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Ethel M. Ortman

9 Feb 1912 – 24 Feb 2009

Birth	9 Feb 1912
Death	24 Feb 2009
Cemetery	Cloverdale Memorial Park Boise , Ada County , Idaho , USA
Added by	Jani Nebeker on 06 Apr 2014
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37591797

Bio

Ethel M. Ortman Ethel M. Ortman, 97, of Boise, Idaho, went to be with her Lord on Feb. 24, 2009 at Valley View Health Care. Funeral services will be held Monday, March 2, 2009 at 2 p.m. at Cloverdale Funeral Home in Boise. Burial will follow at Cloverdale Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m., Friday, Feb. 27, 2009 at Cloverdale Funeral Home. Ethel was born on Feb. 9, 1912, in Anamoose, N.D., to C.F. and Martha Frankhauser. Her early years were spent on the family farm. She married Herbert Ortman on June 23, 1937, and the couple resided in Fargo, N.D. before moving to Anderson, Ind., and Oberlin, Ohio. In 1946 the family moved to Rochester, N.H. where Herbert started a new Church of God. In 1961 the family moved to Mankato, Minn. where Herbert was pastor of the Church of God. After retirement in 1985, the couple moved to Grand Junction, Colo. where they resided until 2001 before moving to Boise, Idaho. Ethel worked as an Avon sales representative for more than 25 years, winning numerous awards for top sales. She became a group sales leader. Ethel loved to garden and raised roses and numerous flowers. She loved to can her produce, especially peaches from her peach trees. During those years she served as Chaplain at a local hospital. Ethel loved to make family quilts and also crochet towels. Ethel is survived by her children, Doris (John) Almond of Sheridan, Wyo., and Arthur (Delores) Ortman of Boise, Idaho, four grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren, and a sister. She was preceded in death by her husband in 2004, parents, and seven brothers and sisters. Memorials may be given to the Church of God, Rochester, New Hampshire, c/o of Arthur Ortman, 12304 Muir Ridge Drive, Boise, Idaho, 83709. Idaho Statesman, February 27, 2009

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Family

Parents

• Charles Frederick "C. F." Frankhauser 1877–1955
• Martha "Mattie" Meyer Frankhauser 1880–1964

Spouse

• Herbert M Ortman 1909–2004 FaG

Siblings

• Violet Frankhauser Stotz 1904–1988
• Rev Arthur F. Frankhauser 1906–1992
• Lucille Margaret Frankhauser Weatherhead 1907–2007
• Roy Edward Frankhauser 1908–1960
• Donovan I. Frankhauser 1910–1996
• Frederick Meyer Frankhauser 1913–1994
• Joseph E Frankhauser 1921–2008

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