Robert "Bob" Steffen

Robert "Bob" Keith Steffen, age 50, of Clark, passed away peacefully Sunday, Mother's Day morning, May 14, 2023 in his home.

Visitation will be Monday, May 22, 2023 from 5-7 PM at the Clark High School Gymnasium. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, May 23, 2023 at 3 PM at the Clark High School Gymnasium with Pastor Mark Tracy and Pastor Rob Salmonson officiating. Pat Seefeldt will be the pianist with a solo piece by Harrison Wookey. Those that should consider themselves to be honorary casket bearers will be the Clark County Pro Pheasants, Class of 1991, Clark School Board, Bradley Fire Department, PDR Youth Hunt, Clark Wrestling, and members of the CCR. Active casket bearers will be James Rosenau, Bill Karber, Todd Orris, Dennis Kruthoff, Chris Olson, and Scott Jongbloed.

Burial will be at Rose Hill Cemetery in Clark, SD at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, please consider all memorials to the family. They are planning to donate to the PDR Youth Hunt, the Clark County Pro Pheasants, and the Clark County Riders Associations.

Bob was born on January 13th, 1973 in Watertown, the son of Stacey Lee Steffen and Nancy Marie (Foster) Steffen. He attended Clark High School where he was actively involved in football, wrestling, 4-H, and FFA and then graduated from Clark High School in 1991. Following high school, he attended Southeast Technical College for Autobody. He and his then girlfriend, Joie, moved into a trailer house with some roommates and that is where they also brought home their first child, Hannah Fay. After Bob was involved in an accident at the elevator injuring his arm, he went back to school at Mount Marty in Watertown for Ag Business. After graduating from Mount Marty and letting his arm heal, Bob opened B.J's (Bob and Jo's) Bar in Bradley, South Dakota.

On August 17th, 1996 he was united in marriage to Joie Ann Reidburn, classmates since kindergarten. The couple lived in Watertown and then moved to Clark in 2004. Bob sold B.J's and began taking over the family farm in Garden City which he continued to do until the day he passed.

Bob was an active member on the Clark School Board, where he sat as President. He was also active in the PDR Youth Hunt, Clark Count Pro Pheasants, Bradley Fire Department, and had just recently joined the Clark County Riders. In his free time, he enjoyed going to Clark Wrestling meets where he often ran clock for home matches, going to SDSU wrestling matches, fishing with his sons, going to concerts where he always managed to get the best seats, fixing Gunther (Hannah's car), checking up on his siblings, online shopping, going out for a CC7, and just being the absolute best dad he could be. Bob was confirmed into the Garden City United Methodist Church as a middle schooler, and as his kids were growing up he and his wife would attend Cornerstone and Clark United Methodist Church. However, if you were to ever ask Bob, he did most of his talking to the Lord in the cab of a tractor working his fields or the seat of his 4-wheeler tending to his livestock.

Preceding him in death was his wife and best friend, Joie Steffen on November 29th, 2018, his grandparents, Oliver and Billie Steffen of Clark, Ann (Ronnie) O'Conner of Clark, and Robert Keith Foster (the man he was named after).

Survivors include his children, Hannah Fay (Cody) of Watertown, Hudson Oliver and Hayse Robert of Clark, his father Stacey Lee Steffen and mother Nancy Steffen of Garden City, brother, James (Lori) Steffen of Becker, MN, sister, Sandra (Sam) Koedam of New Underwood, SD, and extra sister, Anna West of Lantry, SD, nieces and nephews, Chelsea, Jerad, Logan (God son), Shelby, Lydia, Lincoln, Brooke, Justus, Emma, and Averi and a great niece, Emma, and great nephew Weston. Along with his God sons, Trevor and Trace Kruthoff.

Copy & Paster this link to view a video made by Bob's daughter Hannah to honor her dad: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ztGrwifSNrOXaQRrUIF82VFM5hRkjr1c/view?usp=share_link

Services are with Furness Funeral Home of Clark where there is an online registry at www.furnessfuneralhome.com .