Esther Hoesel

Funeral services for Esther Hoesel, 88, of New Salem will be held at 10:00 a.m. CT., Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at Peace Church in New Salem with Pastor Mark Hassler officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Visitation for Esther will be from 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m CT., on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at the church with a prayer service being held at 7:00 p.m. CT

Esther passed away Saturday, April 26, 2025 at Sanford Health in Bismarck.

Esther was born on February 6, 1937 in New Salem, the daughter of Fred and Antonia (Hoger) Wolf of Sweet Briar, North Dakota. As a young girl, she attended grade school for six years in Sweet Briar, fourth grade in New Salem and eighth grade in Judson. At the age of 18, Esther became the bride of Edgar Hoesel in Peace Church on August 23, 1955. Their marriage was blessed with five children, Cherie, Valerie, Keith, Michael and David. For the first few years of their marriage, Esther worked for the New Salem Coop. In 1959, she became a rural farmwife, milking cows for their dairy business from 1959 until 2005. Dedicated commitment and an everyday daily chore, kept their family proudly united and working together. Following their retirement from the dairy business, Esther and Edgar became employees of the Morton County Fair Building and enjoyed working alongside each other for an additional 10 years. Esther and Edgar were fully retired in 2015. Esther enjoyed crocheting, raising flowers, reading, puzzles, word search and especially babysitting her great-grandchildren. She was a member of Peace Church and the Women’s Guild, New Salem Pioneer Club and New Salem Women’s Life. She will be missed dearly and remembered for her devotion to her family, and God.

Esther is survived by her husband, Edgar of 69 years of New Salem; sons, Keith (Roberta) Hoesel of New Salem, Michael (Joann) Hoesel of Mandan, David (Susan) Hoesel of Dickinson; son-in-law, Stephen Nicolai of Milnor; 17 grandchildren, 47 great-grandchildren; sisters-in- law, Rosy Wolf of Mandan, Betty Hoesel of New Salem and Darlene Lennie of New Salem

She was preceded in death by her parents, Fred and Antonia Wolf; daughter, Cherie Nicolai; and daughter and son-in-law, Valerie and Bruce Blend; sisters, Helen (Roy) Sicble, Alice (Virgil) Hohbein, Marian (Raymond) Hohbein, Edna (Donald) Hohbein; brothers, Herbert and Herman Wolf; great-grandchildren, Gabriel Crist, Kyle Whetsel.