Hilda Dickhaut

Hilda Dickhaut, 94, of Paris, MO, (formerly of Winterset) passed away on July 15, 2022 at the Monroe Manor in Paris, Missouri. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, September 11, 2022 at the Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Turtle Lake, ND. Interment will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 11, 2022 at the Butte Community Cemetery. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.caldwellparrish.com. Hilda was the thirteenth child and the fifth of six daughters of Fred W. and Rosie (Shock) Rittenbach Sr. She was born on June 23rd, 1928, in Butte, North Dakota. She received her grade school education at a country school located just two miles from the family farm. She attended Sheyenne River Academy (SRA) near Harvey, North Dakota, and was part of the graduating class of 1944. Hilda served one year (1947 – 1948) as the Dean of Girls at the Spanish American Seminary, a Seventh-day Adventist boarding school near Sandoval, New Mexico. In January 1951, Hilda married Albert Martineson of Bismarck, North Dakota; they established a farm about 13 miles Northeast of the city. A son, James Dale Martineson, was born on November 29th, 1955. Hilda later became a single parent and moved to Grand Rapids, Minnesota, where she worked as a Switchboard Operator and Cashier for the Itasca Memorial Hospital. In July 1958, Hilda Martineson of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, and Reinhold (Reiny) Dickhaut of Bismarck, North Dakota, were married. They bought a farm near Denhoff, North Dakota, where they raised grain and cattle. They had a son, Jody Dean Dickhaut, born on March 5th, 1962. Hilda served as the Treasurer for the Lamont School District for ten years until the school district closed. Reiny and Hilda sold the family farm near Denhoff due to Reiny's ill health; they retired, moved into McClusky, and lived in the Park View Apartments in 1991. Reiny died on August 10th, 1993; Hilda continued to live in McClusky until April of 2008, when she was moved by Jim and Jody to Madison Square, an assisted living facility in Winterset, IA, to be near Jody & Sonja Dickhaut. Over the following years, Hilda was moved from Winterset to a Skilled Nursing Home in Urbandale, Iowa. Then in 2019, Hilda was moved to Paris, Missouri, to again be near her son Jody and his wife Sonja; she lived there in the Monroe Manor Nursing Home until she passed away on July 15th, 2022. Hilda was a lifelong member of the Seventh-day Adventist church and was active in supporting the church, holding various offices in the local church over the years. Hilda loved crocheting, reading, listening to gospel music, and singing. Hilda and her then-husband Reiny were part of a mixed quartet with Herbert and Mary Heitzman of McClusky. They called their quartet the "Malodians." Over the years, they sang in numerous churches across North and South Dakota. Hilda was preceded in death by her parents Fred Rittenbach Sr, her mother Rosie (Shock) Rittenbach, seven brothers, Carl, Fred Jr, John, Edwin, Robert, Emanuel and Hilbert Rittenbach and one infant brother. Four sisters; Rosie Brinley, Marie Demchuck, Leone Good, and Frieda Plesuk. Reiny’s son Evan Dickhaut of Castle Rock, Colorado. Son-n-Law Llewellyn Alexenko and Grandson Brent Alexenko both of Killdeer North Dakota. Hilda is survived by one brother: Otto Rittenbach of Franklin, NJ, and one sister Ester Novak of Hendersonville, NC. Her children: Jim and Sara Martineson of Naples, Florida, and Jody and Sonja Dickhaut of Paris, Missouri. Reiny’s children, Sharon Alexanko of Killdeer, North Dakota, Lyle and Fern Dickhaut of Mobridge, South Dakota, along with 15 Grandchildren, 35 Great Grandchildren, and 9 Great-Great Grandchildren, plus numerous Nieces and Nephews, family, and friends. Hilda will be missed by her family, close family friends, and all who knew her.