Myrtle Hinz

Myrtle Hinz died December 27, 2014, at the Baptist Health Care Center, Bismarck, ND. She was 81. Funeral services will be held on Friday, January 2, at 10:30 AM at Zion Lutheran Church in Bismarck with Rev. Thomas R. Marcis, Jr. officiating. Burial will be at the ND Veterans Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday from 6:00 – 8:00 PM at Parkway Funeral Service where a prayer service will begin at 7:00 PM. Visitation will continue on Friday one hour prior to the service at the church. Myrtle was born May 11, 1933, in Perham, MN, to Robert and Ida Walk. She grew up on their farm with three brothers, one sister, and one half-brother, graduated from Perham High School, and went to work at the Ottertail Power Company office. Each day a young farmer would walk by and wave at her through the window. Finally, he summoned up the courage to ask her to a dance. Myrtle Walk married Edgar Hinz on June 7, 1953. Mert and Ed began their married life on the farm, as had both their parents. Eventually Edgar left the farm for the lumber business, and they moved to New York Mills, MN, where Myrtle became the business manager for the school district. Here they had their only child, Jeff, in 1960. In 1972, when the old family farm was offered for sale, they moved back to Perham where Myrtle worked for several chiropractors including her friends Dr William Ryan and his wife, Dorothy, until her retirement. Although they moved back to the farm, Ed and Mert maintained their jobs and never farmed again. They did however have the best known yard on Highway 78 with acres of trees, gardens, flowers and lawns; a sore point with their lawn-mowing teenage son. In 2005, Mert and Ed moved to Bismarck, ND, to be with their son, his wife, and their three grandchildren. Here they met new friends, helped with their son's business, and helped care for their grandkids. They were adopted and looked after by their next door neighbors, Arlan and Sharon. As their health deteriorated, they left their house for assisted living at Good Samaritan, and for Myrtle, care at Maple View and the Baptist Health Care Center. Mert's final years were taken from her by Alzheimer's disease. Myrtle is survived by her son, Jeff and his wife, Lori of Bismarck; her three grandsons, Samuel, Benjamin, and Adam Hinz; one sister, Marcy and her husband, Mick Lawson of Wadena, MN; one brother, Mel and his wife, Mary Walk of Ogema, MN; and three sisters-in-law, Marie Walk and Elaine Walk of Perham, MN, and Carolyn Alberts of Ottertail, MN. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Edgar; her brothers, Marvin Walk and Merle Walk; and her half-brother, Sonny "Alfred" Alberts.

Myrtle Hinz

May 11, 1933 - December 27, 2014