GRAY, Bertha M. 1898-1981

GRAY, GADE, POHLMANN

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Date: 11/22/2019 at 05:56:26

Bertha Gray Services Held

Mrs. Bertha Gray, age 83, died at 1:05 p.m., Sunday, June 14, 1981, at the Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Funeral services were held on Thursday, June 18, at 1:30 p.m. at the United Methodist Church in Dike with the Rev. James F. Hanke officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Graves sang "The Old Rugged Cross" and "In The Garden", accompanied by Mrs. John Paige who also played selected numbers for the prelude and postlude. Casket bearers were Wayland Gade, Harold Gade, Wilbert Gade, Lawrence Gade, William Sell, Richard Benschoter, and Bill Gade. Ushers were Jack Heritage and John Mulder. Mrs. Robert Cain, Mrs. M. J. Kole and Mrs. Gepka Graves were in charge of floral arrangements. Burial was in the Elmwood Cemetery, Dike, Iowa.

Mrs. Gray was born on May 26, 1898, in the Buck Creek area near Sumner, Iowa, the daughter of Wilhelm and Dorothea Pohlmann Gade. She attained the age of 83 years and 18 days. She grew up in the Sumner area and worked in Sumner, New Hampton and later in Waterloo. On January 22, 1926, she was united in marriage to Wayland Gray and the couple resided in Dike where both worked in the drug store. Her husband passed away April 3, 1969. She was baptized and confirmed in St. John's Lutheran Church in Buck Creek. She was a member of the Rebekah Lodge and a life member of the Eastern Star.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, four brothers and two sisters.

She is survived by one step-daughter, Mrs. Helen Herald of Tigard, Oregon; one sister-in-law, Mrs. Alvina Gade of Waverly; and several nephews and nieces.

A memorial fund has been established. The Dike Funeral Chapel was in charge of arrangements.

--The Grundy Register (Grundy Center, Iowa), 25 June 1981, pg 10