Elvira E. Grenz Obituary (1936 - 2018)

Elvira E. Grenz, 82, Mandan, North Dakota, passed away Sunday, November 4, 2018, at Miller Pointe, Mandan. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, November 7, 2018, at First Lutheran Church, Mandan with Rev. Christina Martin officiating. A gathering of family and friends is scheduled for 5-7:00 PM, Tuesday, November 6, 2018 with a Prayer service beginning at 7:00 PM, at DaWise-Perry Funeral Services, Mandan. Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery, Mandan. Cremation has taken place. Elvira was born April 26, 1936, to Henry and Agnes (Sikel) Grenz in Hazelton, North Dakota, where she was raised and educated. Elvira worked as a farmwife, and her hobbies included playing cards and gardening. She was a member of the Mandan Eagles. She is survived by one daughter, Cynthia (David) Schoonover, Bismarck; four sons, Larry Frederick, North Carolina, Norman (Sally) Frederick and Jeffery Frederick, all of Mandan, and Ted (Dorothy) Frederick, North Carolina; one sister, Darlene (James) Crismon, Gresham, Oregon; four brothers, Gordon Grenz and Lyle (Jean) Grenz, all of Hazelton, David (Kristy) Grenz, Parker, Colorado, and Kenneth (Georgette) Grenz, Hazelton; seven grandchildren, Brittney (Sheldon) Hendricks, Dickinson, Kassandra (Zach) Landis, Mandan, Kimberly Schoonover, Mandan, Devin, Negil and TJ Frederick, Mandan, and Cody Schoonover, Bismarck; four great-grandchildren, Lilly Ann Evans, McKenna and Mason Hendricks, and Sayer Landis. Elvira was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Leo in 1998; and son Paul Frederick.