Katherine C. Bortell (1980)

BORTELL, BUTZBACH, HAYES

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 5/10/2007 at 12:39:16

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, December 3, 1980

KATHERINE BORTELL DIES AT 100

Katherine C. Bortell died Saturday evening, Nov. 29, at Ramsey Memorial Home in Des Moines at the age of 100. A native of Grinnell, Mrs. Bortell lived there until moving to Des Moines in 1934.

She is survived by three children, Margaret Butzbach of Des Moines, Harry Bortell of Homestead, Fla., and Glen Bortell of St. Charles; 12 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and a sister, Sue Hayes of Sacramento, Calif. She was preceded in death by her husband Elmer; a son, Kenneth; and a daughter, Ruth.

Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2, at Smith's Funeral Home in Grinnell with burial at Hazelwood Cemetery at Grinnell.

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