The Scriptural Rosary Service for Elizabeth Herzog, age 89, of Bismarck, formerly of Lemmon, will be 10:00am Saturday, September 23, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Lemmon followed by the Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30. Fr Brian Fawcett will officiate with burial in the Gallaway Cemetery at Meadow.


Serving as casketbearers are Michael Seiler, Riley Frerking, Jim Hoff, Jim and Bob Schiley; Don, Joe, and Jim Bauer. All friends are considered honorary bearers.


ELIZABETH SCHELL was born May 25, 1917 on the family farm north of Meadow, SD. She was the sixth of nine children born to John and Rosa (Volk) Schell. Elizabeth's father died when she was twelve years old and her mother continued farming with the help of her nine children. Elizabeth attended the Thompson Rural School and graduated from Lemmon High School in 1936. She stayed on the farm for a few years and then went to work at the Jackson Café in Bison.


Elizabeth was united in marriage to Mike Herzog on August 29, 1942 at the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Bison. They lived on a ranch northeast of Bison until 1971 when they retired and moved to a small acreage south of Lemmon where they lived for eighteen years. In 1989, the Herzog's moved into Lemmon. Her husband Mike passed away on May 23, 2001. She continued to live in her home in Lemmon and in August 2002, moved into the HUD. In January 2004, she moved to the Marillac Manor Apartments in Bismarck.


Elizabeth passed away suddenly on Tuesday, September 19, at St. Alexius Medical Center in Bismarck at the age of 89 years, 3 months, 24 days.


She enjoyed playing cards and baking, especially pies. She loved raising chickens and gardening while on the farm, and reminiscing about the good ole days.


Surviving family members include her 3 daughters and sons-in-law, Betty Jean and Don Hulm, Madison, SD; Connie and Jim Seiler, Sioux Falls, SD; Mary and Darrold Frerking, Bismarck, ND; 8 grandchildren; Danean Landa, Kristy Hulm, Jocelyn Wessels, Linette Simpson, Michael Seiler, Barbara Baufield, Riley and Morgan Frerking; 7 great grandchildren; Derrick Dunn, Samuel and Madelyn Landa, Annabelle and Ellie Jo Simpson, Keegan Wessels, and Elizabeth Baufield; 1 brother, Jim Schell, Lemmon, SD; 3 sisters, Angela Schiley, Spearfish, SD; Barbara Johnson, Sweet Home, OR; and Marie Hoff, Lemmon, SD.


She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, 2 brothers, Romolius and Jonas Schell; 2 sisters, Margaret Schiley and Mina Marciniak; 1 granddaughter, Jacquilyn Hulm.