Service of Remembrance for Edna Mayer, 75 of Hettinger, ND will be Thursday, May 5, 2005 at 1:00 p.m. at the Hettinger Lutheran Church. Rev. Kathleen Dettmann and Rev. Robert Boxrud will officiate and burial will follow at the Hettinger Cemetery. Visitations will be from 1:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Evanson Jensen Funeral Home in Hettinger on Wednesday and one hour prior to the services at the church on Thursday afternoon. A Family Service is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. Wednesday evening at the funeral home.

EDNA MAYER was born on September 14, 1929 in Hettinger, ND to Pete and Lydia (Kleeman)Hirschmiller. She grew up on the family farm southeast of Hettinger and attended school in Hettinger. She graduated from Hettinger High School in 1947. She met Ray Mayer and they were united in marriage on September 9, 1951 in Hebron, ND. They made their home in Hettinger and began raising a family of five children. Edna and Ray operated a Recreation Center until 1955, when she opened Edna's Dress Shop in Hettinger. She truly loved her work in retail sales and her business ability kept her shop open for 50 years. Edna was a member with the Hettinger Chamber of Commerce, the Eagles Auxiliary and the Hettinger Lutheran Church. Edna's interests throughout the years were varied from watching her sons play baseball for Hettinger Legion and the University of North Dakota. Edna also enjoyed following her grandchildren in life and in sports. She also enjoyed participating in the farming activities on the homestead she grew up on.

Edna Mayer passed from this life on Monday, May 2, 2005 at the West River Regional Medical Center in Hettinger.

Grateful for having shared her life are her husband, Ray Mayer, of Hettinger, their children, Bruce Mayer, of Hettinger, Cheryl and husband Duane Krvarchka, of Lisbon, ND, Rod Mayer, of Vadnes Heights, MN and David Mayer, of Eden Prairire, MN and Brad Mayer, of Beaumont, TX and four grandchildren, Joshua, Matthew and Joe Krvarchka and Stephanie Mayer. Preceding Edna in death were her parents and one brother, Alfred Hirschmiller.