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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 270954
Title: Geneva Schnell
Date: 11/28/1923-4/29/2023
Inscription/Marks: 11/28/1923
Summary: Geneva Schnell left her earthly life to be with her maker on April 29, 2023. She died peacefully at her home in Bismarck, ND, at age 99. Mass of Christian burial was celebrated May 27, 2023, at Queen of Peace Catholic Church, Dickinson, ND, with burial in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Dickinson. Geneva Grasl was born in Werner, ND, on November 28, 1923, at the home of her parents, Jack and Katherine (Lueckenbach) Grasl. She lived with her parents in Werner until 1930, when the family moved to New England, ND. She helped her parents in the operation of the family's grocery and meat market in New England and attended St. Mary’s Catholic school there. Geneva attended Dickinson State College and worked as a medical assistant at Rodgers and Gumper Clinic. She also worked as a teller at Liberty National Bank and in the office of Schnell Livestock Auction Market, now Stockmen’s Livestock Exchange. Geneva married Raymond Schnell in December, 1949, and they soon afterward moved to Fort Collins, CO, where Raymond finished his education at Colorado A&M, now Colorado State University. After returning to Dickinson following Raymond’s graduation, Geneva was a full-time mom of five children while husband, Raymond, managed the livestock auction market and traveled around the country on behalf of various livestock industry organizations. Geneva and Raymond were members of Queen of Peace Parish in Dickinson until moving to Edgewood Vista Village, Bismarck, in 2012. Geneva was an active member of Catholic Daughters, St. Francis Cabrini Study Club, Dorcas Society, ND Cattle Women, and ND Mothers Association. She volunteered at St. Luke's Nursing Home and for 25 years for Dickinson Nutrition Services, coordinating and delivering meals to elderly and disabled people. Her Catholic faith and music were big in Geneva’s life and she sang with St. Mary’s church choir, New England, Queen of Peace church choir, Prairie Rose barbershop chorus, and several other music groups. Geneva is survived by her children, Gary (Alexana Ryer), Greeley, CO, Margaret Sundet (Warren), Williston, ND, Don (Karen Mertz) Canton, GA, and Sheila Gilbertson (Jed), Bismarck; son-in-law, Ron Christensen (Angie Evans), Nampa, ID; 11 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Marguerite Simon and Kathleen Armstrong; husband, Raymond; and daughter, Mary Kay Christensen.
Red ID: FND_I_78446 Image ID: 599634 Image Notes: FND001 270954

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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