Ervin A. "Erv" Huether, age 93, of Brookings, died Tuesday, January 31, 2012, at the Brookings Hospital. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Friday, February 3, 2012, at the First United Methodist Church in Brookings, with interment in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitations will be from 6-8 P.M. Thursday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Memorials may be directed to the Erv and Bev Huether Scholarship Fund at SDSU. Ervin August Huether was born April 26, 1918, at Miller, South Dakota, to Jacob and Louise (Heitzman) Huether. He grew up on a farm near Wessington Springs. He served in the U.S. Navy from October 5, 1943, until April 17, 1946. He received a bachelor's degree of Yankton College and a master's degree from the University of Minnesota. He coached for two years in Maine then began a 34 year career at SDSU teaching and coaching football and baseball. The baseball stadium at SDSU is named in his honor. Erv married Beverly Mann on June 20, 1946, at Wessington Springs. She died August 18, 1983. He later married Pearl (Frerichs) Nordquist. Erv served on the Brookings Park and Recreation Board and was a member of First Baptist Church, where he served as a trustee and sang in the choir. He was a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the American Legion. He enjoyed hunting and fishing. Survivors include his wife, Pearl, of Brookings; a son, David (Dorothy) Huether of Brookings; two daughters: Brenda (Richard) Akland of Alcester, South Dakota, and Mary (Joe) Cech of Brookings; seven grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife Beverly; and three brothers: Walter, Leonard, and LeRoy.