Irene Schoenwald

102, Minot, formerly of

Max, ND died Friday, Au-

gust 10, 2018, in a Minot

hospital surrounded by

her family.

Irene was born June 14,

1916, on the family farm

near Max, North Dakota to

Albert and Thea (Hanson)

Anderson. She was bap-

tized and confirmed at

Our Savior Lutheran

Church in Max. Irene gra-

duated from Max High

School in 1934.

Irene was united in

marriage to Edwin

Schoenwald on October

12, 1940 in Max. They

made their home on the

Schoenwald family farm

northeast of Max. Follow-ing Edwin’s passing on

September 4, 1993, Irene

continued to live on the

farm until moving to

Minot in October 2012.

Irene was an active

member of Hope Lutheran

Church and was on vari-

ous community boards

and committees. She en-

joyed cooking, quilting,

crocheting, doing family

history and raising her

family. She was proud of

her Norwegian heritage.

Irene is survived by:

her children, Jerald (Shei-

la) Schoenwald, Sawyer,

ND, Eugene (Kim Lowe)

Schoenwald, Minot, Joyce

(Ken) Froschheiser, Thief

River Falls, MN, Rodney

Schoenwald, Max and

Nancy (Terry) Gullickson,

Max; grandchildren,

Leslee (Michael)

Borowski, Lucky (Darla)

Schoenwald, Lance (Ash-

ley Leary) Schoenwald,

Troy Schoenwald, Travis

(Paula) Schoenwald, Jared

(Amanda) Brandt, Dena

(Darwin) Boutain, Karla

(Brad) Laidley, Kenneth

(Sara) Gullickson, Kari

(Craig) Rodenberg and

Jamie (Jared) Schmidt; 25

great-grandchildren; 4

great-great-grandchildren;

along with numerous

cousins, nieces and

nephews.

Irene was preceded in

death by: her parents;

husband, Edwin;

grandchildren, LeeAnn,

Kellea and Brent

Schoenwald; brother,

Glenn Anderson; and sis-

ters, Nelva Klimpel and

Verna Schoenwald.

Funeral service: 11:00

a.m. Wednesday, August

15, 2018 at Hope Lutheran

Church, rural Sawyer,

ND.

Interment: Hope Luth-

eran Church Cemetery,

rural Sawyer, ND.

Visitation: Tuesday 14,

2018 from 3:00 p.m. until

6:00 p.m. at the Thomas

Family Funeral Home,

Minot.

Memorials are preferred

to the Hope Lutheran

Church Cemetery, rural

Sawyer, ND

Those wishing to sign

the online memorial regis-

ter or share memories and

condolences are invited to

use the expression of

sympathy section at

www.thomasfamily

funeralhome.com.