Catherine “Cathy” Alice Schatz, of Aberdeen, passedawayonher81stbirthday,Thursday,June20,2019,atAveraSt.Luke’sHospitalinAberdeen.MassofChristianburialwillbe10:30a.m.,Thursday,June27,2019,atSacredHeartCatholicChurch,4093rdAvenueSE,Aberdeen,withFatherPatrickGrodeascelebrantandFatherDavidJanescon-celebrating.BecauseCathylovedChristmas,pleasejoinherfamilyinwearingChristmastiesorjewelrytoherservice.BurialwillfollowatSacredHeartCemetery.Schriver’s Memorial Mortuary and Crematory, 414 5thAvenueNW,Aberdeen,isinchargeofarrangements.FamilyandfriendsmaysignCathy’sonlineguestbookandalsoviewher service via the live stream service link at
www.schriversmemorial.com.Visitationwillbe5-7p.m.,Wednesday,atthemortuarywithaRosarybeingsaidat6:30p.m.andaLiturgicalWakeServicebeginningat7:00p.m.VisitationcontinuesonehourpriortoMassatthechurchonThursday.Catherine“Cathy”AliceMillerwasbornJune20,1938,onthefamilyfarmnearWishek,NDtoPhilipG.andAnnaMary(Baumstarck)Miller.Atayoungage,CathymovedwithherfamilytoBismarck,ND,wheresheattendedschoolandgraduatedfromSt.Mary’sHigh School.She then attended one college course entitled Understanding theFundamentalsofFootball.CathywasunitedinmarriagetoLeoSchatzonNovember24,1958,inBismarck.TheylatermovedtoAberdeen,SD,wheretogethertheyraisedsixchildren,alongwithowningandoperatingModernWoodmanInsuranceformanyyears.CathycontinuedtomakeAberdeenherhomeuntilthetimeofherdeath.CathywasamemberofSacredHeartCatholicChurchinAberdeen.ShewasalsoactiveintheJaycettes,theSouthDakotaSnowQueenFestivalandtheGermansFromRussiaHeritageSociety.Inhersparetime,sheenjoyedplayingScrabbleandBridge.Cathyalsolovedmusicandplayingpiano,andwasanavidreader.Sheespeciallyenjoyedthetimespenthavingice-creamwithhergranddaughtersandgreat-granddaughter.Blessed to have shared in Cathy’s life is her husband of 60 years, Leo Schatz ofAberdeen;her children:BobSchatzofAberdeen,Greg(Deborah)SchatzofColumbiaFalls, MT, Don Schatz of Aberdeen, Randy (Tammy)SchatzofMoorhead,MNandSandraSchatzofKilleen,TX;seven grandchildren:Myssi Joulfs, Thom Schatz, Eryn(James)Dockter,Dustine(Jesse)Fuher,Denae(Michael)Clobes, James Schatz and Ryan Schatz; one great-grandchild, Destiny Fuher; two brothers:Phil (Lotta)MillerandLee(Linda)Miller,bothofBismarck,ND;andseven sisters:Julie (Joe) Schatz ofMandan, ND, Vivian(Dan) Vetter of Aberdeen, Leona (George) Kuntz ofBismarck, ND, Jo Miller of Aberdeen, Bina (Mark)KrebsbachofBismarck,ND,Ann(Al)NagelofAberdeenandDonna(Marlon)RahmofVermillion,SD.Cathywasprecededindeathbyherdaughter,Bonnie;herparents,PhilipG.andAnnaMary;herinfantbrother,Gabriel;andherinfantsister,Isabelle.www.SchriversMemorial.com
In Loving Memory
Catherine Alice Schatz
“Cathy” 1938 ~ 2019
AServiceOfCelebrationForTheLifeOf
Catherine Alice “Cathy” Schatz
DATEOFBIRTHDATEOFDEATH June20,1938June20,2019
Wishek,NDAberdeen,SD
ROSARY&LITURGICALWAKESERVICESchriver’sMemorialMortuary~Aberdeen,SouthDakota
6:30p.m.,Wednesday,June26,2019
MASSOFCHRISTIANBURIALSacredHeartCatholicChurch~Aberdeen,SouthDakota
10:30a.m.,Thursday,June27,2019
OFFICIATINGFr.PatrickGrodeandFr.DavidJanes
LECTORNancyGreen
SCRIPTUREREADINGSIsaiah25:6A,7-9~Acts10:34-43
Luke23:33,39-43
ORGANISTCANTORCarissaBaustianJoyeWard
CONGREGATIONALHYMNS“OnEagle’sWings”~“I’llFlyAway”
“AmazingGrace”~“SongofFarewell”“HolyGod,WePraiseThyName”
SPECIALMUSIC“HowGreatThouArt”
OFFERTORYGIFTBEARERSDuaneSchatz~CindyCarter
CASKETBEARERSAllofCathy’sBrothersandSisters
LUNCHEON&FELLOWSHIPSacredHeartFellowshipHall
immediatelyfollowingtheinterment
INTERMENTSacredHeartCemetery~Aberdeen,SouthDakota
Arrangementsby:
Schriver’sMemorialMortuary&Crematory~Aberdeen,SouthDakota
“Serenity Prayer”
God, give us grace to accept with serenity
the things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the things
which should be changed,
and the Wisdom to distinguish
the one from the other.
Living one day at a time,
Enjoying one moment at a time,
Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace,
Taking, as Jesus did,
This sinful world as it is,
Not as I would have it,
Trusting that You will make all things right,
If I surrender to Your will,
So that I may be reasonably happy in this life,
And supremely happy with You forever in the next.
Amen.