Oscar Stehr

Oscar Harold Stehr, age

94, was reunited in

heaven with his wife

Rosanne on July 19, 2021.

Oscar was born April

17, 1927, to Gottlieb and

Dorothea Kanenwischer

Stehr on a farm in

LaMoure County, eight

miles southwest of Edge-

ley, North Dakota. Grow-

ing up, his family relocat-ed to several other farms

in the Edgeley area where

Oscar attended Wayne

Township School #3 then

Nora Township School

#2. Throughout his

youth, Oscar lived, played

and worked on farms with

horses and livestock. As a

young man, Oscar tink-

ered with equipment and

problem-solving which

prompted him to continue

his education at an auto-

motive trade school in

Fargo, North Dakota.

While completing his

schooling, Oscar worked

for Nash Finch Distribu-

tion unloading rail cars

and later for Conan Cab

Company driving cab. In

his early twenties, Oscar

returned to the Edgeley

area and worked several

years on grain and cattle

farms, then for the Edge-

ley Farmers Union. Oscar

was drafted in 1950 and

served in the US Army

549th Engineers. He was

stationed at Fort Scott,

near San Francisco, Cali-

fornia, assigned to the

survey engineering crew

and later served near

Unalakleet, Alaska, on the

transmission tower crew.

Oscar fulfilled his enlist-

ment duties in November

1952 transferring to the

Army reserves, and was

honorably discharged in

1957.

While serving in the US

Army, Oscar married

Rosanne Lenz on July 6,

1951. They started their

married life in the Edgeley

area, getting back into the

farm servicing business.

Oscar went on to manage

Farmers Union/Cenex sta-

tions in Zeeland, Wash-

burn and Mohall, North

Dakota and the Cenex

Chemical Distribution

Center in Minot North

Dakota. He retired in 1992

and continued to live in

the Minot area until his

death.

Oscar was always active

in the Cenex organization,

serving as President of the

Cenex State Managers As-

sociation and as Chairman

of the Cenex State Retired

Managers Association. Os-

car was a member of the

Moose Lodge for many

years. He and Rosanne

were members of Vincent

United Methodist Church.

Oscar and Rosanne

were married for 65 years,

until Rosanne’s death in

2016, and raised five

daughters. Oscar enjoyed

the love, energy and

spunk of his five

daughters, nine grandchil-dren and eight

great-grandchildren. Os-

car and Rosanne enjoyed

traveling to visit their

children, grandchildren

and great-grandchildren

and enjoyed participating

in their daily routines. Os-

car will be remembered

for his practical direct ap-

proach and no-nonsense

maintenance tips as well

as his stories, dart throw-

ing and the cork guns and

bird feeders he built with

his grandkids.

We miss you and love

you – Dad, Grandpa, Papa

Oscar is survived by

his sister, Ella Schuler,

Bismarck ND; his five

daughters, Darcy (Greg)

Bucholz, Colorado

Springs, CO, Luann

(Mark) Seastrand, Minot,

ND, Tamara (Don) Wer-

linger, Marana, AZ, Min-

dy (Rudy) Faaiuaso,

Minot, ND, and Colleen

(Kendell) Gamblin, Las

Vegas, NV; nine

grandchildren, Lance

(Danis) Bucholz, Aurora,

IL, Scott Bucholz, Parker,

CO, Dinah Seastrand,

Minot, ND, Carissa (Jason)

Werlinger, Chicago, IL,

Brock Werlinger, Gilbert,

AZ, Kayla (Adam) Wer-

linger Hyink, Tustin, CA,

Seth (Angela) Faaiuaso,

Minot, ND, Marjorie (Mar-

vin Jr.) Faaiuaso Youpee,

Poplar, MT, and Jay

(Katherine) Gamblin,

Puyallup, WA; eight

great-grandchildren, Anna

Bucholz, Bodhi Hyink,

Ethan Faaiuaso, Zoe

Faaiuaso, Myla Faaiuaso,

Roseanna Youpee, Masina

Youpee, and Marvin

Youpee III; and several

special nieces and

nephews.

Oscar was preceded in

death by his wife,

Rosanne Lenz Stehr; his

parents, Gottlieb Stehr

and Dorothea

Kanenwischer Stehr; and

five siblings, Anna Stehr,

Robert Stehr, Herbert

Stehr, William Stehr and

Elmer Stehr.

A funeral service will

be held on Friday, August

6, 2021 at 11 a.m. at Vin-

cent United Methodist

Church in Minot. The ser-

vice will be livestreamed

for the public to view and

can be accessed going to

www.vincentumc.com.

Burial will be at Rosehill

Memorial Park in Minot.

There will be a visitation

on Thursday, August 5,

from 4-6 p.m. at

Thompson-Larson Fun-

eral Home in Minot.

Those wishing to sign the

online register and share

memories may access the

online obituaries section

at (www.thompson

larson.com).