Marie Gartner

Marie Gartner, age 92, of Kadoka, South Dakota, died on Saturday, April 4, 2020 at the Hans P. Peterson Memorial Hospital in Philip.
Marie M. Anderson was born October 3rd, 1927 at Ottumwa, SD to Jess and Viola (Day) Anderson. She grew up in the Ottumwa area and attended rural school prior to attending Midland High School. As a young lady, during World War II, she moved to Bremerton, WA, where she worked in the Navy Shipyards until returning to Philip in 1945.
She was united in marriage to Clifford Gartner on November 9th, 1945 in Rapid City. They made their home in Philip where Marie worked at the B & M Cafe and Clifford worked for West Central Electric Company. They moved to Kadoka in 1953 and after her children were mostly grown, she worked at various jobs, including the Kadoka Nursing Home, at several cafes and she did office work at the H & H El Centro Motel, all in Kadoka.
Marie was a member of the Concordia Lutheran Church of Kadoka, and the First Lutheran Church of Philip, and a member of the American Legion Auxiliary in Kadoka where she served in various capacities, including president for May 1993 to May 1994.
Marie had resided in Kadoka for 51 years, moved to Philip for five years, then back to Kadoka in 2017, where she was living at the Kadoka Nursing Home.
Grateful for having shared her life are her sons Ronald Gartner and his wife Marilyn of Interior, and Raymond Gartner and his wife Wilma of Philip; seven grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews; and a host of other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Clifford Gartner in 2003; her son Rodney Gene Gartner in 2008; her son Randy Wallace Gartner in 2017; a grandson Willis Raymond Gartner; two brothers: John and Arthur Stinson; and four sisters: Bessie Van Cleve, Alice Brooks, Blanche Peterson, and Viola Heezen; and a special niece Velma Dachtler.
A come and go viewing will be held from 2-6 p.m. on Thursday, April 9, at the Rush Funeral Chapel in Kadoka.
Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 10, at the Kadoka Cemetery with Pastor Cindy Bisser officiating.
Arrangements are with Rush Funeral Home of Kadoka.

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