Nettie M Zent Obituary (1912 - 2012)

Nettie Mary Zent, 99, Bismarck, North Dakota, passed away Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at Missouri Slope Lutheran Care Center. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 AM, Monday, May 7, 2012, at St. Joseph\u0027s Catholic Church, Mandan with Fr. Ed Wehner officiating. Burial will be in Mandan Union Cemetery. Visitation is scheduled for 5-7:00 PM, Sunday, May 6, 2012, with a Catholic Daughters Rosary service beginning at 6:00 PM, at DaWise-Perry Funeral Services, Mandan. Visitation continues one hour prior to the service at the church. Nettie was born November 24, 1912, in Morton County south of Mandan, to James and Mary (Mrnak) Cermak. She graduated from Mandan High School in 1929, and married Jack C. Zent on May 6th of that year. She attended NDSU for two years. Nettie was an accomplished seamstress, who worked at Royal Cleaners from 1926 to 1936, Toman Cleaners from 1942 to 1969, and operated a drapery sewing business from 1969 until her retirement. She was a member of Catholic Daughters, Sokol Club (Bohemian gymnastics club) Travelers Club, and also played the violin. She is survived by one daughter, Marian Johnson, Bismarck; one son and daughter-in-law, James and Carla Zent, six grandchildren, Scott (Becky) Johnson, Jamie (Wanda) Johnson, Mary Lou, Marsha, Peggie, and James Zent; 17 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandson. Nettie was preceded in death by her husband, Jack Zent; son Rodger; three sisters, Nancy Shimek, Carolyn Vojtisek, and Mary Fink; two brothers, Ernest and Wenzel Cermak; and son-in-law, Richard C. Johnson. Nettie prefers memorials to the Bohemian Hall in Mandan.