Lorene Schoen, 86

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Lorene Schoen, 86, of Litchfield, died on Wednesday, April 24, 2019, at 9:10 a.m. at her residence.

Visitation will be held Wednesday, May 1, from 9 to 11 a.m. at Becker and Son Funeral Home in Mt. Olive. Funeral services will follow, beginning at 11 a.m. at the funeral home with the Rev. James Ritter officiating. Burial will take place in Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery.

Mrs. Schoen was born Aug. 3, 1932, in Mt. Olive, to Emil and Leona (Heien) Monke. She married Everett L. Schoen on Oct. 5, 1951, in Arkansas, and he preceded her in death on July 23, 2004.

She attended grade school and graduated from Mt. Olive High School with the class of 1950.

A member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church of Mt. Olive, Mrs. Schoen was a homemaker and helped her husband on the family farm. She enjoyed mowing the lawn, taking rides on the Gator to see deer and turkey, and loved spending time with her children, grandchildren and making family dinners.

She is survived by four daughters, Karen Scheller of Mt. Olive, Kathy Schoen of Blue Ridge, TX, Susie (Freddy) Wesson of Litchfield and Sandie Pezold of Staunton; two sisters, Delores Crittenden and Doris Kuenneth, both of Mt. Olive; nine grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

In addition to her husband, Mrs. Schoen was preceded in death by her parents; grandson, Christopher Scheller; sisters, Ethel Schmidt, Adele Knackstedt, Eleanor Favre and Sharon Pakovich; brothers, Orville, LaVern and Gilbert Monke; and a son-in-law, Donald Scheller.

Memorials may be directed to the Immanuel Cemetery Fund or the Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy, 401 Hackensack Avenue, Hackensack, NJ 07601 or www.parentprojectmd.org. 

Online condolences to the family may be left at www.beckerandson.com.