Service Information
Inez E. Dascher, age 90, of Buffalo Lake, Minnesota, passed away on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, at Buffalo Lake Healthcare Center in Buffalo Lake.
Memorial Service will be Saturday, July 16, 2022, at 2:00 P.M. at the Buffalo Lake Community Center in Buffalo Lake, with interment at a later date at Zion Evangelical Cemetery in Buffalo Lake.
Gathering of Family and Friends will be held one hour prior to the service at the Buffalo Lake Community Center.
Obituary
Inez was born on January 16, 1932 in Winthrop. She was the eldest daughter of August William Habeck (1904-1982) and Anna Alma Borchert Fruhwirth (1910-1985). Her siblings included JoAnn Villa (1935-) and Ordell Yonkovich (1937-2014).
After dating for four years, Inez was united in marriage to Robert George Dascher (1927-2009) on March 21, 1959 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Winthrop. Inez and Robert shared 50 years of marriage before Robert’s unexpected death from a fall on June 26, 2009. He was 82 years old.
Inez led a busy life taking care of her family and partnering with her husband to run the family farm. There were many days you could see Inez on a tractor or truck working hard to get the crop planted or harvested.
Additionally, Inez was active in her community where she served on the Buffalo Lake Healthcare Center’s Board of Directors and the FREE Council (Friends, Relatives, Enabling Elderly), the Buffalo Lake United Methodist Church Administrative Board, the Buffalo Lake Methodist Church Board of Trustees, and the Hutchinson Concert Association Board. Inez was also a Lakeside Comets 4-H leader and a regular judge at the Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Elementary School Science Fair. She enjoyed participating in community events, such as the Buffalo Lake Christmas Tour of Homes, the Buffalo Lake Summer Garden Tour, and the Buffalo Lake Women’s Improvement Club Flower Show.
Over the years, Inez enjoyed many hobbies, which included arranging flowers, doing paper crafts, gardening, hunting, knitting and crocheting, listening to music, making ceramic figurines, making quilts for her family, photographing flowers and farm animals, sewing clothes for herself and family, traveling with her husband and friends, playing pinochle with a local club, and writing poetry.
Inez is survived by her children, Nancy Redden and her husband, Joel Gossell of Victoria, Steve Dascher of Buffalo Lake, and Heidi Smith and her husband, Mike of West Hills, California. Inez always enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren, Keeley Redden, Blaine Redden, Kelsie Dascher, Megan Dascher, Alexander Smith, Nathan Smith, and Sydney Smith.
In all, Inez was a creative spirit. She will be missed, but her creativity lives on in the form of quilts, afghans, ceramic figurines, photographs, and poetry. What follows is one of the many poems she wrote as a teenager:
Why is the sun so far and high
That you can't reach it, nor can I.
The earth around it steadily goes
The reason for this no one knows.
It looks just like a ball of fire
That never seems to go any higher.
It creeps across the sky at day
Then at night it fades away.
Inez Dascher
The Dascher family asks that if you are so moved, you make a donation in Inez’s name to the FREE Council (Friends, Relatives, Enabling Elderly & Family Council) at the Buffalo Lake Healthcare Center. Make checks payable to FREE, then mail to FREE c/o BLHC, 703 W. Yellowstone Trail, Buffalo Lake MN 55314.
Carol Krumrey Olson says
My sincere sympathy!
Kris Dascher says
Thank you for your condolences. I have fond memories of you and your sisters!
Val Severson says
My deepest sympathy! Did her hair for yrs! We had lots of great conversations!
Kris Dascher says
Hi, Val! You did my hair too at JC Penney. Thank you for your condolences. Miss you!
Karen Raske says
My sympathy to the Dascher family. Lots of memories from our 4-H days.
Karen Silker Raske
Kris Dascher says
Hello, Karen! Yes, lots of 4-H memories. Those were the days, weren’t they? Thank you for your condolences.
Barbara Bussler Bumgardner says
My deepest sympathy to the Dascher Family. I worked with Inez to create paintings at the BLHC in memory of your dad, and also other aspects of decorating at the Center. I loved her creative spirit and how we shared that. I have since moved from the area, but always thought of your mom with great fondness and how she took on any task put before her. She leaves you an amazing legacy!
My thoughts and prayers as you travel this road of sorrow.
Barbara Bussler Bumgardner
Kris Dascher says
Thank you for your condolences and kind words. My mother certainly enjoyed working with you. She spoke highly of your talent and hard work.
Colleen Willhite says
Kris, Nancy, Steve and Heidi-
So sorry for your loss. My most significant memory of your Mom is that it seemed to me that she marched to her own drummer, which I think for her generation was a real mark of strength, plus a wonderful example for me. My love to you all. Colleen
Kris Dascher says
Colleen:
Thank you for the kind words. My most significant memories of your mother were her kindness and courage. My siblings and I also have fond memories of gatherings at your home in Hector and the fun we had. I hope all is well with you and your family. All the best, Kris Dascher.
Char and Bill Lidberg says
So sorry for the loss of your mother.prayers are with you all.
Kris Dascher says
Thank you for your condolences. It means a lot to my siblings and me that you took the time to comment.
Kris Dascher says
Thank you for your condolences. My siblings and I appreciate your kind words.