Katherine Lemer

Harvey, passed away Fri-

day, November 27, 2020

at St. Aloisius Hospital in

Harvey. Her funeral will

be held Thursday, De-

cember 3, at 10:30 a.m. at

St. Cecelia Catholic

Church in Harvey with

burial at St. Margaret

Mary Holy Cross

Cemetery in Drake.

Visitation will be held

Wednesday, December

2nd from 5 P.M. to 7 P.M.

followed by a prayer ser-

vice, all at the church.

CDC recommendations in-

cluding social distancing,

hand sanitizing, wearing a

mask and staying away if

not feeling well are en-

couraged. Arrangements

with Nelson Funeral

Home of Drake.

Katherine Helen Bur-

gard, daughter of Peter

and Frances (Geisinger)

Burgard, was born Oc-

tober 8, 1935 near Orrin,

ND where she was raised

and educated. As a young

lady, Katherine worked as

a waitress at Kirtens CafÈ

in Harvey and later at

Minot Drug and the Medi-

cal Arts Building in

Minot.

On January 7, 1957, she

was united in marriage to

Lawrence Lemer in Orrin.

They made their home in

Minot where she contin-

ued to work at the Medi-

cal Arts Building for a

number of years.

Following their retire-

ment Katherine and

Lawrence spent their

winters in Arizona. They

had recently moved to

Harvey.

Those who shared in

Katherine’s life include:

her husband of 63 years,

Lawrence ‘Larry’; her chil-

dren, Greg Lemer of Har-

vey, Jacqualine Lemer of

Sahuarita, AZ and

Frances Lemer of Tucson,

AZ; 3 grandchildren,

Cameron and Devin

Clinesmith of Arizona and

Catherine Lemer of India-

na; her sister, Barbara

Wolf of Fargo; and

numerous nieces and

nephews.

Katherine was preced-

ed in death by: her

parents; brothers, Mike

and Thomas Burgard; and

her sisters, Julia Thomas,

Pauline Lithun, Otilla

Penzkover, Francis

Buchmeier, Betty Morgan,

Mary Schneider, Veronica

Keller, Magdalina Woitte

and Margret Fettig.