Bertha Mary Madsen Hansen

MADSEN, HANSEN

Posted By: Lisa Walden (email)
Date: 11/19/2017 at 19:25:00

DIED. HANSEN. Sr. Bertha Mary Hansen was born February 16, 1822, and died January 3, 1897. The deceased was born in Denmark and on May 7, 1843, was united in marriage with Hans Hansen.

She united with the [LDS] church in 1851, and with her husband came to America in 1857, landing in Florence or at Winter Quarters. They remained here [sic] about three weeks and then repaired to the Iowa side of the river, locating in Pottawattamie County where they have ever since resided. They repudiated the assumptive leadership of Brigham Young and on the advent of the elders of the Reorganization they willingly obeyed.

She was privileged to see all her children except one grow to manhood and womanhood, the majority of whom have united with the church. She was quiet and inoffensive and if there lives one who is her enemy we know it not.

Funeral services by T.W. Williams. Interment in Hardin Township cemetery, Pottawattamie County, Iowa.
SOURCE: The Saints’ Herald. VOL 44, February 3, 1897, p. 80

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