Charles Theodore Bohnet

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Charles T. Bohnet, 86, died on June 9, 2022 in Fargo, ND. He passed away at Essentia Health Hospital due to complications from a recent fall and subsequent surgeries, in addition to congestive heart failure.

Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, June 17, 2022 at Boulger Funeral Home, 123 10th Street South, Fargo, ND. Visitation will precede the service beginning at 1:00 p.m. A family-only interment service will take place on June 18, 2022 at Pelican Lake Cemetery in Ashby, MN.

Charles Theodore Bohnet was born in Sisseton, SD on October 19, 1935, the first child of Doris E. (Skaar) of Ashby, MN and Theodore R. Bohnet of New Ulm, MN. He attended grammar school in Fargo and graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1954. He attended North Dakota State University and was a member of Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity. Charles began his working career at Piggly Wiggly Groceries in Moorhead shortly thereafter.

He became a newspaper advertising salesman for The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead in 1959. His career with Forum Communications lasted more than six decades, where he served in numerous roles. He was advertising director and general sales manager. He has promoted to general manager in 1977 until 1986 when he joined the board of WDAY, Inc., owned by Forum Communications, as vice president of the company’s broadcast properties. In 1990, Charles returned to Forum Communications’ newspaper division to oversee all newspaper operations. That same year, he was named to the board of Forum Communications where he was an active member until his death. Charles was Executive Vice President of Forum Communications at the time of his retirement in December 1998. He was a member of the Fargo Rotary Club and a past president of the Fargo Chamber of Commerce.

Charles married Regina M. Marczuk of Belfield, ND on July 11,, 1959 in Moorhead, MN, where they made their home until moving to north Fargo, ND in 1970. They were married for 30 years, and had two children, Lisa and Chris.

Charles eventually relocated to a rural property along the shores of Long Lake near Dalton, MN in Otter Tail County. Charles married Jean M. (Weiss) Boe on October 16, 1999 in an outdoor ceremony at their Long Lake home. Jean passed away in 2008.

Charles enjoyed golfing, fishing, and hunting near Ashby and Dalton, MN with his uncle, Harold Skaar. He enjoyed annual fishing and hunting trips to Manitoba, Canada with a core group of friends. He was also an avid collector of Ducks Unlimited prints and hand carved decoys. Charles enjoyed cars, and at one time drove a silver Porsche Boxter. He also restored a relative’s 1940 Ford pickup truck and entered the all-cherry-red street rod into regional car shows. He liked to listen to jazz music, especially instrumentals. Charles was also interested in researching his genealogy, and extensively traced his family history back to Germany and Scandinavia. He was also a ferocious reader and had checked out more than 2,000 books from the Fergus Falls Public Library by January 2019. He most liked to read mysteries and political thrillers.

He was preceded in death by his father, mother, and younger brother Thomas, who passed away in 1990.

Charles is survived by his first wife, Regina Bohnet of Fargo, ND, daughter Lisa and son-in-law Ken Farnham of Fargo, son Christopher Bohnet of Minneapolis, MN, grandson Caleb Farnham and granddaughter Lydia Farnham, both of Fargo, niece Heather Worden of West Fargo, ND, and niece Tania Leevers of Parker, CO.

His children would like to thank those friends, former co-workers, and relatives who visited and corresponded with Charles during the last several years.