Bergetha "Belle" Egertson 1885-1972

EGERTSON, HUSBY, NELSON

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 5/11/2013 at 23:26:12

Deaths
Bergetha Egertson, 86, Wallingford, April 30 at Estherville. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, May 1, 1972)

Wallingford Woman Dies Here Sunday
Bergetha (Belle) Egertson, 86, of Wallingford died Sunday, April 30, 1972, at Good Samaritan Center in Estherville where she had been a resident for a year and a half.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Wallingford Lutheran Church with burial in Wallingford cemetery. Friends may call anytime on Tuesday and until 11 a.m. Wednesday at Fuhrman Funeral Home in Estherville.

Miss Egertson was born Nov. 10, 1885, in Wallingford, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Halvor Egertson. She attended Wallingford schools and lived in that town her entire life. She worked for a time a Iowa State College in Ames.

She was a lifetime member of Wallingford Lutheran Church and was active in church affairs.

Surviving are three sisters, Gunda Egertson and Mrs. Helene Husby, both living at Good Samaritan Center, and Mrs. Emma Nelson of Torrance, Calif.; nine nephews and five nieces.

She was preceded in death by her parents, and three brothers, Eric, Lars and Stephen. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, May 1, 1972)