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Esther Steinwand

June 8, 1928-Aug. 18, 2019

Esther Steinwand, 91,

Bismarck, formerly of

Garrison, died on Sunday,

August 18, 2019 at a

Bismarck care center.

Funeral services will be

held on Saturday, August

24, 2019 at 10:30 am at St.

Paul Lutheran Church in

Garrison.

Interment will be held

at the Garrison City

Cemetery.

Visitation will be held

on Friday from 5 to 7 pm

at St. Paul Lutheran

Church in Garrison.

Esther June Steinwand

was born June 8, 1928 in

rural Turtle Lake to An-

drew and Julia (Walter)

Sackman. She was raised

and educated in the rural

Turtle Lake area and later

completed high school

studies by correspon-

dence, earning her GED.

She married Wilbert

Steinwand in Turtle Lake

on October 10, 1946, mov-

ing to Wilbert’s farm out-

side of Garrison where

side by side they worked

to build up their farm and

together raised two chil-

dren, Diana and Terry.

Esther remained on the

farm following Wilbert’s

death in 2007. Then, be-

cause of health reasons,

she moved to Edgewood

assisted living in Mandan

in 2017 and then to the

Baptist Health Care

Center in Bismarck in

2019.

Esther was a life

member of St. Paul’s

Lutheran Church in

Garrison, served as secre-

tary of Snow Township

for 28 years, and for

several years, worked at

Frederick’s Variety and

Chase Pharmacy in

Garrison.

Esther loved the farm

life and worked hard

helping Wilbert in the

fields, milking cows, and

raising chickens and

geese. But her passion

was her gardening. She al-

ways planted a huge gar-

den, loved watching her

plants sprout and grow

and then sharing all of her

produce with her family.

But above all else, she

cherished her family. She

adored each family

member and always made

each one feel special,

from the oldest child to

the youngest great

grandchild. She always

enjoyed family coming to

the farm to visit, especial

ly the grandchildren com-

ing to spend a few days.

Each one will remember

her signature chicken and

dumplings, which was al-

ways on the menu when

they came to stay.

Esther is survived by:

one daughter, Diana Ed-

inger, Underwood; one

son and daughter-in-law,

Terry (Mary Dawn)

Steinwand, Mandan; six

grandchildren, J.J. Nelson,

Kuna, ID, Jodi (Brad)

Meyer, Johnston, IA, Josh

(Tosha) Steinwand, Man-

dan, Jeremy Steinwand,

Sheboygan, WI, Tyler

(Aubrie) Steinwand, Man-

dan, Kayla Steinwand,

Mandan ; five

great-grandchildren, Jack

and Henry Meyer, Johns-

ton, IA, Emmalynn and

Teagan Steinwand, Man-

dan, and Milo Steinwand,

Mandan; one brother, Er-

vin Sackman, Silver Lake,

KS; and two

sisters-in-law, Betty Buss-

man, Grand Forks, and

Mona Reinisch, Garrison;

and a host of nieces and

nephews.

She was preceded in

death by: her parents, her

husband, Wilbert, one

son-in-law, Ray Edinger,

father-in-law and

mother-in-law, Jacob and

Regina (Weber)

Steinwand, and several

brothers-in-law and

sisters-in-law.