Frances Katherine Christmann

Frances "Franny" Katherine Christmann, formerly of Steele, ND, passed away Thursday, May 22, 2014, at the Napoleon Care Center in Napoleon, ND, where she had resided for the past 3 years. Services will be held at 10:30 am Wednesday, May 28, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Steele, with Rev. Jake DeBoer and Rev. Susan Anderson officiating. Visitation will be held from 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tuesday, May 27, at the Eastgate-Steele Memorial Chapel in Steele, ND. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be held at 3:00 pm Wednesday at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan. Frances was born May 3, 1922, to Innocenz and Eva Kuntz and was the oldest of 10 children. She was raised at Glen Ullin, ND. At the age of 27 she moved to Bismarck, ND, and was employed at St. Alexius Hospital. On May 17, 1950, she married Carl Christmann in Bismarck, ND. They lived at Garrison, ND, Laverne, MN, and Parker, SD, before buying their first farm in Center, ND. While in Center, Frances sang in the church choir and was a member of the Merry Mixers Homemakers Club. In 1974, they sold the farm at Center and moved to Steele, ND, where they resided for 34 years. Frances was employed at the Golden Manor Nursing Home in Steele and retired as Head Housekeeper after 23 years. She loved her job at the nursing home where she not only took great pride in her work, but she also cared deeply for all the residents and staff at the home. Frances is survived by her six children: Bill of Golden, CO, Mary Ann Les Stadel, Rapid City, SD, Carl Jr, Burlington, CO, Susan, Pelican Rapids, MN, Nancy Robert Bosch, Steele/Kintyre, ND, and Bruce Lannette, Kindred, ND; 14 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. She is also survived by her sister, Mary Anne Art Wuerch of Essex, ON, Canada; two brothers, John, Glendive, MT, and George Jenny, Missoula, MT., brothers-in-law, Carl Bosch, Mandan, ND, Albert Christmann, Beulah, ND; sisters-in-law, Rosemary Loutzenheiser, Youngtown, AZ, and Sylvia Majors, Olympia, WA; and several nieces and nephews. Frances was preceded in death by her husband, Carl in 2011; her parents, Innocenz and Eva Kuntz; brothers, Joe, Pete, Fred, and Steve Kuntz; sisters, Margaret Bosch and Pauline Sailer; brothers-in-law, Rueben and Sam Christmann, Albert Kessler, Edward Horning, Harry Stevens, Raymond Sailer; sisters-in-law, Lillian Kessler, Freda Horning, Albina Stevens, Lorinna Pfingsten, Paulina Christmann, Shirley and Viola Toots Kuntz; and an infant great grandson.

Frances Katherine Christmann

March 5, 1926 - May 23, 2014