Betsy Rebecca Lein 1885-1961

LEIN, COMBS, OLSON, NAU

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 11/19/2013 at 20:33:40

Betsy Lein Services Set
Betsy Rebecca Lein, 75, died shortly after noon yesterday at Holy Family Hospital of a heart condition aggravated by a fractured hip suffered in a fall at the Good Samaritan Home the same day, according to a sister, Mrs. K.K. Nau. She had been a resident of the Home for two years.

Miss Lein came to the county as a young girl and was employed by the Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. until her retirement in 1940. She was a lifelong member of the Estherville Lutheran Church.

She was born at Roland, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lein.

She is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Combs, Milwaukee; Mrs. May [Mary] Olson, Minneapolis; and Mrs. Evaline Nau, Estherville.

Services are set for 2 p.m. Saturday at the Sternborg-Reesee Chapel, the Rev. L.A. Mathre officiating.

Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery.

Friends may call from this afternoon until time of services Saturday at the funeral home. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, August 25, 1961)