Donald E. Osheim (August 20, 1919 – July 12, 2003) was an American politician. He served as a Republican member of the South Dakota House of Representatives.[1]
Life and career
Osheim was born in Rosholt, South Dakota, to Lawrence C. Osheim and Anna Osheim.[2] He attended high-school in Rosholt graduating in 1937.[2]
He then went to serve in World War II as a Navy Air Corps pilot.[2]
After the war Osheim went to the University of South Dakota to obtain his law degree in 1948.[3][4] He was admitted to the bar February 1848 with ten other graduates.[5] He started practicing law as the city attorney of Watertown, South Dakota, a position he served from 1952 until 1886.[2]
Osheim served in the South Dakota House of Representatives from 1965 to 1972[1] and was the Speaker of the House from 1971 to 1972 in his final session.[2]
In 1986 he moved with his wife to Bella Vista, Arkansas, then later in 2000 to Sioux Falls, South Dakota.[2] Osheim died on July 12, 2003, at the age of 83, survived by his wife Reva and three children.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Donald E. Osheim". South Dakota Legislature. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Donald E. Osheim". Argus-Leader. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. July 13, 2003. p. 24. Retrieved July 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Sharp, Nancy Weatherly; Sharp, James Roger (1997). American Legislative Leaders in the Midwest, 1911-1994. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 191. ISBN 9780313302145 – via Google Books.
- ^ South Dakota Legislative Manual, State Publishing Company, 1971, p. 136
- ^ "11 Young Attorneys Admitted to S.D. Bar". Argus-Leader. 27 February 1948. p. 2. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
