Herbert Marion “Bert” Vinsel (1886-1972)

VINSEL, ADDISON, ROWLAND, BOEKE

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 5/17/2021 at 16:53:13

From Nevada Evening Journal October 3, 1972 (page 1)

Businessman Bert Vinsel dies

Nevada resident mourned today the death of well-known civic and business leader Herbert M. Vinsel, 85, who died at Mary Greeley Hospital in Ames early Tuesday morning.

Vinsel, who lived at 634 F Ave., Nevada had been transferred to Mary Greeley Hospital from Nevada a short time before his death.

Born October 28, 1886 at Russell, Iowa he was the son of John A. and Ella B. Vinsel. He had been a Nevada resident for the past 66 years and had become well known as a real estate broker. He helped found the Nevada Federal Savings and Loan here.

On July 11, 1935 he married Miriam Rowland at the Little Brown Church in Nashua.

He was a member of the Central Presbyterian Church here, a 50-year member of the Nevada Rotary Club, a 50-year member of the Nevada Masonic Lodge and Eastern Star, a charter member of World War I Barracks and American Legion.

Surviving, in addition to his wife Miriam, are one daughter Mary Ellen Boeke of Jusmag, Thai Bankok, two granddaughters and a brother, Kenneth P. Vinsel of Louisville, Kentucky.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one sister and his first wife, Hazel Addison Vinsel in 1933.

Funeral arrangements are pending at the Ryan Funeral Home here.