FARGO — Esther Eng, 83, Fargo, formerly of Mandan and Harvey, died Feb. 3, 2012, at Bethany on 42nd, Fargo, surrounded by her loving family. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 10, at First Lutheran Church, Mandan. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Bismarck.
Esther Edith (Stoering) Eng was born on Dec. 28, 1928, to Ethel (Orgaard) Stoering and John George Stoering in Sanger at Gaines Ranch. She attended various country schools in Oliver County and attended Center High School in Center. She married Edwin Odin Eng on Feb. 10, 1947, in Center.
Esther worked various jobs in the Underwood and Riverdale area, including the Park Inn Café. Her favorite job was cooking, and she was known as a very good cook. She was a member of and president several years, of the VFW Club, in Underwood.
In 1977, after raising her five children, she went back to school and received her Certified Dietary Manager certificate. In 1991, she completed a Level II Dietary Manager Certificate. Esther also belonged to Certified Dietary Managers Association until her retirement in 1997.
Esther helped establish the Dietary Department at Dakota Alpha in Mandan. She later became the teacher for the clients, teaching them life skills for independent living.
Esther is survived her five children, Audrey (Dale) Patzer, Park Rapids Minn., Ann (Mike) Schuh, Fargo, Curtiss (Carla) Eng, Stanton, Myrna (Mitch) Walker, Chelsea, S.D., and Dale (Jessica) Eng, Keldron, S.D.; 17 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; her sister, Delores (Sam) Eng; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; her husband's parents; and many brothers and sisters-in-law.
FARGO — Esther Eng, 83, Fargo, formerly of Mandan and Harvey, died Feb. 3, 2012, at Bethany on 42nd, Fargo, surrounded by her loving family. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 10, at First Lutheran Church, Mandan. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Bismarck.
Esther Edith (Stoering) Eng was born on Dec. 28, 1928, to Ethel (Orgaard) Stoering and John George Stoering in Sanger at Gaines Ranch. She attended various country schools in Oliver County and attended Center High School in Center. She married Edwin Odin Eng on Feb. 10, 1947, in Center.
Esther worked various jobs in the Underwood and Riverdale area, including the Park Inn Café. Her favorite job was cooking, and she was known as a very good cook. She was a member of and president several years, of the VFW Club, in Underwood.
In 1977, after raising her five children, she went back to school and received her Certified Dietary Manager certificate. In 1991, she completed a Level II Dietary Manager Certificate. Esther also belonged to Certified Dietary Managers Association until her retirement in 1997.
Esther helped establish the Dietary Department at Dakota Alpha in Mandan. She later became the teacher for the clients, teaching them life skills for independent living.
Esther is survived her five children, Audrey (Dale) Patzer, Park Rapids Minn., Ann (Mike) Schuh, Fargo, Curtiss (Carla) Eng, Stanton, Myrna (Mitch) Walker, Chelsea, S.D., and Dale (Jessica) Eng, Keldron, S.D.; 17 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; her sister, Delores (Sam) Eng; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; her husband's parents; and many brothers and sisters-in-law.
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