Marcus Carl Ulrich, age 69, passed away Friday, April 9, 2021, at the Prairie View Healthcare Center in Woonsocket. Memorial services will be 11:00 AM Saturday, April 24, 2021, at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in Huron. Inurnment will take place at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, in Yale.
Marcus was born on August 1, 1951, to Ralph and Gertrude (Schnathorst) at Huron, South Dakota. He lived on the family farm near Osceola, South Dakota and attended Iroquois High School. He entered the United States Navy and eventually became a member of the U. S. Coast Guard. While serving in the Navy he married and had a daughter.
After his discharge from the service he remained in California where hemarried Billie Compton and together with his step-son, Scott, worked until returning to South Dakota due to ill health.
He is survived by his daughter, Tara Nero and grandson, Vinny; sister Melanie Kludt, Cavour, SD; and brothers Don (Marvalee) Ulrich, Iroquois, SD; Rod (Sandra) Ulrich, Howard, SD. ; step brothers Ronnie and Darrel Schmidt; step-sister Glenda Schmidt; step-sisters in-laws, Marlene and Pauline Schmidt, plus many nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his wife Billie, parents, grandparents, step-mother, Vivian Ulrich; two step-brothers and a step-sister.
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