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Rita E. Herzog

July 3, 1928 — December 22, 2009

Rita E. Herzog, 81, Moorhead, MN, died on Tuesday, December 22, 2009, in her home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley.Rita E. Silbernick was born on July 3, 1928, in Albany, MN, to Oswald and Ludwina Ohmann Silbernick. She grew up and attended school there, graduating from Albany High School. Rita married Bernie Herzog on November 3, 1948, at Albany, MN. They made their home in Sauk Centre, MN, until 1962 when they moved to Moorhead. She operated a home daycare when they first moved to Moorhead. She worked in the St. Joseph's School cafeteria for several years and was a housekeeper and cook for the priests in the rectory at St. Joseph's, retiring in 2007. Rita also assisted her husband in the operation of their business, Bernie's Water Conditioning. She was an active member of St. Joseph's, serving as a Eucharistic Minister and Lector, as well as belonging to Christian Mothers. Rita enjoyed many summers at their family lake home on Lake Sallie and liked gardening and being outdoors. Her greatest enjoyment was spending time with her family with all her children at home. Her husband, Bernie, died on July 28, 1992.Rita is survived by her sons, David Lynette Herzog, Moorhead, MN, and Dan Natalie Herzog, Glyndon, MN; daughters, Karen Joe Lindeman, Arlington, TX, Mary Craig Courtney, Chanhassen, MN, Judy Glenn Gifford, Detroit Lakes, MN, Kathy Mike Tollerud, Moorhead, MN, and Sheila Josh Eriksen, Omaha, NE; twelve grandchildren; five great-grandchildren, brothers, Thomas Joan Silbernick, Little Falls, MN, and Dick Barb Silbernick, Becker, MN; sisters, Jackie Larison, Park Rapids, MN, and Marlene Ellenbecker, Coon Rapids, MN. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, a brothers, Robert and Jerome and sisters, Lucille and Betty.

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