Margary Bertha Ann Abraham, age 90, of Valley City, North Dakota passed away peacefully November 18, 2017 at Central Wyoming Hospice in Casper, Wyoming surrounded by her loving family.
Margary was born July 11, 1927 in Valley City, North Dakota to Benjamin and Ella (Hass) Tuenge. She started school in a one room school house near Rogers, North Dakota. In 1937, she moved to Valley City, North Dakota to attend school until 1943. In 1943, her father relocated the family to Pillsbury, North Dakota where he worked for Barnes County Highway Department. She graduated from Pillsbury High School in 1946. In June of 1946, Margary married Edward Abraham. They farmed in Ellsbury and Minnie Lake Townships. In 1963, they moved to Valley City, North Dakota where they both were employed. Edward passed away in 1983. She then married John Abraham, and he passed away in 1990. In 1994, Margary moved to Overton, Nevada – she loved the mountains and the desert with the warm and dry climate. When in Nevada, she was employed in Mesquite at the Oasis Hotel and Casino and retired with Cliff Farnsworth. Cliff passed away in 2009. In 2009, she moved back to Valley City, ND. She loved to sew when her children were small, and enjoyed bowling for many years. She loved watching baseball, preferably the Twins and Los Angeles, football, mainly the Green Bay Packers, and basketball, usually the Lakers. She liked to go fishing on Lake Mead in Nevada, traveling the Southwest (Utah in particular), and visiting the Red Rock State Park where there were many beautiful things to see.
She is survived by her son, Harvey (Margaret) Abraham; daughter, Jo Ann (Jim) Blomquist; grandchildren, Scott Krein, Jeremy (Ashley) Abraham, Kelly Abraham and Jamie (Dirk) Wilke; great-grandchildren, Alexis, Madison, Chole, Cassidy, and Tayten Abraham, and Peter and Gwen Wilke; a sister, Delonis Burchill, of Mesa, Arizona; a sister-in-law, Selma Tuenge, Monticello, MN; and many nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents Ben and Ella, Margary was also preceded in death by her husbands, Edward and John, two brothers, Henry Tuenge and Clarence “Ole” Tuenge, a sister-in-law, Martha Tuenge, and best friend, Cliff Farnsworth.
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service will be held at a later date. Funeral arrangements by the Lerud Schuldt Mathias Funeral Home. An online guestbook is available at www.lerudschuldt.com.