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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 11266
Title: Leo Bachmeier
Date: 1925 - 2007
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 1/1/1925
Summary: Leo Bachmeier, 82, of Strasburg, ND, died September 6, 2007 in a Bismarck Hospital after a long struggle with cancer. Funeral services were held Saturday September 8, 2007 at St. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Strasburg, with the Revs. Leonard Eckroth and Al Leary officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery with military rites provided by Strasburg VFW Post 6264 and Linton American Legion Post 54. Leo Bachmeier was born January 1, 1925 at the Bachmeier Family farm 15 miles west of Strasburg, ND. Leo was the youngest of 10 children born to Melchoir & Christina (Giesinger) Bachmeier. He attended country school. He served in the Armed Forces in Germany toward the end of WWII. Leo married Elizabeth Frances Voller at St. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Strasburg on June 16, 1952. Following their marriage, they farmed and raised livestock on the same land he was birthed. Before farming, Leo was an auto body technician at Schumacher’s Ford and Missouri Valley Motors in Bismarck. Leo’s favorite hobbies were spending time with his family and friends, hunting, fishing, playing pinochle and reading. Leo was a Knights of Columbus member for over 50 years. He is survived by his wife, Betty, of Strasburg, ND; four sons and three daughters-in-law: Joe & Colleen Bachmeier of Owensboro, KY, Kevin & Sue Bachmeier of Bismarck, ND, David Bachmeier and Adel La Counte of Bainville, MT and John & Lilian Bachmeier of Pensacola, FL; one daughter and one son-in-law: Amy & John Schwengler of Lincoln, ND; nine grandchildren; one brother, Anton Bachmeier of Bartlett, TN and one sister, Regina Wagner of Strasburg, ND. He was preceded in death by his parents, one son,Nick, three brothers, John, Martin and Peter and four sisters: Elizabeth Braun, Rofina Volk, Angeline Vetter and Eva Braun. While we will dearly miss his presence here on earth, we rejoice in his entry into paradise.
Red ID: FND_I_62030 Image ID: 523669 Image Notes: FND001 11266

Collection: FND001 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Date: -

Summary: The North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program is sponsored by the North Dakota Funeral Directors Association. The life stories of deceased North Dakotans are featured in an archvied collection. Current partners in the project are Eastgate Funeral & Cremation Services, Bismarck Evans Funeral Homes, Carrington and New Rockford Everson-Coughlin Funeral Home, Williston Fulkerson Funeral Home, Tioga Fulkerson Funeral Home, Watford City Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home, Williston Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck Springan Stevenson Funeral Home, Stanley Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson These funeral homes provide recent obituaries to the Foundation, where staff and volunteers format, edit and archive each memorial. The memorials are posted, and copies are sent to the family for their input and approval. The listing currently features more than 13,000 memorials, and is constantly updated as new memorials and histories are received.

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