Gwendolyn Hartman

Gwen Alita (Behan)

Hartman, 100, passed

away Tuesday, June 11,

2019 at Missouri Slope

Care Center in Bismarck,

ND.

Gwen was born to Carl

and Mary Berke on No-

vember 18, 1918 in

Bismarck, ND. She was

raised and educated in

Max, ND. She attended

Trinity School of Nursing

in Minot, ND.

She and her first hus-

band, Vince, owned and

operated Behan’s Bar in

Granville, ND and the

Corral Bar in Towner, ND.

After moving back to

Minot, she decided to go

back to school and attend-ed Minot Business Col-

lege, where she obtained

her degree in Bookkeep-

ing. She married Don

Hartman and began work-

ing as a bookkeeper for

Modern Coin and Equip-

ment. She worked there

until retiring at the age of

70.

Gwen was an active

member of the Eagles,

Moose and the VFW in

Minot. She volunteered at

Trinity Hospital and Zion

Lutheran Church. She

was an avid bridge player

and played sometimes up

to four times a week. She

never turned down a

game of pinochle, whist

or bingo. She was an avid

reader and read up to four

books a week. She loved

the Reader’s Digest and

learned a new word every

day, which she would use

in a sentence. She did the

crossword in the Minot

Daily faithfully and was

good at it. Gwen loved to

travel and went to dif-

ferent countries, many

bus tours all over and

cruises.

Surviving family in-

cludes: Sons, Larry

Behan, Everett, WA and

John (Myrtice) Behan,

Bismarck; 8 grandchil-

dren; 7

great-grandchildren; 3

great-great-grandchildren;

and sister, Lillian Aar-

dahl, Mesa, AZ.

Gwen was preceded in

death by her parents; hus-

band, Don Hartman;

daughter, JoAnne Behan;

daughter-in-law, Tina

Behan; great-grandson,

James Haga; brothers,

Obert (Signey) Berke and

Milan (Mona) Berke; sis-

ter, Ruth (Charlie)

Baldwin; and several

nieces and nephews.

Funeral: Monday, June

17, 2019, at 3:30 p.m. at

Zion Lutheran Church,

Minot, ND.

Interment: Rosehill

Memorial Park, Minot,

ND.

Visitation: Sunday from

3 – 5 p.m. at

Thompson-Larson Fun-

eral Home, Minot, ND.

Memorials: In lieu of

flowers and plants,

memorials are preferred

to Zion Lutheran Church

of Minot or the charity of

the donor’s choice.

Those wishing to sign

the online register and

share memories may ac-

cess the online obituaries

section at

(www.thompson

larson.com).