Darlene Buchwitz, 89, of Carrington formerly of Harvey died Saturday April 8, 2017 at the Lutheran Home of The Good Shepherd in New Rockford.

Funeral services are at 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 14, 2017 at the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Harvey, ND. Burial will be in the Seventh-day Adventist Church Cemetery, Manfred, ND.

Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday at Hertz Funeral Home, Harvey, ND.

Darlene was born on February 9, 1928 on the family farm near Harvey. She was the daughter of John and Lena (Kreiter) Wagner. She attended country school and helped out on the family farm. Darlene married Ervin E. Buchwitz on June 29, 1949 in Fessenden, ND. They lived and farmed near Hurdsfield before moving to a farm south of Harvey in 1969. They moved to Maddock where they both worked as custodians at the school. They also lived in Grand Forks and Manfred before moving to Carrington in 2002. She entered the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd several days before her death.

Darlene enjoyed working puzzles and reading in her spare time.

Darlene is survived by her husband Ervin of Carrington; three sons, Larry (Jackie) of Hatton, Ken of Grand Forks, Ron (Vicky) of Hoople; daughter, Pam (David) Kraft of Carrington; 8 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great-grandchildren; sister, Ruby Wetzel of Bismarck.

Darlene was preceded in death by her parents; grandsons, Joshua Buchwitz and Steven Roerick; brothers, Lawrence and Victor Wagner; sisters, Esther Miller, Elnora Treft, Ruth Fischer and Ardella Short.