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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 270973
Title: Michelle Schwarz
Date: 11/3/1963-10/15/2022
Inscription/Marks: 11/3/1963
Summary: Michelle Schwarz, 58, Bismarck, ND, passed away in her husband’s arms, surrounded by her children on October 15, 2022. A funeral service was held October 20, 2022, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Bismarck. Burial was at Fairview Cemetery, Bismarck. Michelle Kunz was born November 3, 1963, in Tomah, WI, the daughter of Gary and Opal (Van Blaricom) Kunz. At the age of four Michelle and her family moved to South St. Paul, MN, where she graduated from South St. Paul High School in 1982. She was proud of being part of her school dance team, the Packerettes. She went on to attend Concordia College in Moorhead, MN, where he earned a degree in business administration in 1989. Michelle met Todd Schwarz in 1984. For Todd it was love at first sight, however it took him a couple of weeks to convince Michelle. On May 21, 1989, they were married in South St. Paul, following Todd’s graduation from law school in South St. Paul. She forgave Todd of his mistake in making her wait. They lived in Bismarck for a brief time before making their home in Devils Lake, ND. In 2000 they returned to Bismarck where Michelle began working for Bismarck Public Schools as a payroll clerk. She worked with the school system until her final illness prevented her from continuing. She enjoyed knitting, quilting, volunteering at Buckstop Junction, Sunday school teaching, and Hallmark movies. Her primary focus was on her loved ones, especially Mindy and Jake. Michelle is survived by her husband, Todd, Bismarck; children, Mindy, St. Paul, MN, and Jake, Bismarck; parents, Gary and Opal Kunz, Fall Creek, WI; siblings, Mark (Sue) Kunz, Wisconsin, Brian Kunz, California, and Merrith (Dean) Baughman, Michigan; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Timothy (Julie) Schwarz, Hazen, ND; and nieces and nephews.
Red ID: FND_I_78464

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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