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Sharon
Martinson, 58
Barnesville
- Sharon I. Martinson, 58, formerly of Thief
River Falls, died on Friday, September 20, 2002 at
Meritcare Hospital in Fargo, N.D.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday,
September 25 (today) at 11 a.m. at Bakke Lutheran
Church in Detroit Lakes with Rev. John Lee
officiating. Visitation will take place for two
hours prior to services at the church.
Casketbearers will be Jerry Butenhoff, Doug
Butenhoff, Andy Samuelson, Louise Samuelson, Leland
Mott Jr. and Allen Honer. Honorary casketbearers
will be all of Sharon's grandchildren, nieces and
nephews. Interment will be in Bakke Lutheran
Cemetery in Detroit Lakes.
Sharon
Possehl was born on December 14, 1943, the daughter
of Lester and Matilda (Butenhoff) Possehl in Fargo,
N.D. She grew up and attended school in the Baker
area and graduated from Barnesville High School in
1961. On January 21, 1963, she married Douglas
Martinson at Trinity Lutheran Church in Sabin. The
couple made their home in Detroit Lakes where she
worked for St. Mary's Nursing Center. In 1969, they
moved to Thief River Falls where she worked at a
nursing home. In 1977, they moved to Lake Park
where she worked for Sunnyside Care Center and in
1978 they moved to the Chelmo Turkey Farm near
Detroit Lakes. She went back to work at St. Mary's
Nursing Center. Throughout the years, Sharon helped
her husband with the farming responsibilities. They
moved back to Detroit Lakes in 1984 and in 2000,
they moved to Barnesville. Douglas died in 2001.
That same year, Sharon became a resident of the
Barnesville Good Samaritan Center where she
arranged flowers and was involved in the Care
Center's activities. She lived there until the time
of her death.
Sharon
was a member of Bakke Lutheran Church in Detroit
Lakes. She loved to cook and bake, enjoyed
crocheting, making afghans, beadwork and other
crafts and enjoyed gatherings at her home. She was
a fan of Perry Mason and other detective stories
and was an avid reader. Sharon loved animals,
especially cats and small dogs.
Survivors
include four sons, Rod, Jeffrey (fiancé,
Jodi Singleton), Scott and Joseph, all of
Barnesville; a daughter, Brenda (Ross) Amundson of
Barnesville; her mother, Matilda Possehl of
Alexandria; five grandchildren; four sisters,
Marion (James) Szymanski of Minot, N.D., Jean
(Jack) Samuelson of Little Falls, Diane Scarr of
Fargo, N.D. and Darlene (Duane) Samuelson of
Kensington.
Sharon
was preceded in death by her father and her
husband.
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