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Eva H. Duchscherer

Dec.12, 1928-Dec. 30, 2020

Eva Helen Duchscherer,

92, Granville, died

Wednesday, Dec. 30,

2020, in a Minot hospital

due to injuries sustained

from a fall in her home 10

days earlier.

She was born Dec. 12,

1928, to Joseph M. and

Helen (Voller) Bachmeier

on the family farm near

Orrin. She was raised

there and attended

Rosebush Country School

in that area. She earned

her eighth grade diploma

after seven years of

schooling. She then

worked as a nanny for

several families.

She married Joseph M.

Duchscherer Oct. 5, 1948,

in the Catholic Church in

the Blumenfeld area. They

made their home on a

ranch west of Towner un-

til the spring of 1949

when they moved to Vel-

va where Joe began em-

ployment with Verendrye

Electric Cooperative. The

family moved to Granville

in June 1955 when Veren-

drye established an out-

post there. Joe died Jan.

29, 1979.

Eva continued to make

her home in Granville

where she was a cook at

Granville Public School

for 31 years. No matter

the weather she walked to

the post office almost dai-

ly to get her mail and fre-

quently to the Granville

Senior Center.

She was a member of

Granville Senior Citizens

and of St. Cecilia’s Cathol-

ic Church, Velva. She was

a former member of Our

Lady of Perpetual Help

Catholic Church, Gran-

ville, and Christian Moth-

ers Granville, until the

church was closed.

Eva loved to garden.

She would proudly tell

others how many quarts

and pints of tomatoes,

pickles, green beans and

beets she had canned

each year. Her children

and neighbors also en-

joyed the fresh produce

she shared. She was an

awesome baker and cook.

She faithfully watched

Wheel of Fortune every

evening at 6:30 and all her

children knew not to call

her during that time.

She loved doing em-

broidery and enjoyed

playing cards, especially

pinochle and back-alley

whist. Other games she

enjoyed included Rummi-

kub, Uno, Skip-Bo and

word search puzzles.

Above all, she was all

smiles when she got to

play cards and games

with her grandchildren

and great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in

death by: her husband;

parents; brothers, Nick,

Matt, Leo, Ben, Adam and

William; son-in-law,

Byron Johnson; and

numerous brothers-

in-law, sisters-in-law,

cousins and nieces and

nephews.

She is survived by: her

daughters, Loretta John-

son, Minot, and her spe-

cial friend, Jack Dybas,

and Julie (Mark) Fimreite,

Minot; sons, Kenneth

Duchscherer, Minot, and

his special friend, Janis

Neumann, Donald

(Norene) Duchscherer,

Granville, and Duane

(Linda) Duchscherer, Cas-

tro Valley, Calif.; 11

grandchildren, Mark John-

son, Derek and Cole

Duchscherer, Susan

Duchscherer, Shanna Bur-

chett and Joseph

Duchscherer, Kyle and

Drew Duchscherer, Eric

and Keith Fimreite and

Angela Klein; 14 great-

grandchildren and one

great-great-granddaughter;

sisters, Magdalena

Duchsherer, Drake, and

Helen Koble, Harvey;

brothers, Anton (Patricia)

Bachmeier, Carrington,

Phillip Bachmeier, Power,

Mont., and Joe (Julie)

Bachmeier, Towner; and

sisters-in-law, Alice

Bachmeier, Minot, Mar-

cella Wolf, Fargo, and

Agnes Duchscherer, rural

Towner.

All services are open to

the public. Masks and so-

cial distancing are re-

quested.

Visitation will be on

Monday, January 4, 2021

at Thompson-Larson Fun-

eral Home, Minot, ND

from 3:00 pm to 5 pm.

There will be a Vigil

Prayer Service on Mon-

day, January 4, 2021 at

7:00 pm at St. Cecilia

Catholic Church, Velva,

ND with visitation before

the prayer service.

Mass of Christian

Burial will be on Tues-

day, January 5, 2021 at 11

a.m. at St. Cecilia Catholic

Church, Velva. The ser-

vice will be livestreamed

for the public to view and

can be accessed by going

to YouTube

Burial will be at Holy

Cross Cemetery, Velva.

In lieu of flowers and

plants, the family prefers

memorials to St. Cecilia’s

Catholic Church, Velva,

or to Granville Senior Ci-

tizens Club.

Those wishing to sign

an online guest register

are asked to go to

www.thompson

larson.com.