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Adella May (Potter) Martschinske

STURGIS -

Adella May (Potter) Martschinske, 71, Sturgis, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009, after a lengthy and spirited battle with cancer. Adella was born Dec. 7, 1937, on the family farm near Seneca to Hazel A. (Miller) Potter and Rolland O. Potter. She attended grade school at Latham Country School and High School at Faulkton. During high school, she babysat and worked at the Bass Café and the Faulkton Drug Store before attending Northern State Teaching College. Her teaching career began at a country school north of Seneca (Sunnyside). She married her high school sweetheart, Alford Martschinske, at the family farm on May 22, 1956. They moved to Illinois, where Alford worked for the CB&Q Railroad and she worked at the IBM payroll office at Wurlitzer Piano & Organ factory in DeKalb, IL. Later they returned to South Dakota as Alford began his career in law enforcement. During this time, she worked in various jobs including Asst. Activities Director at Bethesda Nursing Home. She spent the last 15 years at the Fort Meade Veterans Affairs in Sturgis. She was baptized and attended Sunday and Bible School at the Methodist Church. She also taught Sunday school and did volunteer work throughout her life. God and family have always been her number one priorities. Throughout the many moves all the friends she and Alford made remained a special part of their lives.

Adella is survived by her three children, Martin Martschinske, Hermosa, Susanne (Kent) Geary, Conde, and Rhonda (Thomas) Hook, Black Hawk; six grandchildren, Stacy (Clayton) Pojorlie, Greenville, S.C., Tom Hook, Black Hawk, Brittni Hook, Vermillion, Abbey Geary, Sioux Falls, Blake Geary, Mitchell, and Sarah Geary, Conde; three step-grandchildren, Cory Hook, Las Vegas, and Kelli (Dave) Muck and Kari (Paul) Comes, both Rapid City; six great-grandchildren, Clinton, Paige, Porter, Claire, Aubrie and Landen; two brothers, Willard (Marion) Potter and Bruce Potter; two sisters-in-law, Jean Martchinske and Bertha Mann; along with special aunts, Inez Leighty and Gen Miller; and many nieces, nephews and cousins. She was preceded in death by her husband, Alford; her parents, Rolland and Hazel Potter; Alford's parents, Otto and Evea Martschinske; three sisters-in-law; and three brothers-in-law. Her inspirational wisdom and love will be greatly missed by all who knew her.

A celebration of her life will be at 10:30 a.m. CDT Wednesday, Oct. 14, at the United Church of Faulkton, with Pastor Paul Smith officiating. Burial will follow at the Faulkton Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the services at the church. Luce Funeral Home of Faulkton has been entrusted with Adella's arrangements.

 (www.familyfuneralhome.net)
Published in the Rapid City Journal on 10/13/2009

 

 

MILLER ANCESTORS

Rolland and Hazel Potter

HAZEL Miller POTTER

(1908-1988)

Adella Martschinske, Hazel's daughter, has kindly sent pictures and old letters from their family collection. 

 

(To find a particular person, do  CTRL - F  and type in name.)

 

Hazel, Eliza Tolvstad Miller,
Casey  in 1910

 


 

All pictures greatly enlarge, with a click.

 



Hazel, Verna,
Inez and Eunice


Hazel, Inez, Donald,
 Verna and Delbert

 



Dorothy Smith
and Hazel Miller


Hazel, Donald and
Verna Miller

Eunice and Hazel Miller
with Dorothy Smith

 

 


Hazel, Verna,
Inez and Eunice


Hazel

 




Hazel Miller at
her school.

 


Hazel

 

 


1931- Hazel, Verna, Eunice and Inez

 


Hazel Miller Potter

 

 


Hazel, Inez and
Grandma Eliza Miller
 

 



Annie, Louise and
Eliza Tolvstad
as girls
 



Nels and Antionette
Sveen  Tolvstad
Wedding pic


Tolvstad and
Kittlesland Boys
 


Tolstoy Women,
Aunt Gertie
and Aunt Annie,
Uncle Martin, Ella

 



Walter C. Miller SR,
wife, Eliza Tolvstad Miller



Verna and Inez Miller


Tolstoy, Christian and
Annie Nelson


Tolvstad Place
near Rondell, SD



Martha and Ludwig
Tolvstad, Eliza's siblings.



W.C.Miller, Sr. as
a young man.



Minerva Miller,
Walter C Sr's
sister, who died.


Walter and Eliza
wedding picture.

 


W.C. Miller Sr


Inez and doll
 

Inez as a girl.


Inez


Eliza at the house
in Verdon, SD
where she grew up.




Inez and Buck

 




Eunice, Fred and
Cully, sitting

 

Eliza, Walter and
entire growing family


Walt, Eliza and
Hazel, baby.



Walter Clark
Miller Sr
and Eliza Tolvstad
Miller, 1944


Cully and Casey's families,
with Eliza and Walter.


Eliza, Daughters
and Granddaughters.


Donald Miller



Aunt Martha,
Lois and Bo?


Aunt Martha
and Lois



Aunt Annie
Bernadette Tolvstad


Walter and Iny
Boettcher

Art and Verna
Fl ick

 

Cully and Fred and
"their"  car.

 



Eunice and Roy
Baker


Eunice and Roy
Baker



Donald and Florence
with Donna, Doug
and Marvin
 



Casey and Gen Miller,
Marlene, Ann
and Karen
 


Buck, Eva with Sally,
Sue, Mary and Janie

Walter and Iny
Boettcher, 
Nancy, Bob, Bill
and Lynda.


Lots of Miller
 relatives
at Dupree.



Potter Family,
kids young

 



Mary , Shirley
Baker,  Dawn
  Front:  Willard and
Bruce Potter
 


Lynda Boettcher


Lots of Miller
Cousins!



Inez and three
youngest children
 




Walter Sr. with
Inez and Casey

 


Millers & Potters

Ginny, Adella, Marlene
and Lorna, little cousins.




Dawn and Mary, back;
Ginny and Lorna, front.

 Mary,
Ginny, Art and Verna,
Lorna and Dawn


WC & Eliza's
Family grown.



Uncle Fred Miller

 


Eliza, Iny and WC Sr.


Walter & Eliza

 

 


Rolland Potter, Art Fli ck
Casey Miller and W.C. Miller Sr.
  Front:  Bruce, Willard Potter
and Lyle Baker



Eliza with kids,
inlaws and grandkids


Adella, Willard and
Bruce Potter


"Potter" younger
generations



Ginny, Dawn, Lewie,
Lorna and
Adella,  Cousins


Walt and Iny Boettcher,
Art Fli ck, Eunice Baker,
Roy Baker and Verna Fli ck


Adella, Shirley,
Bruce, Willard, cousins


Adella, Bruce and
Willard Potter



Extended Potter
Families


The growing
Potter family.


Seven Miller
Aunts and Uncles


Walter and Eliza


Eliza at home
with Fred.  1950


Lynda Boettcher

"Miller" cousins...



Eliza and Walter with
6 grown kids.  Fred, Iny,
Donald, Cully, Casey
and Verna.


Adella  and
cousin Janie

Marion and Willard
cousin Maggie

Adella, background
Doug, Denise and Iny
 

 


Adella and Alford with two
of their three children.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All thumbnails enlarge with a click

 Samantha's children all died, 
except Walter Clark Miller,
 our grandfather, upper right.  

 


 

LETTERS  to Samantha from her mother and from her sister.

Walter Clark Miller Sr's family

South Dakota Millers explains the family tree for the S D Millers.

Letters explains the lineage for Eliza Tolvstad's family.

 

Lewis T. "Cully" Miller Family
Fred Nelson Miller
Eunice Miller Baker Family
Hazel Miller Potter Family
Inez Miller Boettcher Leighty
Donald Miller Family
Casey Miller Book
Delbert W. Miller Family

 

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