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Sheila Kay Oachs-Kosel

October 31, 1962 - December 29, 2014

Service Date January 3, 2015

Time to greet friends 10:00 am until the 11:00 am Memorial Service, Saturday January 3 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 701 3rd Ave., Proctor MN

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Sheila Kay Oachs-Kosel, 52, passed away peacefully from Lymphoma and complications early Monday December 29, 2014 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth after a 20 month valiant fight. She was born October 31, 1962 to Wayne and Darlene Oachs Schafer in Cloquet, Minnesota.

 
Sheila was baptized at the Zion Lutheran Church in Cloverdale, MN. She was confirmed from the Hope Lutheran Church in Munger, rural Cloquet. Sheila was a 1981 graduate of Proctor High School. She worked as a babysitter from the time she was 11, waitressed for many years, and was an administrative assistant at the ACME Tool in Duluth. She was also a longtime member of the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Proctor where she was active in the Altar Guild, the Funraiser group, and the Finance Committee.

 
She enjoyed being in the sun, fishing, working in her gardens, and also canning, baking, cooking and crocheting. Sheila was a very thoughtful creative person who shared her time and talents with many. Her fun, energetic spirit was well loved by all who met her. Sheila will be dearly missed.

 
She is preceded in death by infant twin brothers Scott and Stanley Oachs; grandparents Walter Sr. and Elizabeth Soderquist, Thorl and Beatrice Oachs, Uncles Gary Oachs, Walter Soderquist Jr., Aunt Marjorie Soderquist, step-sister Susan McCorison.

 
Sheila is survived by her son Eric Kosel; mother Darlene (Robert) Schaefer; father Wayne (Maria) Oachs; Fiance Steve Persig; brother Steven Oachs; Niece Adriane Oachs, Nephew Alex Oachs; godfather Ronald (Janet) Oachs, godmother Sharon (Steve) Mohelski; step-daughters Amber (Tim), Lacey (Terry); step-grandchildren Kloe, Aiden, Ashton; step-brothers Dan (Kathy), Mark, Tom (Lori) Schafer and families; many extended family and friends, the whole Persig family and Pastor Peter Kowitz and her beloved church family at Bethlehem Lutheran, also ACME Tool, and Pastor Lehenbauer and her first church family at Hope Lutheran Church in Munger who offered prayers for her weekly; grand-cat Trey; grand-dogs Hinckley, Belle, Millie

 
The family would like to thank Dr. Goueli, nurse Teri, staff Cheryl, Trina, social worker Tina, the staff in Oncology at St. Luke’s for the loving care given Sheila over the past 20 months. Also to the Hospice staff at St. Luke’s for their great compassion, and treating us like family.

 
A time to greet friends will begin 10:00 am until the 11:00 am Memorial Service, Saturday January 3, 2014 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 701 3rd Ave., Proctor, MN. There will be a lunch following services. Pastor Peter Kowitz officiating, services by Affordable Cremation & Burial, 218-491-7011, affordableduluth.com.