Arthur "Art" Scherbenske

Art Scherbenske, 87, long-time Tuttle resident, died on January 28, 2008. Services will be held at 11:00 am Friday at Tuttle United Methodist Church, Tuttle with Rev. Perry Schnabel officiating. Burial will be held in Tuttle Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1:00 pm until 9:00 pm Thursday at Eastgate Funeral Service, Bismarck and continue one hour prior to services at the church. Art was born on the family homestead southwest of Tuttle on Nov. 2, 1920. He was the son of John and Katherine Knoepfle Scherbenske. Art attended rural schools near home and graduated from Tuttle High School in 1940. On Nov. 19, 1943, Art married Lynora Sauter. They lived on the Scherbenske farm until building a home just west of the Tuttle School in 1952. Art enjoyed farming, running a threshing operation in the 1940s through combining his last wheat crop in 1997. In retirement he enjoyed gardening which started in the winter months with the plants for Art's Greenhouse. During the years when indoor plumbing came to many homes in North Dakota, he owned and operated Scherbenske Plumbing and Excavating. From 1962 through 1986 Art managed Tuttle Dairy. Art enjoyed being a part of Tuttle's history. He served as clerk of the school board, was a member of the United Methodist Church and was mayor of Tuttle in the 1980s. Art loved baseball, basketball and football. He spent many happy hours at the Tuttle baseball diamond watching Peewee and Junior Legion baseball teams. He managed the Tuttle Aces amateur basketball team and the Tuttle amateur baseball team in the 1950s. Art enjoyed being at the World Series when the Twins played in 1965 and 1987. Art was an avid hunter and fisherman. He was the first president of the Tuttle Wildlife Club. Art and Lynora traveled with friends and family to Europe, Asia, Australia, Hawaii and many other U.S. states. The best part of traveling was coming home to Tuttle. Art is survived by his children, Alan Barb Scherbenske, Kenmare, ND; Linda Scherbenske, Aurora, CO and Steve Anne Subart Scherbenske, Aurora, CO; his three grandsons include, Kevin Angie Scherbenske, Bismarck, ND and Erik and Sawyer Scherbenske, Aurora, CO; great-grandchildren, Ashley, Kyle and Adyson Scherbenske, Bismarck, ND, brought him much joy in recent years. Art is also survived by sisters-in-law, Rose Scherbenske, Alice Scherbenske and Mae Glanville McFerran; brother-in-law, Eddie Sauter and many nieces, nephews and long-time friends. Preceding Art in death were his wife, Lynora; parents, John and Katherine Scherbenske; brothers, John Scherbenske, Harold Scherbenske and Robert Scherbenske; sisters, Lena Wutzke, Martha Zerr, Erma Hein, Esther Hein, Albena Rath and Freda Thieling.

Arthur "Art" Scherbenske

November 2, 1920 - January 28, 2008