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Birth	:	29 Jan 1923 Underwood, McLean County, North Dakota, USA
Death	:	30 Jan 2012 Sidney, Richland County, Montana, USA
Burial	:	Coleharbor Cemetery, Coleharbor, McLean County, USA
Coordinate	:	47.5024986, -101.2369003
Description	:	Stella Ash, 89, Sidney, Mont., formerly of Underwood, died Jan. 30, 2012, at Sidney Health Center Extended Care Facility. Services will be held at 2 p.m. MST today, Feb. 1, at Lonsdale United Methodist Church, Sidney. Cremation will follow the services. Interment of cremains will be held at 2 p.m. CDT Saturday, July 7, at Coleharbor Cemetery. Stella I. Ash, a native of Underwood, was born Jan. 29, 1923, to farmers John and Albina (Stoebner) Schell. After high school graduation in 1941, she graduated in 1942 from Interstate Business College in Fargo. Following her Civil Service test success, she began working... Read More	Stella Ash, 89, Sidney, Mont., formerly of Underwood, died Jan. 30, 2012, at Sidney Health Center Extended Care Facility. Services will be held at 2 p.m. MST today, Feb. 1, at Lonsdale United Methodist Church, Sidney. Cremation will follow the services. Interment of cremains will be held at 2 p.m. CDT Saturday, July 7, at Coleharbor Cemetery. Stella I. Ash, a native of Underwood, was born Jan. 29, 1923, to farmers John and Albina (Stoebner) Schell. After high school graduation in 1941, she graduated in 1942 from Interstate Business College in Fargo. Following her Civil Service test success, she began working in Washington, D.C. for the War Department doing office work for the Judge Adjutant General's (JAG) Office. From there, she went to Alaska and worked war-time at the Supply Depot for the Naval Air Station on Kodiak Island on a contract from the Navy Department. Stella is listed on the World War II Memorial in our nation's capital. In Alaska she married, then moved to Indiana and Michigan and had a son, James Lee Presuhn. The marriage was short-lived and after the divorce, she moved to Minneapolis, working there for the Commodity Credit Corp. Department of Agriculture; then at the Gratiot County Grain Commissioner's Office in Ithaca, Mich. With a move back to Underwood, she worked in the Branch of Engineering and Branch of Construction for the Corps of Engineers at Riverdale during the building of the Garrison Dam. On Nov. 7, 1952, Stella married Ralph Howard Ash of Underwood, at the McLean County Court House in Washburn. They had three children, Dale Ann, Janet and Wayne. Ralph adopted Jim and his last name became Ash. When the children were older, Stella worked in Bismarck for KFYR-TV. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, she took another Civil Service test and returned to work at Riverdale with the Minuteman Missile Program. In July 1965, the family moved to New Town, where Stella worked in the Realty Branch of the Bureau of Indian Affairs at the Fort Berthold Agency as a legal clerk. She earned the following awards: appraisal and quality step increases as GS-5, Corps of Engineers; superior performance rating and cash award, May 1973 from the Bureau of Indian Affairs in New Town; and sustained superior performance and cash award, November 1975 from the BIA. Ralph died in June 1981, and Stella moved back to Underwood after her retirement in 1982 from the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Stella was an active member of the Underwood Senior Citizens, a member of the Mercer-McLean Counties Commission on Aging Meals Board and very active in the New Town's Study Club. Music held an important place in her life as she played her electric organ and sang in church, also entertaining at nursing homes and the Senior Center in Underwood. Her hobbies included embroidery and tending houseplants. She loved to read especially the National Geographic and the Smithsonian Magazine. To be closer to her family, in 2007, Stella moved to Sidney, Mont., living at the Crestwood Inn. In May 2009, Stella moved into the Sidney Health Center Extended Care Facility. Surviving Stella are her son, Wayne (Renae) Ash, Sidney, Mont.; her daughters, Dale Ann (the Rev. Timothy J.) Swenson, Arnegard, and Janet (Tom) May, Richland, Wash.; her sister, Ruth Schell Overholser, Wyomissing, Pa.; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Ralph; her son, James; her sisters, Delia Henne, Emma Roe, Edna Swanson, Elma Stengel, Wanda Jam and Joan Schell; and her brother, Don Schell.

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Stella I Schell Ash's memorial is located at: Coleharbor Cemetery, Coleharbor, McLean County, USA.
When did Stella I Schell Ash death?
Stella I Schell Ash death on 30 Jan 2012 in Sidney, Richland County, Montana, USA
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Latitude: 47.5024986
Longitude: -101.2369003

Family Members:

Parent

John Schell

(1881 - 1951)

Albina Stoebner Schell

(1884 - 1963)

Spouse

Ralph H. Ash

(1914 - 1981)

Siblings

Ottilia M. “Martha” Schell Henne

(1905 - 1949)

Edna Schell Swanson

(1909 - 1985)

Don Schell

(1913 - 1994)

Joan Schell

(1928 - 1953)

Children

James Lee Ash

(1947 - 1971)

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