Esther Metzger

Esther was born to Henry and Rose Fischer on January 5, 1924 in rural Mount Carmel, ND where she grew up with her eight siblings. On November 23, 1943 Esther married Leonard Metzger, settling on a farm southwest of Mt. Carmel where they planted their roots. Esther and Leonard were blessed with five girls, the two boys to follow completed the family.

While the two boys were still at home, Leonard passed away unexpectedly from a heart attack in September of 1974. Upon the marriage of her eldest son Darryl in 1980, Esther moved to Langdon and for 32 years Langdon was home. Many memories were made there with her children and grandchildren coming home to visit, play games, and eat grandma’s coveted caramel rolls. In 2012, she moved to a retirement community in Fargo where other Langdon natives resided. She enjoyed keeping that connection to home, all the while playing cards, attending church, and enjoying visits from her family.

After living a quiet life with her ever-constant faith and family by her side, Esther passed away at Fargo’s Bethany Nursing Home Friday, June 30, 2023 after surviving a stroke in the spring of 2022.

She was preceded in death by her parents, siblings: Archie, Marjorie, Della, Lyle, Mable, Irie, infant Mary, her husband Leonard, son Donald, and daughter Sr. Rebecca.

She is survived by siblings Ted Fischer and Shirley Czasshke, children Mary Eddy, Jan Rieck, Helen Borgen, Karen Kolbinger, and Darrell (Bez) Metzger, 16 grandkids, 4 step-grandkids, 28 great-grandkids, and 12 step-great-grandkids.