ROBERTSON, Christina 1886-1957

ROBERTSON, BULTHUIS

Posted By: Tammy (email)
Date: 1/24/2022 at 19:39:10

Reinbeck Woman Dies From Heart Attack

Mrs. T. Robertson from Reinbeck died last Wednesday following a heart attack. She died at the home of her son Harold, south of Reinbeck, where she had been staying a few weeks before her death. She broke a bone in her hip about two months ago and she was in the Grundy hospital for a month following that accident, after which she was taken to the home of her son. She was 71 years old. She died within a few hours after she was stricken. Her husband died in 1939. Since that time she lived alone in her home in Reinbeck.

Deceased was born Christina Bulthuis, Dec. 3, 1886, at Morrison, Iowa, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bulthuis. She was married to Walter Raleigh Robertson, Nov. 25, 1908, at Grundy Center. She was also preceded by one son, Henry Edward, July 9, 1925. One sister preceded her, Mrs. Anna Mennenga.

Deceased is survived by four daughters: Mrs. Harriett Crowe, Des Moines; Mrs. Dorothy Gardinear, Ionia, Iowa; Mrs. Rosalyn Moser, Reinbeck; Mrs. Kathryn Richardson, Waterloo; two sons, Harold and Paul, Reinbeck; five sisters: Sophia Henze, Stout; Lena Platt, Waterloo; Etta Lanning, Hanford, Calif.; Helen Orvis, Waterloo; Olie Thompson, Lake Park, Wis.; and one brother, Ben Bulthuis, Dike; also 19 grandchildren.

--The Grundy Register (Grundy Center, Iowa), 5 September 1957, pg 7