Larry W. Kadrmas, 73, Belfield, died Friday, April 3, 2020 at Sanford Health, Bismarck after a courageous battle with cancer. A Private Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Bernard’s Catholic Church, Belfield with Fr. Shane Campbell as Celebrant. Inurnment will take place at a later date at St. Bernard’s Cemetery.
Larry was born on August 16, 1946 at Dickinson to George and Lena (Burian) Kadrmas. He grew up on the family farm north of Belfield, where he attended Glade Country School until the eighth grade. He started high school at Model High in Dickinson, later transferring to Belfield, where he graduated with the class of 1964.
He enlisted in the Army in October in 1964 and was honorably discharged in December 1964.
Larry was married to Joanne Schwartzenberger on May 20, 1967, and to this union two children, Wade and Kim were born. They lived in Mandan for a short time, prior to moving to Belfield in October 1967 where he went to work for his brother-in-law, Emil Gregory at Cenex, later becoming manager. After many years at Cenex, he decided to go to the oilfield, where he worked at Bob’s Oilfield in Belfield.
He served a term on the City Council in Belfield. He always attended many auctions, collecting several antiques. This led him to open his own little antique shop as a retirement project. Larry could take things apart and fix them, having repaired many lawn mowers for friends and family. In his early days he enjoyed taking rides to his brother-in-law’s farm to snowmobile. He took his kids hunting and fishing, and always enjoying chopping down the x-mas tree. Larry became a great gardener, and loved sharing the fruits of his labor with friends and family. He made the best borscht soup, canned his own pickles and was a great cook. He loved riding horse and had led many cattle drives.
Larry enjoyed seeing his grandchildren grow up to the wonderful adults they are. He enjoyed spending his time with them and attending as many of their functions as possible from games to grandparents day. He welcomed his first great-grandson, Carter into this world on December 1, 2019. He will be missed.
Larry is survived by wife, Joanne; children, Wade (Marney), Eagle Point, Oregon, and Kimberly (Chad) Obrigewitch, Belfield; four grandchildren, Kayla (Justin) Stastny, Bryce Kadrmas, Riley (Jennifer) Obrigewitch and Jenna (Jon) Obrigewitch; one great-grandson, Carter Obrigewitch; mother, Lena Kadrmas, Dickinson; siblings, Linda Gregory, Fargo, and Gailand (Charlene) Kadrmas, Fairfield; sister-in-law, Patsy Kadrmas, Dickinson; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his dad, George; brother, Gary and brother-in-law, Emil Gregory.
