Myrtle Berniece Liebing, 93, Jamestown (formerly Marion, ND) passed away Tuesday, June 16,
2026, at Ave Maria Village under the care of HIA hospice. She was born in Barnes County on
December 20, 1932, to Henry and Ralphine (Kluvers) Verduin. The family lived in Hastings, ND
until moving to Lynden, Washington in 1945-46 where she attended 8 th grade. Myrt graduated
from Hastings in 1949 and went on to attend Jamestown College for one year.
In 1951 she was united in marriage to Donald Liebing of Marion, ND. They had four children;
Roger, Thomas, Karen and Steven.
Her enthusiasm for gardening included raising a large vegetable garden and nurturing a wide
variety of flowers.    Myrt was a friend to everybody and had a cheerful and upbeat personality.
She was active in her church over the years; playing piano, singing solos, directing VBS and
helping with various other children’s ministries.     In their retirement, Myrt and Don, enjoyed
spending winters in California and later, Texas.
Myrt was preceded in death by her husband, Don, her parents; sisters, Lucille Flach and
Marjorie Nordgaard; and grandson, Cody.
She is survived by her children:  Roger (Andrea) of Eldridge, IA; Thomas (Laurie) of Marion, ND;
Karen (Art) Perleberg of Broadus, MT; and Steven of Longmont, CO;  9 grandchildren and 18
great-grandchildren.
She was a member of the Jamestown Church of the Nazarene where her service will be held on
Monday, June 29th at 11:00 a.m. Visitation will be one hour prior, at 10:00 a.m.    Burial will be
at Lakeview Cemetery, Marion, ND.
Traditions Funeral Services of Valley City is assisting Myrtle’s family with arrangements. The
service will be live streamed, then archived, on a link provided along with her obituary on her
tribute page at www.olivernathanchapel.com. An online guestbook is available there as well.