Charlotte Stohr
Charlotte Stohr, 75, formerly of Leland and Thompson, passed away Sunday, May 16, 2021 at the Westview Care Center, Britt.Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m., Wednesday, May 19, at Schott Funeral Home-Mittelstadt Chapel, Lake Mills, with Rev. Wayne Halvorson officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service Wednesday. Inurnment will take place at a later date in Rose Hill Cemetery, Thompson. Fellowship following the service will be at Swallow Coffee House, Lake Mills. Memorials are preferred to the American Heart Association or to the American Diabetes Association.
Charlotte Bee (Oleson) Stohr was born July 20, 1945 in rural Forest City, to parents Roger and Blanche (Escherich) Oleson. She graduated from Northwood-Kensett High School in 1963, as a proud member of the first combined graduating class. Charlotte worked at DeLuxe Products in Lake Mills immediately following graduation.
In 1965, Charlotte was united in marriage with Larry Stohr at First Shell Rock Church, Northwood. They were blessed with two children: Jodi and Tara. While their daughters were young, the family lived in rural Leland, with Charlotte staying home to raise the girls. When they became school age, Charlotte went back to working outside the home. She had been employed at Farm Services in Leland, the Lake Mills Community School, and the Fleetguard Daycare, all while farming and raising pigs fulltime alongside her husband, Larry.
Charlotte and Larry were blessed to spend much of their retirement years riding motorcycle across the country, and wintering in their RV in Texas. They made many friends along the way. One of Charlotte’s most memorable trips was riding their motorcycle from Iowa to Alaska, almost reaching the Arctic Circle.
Charlotte enjoyed many handiwork crafts including crocheting, knitting and tatting. She also enjoyed dancing, doing word searches, collecting all things pigs, and she liked butterflies and the color purple. Charlotte loved being a wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother to her family.
Survivors include her husband of 55 years, Larry, Britt: children: Jodi (Eric) Lindsey, Johnston; Tara (Robbert) Kos, Belgium, Wis.; and Sonja (Bill) Thatcher, Miltona, Minn.; grandchildren: Jaida and Ethan Lindsey; Seth and Joel Kos; and Chris Gadbaw; Adam (Jessica) Gadbaw; and Tiffany (Brad) Beste; three great-grandchildren: Tylar Beste; and Kylar and Kaden Gadbaw; two sisters: Evelyn (Richard) Urbatch, Omaha, Neb.; and Ruby Oleson, Mason City; two brothers: Roger (Helen) Oleson, Anchorage, Alaska; and Emory (Anne) Oleson, Port Charlotte, Fla.; and many nieces, nephews and friends.
Charlotte was preceded in death by her parents; and seven brothers: Valere, Sherman, Ronald, Allen, Raymond, Berl and Fred.
