Cyrilla Kartes

Cyrilla A. Kartes, 97, of Langdon, ND passed away Tuesday, November 19, 2024 at Maple Manor in Langdon, ND. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, November 25, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. at the St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Langdon, visitation will be held at the church on Monday, from 12:00 p.m. until the time of services.

Cyrilla was born July 5, 1927, to Charles and Katherine (Boesl) Koehmstedt at Grandma Barbara Boesl’s farm in Mt. Carmel, ND. Cyrilla attended grade school at Maida, ND and high school at Mt. Carmel and St. Alphonsus graduating in 1945. After graduation, she attended Valley City State Teachers College and taught at the Maida School for two years. 

She was married to Lawrence Kartes on November 9, 1948, by Father E.J. Eckhart at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church in Mt. Carmel. They were married for 70 years until Lawrence's passing in 2018. Lawrence and Cyrilla farmed on the Kartes family farm near Wales until 1977 when their entire crop was destroyed by hail for the 3rd time.

She loved dancing and enjoyed it every chance she got. On the farm she always had a large garden and worked hard raising and canning many vegetables for her family. She also enjoyed cooking and baking, taking lunch out to the field and helping out on the farm any way she could including helping to raise many hogs over the years.

Cyrilla and Lawrence were the proud parents of two adopted sons, Daniel Peter and Joseph Charles. They took them camping and did some traveling with them. After the boys grew up and left home, they left the family farm and moved to Langdon in 1991. She was a member of the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Altar Society and taught CCD at Mount Carmel Catholic Church for 25 years. She then became a member of St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Langdon and the Catholic Daughters. She was also a member of the Legion auxiliary.

She would substitute drive for Lawrence’s school bus route, and in the summer would make a picnic lunch and go with Lawrence to spray roadside weeds for the county. She enjoyed going to the Eagles with Lawrence and listening and laughing at his stories every time like it was the first time hearing them.

Survived by sons Daniel (Fargo), and Joseph (Twin Cities), three grandchildren: Charles and Nathaniel, and Cameron (Paiton); one great-grandchild, Callahan (Cameron); sister, Kay Duffy (Jim); sisters-in-law, Judi Koehmstedt and Alice Kartes and many nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her parents and her husband Lawrence, sisters, Frances Walz, and Joyce (who died in infancy), brothers Joe and Carl, brother-in-law Richard Walz, and sister-in-law, Kristine Koehmstedt. 

The family would like to thank Maple Manor for their great care for Cyrilla over these past years.