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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271855
Title: Leo Schatz
Date: 2/10/1936-10/14/2020
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Inscription/Marks: 2/10/1936
Summary: Leo Schatz, 84, of Dickinson passed away Thursday, October 8, 2020, at St. Benedict's Health in Dickinson. Private Funeral Service for was at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 14th, 2020, at Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson. Burial followed at the Bethesda German Congregational cemetery. Leo was born in Stark County on February 10, 1936, the son of Emmanuel and Pauline (Heipel) Schatz. As a young boy, he grew up on the family farm near Antelope where he attended country school. After his father died at a young age, Leo took over the family farm. He later helped his mother run the Pool Hall and Rec Center in Elgin, ND. It was during this time that he met Angela Schmitt. Leo married Angela on April 4, 1964 at St. Vincent’s Catholic Church in Mott. Their marriage was blessed with five children, Sheila, Wayne, Shea, Scott and Lynelle. Leo worked many seasonal heavy equipment jobs over the years which took his family to Regent, Richardton and Beulah before they settled in Dickinson. In recent years, he worked at Dickinson State University and the Dickinson Press. Leo loved hunting (especially pheasants), playing pinochle, bingo and drinking Old Milwaukee. He also enjoyed gardening, flowers, watching rodeos and western movies. Leo will surely be missed by his faithful dog, Buddy. He will be remembered for his hard-working traits and even though he was a quiet man, his words stood out when he shared his stories. Leo is survived by his wife of 56 years, Angela; his children: Sheila (Dennis) Francis of Norwich, ND, Wayne (Robin) Schatz, Shea (Michelle) Schatz, Scott (Glenda) Schatz, Lynelle (Bruce) Hecker all of Dickinson; grandchildren, Dustin, Desiree, Cody, Jason, Danielle, Andrea, Whitney, Ashton, Caden, Hunter, Remington and Dylan; and 13 great-grandchildren; sisters, Viola Hummel of Mott, Shirley Hoffmeyer of Valley City, Jane Mayer of Richardton.
Red ID: FND_I_79350 Image ID: 538373 Image Notes: FND001 271855

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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