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Rosina Schmidt

Dec 24, 2021

March 18, 1928-Dec. 14, 2021

Rosina Schmidt, the

daughter of Mathias and

Marion (Bohl) Garman

was born on March 18,

1928 in Pierce County,

North Dakota. She died at

the age of 93 years on

Tuesday, December 14,

2021 at the Heart of Amer-

ica Medical Center in

Rugby, North Dakota.

Rosina was raised in the

rural Balta area and gra-

duated from Balta High

School. She worked as a

CNA at the Rugby Hospi-

tal. Rosina met Peter

Schmidt at a wedding

dance and on October 11,

1948, they were united in

marriage at Our Lady of

Mount Carmel Catholic

Church in Balta, North

Dakota. The couple made

their home on his family

farm in Rosebush Town-

ship in McHenry County.

Together, they raised their

16 children. Rosina was a

hard worker, not only did

she take care of the house

and raise her children,

she worked alongside Pete

on the farm. After her

youngest child was off to

school, she went to work

night shifts at the Heart of

America Medical Center

as a CNA in long term

care and worked for 14

years, which she enjoyed

it immensely. Rosina and

Pete retired and moved to

Rugby in 1996.

Throughout her life, she

enjoyed knitting, crochet-

ing, making afghans for

each grandchild’s gradua-

tion and made beautiful

tablecloths for each of her

children. She was a pro-

fessional and meticulous

seamstress, making all the

children’s clothes for

school, sewing wedding

dresses, making countless

bridesmaid dresses and

ring bearer pillows as well

as crocheting flower girl

baskets. She loved to cro-

chet little ornaments and

gifts for her grandchildren

and great grandchildren.

Rosina never sat idle, al-

ways had a needle and

yarn in hand and loved to

do needlepoint kits and

wall hangings.

Rosina had a strong

faith in God and going to

mass was most important

to her. She would recite

the rosary, naming for all

the grandchildren and

great grandchildren, never

missing one. May our

Mom rest in peace, May

God take your hand and

lead you to His Heavenly

home. She was our rock,

healer, peacemaker, seam-

stress, needleworker, and

protector of all that is evil

in the world. She is final-

ly resting and in the arms

of our Dad and her grand-

daughter. Please watch

over us, as we keep our

journey on earth going.

Love you with all our

hearts and we will miss

you dearly.

Rosina is survived by

her sons, Gregory (Alice)

of Rugby, Kenneth (Deb-

bie) of Minot, Timothy

(Brigitha) of Towner,

Kevin of Hammond, Indi-

ana, Ronald (Jennifer) of

Surrey, Curtis (Brenda) of

Dickinson, Myron (Jody)

of Colstrip, Montana,

Charles (Jody) of Felton,

Minnesota and Bruce

(Lisa) of Maple Grove,

Minnesota; her daughters,

Joyce (Larry) Baranyk of

Byers, Colorado, Annette

(Gene) Steiner of Mott,

Cindy (Dave) Migler of

Rugby, Donna (Donald)

Estenson of Penn, Cheryl

(Bryan) Keller of Mandan,

Bernadette (Chris)

Dahners of Mandan and

Lorraine (Grant) Erman of

New Rockford; 40

grandchildren; 44 great

grandchildren; siblings,

Albert Garman of Oregon,

Sister Gabriella Garman of

Wisconsin, Barbara Gar-

man of Minnesota and

Betty Buttle of California;

nieces, nephews; other re-

latives and friends. She

was preceded in death by

her husband, Pete; a

granddaughter, Samantha

Erman; brothers, Andrew,

Victor, Jerome and Daniel

Garman; sisters, Margaret

Garman and Joann Bosch;

and infant siblings, Max,

Barbara and Anna and her

parents.

Memorials may be

made in her honor to St.

Cecilia’s Catholic

Cemetery fund in Towner

or the Little Flower

Catholic Church in Rug-

by.

The Mass of Christian

Burial was held at 11:00

a.m. Monday, Dec. 20 at

Little Flower Catholic

Church in Rugby with

burial to follow in the St.

Cecilia’s Catholic

Cemetery in Towner. Fa-

ther John Aerts, Cele-

brant.

Organist: Glenda Mack

Vocal leader/Cantor:

James Maertens

Readers: Justin

Schmidt & Krista Mueller

Gift Bearers: Miryilyn

Migler, Ayla Migler & Bro-

dy Mueller

Casket Bearers: Travis

Keller, Ryan Migler, Chad

Schmidt, Evan Estenson,

Matt Erman, Rowan

Dahners, Kent Schmidt &

Kyle Schmidt

Honorary Bearers: All

Grandchildren & Great

Grandchildren

Arrangements with the

Anderson Funeral Home

of Rugby. Online con-

dolences: www.funerals

byanderson.com