Wilma Viet, 96, has gone home, leaving behind a circle of those who loved her.
Here is what mattered, in the years between the dates.
Wilma's story began in 1922, and unfolded across the years that followed.
Wilma held deeply to the Methodist faith — and was, by all accounts, loved by those who knew her best.
Belief, when lived, becomes a kind of inheritance.
Wilma Viet, 96 formerly of Parker died Thursday, July 11, 2019 at the St. Francis Regional Hospital in Shakopee, MN. Funeral services will be at 11:00am Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at McNearey-Schmidt Funeral Home, 1220 3 rd Avenue East, Shakopee, MN. On Wednesday, July 17, 2019 services will be held 10:00am at the Hofmeister Jones Funeral Home, Parker, SD with burial at Rosehill Cemetery, Parker. Visitation will be held an hour before each service. Wilma Louise was born on December 23, 1922 at Ryder, ND to Henry and Lena (Bruce) Gortmaker. She spent her early childhood years in Ryder and Garrison, ND before the family move to the Monroe and Parker, SD area. She graduated from Parker High School in 1941. On December 2, 1957 she was united in marriage to Harold Viet. They lived in Parker where they raised their son Richard and Philip. They were members of the United Methodist Church. After retirement they lived in Marion, SD and moved to Shakopee, MN to be closer to family. Grateful for having shared her life are her husband Harold; 2 sons, Richard and wife Colleen of Belgrade, MT, and Philip and wife Maria Rosela of Shakopee, MN; 5 grandchildren, Carin, Krista, Nicole, Jeremy and Jason; and 6 great grandchildren Nicole, Christine, Ike, Lynn, Oliver and Gavin. She was preceded in death by her parents, an infant son Arthur James, brothers Vernon and Arnold Gortmaker, and a sister Leora Wicklander.
