Agnes Skroch, 92, Jamestown, died Monday, July 16, 2007, at Central Dakota Village, Jamestown.
The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday, July 20, 2007, at The Basilica of St. James, Jamestown. Interment will be at Calvary Cemetery, Jamestown.
A prayer service will be at 8 p.m., Thursday, July 19, at Lisko Funeral Chapel, Jamestown.
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday, July 19, at Lisko Funeral Chapel, Jamestown, and one hour prior to services at the church on Friday.
Agnes Helen Kilsdonk was born April 20, 1915, Kaukauna, WI, the daughter of Martin and Elizabeth (Williamsen) Kilsdonk. She moved with her family to New Rockford in 1917 and in 1920, after her father died, they moved to Jamestown.
Her mother married Tony Gaedtke Sr. in 1922 and he became an important influence in Agnes’ life. She attended St. John’s Academy through the eighth grade when she began working to help support the family. Education has always been one of her highest priorities and she engaged in an intense self-education program throughout her life, reading constantly with a focus on natural and political sciences. She worked as a cook and in the laundry at Trinity Hospital and as a housekeeper for families in the area.
On April 11, 1935, she married Henry G. Skroch at the St. John’s Academy Chapel in Jamestown, and they settled on the family farm in Gray Township, near Spiritwood Lake. Henry died May 30, 1984, and Agnes continued to farm with her son and later cared for her grandchildren, Jessica and Peter, so that her daughter-in-law, Rose, could help on the farm.
Agnes was a member of The Basilica of St. James, Jamestown, a lifetime member of St. James Tabernacle Society and was a member of St. Elizabeth Circle. She was a former member of St. Boniface Catholic Church, Wimbledon; a member of the Jamestown Hospital Auxiliary; the VFW Auxiliary; a Homemaker’s Club; a Hobby Club and a former Gray Township treasurer.
Agnes’ joys in life included her flower and vegetable gardens. She treasured and loved her family, especially rocking her grandchildren.
Survivors include two children: Diana (Joseph Stickler) Skroch, Valley City, and H. John (Rose) Skroch, Courtenay; daughter-in-law, Sandi Skroch, Bismarck; five grandchildren: Michael (Tawnie) Jewett, Alexandria, Va., Jay (Rebecca) Skroch, and Monty Skroch, both Sioux Falls, S.D., Jessica Skroch, and Peter Skroch, both Courtenay; four great-grandchildren: Taylor and Austin Jewett and Elizabeth and Hannah Skroch; seven siblings: Mary Lutter, New Hope, Minn.; Anne (Adolph) Greshik, Jamestown; Hank Kilsdonk, Culbertson, Mont.; Marge Quigley, Jamestown; Jean (John) Szarkowski, Jamestown; Tony ‘Bud’ Gaedtke, Jamestown; Jo (Mike) Miska, Brandy Bar, Ore.; and a sister-in-law, Jeannie Kilsdonk, Moorhead, Minn.
She was preceded in death by her parents; stepfather; husband; son, Douglas, two sisters, infant Louise and Helen Musgrave Bennett and two brothers, Norbert Kilsdonk and Joseph Kilsdonk.
Online guestbook is www.liskofuneralchapel.com.
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