Bertha Josephine "Bert" Ostbye, 67, Parkston, died Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009, at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Texas, of lymphoma.
Memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Parkston. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery, Parkston. There will be a 7 p.m. prayer service Sunday at the church. Visitation will be one hour prior to both services at the church.
Arrangements are under the direction of Hickey-Wevik Funeral Chapel, Chamberlain.
She was born on Jan. 6, 1942, in Parkston to Alois and Bernadine Nolz.
For most of her life, she lived in Chamberlain.
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She also lived in Hartford; Hollywood, Fla.; Parkston and Brownsville, Texas.
She is survived by five children: Lisa Ostbye, Omaha, Neb.; Brad and wife Cindi, Canton; Mike and wife Kim, Mitchell; Cathy Ostbye, Sioux Falls; and Vickie Deans and husband Mike, Brownsville; 12 grandchildren, six sisters: Mary Welfen, Shirley Bailey, Barbara Gahl, Sharon Nolz, Karen Korzan and Joyce Star; and nine brothers: Bernard, Norbert, Edward, Kenneth, Francis, Dennis, William, Charles and Leonard Nolz.
She was preceded in death by a son, Dale Nolz; and her parents.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials.
