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Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, May 24, 2024, at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Langdon, N.D., for Dorothy Mathilda Schill Sauer, who passed away on May 15, 2024, just one week shy of her 87th birthday. The final four days of her life were spent surrounded by her children and grandchildren, and those who couldn’t make it in person were able to be present to her by phone. Inurnment will be at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Mount Carmel, N.D. Dorothy was born May 21, 1937, in Langdon, to William and Mary (Kordosieur) Schill. Dorothy attended St. Alphonsus Catholic School, graduating in 1954. She went on to Minot State Teachers College and earned a degree in elementary education and subsequently studied for her master’s degree for specific learning disabilities at the University of North Dakota. She taught special education/ Chapter 1 for most of her career. She taught at Mowbray, Vang, Walhalla, Northwood, Midway-Inkster, Humboldt (Minnesota), and lastly at St. Alphonsus in Langdon when they needed a computer teacher. She was an itinerant special education teacher for Cavalier County for three years and taught preschool at the Langdon Day Care for two years. When Humboldt/ St. Vincent (Minn.) needed a volleyball coach, she volunteered for the position, learning by attending coaching seminars and training. Dorothy met her husband, Lloyd Francis Sauer, at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel during choir practice. They married June 14, 1956. Together they had seven children and raised them on their farm near Mount Carmel.
