Anne Kuschel
December 29, 1933 ~ August 28, 2024
Anne M. Kuschel (née Torres), 90, passed away peacefully August 28, 2024 at SMP Health St. Catherine North.
Anne, a long-time resident of Fargo, ND, was born December 29, 1933, to Ysidro and Ruby Torres, in Green River, WY. She graduated from Green River High School in 1952. After graduation, Anne gained secretarial experience in Oregon, California and Illinois before moving to Fargo in 1958. Later, in the 1960s, she took night classes at Moorhead State University in business and accounting.
Anne was the Executive Secretary and Bookkeeper for Shark’s Clothiers from 1958 to 1972. She was named the Secretary of the Year by the National Secretaries Association in 1967. In 1972 she began her role as Deputy Clerk for the U.S. District Court in Fargo, ND. She took great pride and satisfaction from her work and remained a Deputy Clerk for more than 35 years, retiring in 2007. Additionally, she was active in the North Dakota Association of Legal Secretaries, the National Association of Legal Secretaries, and the Federal Court Clerks’ Association. In 1983, the Fargo-Moorhead Legal Secretaries Association named her Legal Secretery of the Year.
She is preceded in death by her second husband, Fred (d. 2009), her first husband, Richard (d. 1966), her daughter Marie (d. 1982), and her stepdaughter Karen (d. 2018). She is survived by her stepdaughter Phyllis (Dave) Johnson, Bend, OR; three grandchildren: Jon Fosness, Fargo, ND, Amanda (Scott) Michael, Olympia, WA, and Steve (Daney) Johnson, Bend, OR; and several great-grandchildren.
The family extends their gratitude to Anne and Fred’s dear friends Jerrry and Carol Strand.
Services will be private.
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Anne was a wonderful neighbor. We shared backyards. I run an in home child care & she always told me watching the kids made her smile. She always called me to let me know when they were going to spray her yard. She always wanted me to know so the kids were safe. I truly miss her kindness and smile & wave from her patio. May she have eternal rest. Our deepest sympathies to her family.