Annabelle Ohmart
POSTED: June 18, 2008
July 6, 1919-June 14, 2008
Annabelle Ohmart, 88, Norwich, died Saturday, June 14, 2008, in a Minot nursing home.
Anna-belle (Hollandsworth) Ohmart was born July 6, 1919, to John and Clara Bell (Sutton) Hollandsworth, on the family homestead in Baca County, near Lamport, Colo.
She attended schools in Colorado and Missouri, graduating from Medin Mines, Mo., in 1936. She attended one year at Kansas State Teachers College in Pittsburgh, Kan. Later, she worked for the Tom Sawyer Shirt Factory in Webb City, Mo., and during World War II she worked at Pratt and Whitney for the Navy. While living in Kansas City, she met the love of her life, John Ohmart. Upon John’s return from the South Pacific, they were married on Jan. 23, 1946, in Minot. To this marriage they were blessed with three daughters, Nancy, Helen and Laura.
She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and sister. To all who knew her, she was a great neighbor and true friend. Annabelle’s hobbies included sewing, camping, and fishing with her family, embroidering, reading, quilting and gardening which she considered her “little corner of heaven.” In her earlier years, she was a 4-H leader and a bowler on the Tuesday morning coffee league. She was a member of the Norwich Lutheran Church, the Women of the ELCA and the Norwich Quilters.
Those Who Shared Her Life: Daughters, Nancy (Arland) Mueller, Granville, Helen Ohmart (friend, Murlin Krenz), Minot, and Laura (Richard) Volk, Surrey. Her grandchildren include: Denise (Wayne) Shipman, Carrington, and their children, Danielle, Jayden and Grady; Dale Mueller, Granville and his sons, Kyle and Cody; David Mueller, Granville, (friend, Jess Hamel) and son, Payton. Stepgrandchildren include: Leroy Volk, Minot, Sheryl (John) Dickman, Surrey, and their children, Kelsey, Sierra and Laramy Adams and Jagger and Harli Dickman. DeNae (Dalen) Humphreys, Surrey, and their children, Rhet Volk and Heidi, Kyle and RaegAnn Humphreys. Brothers, Nelson (Grace) Hollandsworth, Norfolk, Va., Earl Hollandsworth, Wichita, Kan., Vern (Sharon) Hollandsworth, of Wayne, Mich., and sister-in-law, Carol Hollandsworth, Kennewick, Wash.; special first cousin, George Sutton, Kansas City, Mo.; as well as many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, John; sisters, Laura Emily Guill and Berniece Hollandsworth; and brothers, Lloyd, Floyd, Ernest and Dale Hollandsworth.
Visitation: Today, June 18, 2008, from noon to 7 p.m. at Thompson-Larson Funeral Home, Minot.
Funeral service: Thursday, June 19, at 11 a.m. at the Norwich Lutheran Church, Norwich.
Burial: Norwich Lutheran Cemetery, Norwich.
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