Gertrude Carpenter

Gert was born December 20, 1916, to Odin and Gilla (Sabby) Swanson. She grew up on a farm near Hannaford, North Dakota, and attended school in Dover Township. Gert was united in marriage to Howard Carpenter on September 4, 1949, in Moorhead. Howard and Gert raised their family in Moorhead. After his death in 1999, Gert continued to live in their north Moorhead home until just recently when she moved to an assisted living apartment.
Gertrude O. Carpenter died Wednesday, December 10, 2003, at her apartment at Eventide The Fairmont in Moorhead, MN, where she had lived since November, at eighty-six years of age.
Gert was a homemaker and enjoyed cooking and baking for her family and friends and spent many hours doing beautiful handwork. For several years, she did babysitting in her home. Later, she and Howard did custodial work for American Crystal Sugar after his retirement from the Fargo Foundry. Gert was a member of Our Savior's Lutheran Church and the American Legion Auxiliary, both Moorhead.
She is survived by a daughter, Cleo (Harold) Parrow, Moorhead; two sons, Larry (Judy) Carpenter, Moorhead, and Roger (Ann) Carpenter, Cologne, Minnesota; six grandchildren, Kristi (John) Paulson, Moorhead, Tammy Carpenter, Fort Collins, Colorado, Dan Parrow and Sheri Parrow, Moorhead, Rachel Carpenter and Reed Carpenter, Cologne; three great-grandchildren, John, Michael, and Alyssa Paulson, Moorhead; one sister, Edna Hunter, Jamestown; three brothers, Clarence and Alvin Swanson, Wimbledon, ND, and Orin (Helen) Swanson, Moorhead; one brother-in-law, Garfield Anderson, Truth or Consequences, New Mexico; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, and two sisters, Evelyn Swanson and Doris Anderson.
Visitation: Sunday, December 14, 2003, 3 PM to 6 PM
Korsmo Funeral Chapel, Moorhead

Funeral: Monday, December 15, 2003, at 11 AM
Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Moorhead

Burial: Moorhead Memorial Gardens