Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Presbyterian Church in Calvin for George E. Mortimer, 77, Devils Lake, former resident of the Calvin community who died Wednesday morning in Mercy hospital.
Rev. Marvin Scherbenske of Devils Lake will officiate at the services and at interment in Corinthian cemetery, Calvin. Friends may call at the Gilbertson Funeral Home, Devils Lake, after 7 p.m. today and until 10 a.m. Saturday and at the church prior to services.
Mr. Mortimer was born Jan. 6, 1893, at Marshalltown, Iowa, the son of William and Viola Pyle Mortimer. As a child, he moved with his parents to Minnesota and was educated there. In 1914 he came to the Sarles. N. D., community and from 1916 to 1918 served with the Canadian Army in France. He then returned to Sarles and on Aug. 4, 1922, was married to Ethel Kays at Sarles. They lived in Sarles until moving to Calvin in 1941 and in 1952 moved to Cut Bank, Mont. In 1967, they returned to North Dakota and lived at Clyde until moving to Devils Lake in December 1969.
Survivors include his wife; five daughters, Mrs. Chester (Elaine) Logan, Devils Lake; Mrs. Karl (Inez) Moore, Calvin; Mrs. Frank (Marion) Kuster, Boulder, Mont.; Mrs. Louis (Carol) Larson, Great Falls, Mont., and Mrs. James (Donna) Keller, Spokane, Wash.; two sons, Kenneth, G., Imperial Beach, Calif., and Charles E., Tioga, N.D.; one brother, John Mortimer of Culbertson, Mont.; and three sisters, Mrs. Ellen Mott, Vancouver, British Columbia, Mrs. Archie (May) Hartry, Libby, Mont., and Mrs. Theodore (Mabel) Peterson of Devils Lake.
Twenty-seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren also survive. Besides his parents, one daughter, three sons, and one sister also preceded him in death.
Rev. Marvin Scherbenske of Devils Lake will officiate at the services and at interment in Corinthian cemetery, Calvin. Friends may call at the Gilbertson Funeral Home, Devils Lake, after 7 p.m. today and until 10 a.m. Saturday and at the church prior to services.
Mr. Mortimer was born Jan. 6, 1893, at Marshalltown, Iowa, the son of William and Viola Pyle Mortimer. As a child, he moved with his parents to Minnesota and was educated there. In 1914 he came to the Sarles. N. D., community and from 1916 to 1918 served with the Canadian Army in France. He then returned to Sarles and on Aug. 4, 1922, was married to Ethel Kays at Sarles. They lived in Sarles until moving to Calvin in 1941 and in 1952 moved to Cut Bank, Mont. In 1967, they returned to North Dakota and lived at Clyde until moving to Devils Lake in December 1969.
Survivors include his wife; five daughters, Mrs. Chester (Elaine) Logan, Devils Lake; Mrs. Karl (Inez) Moore, Calvin; Mrs. Frank (Marion) Kuster, Boulder, Mont.; Mrs. Louis (Carol) Larson, Great Falls, Mont., and Mrs. James (Donna) Keller, Spokane, Wash.; two sons, Kenneth, G., Imperial Beach, Calif., and Charles E., Tioga, N.D.; one brother, John Mortimer of Culbertson, Mont.; and three sisters, Mrs. Ellen Mott, Vancouver, British Columbia, Mrs. Archie (May) Hartry, Libby, Mont., and Mrs. Theodore (Mabel) Peterson of Devils Lake.
Twenty-seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren also survive. Besides his parents, one daughter, three sons, and one sister also preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Presbyterian Church in Calvin for George E. Mortimer, 77, Devils Lake, former resident of the Calvin community who died Wednesday morning in Mercy hospital.
Rev. Marvin Scherbenske of Devils Lake will officiate at the services and at interment in Corinthian cemetery, Calvin. Friends may call at the Gilbertson Funeral Home, Devils Lake, after 7 p.m. today and until 10 a.m. Saturday and at the church prior to services.
Mr. Mortimer was born Jan. 6, 1893, at Marshalltown, Iowa, the son of William and Viola Pyle Mortimer. As a child, he moved with his parents to Minnesota and was educated there. In 1914 he came to the Sarles. N. D., community and from 1916 to 1918 served with the Canadian Army in France. He then returned to Sarles and on Aug. 4, 1922, was married to Ethel Kays at Sarles. They lived in Sarles until moving to Calvin in 1941 and in 1952 moved to Cut Bank, Mont. In 1967, they returned to North Dakota and lived at Clyde until moving to Devils Lake in December 1969.
Survivors include his wife; five daughters, Mrs. Chester (Elaine) Logan, Devils Lake; Mrs. Karl (Inez) Moore, Calvin; Mrs. Frank (Marion) Kuster, Boulder, Mont.; Mrs. Louis (Carol) Larson, Great Falls, Mont., and Mrs. James (Donna) Keller, Spokane, Wash.; two sons, Kenneth, G., Imperial Beach, Calif., and Charles E., Tioga, N.D.; one brother, John Mortimer of Culbertson, Mont.; and three sisters, Mrs. Ellen Mott, Vancouver, British Columbia, Mrs. Archie (May) Hartry, Libby, Mont., and Mrs. Theodore (Mabel) Peterson of Devils Lake.
Twenty-seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren also survive. Besides his parents, one daughter, three sons, and one sister also preceded him in death.
Rev. Marvin Scherbenske of Devils Lake will officiate at the services and at interment in Corinthian cemetery, Calvin. Friends may call at the Gilbertson Funeral Home, Devils Lake, after 7 p.m. today and until 10 a.m. Saturday and at the church prior to services.
Mr. Mortimer was born Jan. 6, 1893, at Marshalltown, Iowa, the son of William and Viola Pyle Mortimer. As a child, he moved with his parents to Minnesota and was educated there. In 1914 he came to the Sarles. N. D., community and from 1916 to 1918 served with the Canadian Army in France. He then returned to Sarles and on Aug. 4, 1922, was married to Ethel Kays at Sarles. They lived in Sarles until moving to Calvin in 1941 and in 1952 moved to Cut Bank, Mont. In 1967, they returned to North Dakota and lived at Clyde until moving to Devils Lake in December 1969.
Survivors include his wife; five daughters, Mrs. Chester (Elaine) Logan, Devils Lake; Mrs. Karl (Inez) Moore, Calvin; Mrs. Frank (Marion) Kuster, Boulder, Mont.; Mrs. Louis (Carol) Larson, Great Falls, Mont., and Mrs. James (Donna) Keller, Spokane, Wash.; two sons, Kenneth, G., Imperial Beach, Calif., and Charles E., Tioga, N.D.; one brother, John Mortimer of Culbertson, Mont.; and three sisters, Mrs. Ellen Mott, Vancouver, British Columbia, Mrs. Archie (May) Hartry, Libby, Mont., and Mrs. Theodore (Mabel) Peterson of Devils Lake.
Twenty-seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren also survive. Besides his parents, one daughter, three sons, and one sister also preceded him in death.
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