Lori K. Marx (Boehm)

Lori Kaye Marx (Boehm), 57, passed away December 8, 2025, at St. Benedictine Nursing Home in Dickinson.

Funeral Mass will take place on Thursday, December 18, 2025, at 10:30 AM at Spirit of Life Catholic Church, Mandan. Public visitation will take place one hour prior to the service at the church. 

Lori was born September 30, 1968, in Bismarck ND, to Lawrence Boehm and Linda (Bauer) Kraft. She spent her youth in the Black Hills area growing up with her 2 sisters, Lisa and Leona, and her brother Les. The family later moved to Mandan, ND where she graduated from Mandan Senior High School in 1989.

She married Allan Marx August 3, 2000. They made their home in Fairfield, ND.

Lori held various jobs over the years, including CHI St. Alexius and most recently at Super Pumper in Belfield.

Lori was very active with the ND Special Olympics, Partners & Policy making, People of ND, Dakota Center for Independent Living, and Self Advocacy Solutions of ND.

Lori was always a very kind and soft-spoken person. She enjoyed word search puzzles, coloring, and hand embroidery. She loved making flour sack dishtowels for family members as gifts. Lori enjoyed baking and would always make her famous date cookies every Christmas. She was an avid animal lover, spending lots of time with her cats and dogs.

Lori is survived by her husband Allan, Belfield; Stepson A. J. Marx, Bismarck; Mother Linda Kraft, Bismarck; step-mother Gwen Robison, Billings, MT; sister Lisa (Darin) Knoll, Bismarck; brother Les (Donna) Boehm, Watertown, SD; 2 half-sisters, Erin (Aaron) Cofer and Danielle Bogunovich, Billing, MT; four step-siblings; and many nieces, nephews, uncles and aunts; brothers-in-law and sister-in-law, Keath (Maggie) Ft. Worth, TX; David (Marilyn), Dickinson, ND; Kent (Linda), Dickinson, ND; Peter, Palm Bay, FL; Patricia Decker, Dickinson, ND; and Patrick (Misty), Dickinson, ND.

Lori was preceded in death by her father Lawrence Boehm; sister Leona Kastrow; stepfather Ben Kraft; niece Angie Boehm; uncles Glen Bauer and David Bauer; maternal grandparents Joseph and Perpetua Bauer; and paternal grandparents Joseph and Genevieve (Jenny) Boehm. Father and Mother-in-law, Leonard & Theresa Marx; Sister-in-Law, Mary Marx; Edward Decker; Dennis Marx; Janice Marx; along with numerous aunts and uncles.