Esther Schilling

Esther Schilling, 95,

Harvey, formerly of

Anamoose, passed away

Saturday, September 5,

2020 at the St. Aloisius

Nursing Home in Harvey.

Her funeral will be held

Thursday, September 10,

at 2:00 P.M. at the St.

Martin Lutheran Church

in Anamoose with burial

in the church cemetery.

Visitation will be held

one hour before the ser-

vice at the church on

Thursday. CDC recom-

mendations including so-

cial distancing, hand sani-

tizing, wearing masks,

and staying away if not

feeling well are en-

couraged. Arrangements

are with Nelson Funeral

Home of Drake.

Esther Samuel,

daughter of Frank and

Anna Samuel, was born

October 9, 1924 in Minot.

She was raised on the

Samuel family farm and

received her early educa-

tion at Roosevelt #1

School. She then attend-

ed Anamoose High

School, graduating in

1942.

On April 2, 1944 she

was united in marriage to

Wesley Schilling in

Drake. They made their

home and farmed on the

Schilling family farm

southwest of Anamoose

until moving into

Anamoose in 1966. Fol-

lowing Wesley’s death on

March 18, 2006, Esther

remained in Anamoose

until entering St. Aloisius

Long Term Care in 2011

due to ill health.

Esther was a longtime

member of St. Martin

Lutheran Church of

Anamoose. She enjoyed

cooking, gardening and

canning, especially pick-

les and watermelon.

She is survived by her

daughter, Linda (Lester)

Lien of Harvey; 5

grandchildren, Lori (Mel-

vin) Southard of Harvey &

Cory (Celeste) Dockter of

Kenai, AK, and Desiree

Schilling of Harvey, Leslie

(Craig) Felchle of

Bismarck & Crystal (Matt)

Bies of Fisher, MN; and

several great- grandchil-

dren.

Esther was preceded in

death by her husband,

Wesley; her sons, Jeffrey

and infant son Curtis; her

parents; brother, Frank

Samuel; and sisters, Hul-

da Finneman and Ella

Hauser.

Online condolences

may be shared at nelson-

funeral homesnd.com