Bertha June (Meskimen) Welch 1902-1933

MESKIMEN, FISH, VALLEY, WASKOW

Posted By: Volunteer
Date: 4/5/2007 at 19:36:41

Mrs. John Welch dies in La Crosse

Mrs. John Welch died at St. Francis hospital at La Crosse, Wisconsin Saturday Dec. 2, 1933, she was 31 years old.

Mrs. Welch before her marriage was Bertha June Meskimen, daughter of George Meskimen and Christina Fish Meskimen. She was born June 14, 1902 at Rossville, Iowa. On March 14, 1921, she married John Welch of Lansing, Iowa. Two children were born to them, George Fredrick, 12 years old, and Olvetta Marie, nine years old. She also leaves her aged father of Harpers Ferry, one brother, Gephard Meskimen of Shenandoah, and two sisters, Mrs. William (Esther) Valley, and Geneva Meskimen of Harpers Ferry, and one half sister Mrs. Ed (Edith) Waskow of Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Funeral services were held at the Rossville cemetery, Monday, conducted by Reverend R. L. Van Nice.

obit cut out of unknown Allamakee county newspaper.