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Jerry Schradick, 66, rural Wahpeton, ND, passed away Monday, August 17, 2009 at his home, surrounded by his family and under the care of Riveredge Hospice. The Funeral Service will be 2:00 PM, Friday, August 21, 2009 at
Evergreen
United
Methodist
Church
, Wahpeton. Visitation will be Thursday from 5 PM to 8 PM at Willow Creek Chapel (
920 3
rd
Ave. N.
) Wahpeton. Interment will be at
Memory
Gardens
,
Valley City
,
ND
.
Arrangements are with Vertin-Munson Funeral Home, Wahpeton.
Jerome Elmer Schradick was born August 11, 1943 at
Breckenridge
,
MN
, the son of Elmer and Doretha (Worner) Schradieck. He grew up near
Tyler
,
ND
and attended Summit No. 4. He graduated in 1961 from
Wahpeton High School
,
North Dakota
State School of Science in 1963
and
Concordia
College
in 1965. In 1968 he obtained his Masters from
North Dakota
State
University
. Jerry trained in the Peace Corps before he served in the US Army in
Vietnam
. After his honorable discharge he taught Political Science at Valley City State College. He served as Superintendent at
Wolford
,
ND
and was principal at
Lamoure
,
ND
. Jerry was united in marriage to Mary Bertram on August 18, 1973. In 1975 he started farming at the Schradieck home farm until 1997 when he started his counseling career at Richland County Vo-Tech. He later was a counselor at
Campbell
,
MN
and
Fairmount
,
ND
before he became Fairmount’s principal. He most recently was Academic Counselor at
Sisseton-Wahpeton
Tribal
College
, Sisseton, SD.
Jerry was an active member of
Evergreen
United
Methodist
Church
, Wahpeton, where he served as the Chair of the Church’s Council, was a Lay Leader, and also taught Sunday School. He served on the Wahpeton School Board for ten years, was past President of the National Sunflower Association as well as a charter member. He was a member of National Counseling Association and past President of North Dakota Counseling Association. Jerry was a member of the Masonic Lodge and dedicated his life toward education which was passed on to his daughters.
Jerry is survived by his wife, Mary Schradick, rural Wahpeton; his three daughters: Elizabeth (Derek) Abrahams, their children, Isabella and John, Fergus Falls, MN; Eleanor (Nathan) Engelby, and daughter Leah, Mazomanie, WI.; Hannah Schradick, rural Wahpeton; his mother, Doretha Schradieck, Wahpeton; his sister, Jean (James) Pallansch, Tacoma, WA; and his brother-in-law, Bill Bertram, Valley City, ND.
He was preceded in death by his father, Elmer.
