Zellmer, Bertha A. 1906-1996

ZELLMER, PORSCH, GRUENBERG

Posted By: Barbara Kamradt
Date: 3/1/2004 at 20:03:13

BERTHA A ZELLMER
Bertha Zellmer, 90, the former Mrs. Otto Zellmer, of rural Lawton, Iowa, died Thursday December 26, 1996, at a local nursing home following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Zellmer was born April 2, 1906, in rural Kingsley, Iowa, the daughter of Jacob Porsch and Elizabeth (Gruenberg) Porsch. She attended Plymouth County rural schools. She married Otto Zellmer on August 22, 1923, at Salem Lutheran Church in rural Correctionville, Iowa. In the spring of 1924 the couple moved north of Lawton, where they farmed and made their home for 48 years. Mr. Zellmer died on June 25, 1972, in Sioux City, Iowa. Mrs. Zellmer spent the last few years of her life in the nursing home. She was a longtime member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Moville, where she was confirmed on June 17, 1923. She is survived by four sons; Harold and Beatrice Zellmer of South Sioux City, Nebraska,. Ervin and Lucille Zellmer of Kingsley, Iowa, Raymond Zellmer of Lawton, Iowa, and Alvin and Barbara Zellmer of Lawton, Iowa; a daughter Mrs. Arlene Bergendahl of Lawton, Iowa, three brothers, Harry and Loretta Porsch of Westfield, Iowa, Albert Porsch of Hinton, Iowa, and John Porsch of Kingsley, one sister Selma Muecke of Hinton, Iowa, eighteen grandchildren, forty two great-grandchildren, seven great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, a son, Donald Zellmer, a brother, Theodore Poesch, and two grandsons. Funeral services were held on Monday, December 30, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Moville, Iowa, with the Rev. Michael Kroona officiating. Burial was in Arlington Township Cemetery in Moville. Pallbearers were Robert Bergendahl, James, Douglas, Clay, David and Clark Zellmer.