Shearer, Bertha L. 1899-1999

SHEARER, PARKS, HARDING

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 2/27/2009 at 13:51:25

NAME OF DECEASED & AGE: Bertha L. Shearer, 99, of Akron, IA
DATE OF DEATH: Tuesday, April 13, 1999
PLACE OF DEATH: Akron City Convalescent Care Center
CAUSE OF DEATH: …following a brief illness
DATE OF BIRTH: October 7, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH: In Plymouth County, Iowa
PARENTS: William Harvey and Katie (Parks) Harding
SPOUSE & DATE & PLACE of 1st MARRIAGE: Ernest Shearer, Oct. 25, 1930, in Sioux City, IA
SPOUSE & DATE & PLACE of 2nd MARRIAGE:
OCCUPATION: The couple lived in Westfield before moving to Akron. She was employed in the kitchen of St. Luke Hospital for many years, retiring in 1965. He died Dec. 23, 1975.
SURVIVORS: …include three step-daughters, Donna Thies of Woodbine, Iowa, Joy Craig of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Dagmar Hammond, of Idaho; several step-grandchildren; a brother, Waldon Harding of Jefferson, S.D.; and many nieces and nephews.
PRECEDED in DEATH by: …by four sisters, Blanche McCrill, Irene Morehead, Marie Bauerly and Florence Fairbanks; and a brother, Elmer Harding.
PLACE OF BURIAL: Riverside Cemetery, Akron, Iowa
NEWSPAPER SOURCE & DATE: The Sioux City Journal

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