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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 270932
Title: Leah Schell
Date: 12/6/1932-4/2/2023
Inscription/Marks: 12/6/1932
Summary: Leah Schell, 90, Bismarck, ND, entered eternal rest on Palm Sunday, April 2, 2023. A memorial service was held April 15, 2023, at Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck. Interment will be held at New Leipzig, ND, at a later date. Leah Sackmann was born December 6, 1932, in New Leipzig, the youngest of 18 children to Jacob and Christine Sackmann. At the age of 13 she moved with her brother to Lemmon, SD. Leah married Richard Schell on March 14, 1950. Leah worked from a young age at various hotels as a housekeeper in Dickinson, Jamestown, and Bismarck, working at Kirkwood Motor Inn for over 30 years. Leah never had a driver’s license, which never hindered her from being able to go where she needed to go, as she would walk to work or wherever else she needed to be. Leah knew she could count on her family for help with transportation or any other needs she had. She enjoyed reading, especially Danielle Steele novels, doing word search puzzles, saving change to be placed in unique jars and playing Yahtzee and bingo with friends at The Terrace. She also enjoyed her trips to the casino. Leah is survived by five children, Carol Thompson, Mandan, ND, Vickie (Deacon Ken) Severinson, Devils Lake, ND, Connie (Mark) Schulz, Bismarck, Pamela (Tom) Roehrich, Fargo, ND, and Brian (Diane) Schell, Mandan; 12 grandchildren; and several great- and great-great-grandchildren. Leah was preceded in death by her parents; 17 siblings; and son-in-law, Stanley Thompson.
Red ID: FND_I_78427 Image ID: 599616 Image Notes: FND001 270932

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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