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Evelyn Jean

Oehlschlaeger

Jan.9, 1926 – June 20, 2023

Evelyn Jean (Bell) Oehlschlaeger, 97, passed away June 20, 2023, She was born Jan. 9, 1926, at home on Christiansen Road to Florence (Lehman) and Lawton Bell. She attended grade school in a one-room school house in Four Mound, Reardan High School and Kelsey Baird Business College in Spokane. While being raised on a wheat and dairy farm, she herded cows on her horse, Mickey, with the help of dogs Tippy and Benny.

She and Glenn Oehlschlaeger were married in the Reardan Emmanuel Lutheran Church in 1946. They lived and farmed in the Cre...