Gertrude "Gertie" Myrmoe

Gertrude “Gertie” Myrmoe, 92, of Renner passed away Saturday, July 29, 2017 at the Good Samaritan Village in Sioux Falls.

Memorial services will begin at 1:00 PM Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at Renner Lutheran Church, Renner.  Visitation will begin one hour before the service at the church.

Gertrude “Gertie” was born November 6, 1924 in Sedalia, Missouri to Flossie and Ernest Hopper.  She lived in Sedalia until her marriage to Maurice Myrmoe on September 14, 1945 in Olathe, Kansas.  After their marriage and Morrie’s service completion in the Army, they moved to Renner.

Gertie ran the ball concession stand at the Renner Monarch Field for many years and even played on the women’s softball team for special occasions. She was famous for her barbecue sandwiches at the ball games and hardly made it out of the stand for the birth of her second son, Duane.  After this she was employed at John Morrells for 26 years until her retirement.

Gertie was involved in the Renner Lutheran Church and Joseph A. T. Moe American Legion in Baltic until she moved to Sioux Falls in 1987.  She then worked part time in security at Joe Foss Airfield, until her health failed.  She has been a resident at Good Samaritan Village in her own apartment until she required complete nursing care.

Grateful for having shared her life are two sons and their wives, Keith and Pam Myrmoe, Renner; Duane and Darcy Myrmoe, Renner and a daughter and her husband, Ilene and Raymond Lake, Littleton, CO; seven grandchildren; Bonnie (Donald), Brad (Crystal), Blake, Kris, Deanna, (Tom), Sheila (Chris) and Sara (Lani); six great grandchildren brought her much happiness; Joey, Julia, Ashley, Sydney, Shelby, and Tessa; and a brother, Elmer Hopper, Sioux Center, IA.

She was preceded in death by her husband Maurice “Morrie”, her parents, and siblings, Ernest, Mary, Ruby, Katherine and Raymond.