PETERSEN, Bertha 1887-1951

PETERSEN, SELL

Posted By: Tammy (email)
Date: 2/24/2019 at 17:38:16

Funeral Services Saturday For Mrs. Bertha Petersen

Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha Petersen from Reinbeck were held at Reinbeck Saturday with burial in the Reinbeck cemetery.

Mrs. Petersen died in a convalescent home in Traer last Wednesday from a brain tumor and pneumonia. She was 63 years old.

Mrs. Petersen was born Bertha Sell, Dec. 29, 1887, near Reinbeck and was wed to John F. Petersen Jan. 20, 1908, at Reinbeck.

Mr. Petersen died June 21, 1933. Surviving are eight children: Mrs. Lizzie Karkosh, Mrs. Lena Schreck, Mrs. Lucille Karkosh, Clarence Petersen, Mrs. Levina Behrens, Mrs. Lorna Thuesen; also one sister, Mrs. Paul Thiesen, Spirit Lake; two brothers, Ernest Sell, Reinbeck, and James Sell of Montivideo, Minn.

--The Grundy Register (Grundy Center, Iowa), 11 October 1951, pg 12