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Lawrence Tebelius
Lawrence Tebelius, 86, Edgewood Vista, Bismarck, died Sept. 5, 2000, in a Denver hospital. Arrangements are pending at Eastgate Funeral Service.
Robert Butterfield
Robert Butterfield, 79, Walsenburg, Colo., formerly of Blaisdell, N.D., died Aug. 26, 2000, in a Walsenburg medical center. Services were held Aug. 31 at Howe Mortuary Chapel with burial in Longmont Mountain View Cemetery. He is survived by one daughter, Joyce Shaffer, Sagle, Idaho; one brother, Russell, Challis, Idaho; two sisters, Valeria McCahan, Minot, and Laura Schultz, Bismarck; and four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Emma R. Freier
GARRISON -- Emma R. Freier, 90, Bismarck, formerly of Garrison, died Sept. 5, 2000, in a Bismarck hospital. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Garrison. Burial will be in Garrison Cemetery. She is survived by two daughters, Mary Ann Powell, Sun City, Ariz., and Ruth Doll, Tucson, Ariz.; two sons, Freddie, Bismarck, and Richard, North Platte, Neb.; 12 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren. (Thompson Funeral Home, Garrison)
Francis L. Hoffmeyer
RICHARDTON -- Francis L. "Sonny" Hoffmeyer, 81, Richardton, died Sept. 7, 2000, in the Richardton health center. Services will be held at 11 a.m. MDT Monday, at Mischel-Olson Chapel, Dickinson. Further arrangements are pending.
Kelly J. Klein
Kelly J. Klein, 37, 116 Pheasant St., Bismarck, formerly of Minot, died Sept. 6, 2000, in a Bismarck hospital, of complications from leukemia. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, at St. Leo's Catholic Church, Minot. Further arrangements are pending with Thompson-Larson Funeral Home, Minot.
Wilma H. Maloney
MINOT -- Wilma H. Maloney, 72, Minot, died Sept. 5, 2000, in a Minot medical center. Services will be held at 2 p.m. today, at Thompson-Larson Funeral Home, Minot. A private family graveside service will be held at Rosehill Memorial Park, Minot. She is survived by her husband, Charles, Minot; one son, Clayton, Mandan; one sister, Merle Baker, Henderson, Nev.; one brother, Homer Baker, Kansas City, Kan.; and two granddaughters.
Werner Potratz
ZAP -- Werner (Dick) Potratz, 100, Zap, died Sept. 5, 2000, in a Beulah care center. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. MDT today, at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Zap, with the Rev. Richard Melchert officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Dick was born June 4, 1900, at Hillsboro, N.D., a son of Gotthardt and Johanna (Schmoekel) Potratz. His father was one of the first Missouri Synod Lutheran pastors in eastern North Dakota. Following the death of his father, the family moved to a homestead 9 1/2 miles southwest of Beulah. His mother later married Wilhelm Rettke. Because they were poor, Dick spent much of his time herding cattle in his bare feet. He always carried a pliers in his pocket to remove the stickers from the soles of his feet. By fall, they were as thick as leather. Dick received his rural schooling near Beulah. At the age of 19, he attended a tractor and auto school in Fargo for 14 weeks. After school, he worked in various garages and on road crews building the MKM trail. In 1929, he began working at the Dakota Colleries strip mine where he was first a gasoline locomotive operator and later a mechanic on the large coal trucks. He met his future wife, Alma Knuth, who worked in the cook house at the mine. They were married on April 9, 1932 at Stanton. In 1950, they moved to Zap where they have continued to live. After Dick retired in 1965, he worked on lawn mowers, "puttered" in his garage and enjoyed life. He was a quiet, gentle man who enjoyed sunsets, watching a thunderstorm and all of nature. Dick was a very devoted husband and loving father and grandfather. He was an active participant in his church, the Zap School, the UMWA, and the community of Zap. He is survived by his wife, Alma; one daughter and son-in-law, Patricia and Duane Bittner, North Highlands, Calif.; two granddaughters, Paula and Paul Kennedy, Elk Grove, Calif., and Julie and Leonard Sanchez, Antelope, Calif.; five great-grandsons, Ryan, Nolan, Dillon and Collin Kennedy and Isaac Sanchez; and one great-granddaughter, Hannah Sanchez. He was preceded in death by his parents, 10 brothers and sisters and one granddaughter, Lori Bittner. (Seibel Funeral Home, Beulah)
Angeline S. Rubinstein
BOWMAN -- Angeline S. Olson Rubinstein, 61, Half Moon Bay, Calif., formerly of Bowman, died Sept. 2, 2000, at her home, after a courageous battle with cancer. Services will be held at 10 a.m. MDT Saturday, at St. Charles Catholic Church, Bowman. Burial will be in St. Charles Catholic Cemetery, Bowman. She is survived by her husband, Larry, Half Moon Bay; two daughters, Diane Rubinstein, San Carlos, Calif., and Debbie Rubinstein, Half Moon Bay; and one sister, Caroline Woodley, Bowman. (Krebsbach Funeral Service, Bowman)
Harriet M. Schantz
Harriet M. Schantz, 70, Naches, Wash., formerly of Bismarck, died Aug. 29, 2000, at her home. A memorial service was held Sept. 1 at St. John's Catholic Church, Naches. She is survived by her husband, Joseph R.; two daughters, Pamela Fridley, Selah, Wash., and Debbie Schantz, Orinda, Calif.; two sons, Peter, Yakima, Wash., and Joseph B., Naches; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; four sisters, Ruth Snyder, Newberg, Ore., Violet Clooten, Bismarck, Arlene Auch, Orangevale, Calif., and Judy Bailey, Mandan; one brother, Clarence Burtts, Bismarck; and one half-brother, Joe Fogarty, Newberg, Ore. (Langevin-Mussetter Funeral Home, Yakima)
LeRoy E. Willey
YPSILANTI -- LeRoy E. Willey, 70, Ypsilanti, died Sept. 7, 2000, in a Fargo hospital. Arrangements are pending with Eddy Funeral Home, Jamestown.
Christina Arndt
HARVEY -- Christina Arndt, 80, Harvey, died Sept. 1, 2000, in a Minot hospital. Arrangements are pending at Hertz Funeral Home, Harvey.
Hazel M. Bull
Hazel M. Bull, 92, 821 N. Fourth St., died Sept. 1, 2000, in her home. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Perry Funeral Home, Mandan. Further arrangements are pending.
Laura Mae Jemtrud
RUGBY -- Laura Mae Jemtrud, 86, Rugby, died Aug. 31, 2000, in the Rugby hospital. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Niewoehner Funeral Home, Rugby, with burial in Mylo Cemetery. She is survived by five sons, Ronald, Mylo, Robert, Shelley, Idaho, Otis, Pewaukee, Wis., Alve, Vadnais Heights, Minn., and Don, Fargo; two daughters, Arlene Benson, Rugby, and Judith Brackel, Bowman; one sister, Irma Myers, Crookston, Minn.; 20 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; four step-grandchildren; and seven step-great-grandchildren.
Lloyd M. King
Lloyd M. King, 60, Austin, Texas, died Aug. 31, 2000, in Bismarck. Arrangements are pending at Eastgate Funeral Service.
Louis E. Niemeyer
JAMESTOWN -- Louis E. Niemeyer, 87, Jamestown, died Aug. 30, 2000, in a Jamestown care center. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Basilica of St. James, Jamestown, with burial in Calvary Cemetery, Jamestown. He is survived by his wife, Helen; two daughters, JoAnn Sumbs and Mary Kennedy; one son, James; and four grandchildren. (Eddy Funeral Chapel, Jamestown)
Elizabeth Ulrich
ELGIN -- Elizabeth Ulrich, 89, Elgin, died Aug. 31, 2000, in a Bismarck hospital. Services will be held at 10 a.m. MDT Monday at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Elgin, with burial in Hope Congregational Cemetery, Elgin. She is survived by six sons, Lee Jueth, Bismarck, Dd Ulrich, Mandan, Curtis Ulrich, Elgin, Robert Ulrich, Heil, Rodney Ulrich, Elgin, and Timothy Ulrich, Elgin; three daughters, Betty Mann, Elgin, Joyce Steinle, Carson, and Karen Sokolofsky, Carson; 28 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and one sister, Eva Heydeweiler, Great Falls, Mont. (Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home, Elgin)
Tracy G. Walter
WARWICK -- Tracy G. Walter, 39, Warwick, died Aug. 30, 2000, on his farm. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at American Lutheran Church, Tolna, with burial in Warwick Cemetery. He is survived by his father, Marvin; five brothers, Marvin Jr., Warwick, Les, Devils Lake, Rick, Jamestown, Terry, Hamar, and Darrel, Warwick; four sisters, Margie Haas, Fertile, Minn., Nan Forest, Warwick, Gail Yuly, Minot, and Cleus Moxness, Warwick; and his grandmother, Florence Walter, McVille. (Evans Funeral Home, New Rockford)
Mary Rubina Widdifield
JAMESTOWN -- Mary Rubina Widdifield, 88, Sarasota, Fla., formerly of Jamestown, died Aug. 21, 2000, in a Sarasota care center. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church, Jamestown, with burial in Highland Home Cemetery, Jamestown. She is survived by a sister, Violet Borg, Jamestown; one stepdaughter, Dorene Babcock, Ellendale; one stepson, Roger Widdifield, Atlanta, Ga.; three step-grandchildren; four step-great-grandchildren. (Eddy Funeral Home, Jamestown)
Louis Zent
MINOT -- Louis Zent, Minot, formerly of Mott, died Sept. 1, 2000, in his home. Arrangements are pending at Thomas Funeral Home, Minot.
Emma Bertsch
Emma Bertsch, 82, 410 W. Ingals Ave., died July 10, 2000, in her home. Services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at Calvary United Methodist Church, Bismarck, with the Rev. James Cissell officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Bismarck. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today, and 9 a.m. to noon Thursday at Boelter Funeral Home, and will continue at the church one hour before services. Emma was born April 3, 1918, in Bismarck, the daughter of George and Barbara (Hildenbrandt) Weible. She was raised and educated at Bismarck. She married Walter J. Bertsch, July 16, 1938, in Bismarck. Emma raised their six children. She enjoyed her flower garden, and was a member of Calvary United Methodist Church. She is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Marlene and Joseph Wetzel, Glendive, Mont., and Elaine and John Wagner, Lincoln; four sons and three daughters-in-law, Alwin and Marlys, Leland and Jane, Dean, Vernon and Anita, all of Bismarck; 16 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; four sisters, Arlene Zahler and Esther Muxlow, Yakima, Wash., Barbara Stevens, Caldwell, Idaho, and Ruth Ingram, Marysville, Wash.; and two brothers, Albert and Elmer Weible, both of Yakima. She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter; four sisters, Magdaline Weible, Elsie Hoge, Kathryn Olmsted and Edith Olmsted; three brothers, August, Johnny and Hermand. The family prefers memorials to Calvary United Methodist Church.
