South Dakota State Representative Dies Of Coronavirus

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP)– A South Dakota state legislator who was amongst numerous family members to contract the coronavirus has actually passed away.

State Rep. Bob Glanzer passed away at about 8 p.m. Friday at Avera McKennan Health Center & & University University Hospital, his boy Tom stated in a Facebook post.

Tom Glanzer and Senate Bulk Leader Lee Qualm both verified Bob Glanzer’s death to The Associated Press.

The 74- year-old legislator had actually fallen ill practically 2 weeks earlier, part of a cluster of COVID-19 cases around Huron, South Dakota.  Glanzer’s other half, brother-in-law and sister-in-law all had the infection, and Glanzer’s 51- year-old niece, Mari Hofer, passed away of it, according to Hofer’s partner, Quint Hofer.

Glanzer was a retired farming loan officer and a past manager of the South Dakota State Fair.

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