VIOLA B. BERTRAND

BERTRAND, ODEA, LONG, METELA, HIGGINS, SHIMP, SMITH, SHAFER, LANE, VIE

Posted By: Nancee Seifert (email)
Date: 3/31/2008 at 14:15:57

Her obituary From the Napoleon Homesteader
FUNERAL OF MRS. O’DEA
HELD HERE FRIDAY

The remains of Mrs. O'Dea, nee Mrs. Bertrand formerly of this city but
whom for the past two years has resided at Braddock were tenderly laid
at rest at the Napoleon cemetery last Friday afternoon.

From this week’s issue of the Braddock News we clip the following
obituary notice:

Following an illness of over five months, Mrs. J. F. O’Dea, a prominent
woman of this place and of Napoleon passed away at the hospital in
Bismarck Monday April 21, at about 4:00 o’clock a.m. and was laid to
rest in the family lot in Napoleon cemetery. The funeral services were
conducted by Rev. A.L. Stowell and by the Woodmen Circle at the cemetery.

Viola Long was born in Illinois, December 23rd, 1870 and died at
Bismarck April 21, being 48 years, 3 months and 29 days old at the time
of her death. Her early life was spent in Illinois where she attended
school, later moving to Chariton and Des Moines, Iowa.

In August, 1887, she was united in marriage to Joseph Bertrand who died
April 18, 1910. To this union were born eight children, Mrs. J. Metela,
Mrs. D.A. Higgins, Merle and Laura (sic-Lura) of this place, Mrs. C.H.
Shimp of Des Moines, Ia. Mrs. J.E. Smith of Omaha, Neb. and two children
who died in infancy.

On the 15th day of April, 1918 she was again married to J.F. O’Dea at
Aberdeen, S.D. who survives her.

Besides the above children she leaves three sisters, Mrs. R.E. Shafer of
Napoleon, Mrs. Todd Lane of Chariton, Ia, and Mrs. O.M. Vie of this
place and one brother, F. M. Long who resides here and a large number of
friends to mourn her loss.

Additional note;
Although she is actually buried in Napoleon, she shares a tombstone
inscription with her first husband Joseph in Chariton cemetery. Her name
there is Viola B. Bertrand.

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