Bertha Myers

Bertha Bender Myers, 93, Bismarck, died February 8, 2012, at the Missouri Slope Lutheran Care Center, Bismarck. Services will be held at 10:00 am Saturday, February 11, 2012, at Eastgate Funeral Service, 2302 East Divide Ave, Bismarck, with Rev. Rebecca Aardahl officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Bismarck. Bertha was born December 10, 1918, the daughter of Jacob and Karaline Trautman Bender on a farm three a half miles west of Temvik, ND. Bertha was one of a family of eleven girls, five younger, five older and two brothers. She received her elementary education in a small school in Liberty School District in Emmons County. It was the beginning of the "Great Depression," so all hands were needed on the farm. In 1938, Bertha married Ernest Grossman and lived on a farm south of Hazelton, ND, and later they purchased the Waddell Farm near Temvik. Bertha and Ernest had two children, Carrie and John. Ernest died in 1951, so the farm was sold and Bertha purchased a home in Bismarck where she attended Capital Commercial College and worked in retail for 18 years. She worked for Opgrands, the Alex Ruth Schop, Northwest Finance, and C & H Glass. Bertha married Arthur J. Bender and they had one son, Michael. Arthur died in 1966. Bertha married George C. Myers in 1985 and continued to live in Bismarck. Bertha and George went on many trips until George's death in 2001. Bertha was very active in the Eagles Auxiliary and was elected to the Eagles Auxiliary Hall of Fame in 2001. She was a motivational force in starting the Capital Quilters of which she continued to be a member and her love of quilting never ended. She made many quilts for her family and others. Bertha was a charter member of the Eagles, Elkettes, and Toast Mistresses. She was a member of McCabe United Methodist Church. In her later years, Bertha moved to Missouri Slope Lutheran Care Center where she resided until her death. She is survived by her daughter-in-law, Gail, Norman, OK; her granddaughter, Jessica Bender; sisters, Emma Schiermiester and Elsie Schiermiester, Lodi, CA, Ruth McHatti and her husband, Don, Colorado Springs, CO, Mildred and her husband, Richard Abbott, St. Paul, MN; her stepdaughters, Ethel "Weezie" Louise Schuler and her husband, Armoin, Lyda Scharnowski, Mavis Fuhrer, and Linda and her husband, Lou Biederstedt, all of Bismarck; eight step-grandchildren and many other friends and relatives. Bertha was preceded in death by her three husbands; her sons, John and Michael; her daughter, Carrie; her sisters, Esther "Tess", Freda, Martha, Mina, Ann, and Alvina; two brothers, Edward and Martin; one stepson, Eugene Fuhrer.

Bertha Myers

December 10, 1918 - February 8, 2012