Joseph Schon

Joe Schon, age 95 of Bismarck, North Dakota, formerly of Mercer, North Dakota, died Friday, May 3rd, 2013 at the Missouri Slope Lutheran Care Center in Bismarck, North Dakota. Burial will be at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan, North Dakota

Joseph Schon was born on December 16, 1917 at Butte, North Dakota to William & Katherine (Feasel) Schon.

He grew up on the family farm and attended the Holmes Consolidated Grade School. He joined the Civilian Conservation Corps and stayed in Sidney, Montana, and Priest River, Idaho. In 1942, Joe was inducted into the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. He received his basic training at Sheppard Field, Texas. From there he went to Napier Field, Alabama. He served in the South Pacific until 1945.

He later met Lorraine Gaub of Mercer, North Dakota and they were married on January 8, 1948 at Zion Lutheran Church near Mercer. They moved to the family homestead farm 13 miles north of Mercer where they lived for many years. Joe and Lorraine moved into Mercer and later to the Valley View Retirement Center in Bismarck.

He is survived by his wife, Lorraine of Bismarck, North Dakota; three daughters, Patricia (Paul) Liebersbach of Nekoma, North Dakota; Joel’l (Gordon) Neumiller of Stanton, North Dakota; and Kathern Schon of Devils Lake, North Dakota.

two grandchildren, Emilie (Michael) Sayler and Joseph (Jennifer) Neumiller; four great-grandchildren, Hannah, Isaac, Madison, and Avrey; four sisters, Freida Spelevoy, Elsie Pieroni, Ann Fetzer, and Ardella Schon.

He is also survived by one brother, Albert Schon; and many nieces & nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, five brothers (Bennie, Harry, Walter, John, & William) and one sister (Ida).

• U.S. Social Security Death Index
• Joseph Schon
• Birth: Dec 16 1917
• Death: May 3 2013

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