Lorraine Hertz

Lorraine Hertz, 78, Bismarck, died September 17, 2004, at a Bismarck care center. Funeral services will be Monday at 10:00 AM at Boelter-Eastgate Funeral Service, 200 West Turnpike Ave., Bismarck, with Rev. Darrel Aleson and Rev. Heather Bodwell officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Sunday from 3:00 - 9:00 PM at Boelter-Eastgate Funeral Service where a prayer service will be held at 7:00 PM. Lorraine Miller was born on February 4, 1926, at Tuttle, North Dakota, the daughter of Albert and Pauline Weisenburger Miller. She was raised on the family farm northwest of Tuttle and attended her first two years of grade school at Tuttle, and the remaining grade school years at rural Kickapoo Township School. Lorraine graduated from Tuttle High School in 1944 and taught rural schools for two years. On June 23, 1946, she married Reinhold Hertz at Tuttle and they lived twelve miles north of Wing where they resided for fifty-two years. In 1998, Lorraine and her husband moved to Bismarck. They enjoyed traveling and spent nineteen winters in Arizona. Lorraine was a past member of Wing Homemakers Club, Ladies Church Circle, and is a member of American Legion Auxiliary. She and her husband were members of United Church of Christ. Lorraine had many hobbies and was an accomplished seamstress who enjoyed sewing, gardening, crafting, crocheting, and reading. Her love of flowers and gardening was very evident in her yard where she spent many pleasant hours growing new varieties. Lorraine's grandchildren were her pride and joy, especially her great-grandsons whom she loved to have visit. She is survived by her husband, Reinhold of Bismarck; three sons and daughters-in-law, Douglas and Brenda of Wing, Roger and Pat of Omaha, Nebraska, and Dwight and Joni of Bismarck; six grandchildren, Jennifer and Jason of Council Bluffs, Iowa, Dawn of Bismarck, Aaron of Wing, and Nick and Cassy of Santa Cruz, California; two great-grandsons, Skyler and Darby of Council Bluffs; three brothers and two sisters-in-law, Bruce and Valoyce Miller of Bismarck, Leo and Jan Miller of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and Duane Miller of Minot; one sister and brother-in-law, Bernette and Alan Bowan of Charlotte, North Carolina; three sisters-in-law, Betty Miller, Kathy Miller, and Lois Miller; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and four brothers, Archie, James, Dennis, and Donald.

Lorraine Hertz

February 4, 1926 - September 17, 2004