The Republican lawmaker from Huron fell ill and tested positive for COVID-19 in late March and was being treated at Avera McKennan Hospital's intensive care unit at the time of his passing.

Glanzer was elected in District 22, which includes Beadle and Kingsbury Counties.

This death represents the third confirmed COVID-19 case in South Dakota thus far.

South Dakota House Majority Leader Rep. Lee Qualm confirmed Glanzer's death in a Facebook post Friday night.

"He was a true statesman, an amazing man of God and a great asset to the SD House of Representatives. He will be greatly missed! Please take a moment tonight to thank our Father in Heaven for the blessing he was to so many here on earth and please continue to lift his wife Penny and family up in your prayers.," Qualm's post read.

Glanzer was raised on a farm northeast of Huron in Beadle County. He worked as an agricultural loan officer before retiring in 2012.

He taught school in Wessington Springs for seven years then served as South Dakota State Fair Manager from 1976 to 1979.

Glanzer authored the book "You Can't Un-Ring a Bell" containing several columns containing Glanzer's recollections of his past and personal perspectives.

Glanzer was survived by his wife, Penny, two children, Sally and Tom, and five grandchildren.

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