Services for Arminta Harry, 87, of Ferney will be 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Ferney. The Rev. Lloyd Redhage will officiate. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Aberdeen, under the direction of Paetznick-Garness Funeral Chapel, Groton.
Visitation will be held at the church on Friday from 4 to 8 p.m., with a prayer service at 7 p.m.
Arminta passed away Monday, Feb. 18, 2013, at ManorCare Health Services in Aberdeen.
Arminta May was born on Feb. 27, 1925, in Lantry to Lewis and Veva (Woodward) Badger. Her early years were spent in Belle Fouche and Lead. She graduated from Lead High School in 1942. Her family moved to Redfield and she found work in Aberdeen at Winston-Newell Co.
Arminta met her husband, Maurice, at a dance in Ferney and they were married Oct. 24, 1945. After living in California while Maurice was in the Army, they returned to Ferney, where they farmed and raised five children.
Arminta was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church and was active in the ladies circle. She also belonged to Pleasure & Profit Extension Club. She enjoyed crocheting and had made afghans for all of her grandchildren.
Arminta was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers; a sister and her husband.
Celebrating her life are her children: Sandy Hanson (Glen), Dennis (Julie) Harry, Larry (Kathy) Harry, Cheryl (Donn) Cutler and Mike (Janene) Harry. She is also survived by 14 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; two sisters: Marilyn Phillips of Las Vegas, Nev., Midge Young of Redfield; one brother, Dan Badger, of Las Vegas, Nev.; and many nieces and nephews.
Casketbearers will be her grandchildren.
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