Wednesday, April 5, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Obituary
Margitti (Gitti) Agnes Elfriede Kiefer Bell
September 26, 1926 — March 29, 2017
Gitti died at home
with her spouse, Sandra
Rosencrantz, at her side.
Gitti was born in
Wiesbaden, Germany to
Karl and Josepha (Egenolf)
Kiefer. She married George
Junior Bell, an American,
in 1947. In late 1948 she,
George, and newborn son
moved to America. Gitti
entered America legally, and
she and her son became legal
American citizens. They
made their home in Merced,
California, where Gitti was
a dental hygienist for more
than 40 years. After George
died in 2004, she moved to
Sisters in June of 2006.
On March 10, 2014 she
married Sandra Rosencrantz.
Her wedding vows were
“Dubist mein und ich bin
dein” (you are mine and I am
yours).
She was preceded in death
by her husband George, a
brother and a cousin, Karl
Kiefer and Kurt Kiefer, of
Wiesbaden.
She is survived by her
spouse Sandra Rosencrantz,
son Jim Bell (Tammy) of
Sisters, daughter Marlia
Bell-Wilson (Don) of
Merced, CA. She has four
grandchildren and eight
great-grandchildren.
“Knowing the end is not
far away does not make the
end any easier to bear when
it comes. The greatest com-
fort is to have had the privi-
lege and honor to love and
be loved by such a wonder-
ful person, however short
that time allowed. Even with
Alzheimer’s, she remembered
me to the very end, even
when she was mad at me. I
am so grateful for that. There
are no words to express the
enormous gratitude I have
for the support of Hospice
of Redmond-Sisters.” —
Sandra Rosencrantz
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Residents of the Sisters-
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only 241 departments in the
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five miles of a recognized
fire station which includes
the stations located on Elm
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The District’s previous rating
was a split rating of 4/8b with
properties having a higher
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more than 1,000 feet from
a fire hydrant. The new rat-
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properties within five miles
of a fire station.
The District also received
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are located between five and
seven miles from a fire sta-
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as a class 10 in the past. The
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