Anna Schuler

Anna Schuler, 94, Bismarck, died November 23, 2003, at a Bismarck care center. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 PM at Baptist Home Chapel with Pastor Clyde Liemberer officiating. Burial will be at Mandan Union Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday from 3:00 - 9:00 PM at Eastgate Funeral Service where a prayer service will be held on Tuesday at 7:30 PM. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the service at the Baptist Home. Anna Lang was born on August 2, 1909, in Hague, North Dakota, the daughter of Jacob and Rose Ladner Lang. The family farmed at Hosmer, South Dakota, and later moved to Eureka, South Dakota, where they continued to farm and where Anna attended rural schools. On February 23, 1932, Anna married Theodore Schuler in Eureka. They moved to Linton, North Dakota, where they farmed. In 1935, they moved to Underwood, North Dakota, where they farmed and Theodore also worked in the Coal Mines. In 1943, they moved to Mandan, North Dakota, where Theodore worked on the railroad until he retired in 1970. In 1972, Theodore died. Anna was a homemaker and caretaker of elderly ladies in her home until her husband died. In 1973, she moved to Bismarck. In 1992, she entered the Baptist Home and lived there until her death. She was a member of Faith Lutheran Church and a member of the Friendship Circle. Anna loved to sing and always had a smile on her face. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Ken Delores Jacober of Bismarck; one son, Ronald Schuler and daughter-in-law, Betty Dworshak Schuler of Glendale, Arizona; one sister, Bertha Anderson of Garrison, North Dakota; one step-sister, Alvina Lang of Aberdeen, South Dakota, two half-brothers, James and Leroy Lang of Eureka, South Dakota; nine grandchildren, Debbie Phil Wanner, Donna Joe Kramer, and Laurie Reis, all of Bismarck, Tonya Joe Monroe, Ron Schuler, Jr., Tyler Schuler, and Anna Tim Heupel, all of Glendale, Arizona, Mary Dave Maki of Gillette, Wyoming, and Ron Theresa Belinsky of Minot, North Dakota; fourteen great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. Anna was preceded in death by her parents; her step-mother; her husband, Theodore; an infant son, Elmer; two sisters, Tillie Pfeifle and Irene Lang; two brothers, Alvin and Ted Lang; one step-sister, Esther Knittle; one half-brother, Jacob Lang; two step-brothers, Alvin and Walter Knittle; one half-sister, Freida Merkel; one son-in-law, Kenneth Jacober; and one great-grandson, Travis Wanner.

Anna Schuler

August 2, 1909 - November 23, 2003