the back yard. Erv always said “10 pumps with the air rifle, and they land in the neighbor’s yard.” He always looked forward to his lunches with his niece-in-law, Tiff Schiermeister, and spending time with his nephew, Ervin Walther, and brothers-in-law, Albert Weisbeck and Tom Lipp. Kids (young and old) loved being around him, and many have pulled his finger. The dentist he thought he was, Erv thoroughly enjoyed pulling teeth using the string/door method for his kids, and nieces and nephews. Ervin is survived by his daughters, Gail (Terry) Mees, Sandy (Donny) Gleich; his grandchildren, Stacey (Jason) Johnson, Carrie Gleich, Megan (Matthew) Frohlich, John (Chelsea) Gleich, and Mike Mees; his great-grandchildren, Alexa and Lakyn Johnson, Ethan Points and Dreyson Gleich, Camden and Hadlee Frohlich and Jaxon and Miles Gleich; his sisters, Edna (Henry) Serr, Bertha (Robert) Bradford, Vi (John) Kizis, Hilda (Jim) Houseman, LiAnn Hathaway, Margie (Don) Smith, Dorinda (Albert) Weisbeck; many brothers-in-law and, sisters-in-law; nieces and nephews. Ervin was preceded in death by his wife, Joan, who passed September 2, 2015; his parents, Jake and Johanna Schiermeister; his sisters and brothers-in-law, Martha (Emanual) Walther, Marie (Alfred) Haas, Eleanor; brothers and sisters-in-law, Ray (Lena), Bob, Kenny, one infant brother and brothers-in-law, Joe Massullo, Sr., and Glen Hathaway.