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Eileen Shabel

Feb. 1, 1924 – Aug. 25, 2017

Eileen Mary Shabel, 93,

Mohall, died Friday, Aug.

25, 2017, at the Good

Samaritan Nursing Home

in Mohall.

She was born in St.

Wendel, Minn., on Feb. 1,

1924, to Con and Ethel

(Roche) Meagher. She

was reared there and at-

tended school in Holding-ford, Minn.

She married Roman

“Butch” Shabel on June

26, 1940. They lived in

Minnesota and Michigan

before moving to Mohall

in 1950.

In 1954, she began her

career at the ASCS/FSA

and retired in 1986. It

was a job that she truly

enjoyed as she got to

know the many farmers

from the area whom she

looked forward to seeing

and helping every time

they came in the office.

When asked about work,

she would say, “I never

worked a day in my life.

You can’t call it work

when you love what you

do.”

After retirement, she

made use of the driver’s

license she obtained at the

age of 58. And with her

Rosary in her pocket, she

made many trips visiting

family and friends. She

loved people and never

met a stranger, she said;

and was a very generous

person who welcomed

into her home with open

arms several family

members, foster children

and anyone who needed a

bed and a meal.

She loved spending

time with her children,

grandchildren and

great-grandchildren

whether it be treating

them to her homemade

chicken noodle soup, ap-

ple pie or showing one of

her dance moves. She

was proud to say she was

an Irish, Catholic, Demo-

crat.

Eileen was a member of

St. Jerome Catholic

Church, Mohall, and

served on the church

board and also the

Women’s Altar Society;

church was very impor-

tant to Eileen. She loved

gardening and caring for

her yard.

Family: children,

Timothy Shabel,

Wenatchee, Wash., James

“Kava” Shabel, Mohall,

Mary Lou (Larry) Alex-

ander, Tolley, Lindy

(Vern) Lien, Little Falls,

Minn.; grandchildren,

Tim, Cheryl and David

Shabel, Shannon Blas,

Jimmy, Joe and Jon Sha-

bel, Tom Alexander and

Margy Hanson, Kathy

Gerring, Ken and Kevin

Lien; 30

great-grandchildren and

six

great-great-grandchildren;

sister-in-law, Rosie

Meagher, St. Louis Park,

Minn.; and numerous

nieces, nephews and

cousins.

Eileen was preceded in

death by: husband, Ro-

man “Butch” Shabel, who

died on June 20, 1988; in-

fant son, Tommy Shabel;

her parents;

daughter-in-law, Sharon

Shabel; sisters, Marvel

Peterson, Sharon Bucking-ham and Luanne Matting-ley; and brothers, Joseph

and Patrick Meagher.

Funeral: 10:30 a.m.,

Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, at

St. Jerome Catholic

Church, Mohall.

Burial: Mohall Com-

munity Cemetery, Mohall.

Recitation of the

Rosary: 7 p.m., Thurs-

day, Aug. 31, 2017, at the

church.

Visitation: noon to 5

p.m., Thursday, at Brose

Funeral Home, Mohall.

Memorials: Memorials

preferred to the Mohall

Ambulance Service, or the

Good Samaritan Society,

Mohall.