Christine Schell

Christine Schell, 93,

Drake, North Dakota

passed away Sunday,

January 23, 2022 at the

Sheyenne Care Center,

Valley City. Funeral ser-

vices will be at 2:00 P.M.,

Friday, January 28, 2022

at St. Margaret Mary

Catholic Church, Drake.

Fr. Thomas Graner will

officiate and burial will be

in the St. Margaret Mary

Catholic Cemetery, Drake

in the spring. Visitation

will start at 12:30 P.M.

Friday with a rosary at

1:00 P.M. at the church.

Arrangements by the Nel-

son Funeral Home, Drake,

North Dakota.

Christine Heilman was

born July 6, 1928 near

Karlsruhe, North Dakota,

the daughter of Conrad

and Magdalena (Volk)

Heilman. She grew up

and attended school near

Karlsruhe. She later re-

ceived her teaching de-

gree from Minot State

University. She married

Joseph A. Schell on No-

vember 4, 1947 at

Karlsruhe. They made

their home at Drake,

where Christine taught

school in a one room

school house north of

Drake, where she taught

all grades for several

years. She later worked at

the Drake Creamery until

becoming the bookkeeper

at Farmers Union Oil

Company in Drake. After

Joe retired, she went to

work at the Cenex station

in Balta for two years.

Christine was a member

of St. Margaret Mary

Catholic Church and its

women’s group. She en-

joyed quilting, playing

cards, going out looking

for treasurers with her

metal detector, her big

garden, and was a

wonderful cook and had a

special recipe for her

homemade buns.

She is survived by her

sons, Gary (Sheila Olson),

Voltaire, ND, Kermit (Tru-

di Jaeger), Devils Lake,

and Randy (Ronda), Val-

ley City, sister Diane Idle,

Knoxville, TN, and broth-

er Phillip (Janice) Heil-

man, Minot, six

grandchildren and nine

great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in

death by her parents, hus-

band, sister Joann Heintz,

and brothers, Leo, Con-

rad, and Larry.

(Nelson Funeral Home,

Drake)