Career
A Democrat, Otremba was elected to two terms in office, dying of liver cancer during the second. Otremba served as a radar technician in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War, and later served in government, serving as an officer for the township of Reynolds, and as a commissioner for Todd County. Otremba, a farmer, was married to Mary Ellen Otremba, who succeeded him in office.
The two had four children.