Naomi M. Bateman

Naomi M. Bateman, 80, passed away on January 23, 2014, at the Good Samaritan Society in Bismarck. Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 28, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Bismarck, with Rev. Craig Schweitzer officiating. Burial will be at Fisher Cemetery in Tappen in the spring. Visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. on Monday, January 27, at Parkway Funeral Service, 2330 Tyler Parkway, Bismarck, where a prayer service will begin at 7:00 p.m. Visitation will continue on Tuesday one hour prior to the service at the church. Naomi was born on August 18, 1933, in Tappen, ND, to Reinhold and Mary Schumacher Schmidt, the oldest of five children. She grew up on the family farm southeast of Tappen near the Alkaline Lake. At age 19, she moved to Bismarck and began her career in sales. Naomi worked at the A.W. Lucas Company in Bismarck for nearly 20 years selling Estee Lauder. Later she moved to Palm Desert, CA, where she enjoyed the desert life and worked in the insurance business forming the WJR Insurance agency where she worked until returning to North Dakota in 2007. Naomi loved to sing whether singing in the church choir or with her sister on the back of an old flatbed truck in Streeter. She had a love for flashy red cars, from Chevelles to Mustangs; and she liked the latest fashions, always wanting to look her best. But her greatest treasure was her love for God and her family. Naomi married Victor W. Franklund on November 6, 1955, and raised four children. In 1995, she married Roland S. Bateman who was her constant companion until his death earlier this month. Naomi is survived by three of her children, Wallen Catherine Franklund of Northfield, MN, Janet Filibeck of Glen Ullin, ND, and Roger Carrie Franklund of Columbia Falls, MT; two sisters, Viona Jim LaJune of Merced, CA, and Shirley Bill Kessler Jersey of Lambertville, NJ; eight grandchildren, Shannon Phil Lauderbaugh of Sauk Rapids, MN, Jasmine Jason Mavity of Lonsdale, MN, Jeremy Franklund of Northfield, MN, Victor Franklund of Fort Richardson, AK, Joni and John Filibeck of Glen Ullin, ND, and Charlette and Erick Franklund of Columbia Falls, MT; five great-grandchildren, Logan, Hanna, and Andrew Lauderbaugh, Marley Axsmith, and Hendrix Mavity; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Marie Ann Franklund; her parents, Reinhold and Mary Schmidt; two brothers, Alton and Leonard Schmidt; one son-in-law, John M. Filibeck; and her husbands, Victor W. Franklund, Sopher Scheet, and Roland S. Bateman.

Naomi M. Bateman

August 18, 1933 - January 23, 2014