Lorraine "Tudy" Baerwald

Lorraine's Live Streamed Funeral Service can be viewed below: Lorraine (Tudy) Baerwald passed away on November 24, 2020. Funeral Services for Tudy will take place at Boulger Funeral Home in Fargo, North Dakota at 1:00 P.M. on Monday, November 30th with visitation starting at 12:00 P.M. There will be a meal served after the service. Burial services will take place at Bisbee Cemetery for both Gert and Lorraine Baerwald on Tuesday, December 1st at 1:00 P.M. Tudy was born on June 2nd, 1927 in Bisbee, North Dakota to Adolph and Lydia (Gottschalk) Galow. She went to school at Bisbee Public School and was raised on a farm north of Bisbee. Gert and Tudy were married and lived on farms by Egeland and Bisbee for many years. They also lived in Worland, WY for one winter. She worked at the Chocolate Shop in Bisbee and then later as the Postal Clerk in Rolette. After working part time for eight years, she became the Postmaster in Rolette and worked for thirteen more years before retiring. After retiring, they spent seven winters down in Texas. They not only were able to enjoy the warm winters, but also able to spend more time with their oldest son, Gary and his family who lived down in Texas. Both Gert and Tudy were members of the Missouri Synod Lutheran Church in Egeland and Cando until they closed. They then became members of the Bisbee Lutheran Church where she studied the Bethel Series for three years and was a Sunday School teacher, sang in the choir and was active in Ladies Aid. Over the years, Tudy traveled and saw a lot of the United States with her sister Edna, and sometimes with her sister Iva. She would bake and decorate wedding cakes with Iva. Tudy and Gert did a lot of fishing with her brother Alvin his wife DeLois, and her sister Edna and her husband Haakon. She played a lot of the Buck card game over the years with Iva and Hugo Baerwald, and Harry and Elaine Rinas. Tudy liked curling, skiing in the ditch behind horses or vehicles, fishing, and after retirement, Gert and Tudy liked to make wooden crafts together and sell them at craft sales. Tudy also liked quilting and made many quilts and table runners. She also embroidered many dish towel sets and crocheted doilies. They moved to Rolette when Tudy became Postmaster and were members of the Ebenezer Lutheran Brethren Church until they moved to Rugby in 1999. There they became members of the St Paul Missouri Synod Church. After Gert’s death, Tudy moved to Fargo into the same apartment building where her sister Edna lived. After Edna’s death, Tudy moved into Eventide Fargo Assisted Living. She later moved into Eventide Fargo Nursing Home, where she lived until her passing. Tudy was such a loving Christian mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. She will truly be missed. Tudy is survived by her four children, Gary Baerwald of San Antonio, TX, Deborah (Wally) Rindy of Mesa, AZ, Neiland (Janell) Baerwald of West Fargo, ND, and Vanessa Boe of Fargo, ND; her nine grandchildren, fourteen great-grandchildren, four great-great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. Tudy was preceded in death by her husband Gert, her parents, infant brother Ervin Galow, brother Alvin (DeLois) Galow, two sisters, Edna (Haakon) Anderson and Iva (Hugo) Baerwald; grandson Dereck Baerwald, son-in-law Lowell Boe, and two daughters-in-law, Veralyn Baerwald and Diane Baerwald. Services will be available online livestreamed and recorded at www.boulgerfuneralhome.com. Type in Baerwald to open Tudy’s obituary page.