Anne M. Scheeler

Date of Birth: September 11, 1919 Date of Death: January 24, 2010 Anne Margaret (Belling) Scheeler, born Aune Margaretta Belling, spent 90 fulfilling years doing the things she loved with the ones she loved until passing away on January 24, 2010 at the Margaret S. Parmly Residence, Chisago City, MN. Anne was born on September 11th, 1919 in Willow River, Minnesota. She married Henry F. Scheeler on December 17th, 1938, living in Finlayson, Minnesota until 1975. After the passing of her husband on April 30th, 1976 she traveled extensively, lovingly sharing her many talents by volunteering with the Peace Corps in Honduras, VISTA in Kentucky, National Park Service in Alamagordo, NM, Meier Lake Summer Camp in Wasilla, AK, Chisago/Fairview Lakes Health Services in Chisago City and Wyoming, MN, and the Wyoming Transportation amp; Museum in Cheyenne, WY. Her latter years were spent with her son Jack in Iowa and more recently in the Parmly Life Points complex in Chisago City, MN. Always seeking to learn, she graduated from Willow River High School in 1937, earned an Associates of Arts degree at Lakewood Community College in 1978, a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mid East and South Asian Studies at The University of Minnesota in 1984, and attended 916 Vocational School to become a truck driver on the Alcan Highway. She was an avid reader, gardener, knitter, quilter/sewer, crafter of all sorts, hunter, and fisherwoman who always loved the outdoors. She spent many a deer season camping and hunting with her husband and family in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Montana, and enjoyed the time spent in both a boat and ice fishing house on Mille Lacs Lake in Minnesota and elsewhere. At the age of 79 she back-packed the 40 miles of Resurrection Pass Trail across the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. She is preceded in death by her husband Henry and baby Karl (1959), her parents Ernst Belling (1971) and Jenny Belling (1950), brothers George, Karl, Ernst, and Henry, sisters Ida Youch, Esther Dubbels, Marie Jensen, Mamie Schoenman and Ruth Johnson. She is survived by her sister Mildred Autio in MN; 8 children: Mary Lou Stolle (Arlin) in TX, Betty Anne Scheeler (Lucie Manka) in AK, Bonnie Jean Burkhardt (Brian) in MN, John Jack Scheeler (Cathie) in IA, Dorothy Dot Kirchmann (Larry) in MN, Joseph Joe Scheeler in MN, Anne Marie Cookie Turner (Jack) in ID, and Judith Judy Cook (Nathan) in WY; 10 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren. She will be missed by all she touched. Following cremation, internment will take place during a family grave-side service later this year at the Peace Lutheran Cemetery in Finlayson, Minnesota. Memorials may be sent to the family via Roberts Family Funeral Home, 555 Centennial Drive SW, Forest Lake, MN 55025.