Individual Details

Marcella Pogatschnik

(July 23, 1913 - March 5, 2009)

Marcella C. Scherping, 95
Freeport, July 23, 1913 - March 5, 2009

Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m. Monday, Mar. 9 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Freeport for Marcella Scherping who died Thursday, Mar. 5 at the Pine Villa Care Center in Melrose. Interment will be in the parish cemetery. Friends may call from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Monday at the church in Freeport.

Marcella C. Pogatchnik was born July 23, 1913 in St. Anthony, Minnesota to Joseph and Bertha (Bartholdi) Pogatchnik. On September 23, 1935 she was united in marriage to Bernard H. “Ben” Scherping at St. Anthony Catholic Church in St. Anthony. Marcella farmed near St. Wendel until 1973 when they moved to Freeport.

Survivors include her children, Everett (Beverly) Scherping of Freeport, Arthur (Agnes) Scherping of Winsted, Virgil (Elaine) Scherping of Winsted, Daniel (Evelyn) Scherping of Cedar, Thomas (Anita) Scherping of Helena, Montana, and Linda (James) Breth of Holdingford; 32 grandchildren; 68 great-grandchildren; and 3 great-great grandchildren.

Marcella was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Bernard H. “Ben” Scherping on May 6, 1983; brothers and sisters, Victor, Herb, Art, Albert, Felix, Florence, Evelyn, Ceceilia, Emily, and Lucille.

Events

BirthJuly 23, 1913St. Anthony, MN
MarriageSeptember 23, 1935St. Anthony, MN - Bernard H. Scherping
DeathMarch 5, 2009Freeport, Stearns Co., MN

Families

SpouseBernard H. Scherping (1907 - 1983)
FatherJoseph Pogatschnik (1870 - 1951)
MotherBertha Bertholdi (1877 - 1956)
SiblingHebert Pogatschnik (1901 - )
SiblingVictor Pogatschnik (1902 - )
SiblingCecelia Pogatschnik (1904 - )
SiblingArthur Pogatschnik (1906 - )
SiblingEmily Pogatschnik (1908 - )
SiblingEvelyn Pogatschnik
SiblingFelix Pogatschnik (1914 - 1914)
SiblingFlorence Pogatschnik
SiblingAlbert Pogatschnik
SiblingLucille Pogatschnik (1921 - 1996)