Pearl F. Lukenbach, 87, Sykeston, North Dakota passed away Wednesday, May 31, 2023 at Golden Acres Manor, Carrington, North Dakota.     Private family services will be held at Nelson Funeral Home.  Pastor Shirley Teske will officiate and burial will be in the Heaton Cemetery.  Arrangements by Nelson Funeral Home, Fessenden, North Dakota.

Pearl Frances Muscha was born December 2, 1935, at Harvey, North Dakota, the daughter of August and Edith Ida (Duda) Muscha.  She grew up in the Martin and Harvey areas and attended school, graduating from Harvey High School in 1953.  She married Harry A. Lukenbach on June 1, 1954 at Fessenden, North Dakota and they made their home near Hurdsfield for a time.  In 1960 they moved south of Sykeston, North Dakota where Harry worked for Polries Farms.  They later moved to Sykeston and started milking cows.  Pearl later worked at Holy Family Guest Home and Golden Acres Manor in Carrington.

Pearl loved to ride horses, always had a large vegetable and flower gardens, traveling with her sisters (Gen and Puz)  and Harry when he could, but her greatest joy was visiting places with her children and grandchildren.

Pearl is survived by her children, Kathy Klocke, Fessenden, ND, Joan (Loren) Larson, Fargo, ND, and Dean Lukenbach, Sedgwick, KS, sister, Dottie Ozog, Mansfield, TX, also 11 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Harry, son Kim, daughter-in-law, Jeanne Lukenbach, and son-law, Louis Klocke, brothers, Clarence and Bernie Muscha  and sisters, LuVerne Axtman and Genevieve Otto.