Ordell Burdette Wittern 1904-1977

WITTERN, NAPES, BATEY

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 1/17/2014 at 00:19:06

Ordell Wittern
1904-1977
Estherville – Graveside services for Ordell B. [Burdette] Wittern, 73, formerly of Estherville, will be held Tuesday, Nov. 8, at Oak Hill cemetery. Officiating at the 1 p.m. ceremony will be the Rev. John Coons, Calvary Gospel Church. Mr. Wittern passed away Thursday, Nov. 3, at his home in Washington, D.C.

Born Jan. 4, 1904, in Estherville to parents, Charles and Ida Wittern, he was educated in the Estherville schools. He married Cecil Napes in Estherville and was an interior decorator until retiring a year and a half ago.

He is survived by his wife, Cecil, Washington, D.C.; a son, Jack, St. Paul, Minn.; a daughter, Mrs. Shirley Batey, Honolulu, Hawaii; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a brother, Harold, Estherville.

Preceding him in death were his parents.

Henry and Olson Funeral Home, Estherville, is in charge of arrangements. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, November 7, 1977)