The Rosary Service for Martha Rosen, age 97 of Mott, will be held at 10:00 Thursday, September 29, 2011 following by the Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30am all at St. Vincent's Catholic Church in Mott. Fr Charles Zins will officiate with burial in Sunnyslope Cemetery.
Serving as casketbearers are Terry Rosen, Jenine Gigstad, Steve and Robin Goetz, Peter and David Hoerner.
MARTHA HARDMEYER was born on August 16, 1914 to Carl and Katherine (Goetz) Hardmeyer. She was raised on the Hardmeyer homestead south of Richardton along the Heart River. She was the eleventh child of a family of thirteen (six brothers and six sisters). She attended the local country school and then helped her mother at home. Upon the death of her mother when Martha was fourteen, she took care of the family for a year. Martha moved to Bison, SD to live with her sister, Eva and her family. There she met Rudy Rosen, Eva's husband's nephews.
Martha and Rudy were united in marriage on January 3, 1933 in Rapid City, SD. They moved to Mott. Three children were born to this union, Beatrice Louise, Arvin Dean, and Arbert Rudy. Martha was a homemaker and stay at home mother raising her family. She belonged to the Catholic Daughters and St. Vincent's Altar Society.
Martha was the cook at St. Vincent's School lunch room for several years. On March 14, 1968, Rudy died as a result of a fire in his work shop. With her children raised and the passing of her husband, Martha decided to go back to work. She worked as a cook at the local hotel until she retired at the age of 80.
She moved to the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Mott on July 15, 1997. She passed from this life there on Saturday, September 24, 2011.
Surviving family members include her daughter, Beatrice Vadner, Bowman, ND; son and two daughters-in-law, Bert and Carol Rosen, St. Augustine, FL; Jane Rosen, Bismarck, ND; 10 grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Rudy, one son, Dean, son-in-law, Albert, and the last surviving sibling of 6 brothers, and 6 sisters.
Visitation will be on Wednesday from 1:00 to 7:00pm at the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Mott and on Thursday one hour prior to services at St. Vincent's Catholic Church in Mott.