Funeral services for Orville Ott, 90, will be Friday, Aug. 25, 2006 at 10 a.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church in Groton, South Dakota. Burial will follow at the Groton Union Cemetery under the direction of Paetznick-Garness Funeral Chapel, Groton.
Visitation will be held at the funeral chapel from 4-8 p.m. on Thursday and will continue prior to services on Friday.
Orville passed away Aug.18, 2006, in Spearfish, South Dakota after a brief illness.
Orville Conrad Ott was born October 8, 1915, in Stratford, SD to John and Frieda (Stange) Ott. Orville graduated from Groton High School in 1933 and later married Marcella Van Riper on Dec. 10, 1939. The couple lived on a farm west of Verdon, South Dakota for over 40 years, later moving into Groton, South Dakota in 1975. Orville was a successful wheat farmer and insurance agent who loved to travel and drive "nice cars," especially Corvettes. He was an innovator in home electronics, having one of the first air conditioners and television sets (both black and white and color) in Brown County. Orville retired to Sarasota, Florida where he lived until 1998. Later, he lived in Aberdeen, Groton, and finally Spearfish at the Edgewood Vista Assisted Living Center.
During Orville's life, he was involved with the Brown County Democrats, St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Ferney, and St. John's Lutheran Church in Groton. He was a devoted husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. Orville was preceded in death by his father John Ott, his mother Freida Ott, brother Clifford Ott, brother Kenneth Ott, wife Marcella Ott, and infant daughter Gloria Gay Ott.
Grateful for having shared his life are his son and daughter-in-law Mel and Shirley Ott of Merritt Island, Florida; his son and daughter-in-law Jerry and Bonnie Ott of Rochester, Minnesota; his daughter and son-in-law Gary and Anita Voss of Andover, South Dakota; and his daughter and son-in-law Steve and Donna Job of Spearfish.
Orville also had 12 grandchildren, including Stephanie (Ott) Schwartzberg, Stacy (Ott) Kamp, Randy Ott, Daniel Ott, Michael Ott, Jon Voss, Sheri (Voss) Vanderwal, Jeff Voss, Tammy (Voss) Vig, Joshua Job, Jenessa Job, and JeNae Marcella Job. Orville had 14 great-grandchildren.
Casketbearers will be Jon Voss, Josh Job, Jeff Voss, Dan Ott, Mike Ott and Randy Ott.