Geraldine Leola “Gerry” (Wiese) Skow

Geraldine (Gerry) Leola

(Wiese) Skow, Onamia,

MN, age 82, passed away

peacefully November

24th, 2019. She was born

October 29, 1937 in Bot-

tineau, North Dakota to

Martin and Stella Wiese.

She married LeRoy Skow,

in July of 1955 who pre-

ceded her in death in

2009.

Gerry and LeRoy were

married and raised their

family in Minot, ND, they

later moved to Brooklyn

Park, MN so Gerry could

be the only Daycare pro-

vider for all of her five

grandchildren. She also

shared her love with food

especially cooking and

baking traditional

Norwegian cuisine during

the holidays.

For many years Gerry

worked at Piggly Wiggly

in Minot ND where she

had very special relation-

ships with customers and

Co-workers. Being the

“Grandma Daycare” pro-

vider brought her great

joy and it suited her ser-

vant heart.

How Gerry’s loved ones

came into her life didn’t

matter to her, from Adopt-

ing and loving her 2 chil-

dren to all the Adopted

“daycare Grandchildren”

along with her actual

Grandchildren, she loved

and cared deeply for all in

her life.

Her life was a living ex-

ample of one of her favor-

ite Bible verses, Ephesians

4:32 – “And be kind and

compassionate to one

another, forgiving one

another, just as God also

forgave you in Christ.”

Gerry is survived by

her 2 children Kevin and

Karla Skow, Daughter

in-law Sandy Skow, 5

Grandchildren and 6

Great-Grandchildren. Ger-

ry came from a large fami-

ly with 9 children, she

was the second oldest and

was proceeded in death

by her parents and older

sister. She had many

nephews and nieces. All

of these she loved and

touched deeply.

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