Swart, Bertha Mrs. Meindert died 1900

SWART, ZWART, VANDEHOEF

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg (email)
Date: 4/29/2012 at 14:59:15

Sioux County Herald of Nov 14, 1900 p.5
Mrs. M. Swart departed this life last Sunday afternoon at 4:30, at her home one and a half miles -north west of Orange City, from lung fever, after an illness of ten days duration . Deceased was an early settler here and was quite aged. She leaves her husband and a grown family of children to mourn her demise. The funeral occurred this afternoon from the First Reformed church.
(This is believed to be Mrs. Meindert Swart/Zwart nee Beertje or Bertha VandeHoef, children 1880 census of Richland Mahaska IA Gertrude 20, Henry 17, Annie 14, Dirk 11, and Jacob 6. )