Funeral services for Martha "Mardy" Tatro-Merwin, 86, of Hettinger, ND will be Friday, Nov. 30, 2007 at 10:30 a.m. at the Hettinger Lutheran Church. Rev. Kathleen Dettmann will officiate and burial will follow at the Hettinger Cemetery. Visitations will be from 1:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 29 at the Evanson Jensen Funeral Home in Hettinger and one hour prior to the service at the church on Friday morning. A family service will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday evening at the funeral home.

MARTHA "Mardy" HENDRICKSON was born November 13, 1921 to John and Martina (Davidson) Hendrickson, on a farm southwest of Rhame, ND. She attended Adelaide country school and Rhame High School.


Mardy married Harry Joel Tatro in Longview, Washington on September 6, 1941. To this union there were five children, Joan, Harry "Skip", Bonnie, Jackie and Rick. In 1961 Harry passed away as the result of an accident.


On September 15, 1967 she married Albert Merwin. Albert and Mardy started up and operated a hide and fur company until he passed away. Mardy worked at the West River Medical Center from 1970 to 1985. She loved her work as an aide and being able to help people.


Mardy was an avid reader, painter, story teller, poet and a lover of music. Shortly after retiring she moved to Rhame, until 1996, when she moved to Bowman, ND, to care for her brother until his passing in 2002. She then returned to Hettinger and lived until her passing at the Western Horizon's Care Center in Hettinger on Nov. 26, 2007. "Mom" and "Grandma" will be deeply missed by her family and all that knew her

She is survived by her children, Joan (Wayne) Laufer, Hettinger, ND, Harry "Skip" (Charlotte) Tatro, Mandan, ND, Bonnie (Rick) Pinney, Denver, CO, Jackie Blade, Willis, TX and Rick (Laura) Tatro, eleven grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, nine step grandchildren, one brother, Ernie (Hazel) Hendrickson, sisters-in-law, Elaine Hendrickson, Marguerite Schmaltz and Rose Tatro. Mardy was preceded in death by her parents, husbands, Harry Tatro and Albert Merwin, two grandsons, Little Jim Zimmerman and Bradley Engraf, one stepson, Scott Merwin, one niece, Kathy Reisenauer, nephews, Lanny Tatro and Billy Hendrickson.