Andrew Bertelsen (1840-1893)

BERTELSEN

Posted By: Anne Hermann (email)
Date: 4/24/2009 at 17:09:26

Jackson Sentinel, May 11, 1893

OBITUARY

BERTELSEN- Andrew Bertelsen was born in Schlesweig, Germany, May 1, 1840. In the vigor of young manhood he came to the United States, finding employment at first with his uncle on a farm near Miles. Being a young man of intelligence, he soon became interested in affairs of this country and enlisted in Company G, 8th Iowa at Lyons, joining the Union Army in the War of the Rebellion and did valiant service for his adopted country and for which he afterwards suffered blighted eye sight. After his return from the war, he married in June, 1866, Miss Henrietta Fedderson, of Clinton County, who with four children, the fruits of their union, survive a beloved husband and father.

Andrew Bertelsen resided for some time in Minnesota and in Turner county, South Dakota, following the occupation of miller and farmer, where he held for a number of years positions of public trust. He traded for the Rockville Mill property and removed to this city some four years ago with his family. It was in this mill, May 7th, 1893, that he met with his sad accidental death. He was a kind hearted man of rigid honesty and strong in his friendships, always ready to lend a helping hand to those in want or distress.

While the deceased had not been a resident of Maquoketa many years, yet his quiet, unassuming ways and honorable business methods won for him a large circle of warm friends whose sympathies go out to the grief stricken widow and children in their sad bereavement.

The funeral services occurred at the home at 2 o’clock p.m. Tuesday, Rev. F. M. Archer of the Baptist Church officiating, and the remains were interred in Mount Hope cemetery. An unusually large procession followed the remains to their last resting place led by the Drips Post G. A. R. with muffled drums, and Jackson Lodge I. O. O. F. While at the grave the latter order rendered its solemn and impressive cemetery.