Pauline W. Ross, age 95 of Mott, passed away on Saturday, September 7, 2013 at the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd in New Rockford, ND.

The funeral service will be held at 10:30am, Thursday, September, 12, 2013 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Mott. Pastor John Amundson will officiate with burial in Sunnyslope Cemetery at Mott.

Special music will be provided by Pat Schwartz, organist.

Serving as casketbearers are David Phillips, Jim Snook, Jerry Obrigewitsch, Ryan Elkin, Scot Ross, David Schlosser, Jim Schlosser, and Stephen Ross. All of her other grandchildren and great grandchildren are considered honorary bearers.

PAULINE WILHELMINA FIEDLER was born on March 10, 1918, on the family homestead in Chilton Township southwest of Mott, ND. She attended country school and finished her education in Mott.

She was united in marriage to Vernon ""Bud"" Ross on January 1, 1938 in Mott. They began their life together on a farm southwest of Mott. In 1963, they moved into Mott. Pauline worked as a waitress, bartender, and later as a babysitter. She took care of her family and was known for her gardening, sewing, crafts, oil painting, cooking, and hospitality.

Pauline is survived by her son and 2 daughters-in-law, Michael and Suzann Ross, Arlington, TX; Janis Ross, Bremen, ND; 2 daughters and 2 sons-in-law, Sonja and Bob Hartze, Lakeland, MN; Brenda and Dan Phillips, Harwood, ND; 14 grandchildren, 30 great grandchildren; and a sister-in-law, Alice Fiedler, Bismarck, ND. She will be greatly missed.

She was preceded in death by her parents Michael and Matilda (Mann) Fiedler, her husband Vernon ""Bud"" on June 15, 1999, 2 sons and 1 daughter-in-law, Robert and Elaine Ross, Dwight Ross; 6 brothers, Fred, Daniel, William, Jacob, Gustav, and John Fiedler; 5 sisters, Emma Hahn, Elsa Nygaard, Mary Fiedler, Ida Fiedler, and a baby girl Fiedler.

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 Trinity Lutheran Church in Mott.