Kelly Schimke

Kelly W. Schimke, 44,

of Hurdsfield, ND died

Wednesday January 29,

2020 at the Sanford Medi-

cal Center of Bismarck.

Funeral services will be

held at the Faith Lutheran

Church of Harvey on Sa-

turday February 1, 2020 at

10:30 a.m.

Visitation will be held

at the Hertz Funeral

Home of Harvey on Friday

January 31, 2020 from

4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.

with prayer services at

7:00 p.m. at the funeral

home.

Kelly was born on Oc-

tober 15, 1975 in Harvey,

North Dakota. He was the

son of Wayne and Diane

(Eckman) Schimke. He

grew up and attended

school in Harvey. Follow-ing his schooling, he

worked with his dad,

brother, and his children

on the family farm. While

farming/ranching he also

worked for Harvey Farm-

ers Elevator, Farmers Un-

ion Insurance, and did

custom harvesting for lo-

cal farmers. Kelly always

enjoyed spending time

with his family whether it

was working or just hang-

ing out. In fact he was the

happiest when everyone

was just “staying in for

the night”. Kelly married

Melissa Schneider on May

28, 1994 in Esmond, ND.

They continued to live on

the family farm south of

Harvey. He was a member

of the Faith Lutheran

Church of Harvey.

Kelly is survived by his

wife, Melissa of Hurds-

field, children, Tyler

(Megan Reis), Tristin,

Trace, and Trynity

Schimke; mother, Diane

Schimke of Hurdsfield;

sister, Kristi (Rich) Buck-

ley of West Fargo; brother,

Kerry (Sarah) of Harvey;

numerous nieces and

nephews; mother-in-law

and father-in-law, Ron

and Karen Schneider of

Fargo.

Kelly was preceded in

death by his father,

Wayne Schimke; and his

grandparents.

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