Frances Joyce Fehrenbach, age 85, of Perham, MN, died Tuesday, May 2, 2006, at the Perham Memorial Hospital, Perham. Funeral services will be Friday, May 5, 2006, beginning at 11:00 am at St. Lawrence Catholic Church, rural Perham. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be at Schoeneberger Funeral Home, Perham, Thursday, May 4, from 4:00 - 8:00 pm with a prayer service at 7:00 pm and one hour prior to services at the church.
Frances was born July 21, 1920, in Jamestown, ND, the daughter of Edward and Margaret (Yaeger) Bellon. On November 25, 1938, she married Joseph B. Fehrenbach. Frances was very involved in the St. Lawrence Church Ladies Group, Home Extension Group, the Richville Senior Center, and she loved to decorate wedding cakes. Joseph passed away in 1998. Frances and Joseph farmed in Rush Lake Township from 1944-1998.
Frances is survived by a daughter, Joyce (Herb) Guck, Perham, MN; three sons, Ronald (Cheryl), Minneapolis, MN; Joseph, Dilworth, MN; and James, Roundup, MT; a brother, Gene Bellon, Boise, ID; two sisters, Erma Fehrenbach, Lansing, MI; and Lorna (Pete) Fitzpatrick, Portland, OR; sixteen grandchildren and thirty-nine great grandchildren.
Frances is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Joseph; two brothers, Luther and Edward; and four sisters, Alice, Irene, Jessie, and Margaret.
Schoeneberger Funeral Home, Perham, MN, is in charge of the arrangements. (218) 346-5175. Online tributes may be posted on www.schoenebergerfuneralhome.com.