Audrey Mrnak

Funeral Services for Audrey Rae Mrnak, 77, of Glendive, MT will be 10:00a. m. on Saturday, October 31, 2009 at the Evangelical Church in Glendive with Pastor Jim O?Connor officiating. Interment will follow in the family lot in Dawson Memorial Cemetery at Glendive. Visitation will be 2:00 p. m. to 9:00 p. m. on Friday, October 30th, with a Prayer Service at 7:00 p. m. The visitation and Prayer Service are both at the Church at 118 West Borden Street in Glendive. Audrey left this world to be with her Lord on October 27, 2009, at the Eastern Montana Veterans Home in Glendive, MT. Audrey was born on May 9, 1932, in Baker, MT to parents Cole and Florence Mattie. She had one little sister, Yvonne Joyce who died in infancy. Audrey attended grade school in Golva, ND and graduated from high school in Baker, MT in 1952. Audrey married Keith Henry Mrnak in Baker, MT on October 29, 1952. They had three children, Yvonne, Duane and Darwin. During their married years, they lived in Lothair, MT where Audrey was Postmaster, and later moved to Havre where she attended college, earning her Licensed Practical Nursing degree in the spring of 1972. She loved being a nurse. Audrey excelled with older patients in Extended Care and truly loved each and every resident she cared for. Audrey never met a stranger! She loved people, enjoyed her children and grandchildren. She explored new foods and crafts with her children and grandchildren, especially ?bumming around town?, attending yard sales and playgrounds with her grandkids. In her later years, she added needlecrafts and bead work to her love of sewing. In retirement, Keith and Audrey traveled to the Grand Canyon, to visit family in Minnesota, to Wisconsin, and other places in their RV, enjoying the sites and the people they met. Audrey entered the Eastern Montana Veterans Home in March of 2007, where she has resided since. Audrey was preceded in death by her parents and infant sister and grandson Derik. She is survived by her husband, Keith of Glendive, daughter, Yvonne (Ron) Gebhardt of Sidney, MT, sons, Duane (Lisa) Mrnak of Grand Rapids, MN and Darwin Mrnak of Stanley, ND. Audrey and Keith have five grandsons, Craig (Marci) Gebhardt of Honolulu, HI, Nick (Leandra) Gebhardt of Great Falls, MT, Scott Froehlich, Havre, MT, Jeremy (Eve) Froelich of Bemidji, MN, and Derik (Jennifer) Froelich of Grand Rapids, MN, and nine great-grandchildren.


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Burial Date: October 31, 2009
Funeral Home Baker, MT

Funeral Service: Saturday, Evangelical Church Glendive, MT