James J. Mulder, 76, of Flandreau, died Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018, at Riverview Healthcare Community in Flandreau. 

Funeral services are at 11 a.m. Thursday at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Flandreau. Burial is in Hillside Cemetery in Egan. Visitation is 5 – 7 p.m. Wednesday with a 7 p.m. prayer service at Skroch Funeral Chapel in Flandreau.

James was born Feb. 20, 1942, at Orange City, Iowa, to Peter J. and Lorine (Kiewel) Mulder. In March of 1950 the family moved to a farm in Spring Creek Township northwest of Flandreau. Jim worked and lived with Mark and Elaine Powers during high school. He graduated from Flandreau High School in 1961. Jim married Darlene Peper on July 4, 1961, at Pipestone, Minnesota. In 1962 he started working for Ekern Home Equipment. He then worked in the sheet metal trade for close to 50 years. Jim worked in South Dakota, Minnesota and North Dakota for Thorson, Tessier, Krier & Blain and wherever Sheet Metal International would send him.  He then worked for Baete-Forseth for over 30 years until his retirement in November 2007. They called him “the best damn tinner in the trade.” Jim was a member of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church and the Sheet Metal International Association Local No. 14 (Local 10). He raised hogs for many years, was a member of South Dakota Pork Producers and loved cooking pork loins on the big grill for special occasions. Jim also raised a beautiful garden each year and always shared the abundance. 

Jim is survived by his wife Dar of Flandreau; children, Pam Schipper and Doug Mulder, both of Flandreau and Colleen (J.D.) Headrick of Trenton, Illinois; five grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; sister Delores (John) Nikunen of Thornton, Colorado; brother Peter D. (Louise) Mulder of Greenwood, Arkansas; stepsister Clarice (Dennis) Dean of Las Vegas; brother-in-law Jim (Connie) Peper of Flandreau; two sisters-in-law, Bev (Wayne) Taylor of Flandreau and Jo Rice of Howard. 

Jim was preceded in death by his parents, Peter J. and June Mulder and Lorine and Elmer Kuehn, in-laws, Emil and Wilma Peper; son-in-law Cam Schipper and stepbrother Rollie Craig.

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