Helen Schock

Helen Schock, 83,

Garrison, formerly of

Benedict, died on Mon-

day, May 20, 2019 at Trin-

ity Hospital in Minot.

Funeral services will be

held on Monday at 11:00

am at Concordia Lutheran

Church in Benedict. Buri-

al will be held at the

Garrison City Cemetery at

2:30 pm.

Visitation will be held

on Monday from 9 am un-

til the time of services at

the church.

Helen was born in Ken-

mare, ND to Isaac and

Gertie (Schaner) Melin on

September 24, 1935 one of

9 siblings. She grew up

on the family farm at Nor-

ma, ND where she attend-ed rural school and high

school. Helen spent the

next couple years helping

neighbors with their chil-

dren and housework.

Helen married Carl

Schock on November 1,

1954 in Underwood, ND.

They lived south of

Benedict for 4 years be-

fore moving to Norma to

Helen’s maternal parents

farmstead where they

lived for 10 years. They

returned to Carl’s family’s

farm in 1969 where they

continued to farm. Upon

their retirement they

moved into Benedict

where Helen helped at the

post office window. Carl

passed away November

20, 2002. Helen continued

to live in Benedict where

she was active in the

church ladies aid and the

American Legion Auxili-

ary. She became a

resident of the Benedic-

tine Living Center in

Garrison on September 1,

2016.

Helen is survived by:

her daughter, Dorothy

(Curtis) Kohler, Max, ND;

three grandchildren, Clin-

ton (Shelly) Kohler, Man-

dan, ND, Corwin (Ronda)

Kohler, Benedict, ND, Sta-

cy (AJ) Majeres, Garrison,

ND; special nephew, Jam-

ie Lee, Minot, ND;

great-grandchildren, Au-

gust and Sadie Majeres,

Carsen Kohler, and Abbie

Ratts-Lee; special sister,

Marlene (John) Melin; sis-

ters, Ellen Clark, Josie Lar-

son; sisters-in-law, Eunice

Schock, Teresa Schock,

Irene (Bob) Geider, Arvilla

Melin, and several nieces

and nephews.

She was preceded in

death by: her parents,

husband, Carl, brothers,

Robert, Fritz (Dorismae)

Melin, sisters, Lucille

(John) Gottschall, Joan

(LeRoy) Vedaa, Dorothy

Melin, Anna (Carold) Lee,

brothers-in-law, Walter

Schock, Albert (Violet)

Schock, Floyd (Lorraine)

Evenson, and Wilbert

Schock.