FERTIG Francis Herman John (1900-1983)

FERTIG, SAYRE, HENDRICKSON, OBRIEN

Posted By: Betsy Monson (email)
Date: 4/4/2022 at 12:20:06

Schaller, Iowa - Francis John Fertig, 83 of Schaller, died Friday at his farm home near Schaller after a brief illness.

Services were Monday in the Sliefert Funeral Home in Storm Lake. The Rev. John Groves officiated. Burial was in Mount Hope Cemetery at Dows.

Mr. Fertig was born June 10, 1900 in Odebolt. He was a chiropractor at Odebolt and later farmed with his father in South Dakota. He came to Iowa and married Rosa G. Sayre December 28, 1927 at Wall Lake. They farmed at Audubon. She died in 1973. He later worked for E. W. Oats Company in Storm Lake, retiring and moving to Schaller.

Survivors include two sons, John and George both of Storm Lake; two daughters: Mary Fertig in California and Lois Hendrickson of Sioux City; three brothers: LaVern of Wall Lake, Eugene of Odebolt and Jim of Fort Dodge; 13 grandchildren, 11 great-grand children and two great-great-grandchildren.

Sioux City Journal 26 Jul 1983 (Tue)

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Iowa Marriage Records: Parents John C. and Anna O'Brien Fertig. Married to Rosa C. Sayre 28 Dec 1927 in Wall Lake, Iowa.