Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 2, at St. John’s Catholic Church in Rosholt with the Rev. Dennis Deis, O.M.I., officiating.
Visitation will be from 4-6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1 at the Eggers Funeral Home in Rosholt. There will be a prayer service at 7 p.m. at the church. Visitation will continue Monday one hour prior to the service at the church.
 Leo J. Herding, 87 Advertisement |
Honorary pallbearers will be the original members of the Catholic Order of Foresters, Paul Brandenburger, Gilbert Braun, Richard Braun, Delmar Braun, Maurice Braun, Wilfred Foltz, Donald Braun, and Meinard Sand. Active pallbearers will be Jim Schmit, Dan Herding, Keith Pohl, Brian Herding, Alan Sand, and Dean Brandenburger. Music will be provided by organist Lana Sand and vocalists Paul and Lana Sand.
Leo Joseph was born June 23, 1922, on a farm 10 miles northwest of Rosholt in Greendale Township, N.D., to parents Anton and Elizabeth (Biewer) Herding. He attended Greendale No. 4 Country School.
On Nov. 8, 1950, Leo married Rosella Schmit at St. John’s Catholic Church in Wahpeton, ND. To this union three children were born, Vincent, Robert and Kenneth. Leo and Rosella lived on a farm five miles north of Rosholt until retiring from farming in 1987. They continued living on the farm with their son Kenneth.
Leo enjoyed hunting and fishing. He was an original member of the Catholic Order of Foresters which was established in 1952. He was also a member of Farm Bureau.
Survivors include: his wife, Rosella Herding of Rosholt; two children, Robert (Susan) Herding of Hankinson, N.D., and Kenneth Herding of Rosholt; a daughter-in-law, Denise Herding of Wahpeton, N.D.; five grandchildren, Rebecca (Rich) Truesdell of Wahpeton, Melissa (Stuart) Schumacher of Wahpeton, Jeremiah Herding of Fairmount, N.D., Jessica (Jeremy) Seelye of Fairmount, and Jonathan Herding of Hankinson; three great-grandchildren, Shea Truesdell and Jacob and Jaidyn Seelye; two brothers, Philip (Agatha) Herding of Hankinson, and Gregory (Mary Lou) Herding of Hankinson; a brother-in-law, Raymond Schmit of Wahpeton; and a sister-in-law, Marcella Bates of Detroit Lakes, Minn.
Leo was preceded in death by: his son, Vincent; parents, Anton and Elizabeth; sisters, Theresa Hamling, Agnes Hamling and Christina Herding; brothers, Anton Herding Jr., Henry Herding, Nicholas Herding and an infant brother; two sisters-in-law, Florentina Herding and Louise K. Herding; and two brothers-in-law, Henry Hamling Sr., and Theodore Hamling.
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