Hilda H. Marking, 104, Hills, formerly of Luverne, died Sunday, Dec. 14, 2003, at Tuff Memorial Nursing Home in Hills.Services were Wednesday, Dec. 17, at Dingmann Funeral Home in Luverne. The Rev. John Strunk officiated. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery, Luverne. Hilda Peterson was born to Olaf and Chirsti Neilsen) Peterson on Nov. 8, 1899, in Ruthven, Iowa. She grew up in Ruthven and attended school there. She worked in Estherville, Iowa, and later in Luverne and Magnolia. She worked at the Luverne Style Shop. She married Elwood Cruse in 1917. She later married Oscar Marking in 1959. Mrs. Marking was a member of Magnolia Methodist Church and a past Eastern Star member. She enjoyed sewing, crafts and baking. Survivors include one son, John E. Cruse, Des Moines, Iowa; two daughters, Mary Otterson, Sioux Falls, S.D., and Arlene Loeschen Mesa, Ariz.; several grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and several great-great-grandchildren.Mrs. Marking was preceded in death by her parents, two husbands, Oscar Marking and Elwood Cruse, six brothers and five sisters. Dingmann Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
