BLAKE, Mathilda Kathrine (Gerhartz) 1898-1985

GERHARTZ, BLAKE

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 8/14/2011 at 18:37:12

Mathilda Blake

Funeral services for Mathilda Kathrine Blake, 86, of Riceville were held Tuesday, Jan. 22 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. She died Friday, January 18, 1985, at Mitchell County Memorial Hospital. Father John Gregory officiated at the service with burial in the Calvary Cemetery in Riceville.

Mathilda Kathrine Blake was born Aug. 31, 1898 near Meyer to Joseph and Susan Gerhartz. She was a homemaker.

She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Vincent (Sylvia) Kesten of Riceville, Mrs. Robert (Genevieve) Rummele of Waterloo, Mrs. James (Virginia) Bathen of Alton and Mrs. Larry (Eunice) Potts of Buckingham; a son, Vern of Waterloo; 18 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren.

[MITCHELL COUNTY PRESS, Jan. 23, 1985 --transcribed by Barb Nagy, 8/2011 ]