Kehrberg, Bertha Marie 1850-1927

KEHRBERG

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, Volunteer (email)
Date: 5/16/2007 at 20:14:00

KINGSLEY: (By Special Correspondent)

Funeral services were held Sunday, October 16, for Mrs. Bertha Kehrberg, at
the Methodist church. Rev. C. V. Hulse officiating, and interment was made
in the Kingsley cemetery.

Bertha Marie Kehrberg was born at Soldeen in the Province of Prussia,
Germany, August 12, 1850, and died at Kingsley, Iowa, October 13, 1927, at
the age of 77 years, two months and one day.

Leaving the old country at the age of sixteen she came to Lansing, Alamakee
county, Iowa, where she made her home with an aunt and uncle until her
marriage to F. W. Kehrberg, in January 1873. After a residence of twenty
years in the eastern part of the state, she came with her husband to
Merrill, in Plymouth county, and the next year they settled on the place
known as Brookdale Farm on John's creek. After a residence of twenty-three
years on this place they came to Kingsley which as been her home for the
past ten years.

Two of her ten children died in infancy, the other eight were all present at
her funeral. They are: Mrs. Frances Blecker, of Santa Anna, California;
Mrs. Louise Keelner, of St. Francis, Kansas; Mrs. Selma Sternberg, Kingsley,
Iowa; Julius Kehrberg, Kingsley; Herman, of Ortonville, Minnesota; and
Marcus of Pellville, Kentucky; besides her children twenty-three
grandchildren and one great grandchild and a host of other relatives and
friends and neighbors mourn her loss.

Mrs. Kehrberg was converted when a young girl, and united with the
Evangelical church, later in life transferring her membership to the
Methodist church, of which she was a sincere and faithful worker till the
death angel took her home.

~source: LeMars Globe-Post, Oct. 24, 1927