Darwin Schaubert

BOWDON -- Darwin Schaubert, 69, Bowdon, died May 3, 2000 in a Bismarck care center. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, at Bowdon Lutheran Church, with burial in Wayside Cemetery, Bowdon.

Visitation will be held 2-7 p.m. Wednesday, at Nelson Funeral Home, Fessenden.

Darwin J. Schaubert, son of John and Rose (Hinger) Schaubert, was born Aug. 29, 1930 on his parents' farm southeast of Bowdon, where he grew up and attended Berlin Township School No. 3. He graduated from Bowdon High School in 1948 and in the fall of that year enrolled at North Dakota State University in Fargo, where he studied agricultural engineering and enlisted in the ROTC program.

In 1950 he entered the United State Air Force and served during the Korean War. Folloiwing his honorable discharge he returned to NDSU to continue his studies and earned his masters degree in agricultural engineering.

On June 9, 1962 he was united in marriage to Adeline Perkins Collis at Bismarck. They made their home on a farm southeast of Bowdon, where they continued to farm until retiring in March of 1996. They remained on the farm until moving to Bismarck, where he had been a resident of the Karrington Cottages since Oct. 5, 1999.

He was an active member of the Bowdon Lutheran Church, having served as church president, trustee and secretary for many years. He was a member and past commander of the Terry Martin American Legion Post No. 175 of Bowdon, and had served as Wells County 4-H leader for over 20 years. He also served for many years on the Wells County Selective Service Board, the Wells Co. Better Seed and Grain Board, the Speedwell Township Board, the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd Board and Foundation Committee; and as a member and president of the Bowdon School Board.

He is survived by his wife, Adeline; one daughter, Melissa (Mrs. Kevin) Tureson, Champlin, Minn.; two sons, Paul (Lynn) Schaubert, Schererville, Ind., and David (Katherine) Schaubert, Greeley, Colo.; six grandchildren, Meredith, Jared, Averyl and Elise Schaubert and Kayla and Joshua Tureson; one brother, Marlyn (Dorothy) Schaubert, rural Heaton; one sister, Lorraine (Mrs. Hubert) Graves, Harvey; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Daryl Robert.

The family prefers memorials to the North Dakota Alzheimer Foundation or the North Dakota 4-H Foundation. (Nelson Funeral Home, Fessenden)