Edith B. (Emmert) Rohde, 79

Edith B. (Emmert) Rohde, 79, of Pendleton, Ore., formerly of Kalispell passed away on Saturday, April 16, 2005, at St. Mary's hospital in Walla Walla, Wash.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, April 21, at Peace Lutheran Church in Pendleton.

Edith was born April 8, 1926, in Kalispell, to Michael Edward Emmert and Elva Mabel Weaver Emmert. She was raised on a farm in lower Flathead Valley and graduated from Flathead County High School. She attended one year at Montana State College.

She met the love of her life, Charles R. Rohde of Bigfork. They were later married in Kalispell. Edith and Charles raised three children while living in Minneapolis and Laramie, Wyo., during which time Charles finished his schooling. They later settled in Pendleton, in 1952, where Charles took a job at the Pendleton Experiment Station.

Edith was a loving mother and wife, a longtime homemaker and an active volunteer for both the Red Cross and Peace Lutheran Church.

Edith frequently vacationed in the Flathead where she would take wheat home from the family farm and grind her own flour. Her hobbies included sewing, baking, knitting and quilting for her friends and family.

Edith was preceded in death by her parents; and two brothers, Michael Emmert and Leonard Emmert.

Survivors include her husband of 59 years, Charles R. Rohde; sons, Jim Rohde of Adams, Ore., and Rick and David Rohde of Pendleton; daughters, Linda Crocker of Camden, N.C., and Beth Naughton of Bend, Ore.; 11 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Peace Lutheran Church Scholarship

Fund.

Burns Mortuary of Pendleton is in charge of arrangements.