Rose Marie Mertes, 89, of
Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, December 18, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church,
Visitation will be on Thursday, December 17, 2009, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. with a Christian Mothers Rosary at 5:30 p.m. and a prayer Service at 7:00 p.m. all at Joseph Vertin & Sons Funeral Home,
Interment will be at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Breckenridge.
Rose was born December 18, 1919 in
Rose was married to William Mertes in 1940 at St. Leo and they made their home west of
Rose worked at Vada’s Steak House in Breckenridge.
Later she did cleaning at Smith Motors and Terrace Lanes in Wahpeton, ND and cooked at St. Mary’s School in Breckenridge before starting her housekeeping position at
Rose was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and Christian Mothers, National Catholic Society of Foresters and the Eagles Auxiliary No. 2749. She always enjoyed cooking and baking and was in demand for her delicious buttermilk donuts. In her younger years Rose enjoyed playing cards with the “39ers” and taking her family to visit relatives in Mantador and Brown’s Valley, MN. She was extremely proud of her family and will always be remembered for her infectious laugh.
She is survived by her 14 children: Harold (Dorcas) Mertes, Sterling Heights, Michigan; Margaret (Jim) Delzer, Campbell, California; Catherine (Jack) Peterson, East Grand Forks, MN; William Charles (Diane) Mertes, Wahpeton, ND; Paulette (Roger) Swinsburg, Minneapolis, MN; Anthony (Jan) Mertes, Chanhassen, MN; Cecilia Fritz, Grand Forks, ND; Marion (Doug) Abfalter, Foley, MN; Dorothy (Ryan) Leinen, Breckenridge, MN; Marvin Mertes, Coon Rapids, MN; Jerome “Joe” (Sue) Mertes, Sioux Falls, SD; Rosemary (Rick) Fannin, Mt. Vernon, OH; Barbara Hogan (Duane Skyberg), Hanover, MN; Michael (Jackie) Mertes, Breckenridge, MN; Her 39 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren; Her siblings: Sylvester Homan, Katherine Spindler, Kathleen Spindler, Eugene Homan and Jacob Homan; Her sister-in-law: Della (Bill) Althoff, Hankinson, ND; Her brother-in-law: Theodore (Esther) Mertes, Mantador, ND.
She was preceded in death by her husband: William C. Mertes; Her parents: Charles and Cecelia Homan; Her siblings: Alvina, Leona, Bernice, Christine, Eleanor, Leo, Elizabeth, Veronica, Anton
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