Obit: Bahr, Willard J. (1925 - 2013)

Contact: Robert Lipprandt
bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Bahr, Christiansen, Kern, Scrip, Wald, Wallace, Walsh, Weber

----Source: The Record - Review (Abbotsford, WI) 05/29/2013

Bahr, Willard J. (25 SEP 1925 - 28 APR 2013)

Willard J. Bahr, 87, of Fargo, N.D., passed away Sunday, April 28, 2013, at the Sanford Palliative Care Unit in Fargo.

Willard was born Sept. 25, 1925, in Edgar, to Albert and Margaret (Kaser) Bahr. He graduated from Stratford High School. He served in the US Army in the Korean War from 1951 to 1953, based in Sokchori, Korea.

On April 21, 1951, he married Mary Margaret (Peggy) Walsh in Enderlin, N.D.

He worked for Allis Chalmers, the Railway Mail Service, and the Fargo Post Office, retiring in 1985.

Willard enjoyed hunting, fishing, trapshooting, gardening, summers at the family cottage, and the Green Bay Packers. He was also a member of the Stratford VFW Post #6352.

Williard is survived by his wife, Peggy; three children, Patty (Brian) Scrip of Concord, Calif., Jeff (Kenna) of Aberdeen, S.D., and Denise (Tom) Kern of Bemidji, Minn.; two sisters, Mary Ann (Charles) Wallace of Minneapolis and JoAnne Weber of Marshfield; and one brother, William, of Stratford; nine grandchildren, Matthew and Lily Scrip, Benjamin (Anne), Bryan and Brenna Bahr, and Kadie (Mark) Christiansen, Jessica, Jaclyn and Joshua Kern, and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Kenneth, Wallace and Jimmy; and a sister-in-law, Betty Bahr.

Funeral services were held Friday, May 3, 2013, at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Fargo, N.D., with Msgr. Jeffrey Wald presiding. Burial took place at St. Patrick’s Cemetery, Enderlin, N.D. Pallbearers were his grandchildren.

Boulger Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements.