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Posted: Friday, December 18, 2009 2:42 pm
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Kendall Lee Schacht, age 84, died Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009, at Samaritan Bethany Home on Eighth, Rochester, Minn.
Kendall was born April 7, 1925, to Ernest C. Schacht and Lydia C. (Ranfranz) Schacht. He attended elementary school at Northrup School in Rochester and graduated from Rochester Senior High School. Kendall married Betty Jean Rossi, and the two were lifetime residents of Rochester. Betty died in February 2006.
Kendall served in Word War II in the U.S. Army from 1943–1946. He worked at his father’s North Star Bar in Rochester from 1949-1953, then started Schacht Fisher Home Builders. In his later years he worked for O.A. Stocke Co. building the upper ten floors of the Mayo Clinic. He built houses for Nordess American Homes until retirement.
Kendall enjoyed traveling and making wooden toys and was a member of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Rochester, F.O.E. #2228, the American Legion and the Carpenters Union. He held a single-engine pilot and helicopter license.
Kendall is survived by his three daughters, Karen (Dennis) Crary of Plainview, Kristine (Rick) Haseltine of San Tee, Calif., and Gina (Rob Sjogren) Schacht of Dundas; five sons, Randy (Candy) of Rochester, Marc (Julie Brown) of Pine Island, Bryan (Corrine) of Rochester, Blaine (Martha Hoven) of Rochester, and Clay of Winter Springs, Fla.; 23 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; one brother, Dwayne (Merlyn) of Rochester; and one sister, Julianna (Kenneth) O’Haver of Oronoco. He was preceded in death by his wife, Betty; parents; one son, David; one great-granddaughter, Anna Lohman; and one brother.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 21, 2009, at Redeemer Lutheran Church, 869 S.E. Seventh Ave., Rochester, with the Rev. James Heining officiating. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009, at Ranfranz and Vine Funeral Homes, 5421 N.W. Royal Place, Rochester, and continues one hour prior to the service Monday in the church narthex. Interment will be at a later date in Oakwood Cemetery in Rochester.
Arrangements by Ranfranz and Vine Funeral Homes, www.ranfranzandvinefh.com. |
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