Charlie Zacher

Charlie Zacher, 60, of Strasburg ND, died February 25, 2015 at CHI St. Alexius Hospital, Bismarck. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, February 28 at Eastgate Funeral Service, 2302 E Divide Ave, Bismarck, with Deacon Terry Glatt officiating. Burial will be at St. Mary's Cemetery, Bismarck. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at 9:30 a.m. Charlie was born October 10, 1954, in Linton, ND, the son of Aloysius and Marianna Buechler Zacher. He graduated from Strasburg High School in 1973. Charlie married Kim Wright on August 20, 1977, and they had 3 children together. Ten short years later his beloved wife Kim passed away on April 1, 1987. Charlie worked at Melroe in Bismarck for 16 years as a welder until he moved to Strasburg, ND, in approximately 1988. There he became an entrepreneur and opened Zacher Welding and Repair. He was an excellent handy man and mechanic, able to fix and repair nearly anything. Here he met and shared the rest of his life with his partner, Mary Baumgartner. They shared 6 children between them. Charlie was always very generous, fixing and repairing things for people, helping anyone that asked for little to nothing in return. He enjoyed working on old cars, seeding and combining on the farm and driving around site seeing. His passions were spending time with family and friends. He loved to go camping, shore fishing, hunting deer and pheasants, car racing, Braddock Tractor Pulls and competing in the Wishek Derby with his buddies. He had fun decorating the cars with his family, working on the mechanical needs, ect. He was a good cook, but often made enough food for a small army. He loved kids. He would always give them whatever dollars or change he had in his wallet to buy ice cream or a treat. He loved to tease, pull pranks and have a few laughs. He is survived by his three children, Jody Zacher fiance Kari Mardikian, Bismarck; Heidi Mark Chamberlain, Miles City MT; Cory Zacher girlfriend Alisa Nagel and their daughter Haidyn, Lincoln, ND; his significant other of 27 years Mary Baumgartner, Strasburg and her three children, Travis Baumgartner, Bismarck; Tracy Baumgartner, Bismarck, and her children, Savanna, Brice and Jaylah; Tosha Kyle Nieuwsma and their children Riley and Bentley; three brothers, Richard Brenda, Lincoln; Ken, Strasburg; and Herman Brenda, Lincoln; three sisters, Clara Rudy Hubin, Centennial, CO; Sally Zacher, Strasburg; Viola Bullert, Mandan. He was preceded in death by his wife, Kim; his parents Aloysius and Marianna; brother, Peter; and sister, Lucille DuFrame.

Charlie Zacher

October 10, 1954 - February 25, 2015