Gertrude
Marty, 82
Dickinson,
N.D. - Gertrude Marty, 82, formerly of Plummer,
died on Friday, August 15, 2003 at
St.
Benedict's Health Center in Dickinson,
N.D.
Memorial
services were held on August 16 at Ladbury Funeral
Service in Dickinson with the Rev. Steven Schou
officiating. Inurnment was in Dickinson
Cemetery.
Gertrude
Lois Miller was born on June 8, 1921 in Beulah,
N.D., the daughter of Roy S. and Ella E. (Shattuck)
Miller. She moved to Killdeer with her parents when
she was 13 years old. The family lived on a small
ranch north of Killdeer, where she attended school
at Mountain View. She moved back to Beulah, where
she worked as a house girl. She lived with her
grandmother, where she spent the winter caring for
her and working other various jobs.
On
July 5, 1940, Gertrude was united in marriage to
Robert J. Marty in Manning, N.D. The couple lived
near Killdeer, where she raised her children and
worked at a restaurant. In 1968, they moved to
Plummer where she helped farm, milk cows, worked at
a café, butcher shop, Camplin Gas Station
and various waitress jobs. They later moved back to
Dickinson, where she retired and in June 1999, she
became a resident of the St. Benedict's Health
Center. Gertrude was a 4-H leader and member of the
Holly-hock Homemakers Club for 10 years. She
enjoyed working on arts and crafts.
Survivors
include her nine children, Elaine (Dick) Semingson
of Dickinson, N.D., Jim (Shirley) of Sun City,
Ariz., Donna (David) Kono of Rhame, N.D., Leslie
Marty of Salton Sea Beach, Calif., Lynn (Diane) of
Hardin, Mont., Charlene (Richard) Schoenbeck of
Belfield, N.D., Harold (Beverly) of Clarksville,
Tenn., Erwin (Peggy) of Yucaipa, Calif., and Peggy
(Randy) Hlebechuk of Rhame, N.D.; 27 grandchildren;
and 21 great-grandchildren.
Gertrude
was preceded in death by her son, Curtis; one
brother, Charlie Miller; two sisters, Millie
Huckabe and Beulah Moe; her parents; and her
husband. A00003B2003AG20
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