Charles Schumacher

PERHAM — Services for Charles A. Schumacher of Perham are at 11 a.m. Saturday at Calvary Lutheran Church, Perham. Visitation is from 5-8 p.m. Friday at Schoeneberger Funeral & Cremation Service Perham. Prayer service is at 7 p.m. Visitation continues from 10-11 a.m. Saturday. Burial is at Calvary Memorial Cemetery, Perham. Schoeneberger Funeral & Cremation Service, Perham, Mn 218-346-5175.

Charlie passed away July 15, 2019.

Charles was born May 28, 1932, on the family farm at Loretto, to Conrad and Mabel (Russell) Schumacher. The family moved to Pierz and then Little Falls where he graduated high school in 1950. Charlie played professional baseball with the New York Giants’ farm team at Wisconsin Rapids. Charlie attended St. Cloud State Teachers College for three years before enlisting in the U.S. Army. Charlie was assigned to Headquarter Special Troop Command at Fort Benning, Georgia, as an Intelligence Specialist as Corporal 1st Class. He attended Moorhead State Teachers College on the GI Bill and graduated in 1957. During college he met and married Lorene Holmberg. They moved to Perham where he taught and coached for over 40 years.

He is survived by his wife, Lorene; children: Charlene (James K.) Nelson, Cathy (Anthony L.) Westrum, Charles L. (Rosalie), Cecilie (DuWayne) Cookman, and Curt; 12 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and one brother, Robert.

He is preceded in death by his parents, three sisters and two brothers.