HERTEMA, Bertha 1885-1965

HERTEMA

Posted By: Tammy (email)
Date: 9/23/2015 at 07:54:21

Mrs. Bertha Hertema Died Last Tuesday

Mrs. Bertha Hertema, a longtime resident of the Beaman and Conrad communities, died last Tuesday. She was 79 years old.

The body was taken to the Johnston funeral home in Conrad where funeral arrangements were made.

Mrs. Hertema was born May 27, 1885, at Welmat, Germany. She married Harm Hertema in 1907 in Welmat. They came to the United States in 1909 and lived in Hardin county for several years and moved in 1914 to Grundy county, where they farmed in the Conrad and Beaman neighborhood.

She was preceded in death by her husband in 1948. Survivors include four sons, G. W. Hertema, Marshalltown; H. L. Hertema, Grundy Center, Ennis and Harm Hertema, Beaman; also 6 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.

--The Grundy Register (Grundy Center, Iowa), 22 April 1965, pg 20