Funeral services for Victor Joseph Hardaswick will be 2PM Friday, Oct. 25th at Immanuel Free Lutheran Church, in rural Centerville. Visitation hours will be from 2-8PM Thursday at Wass Funeral Home in Centerville, with the family present from 6-8PM and a prayer service at 7PM. Victor was born July 8, 1938 in Seymour, Connecticut to Victor and Irene (Hagen) Hardaswick. He died October 21, 2013 at Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD at the age of 75 years, three months and 14 days. Vic grew up in Seymour with his sister and parents and while attending high school he enjoyed playing football. As a child and young man he was known for bringing home stray and injured animals. He earned a Bachelor's Degree in Zoology from Michigan State University and went on to receive his Master's Degree in Biology from Southern Connecticut University. He married Janice Marie Lago on August 18, 1962. He worked in the Research Department at Yale University and then was involved in establishing the primate facility at Duke University. In 1981, he, Jan and their girls moved to Ithaca, New York where Vic worked with The Peregrine Fund at Cornell University to re-establish a breeding population of peregrine falcons. In 1987 the family moved to Centerville, SD to raise falcons and goshawks. The South Dakota Raptor Trust was established with the help of his friend, Donald Hunter. Vic was a man of the outdoors, a great falconer, and sportsman. He co-authored and published a book "High Flying Gyrfalcons: The Guided Development Program" with his close friend Kent Christopher. Vic is survived by his wife of 51 years, Jan Hardaswick of Centerville, daughters, Julie Anne Hardaswick of Centerville and Suzanne Marie Hardaswick and her husband Joel Reynolds of Rapid City; two grandchildren, Brian Hardaswick and Genesis Reynolds; sister, Suzanne Bendler of Seymour, CT; brother-in-law, John (Nancy) Lago of New Haven, CT; and many nieces and nephews. Victor's parents preceded him in death. In Vic's continuing effort to contribute to the sciences, his organs were donated for research.