Nona Joreen Schumacher
(April 6, 1931 - November 1, 2011)
Nona J. Schumacher, 80, of Spearfish, passed away November. 1, 2011 at the David M. Dorsett Healthcare Center in Spearfish shortly after being diagnosed with lung cancer.
Nona was born April 6, 1931 in Heinola, MN. She was the youngest of 11 children born to Oscar and Hilma Fraki. The family moved to New York Mills, MN in the early ‘40's and she attended school there until her junior year of high school when she transferred to the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf. After graduating in 1951 she moved to Minneapolis and on September 29th of that year she married John J. Schumacher.
Like her mother before her, Nona was a natural born caregiver. She had an innate sense of what kind of help a person needed whether they knew or not and once she decided they needed her help she never took no for an answer. This quality served her well in various positions she held while working at Communication Services for the Deaf from 1980 till her retirement in 1991. She coordinated services for elderly deaf and hard of hearing clients in Sioux Falls and later became the first director of the CSD office in Rapid City. Before leaving Sioux Falls she and John also managed the Maple Creek Apartment complex which offered housing for the deaf and hearing impaired. Nona made sure every resident made it down to the community room on Saturday mornings for coffee, donuts and friendship.
Upon retiring Nona and John moved to Spearfish, SD where they lived for several years until family circumstances and John's failing health necessitated moving. After 15 years in Sun City, CA Nona had just returned, in May, to the Black Hills that she loved, to live with her daughter.
Nona will be remembered as a generous, loving mother and grandmother, as well as, a beloved role model and friend by the many, many people whose lives she touched in all the communities in which she lived and worked.
She is survived by her daughter, Susan (Bruce) Kater, Spearfish; grandson, Andrew Page, Fairbanks, AK; sister-in-laws Alice Grieger, New York Mills, MN and Catherine Wangler, Aberdeen, SD; brother-in-law Sebastian (Carol) Axtman, Pierre, SD; numerous nieces and nephews and her dearest friends Sheila and DJ Hoebel of Greeley, CO. She was preceded in death by her parents, all ten of her siblings and John, her husband of 54 years.
Her family wishes to acknowledge the wonderful, compassionate care she received during her brief struggle with cancer from the staffs of the Spearfish Regional Clinic and Hospital, the David M. Dorsett Healthcare Center and Hospice of the Northern Hills. Her caregivers were truly the angels among us.
There will be no service at this time. Her family will gather at a later date to celebrate her life. Nona had a very soft spot in her heart for animals of all kinds, so a contribution in her name to your local animal shelter would be fitting.
Condolences may be sent to the family at PO Box 1084, Spearfish, SD 57783.
(April 6, 1931 - November 1, 2011)
Nona J. Schumacher, 80, of Spearfish, passed away November. 1, 2011 at the David M. Dorsett Healthcare Center in Spearfish shortly after being diagnosed with lung cancer.
Nona was born April 6, 1931 in Heinola, MN. She was the youngest of 11 children born to Oscar and Hilma Fraki. The family moved to New York Mills, MN in the early ‘40's and she attended school there until her junior year of high school when she transferred to the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf. After graduating in 1951 she moved to Minneapolis and on September 29th of that year she married John J. Schumacher.
Like her mother before her, Nona was a natural born caregiver. She had an innate sense of what kind of help a person needed whether they knew or not and once she decided they needed her help she never took no for an answer. This quality served her well in various positions she held while working at Communication Services for the Deaf from 1980 till her retirement in 1991. She coordinated services for elderly deaf and hard of hearing clients in Sioux Falls and later became the first director of the CSD office in Rapid City. Before leaving Sioux Falls she and John also managed the Maple Creek Apartment complex which offered housing for the deaf and hearing impaired. Nona made sure every resident made it down to the community room on Saturday mornings for coffee, donuts and friendship.
Upon retiring Nona and John moved to Spearfish, SD where they lived for several years until family circumstances and John's failing health necessitated moving. After 15 years in Sun City, CA Nona had just returned, in May, to the Black Hills that she loved, to live with her daughter.
Nona will be remembered as a generous, loving mother and grandmother, as well as, a beloved role model and friend by the many, many people whose lives she touched in all the communities in which she lived and worked.
She is survived by her daughter, Susan (Bruce) Kater, Spearfish; grandson, Andrew Page, Fairbanks, AK; sister-in-laws Alice Grieger, New York Mills, MN and Catherine Wangler, Aberdeen, SD; brother-in-law Sebastian (Carol) Axtman, Pierre, SD; numerous nieces and nephews and her dearest friends Sheila and DJ Hoebel of Greeley, CO. She was preceded in death by her parents, all ten of her siblings and John, her husband of 54 years.
Her family wishes to acknowledge the wonderful, compassionate care she received during her brief struggle with cancer from the staffs of the Spearfish Regional Clinic and Hospital, the David M. Dorsett Healthcare Center and Hospice of the Northern Hills. Her caregivers were truly the angels among us.
There will be no service at this time. Her family will gather at a later date to celebrate her life. Nona had a very soft spot in her heart for animals of all kinds, so a contribution in her name to your local animal shelter would be fitting.
Condolences may be sent to the family at PO Box 1084, Spearfish, SD 57783.
Nona Joreen Schumacher
(April 6, 1931 - November 1, 2011)
Nona J. Schumacher, 80, of Spearfish, passed away November. 1, 2011 at the David M. Dorsett Healthcare Center in Spearfish shortly after being diagnosed with lung cancer.
Nona was born April 6, 1931 in Heinola, MN. She was the youngest of 11 children born to Oscar and Hilma Fraki. The family moved to New York Mills, MN in the early ‘40's and she attended school there until her junior year of high school when she transferred to the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf. After graduating in 1951 she moved to Minneapolis and on September 29th of that year she married John J. Schumacher.
Like her mother before her, Nona was a natural born caregiver. She had an innate sense of what kind of help a person needed whether they knew or not and once she decided they needed her help she never took no for an answer. This quality served her well in various positions she held while working at Communication Services for the Deaf from 1980 till her retirement in 1991. She coordinated services for elderly deaf and hard of hearing clients in Sioux Falls and later became the first director of the CSD office in Rapid City. Before leaving Sioux Falls she and John also managed the Maple Creek Apartment complex which offered housing for the deaf and hearing impaired. Nona made sure every resident made it down to the community room on Saturday mornings for coffee, donuts and friendship.
Upon retiring Nona and John moved to Spearfish, SD where they lived for several years until family circumstances and John's failing health necessitated moving. After 15 years in Sun City, CA Nona had just returned, in May, to the Black Hills that she loved, to live with her daughter.
Nona will be remembered as a generous, loving mother and grandmother, as well as, a beloved role model and friend by the many, many people whose lives she touched in all the communities in which she lived and worked.
She is survived by her daughter, Susan (Bruce) Kater, Spearfish; grandson, Andrew Page, Fairbanks, AK; sister-in-laws Alice Grieger, New York Mills, MN and Catherine Wangler, Aberdeen, SD; brother-in-law Sebastian (Carol) Axtman, Pierre, SD; numerous nieces and nephews and her dearest friends Sheila and DJ Hoebel of Greeley, CO. She was preceded in death by her parents, all ten of her siblings and John, her husband of 54 years.
Her family wishes to acknowledge the wonderful, compassionate care she received during her brief struggle with cancer from the staffs of the Spearfish Regional Clinic and Hospital, the David M. Dorsett Healthcare Center and Hospice of the Northern Hills. Her caregivers were truly the angels among us.
There will be no service at this time. Her family will gather at a later date to celebrate her life. Nona had a very soft spot in her heart for animals of all kinds, so a contribution in her name to your local animal shelter would be fitting.
Condolences may be sent to the family at PO Box 1084, Spearfish, SD 57783.
(April 6, 1931 - November 1, 2011)
Nona J. Schumacher, 80, of Spearfish, passed away November. 1, 2011 at the David M. Dorsett Healthcare Center in Spearfish shortly after being diagnosed with lung cancer.
Nona was born April 6, 1931 in Heinola, MN. She was the youngest of 11 children born to Oscar and Hilma Fraki. The family moved to New York Mills, MN in the early ‘40's and she attended school there until her junior year of high school when she transferred to the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf. After graduating in 1951 she moved to Minneapolis and on September 29th of that year she married John J. Schumacher.
Like her mother before her, Nona was a natural born caregiver. She had an innate sense of what kind of help a person needed whether they knew or not and once she decided they needed her help she never took no for an answer. This quality served her well in various positions she held while working at Communication Services for the Deaf from 1980 till her retirement in 1991. She coordinated services for elderly deaf and hard of hearing clients in Sioux Falls and later became the first director of the CSD office in Rapid City. Before leaving Sioux Falls she and John also managed the Maple Creek Apartment complex which offered housing for the deaf and hearing impaired. Nona made sure every resident made it down to the community room on Saturday mornings for coffee, donuts and friendship.
Upon retiring Nona and John moved to Spearfish, SD where they lived for several years until family circumstances and John's failing health necessitated moving. After 15 years in Sun City, CA Nona had just returned, in May, to the Black Hills that she loved, to live with her daughter.
Nona will be remembered as a generous, loving mother and grandmother, as well as, a beloved role model and friend by the many, many people whose lives she touched in all the communities in which she lived and worked.
She is survived by her daughter, Susan (Bruce) Kater, Spearfish; grandson, Andrew Page, Fairbanks, AK; sister-in-laws Alice Grieger, New York Mills, MN and Catherine Wangler, Aberdeen, SD; brother-in-law Sebastian (Carol) Axtman, Pierre, SD; numerous nieces and nephews and her dearest friends Sheila and DJ Hoebel of Greeley, CO. She was preceded in death by her parents, all ten of her siblings and John, her husband of 54 years.
Her family wishes to acknowledge the wonderful, compassionate care she received during her brief struggle with cancer from the staffs of the Spearfish Regional Clinic and Hospital, the David M. Dorsett Healthcare Center and Hospice of the Northern Hills. Her caregivers were truly the angels among us.
There will be no service at this time. Her family will gather at a later date to celebrate her life. Nona had a very soft spot in her heart for animals of all kinds, so a contribution in her name to your local animal shelter would be fitting.
Condolences may be sent to the family at PO Box 1084, Spearfish, SD 57783.
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