Viola Schuh, 92 of Mandan, ND formerly of the Hurdsfield and Wing areas died Friday, April 28, 2017 at the Sanford Hospital in Bismarck.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at Peace Lutheran Church, Goodrich, ND. Visitation will be Tuesday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Hertz Funeral Home, McClusky, ND.

Viola was born on January 30, 1925 on the family farm north of Goodrich, ND to Gottlieb and Caroline (Sauter) Eiselen. She attended country school and helped with the farming and household chores. Viola moved to Oregon in 1946 and married Elmer Schuh on April 21, 1946 in Vancouver, Washington. In April 1948, they returned to North Dakota after purchasing a farm southwest of Hurdsfield. Viola would care for the children, take care of the house chores and also helped with field work. They retired in 1993 and moved to Wing, ND. Elmer died on July 21, 1993. Viola moved to Bismarck in 1996 and to Mandan in September 2014 where she most recently lived in the Sanford Care Center on Sunset. Viola was a member of Peace Lutheran Church.

Viola is survived by two daughters, Joan (Ron) Dockter of Wing, Linda (Arley) Heer of Garrison; five sons, Terry (Kathleen) of Wing, Sandy (Teri) of Dickinson, John (Carrie) of Hurdsfield, Ron (Sharlene) of Garrison, Daryl (Renee) of Hurdsfield; 32 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; 21 great-great-grandchildren. Viola was preceded in death by her parents; husband; son, Rick in 1998; brothers Walter, Gustav and Ted; sisters, Delila Gutherie, Ruth Masphol, Lillian McGrath and Emma Mindt.