KRAFT, Bertha Hermina (Janssen) 1905-1995

KRAFT, JANSSEN

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 5/29/2009 at 15:08:40

Bertha Hermina Janssen Kraft

CHARLES CITY, IOWA - Bertha (Mrs. John) Kraft, 89, of 1407 Clark St., died Monday (Sept. 4, 1995) at Floyd County Memorial Hospital.

Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Dennis Niezwaag officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Nashua. Visitation will be from noon to 9 p.m. today at Hauser Funeral Home, 1205 S. Main St., and one hour prior to services at the church.

Bertha Hermina Janssen Kraft was born Dec. 23, 1905, near Benson, Illinois.

Survivors include four sons, Marvin Kraft of Waverly; Richard Kraft of Clarksville; John "Merlin" Kraft of Dixon, Mo., and Kenneth Kraft of Ionia; three daughters, Helen Knapp of Charles City, Beverly Winkie of Belle Plaine and Shirley Day of Ionia; two sisters, Jennie Bouillion of Ionia and Ida McNealy of Hampton; 30 grandchildren; and 44 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one son, one daughter, three grandchildren, one great-granddaughter, two brothers and four sisters.

Mason City Globe Gazette 9/06/1995