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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 270929
Title: Lou Ann M. Schatz
Date: 3/16/1932-12/3/2022
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 3/16/1932
Summary: Lou Ann, formerly from New England, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 3rd at Country House in Dickinson. A memorial service for Lou Ann M. Schatz, 90, was held Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022 at Stevenson Funeral Home in Dickinson with Pastor Scott Skones officiating. Inurnment at the Veterans Cemetery in Mandan took place in the spring. Lou Ann was born on March 16th, 1932, in Fargo, ND to Harold Madsen and Hazel Pool Madsen. She was the youngest of four, with three older brothers to help develop her athletic skills and competitiveness. She also enjoyed music, playing the clarinet and singing in various musical groups in her younger years. After moving from Steele, ND, to New England, ND, Lou Ann graduated from New England Public High School in 1950. She married Wilfred Schatz in December of 1950, and after a short stint in Denver, they moved permanently to New England, where they farmed and ranched until Wilfred’s passing in 2001. Lou Ann was a 65+ year member of Eastern Star, and she loved her family, flowers (especially carnations), and her pets. Lou Ann is survived by one brother, David Madsen (Lois), Seattle, WA; her son, Mike Schatz (Patti) New England, and daughter, Suzie Schatz Hills (Dan), Sheridan, WY. Also surviving are 5 grandchildren: Sarah Schatz McGale (Thomas), Nathan Schatz, Amber Schatz Danks (Matt), Joshua Schatz (Kirsten), and Adam Benson (Jill), and four great grandchildren, Gavin, Daisy, Everett, and Owen. She was preceded in death by her parents, Harold and Hazel; her husband Wilfred “Butch” Schatz; and brothers’ Jack and Edwin.
Red ID: FND_I_78424 Image ID: 547575 Image Notes: FND001 270929

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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