Bertha Irene McHope Burton (1891-1925)

BURTON, MCHOPE, SCHUESTER

Posted By: Gail and Dennis Bell
Date: 6/28/2005 at 06:10:39

THE MAXWELL TRIBUNE, Maxwell, Story County, Iowa, July 9, 1925, Page 1, Column 2. “MRS. N. N. BURTON – The announcement of the death of Mrs. N. N. Burton, which occurred at her home in Cambridge, Wednesday night, July 1, came as a great shock to that community, for but very few knew that she was ill. The seriousness of her illness did not become evident until a few hours before her death. She had been sick less than a week. Bertha Irene McHope was born near Cambridge, October 13, 1891. She had lived in the Cambridge community all of her life. Here her childhood associations were formed; here her school days were spent; her she grew to womanhood. November 26, 1907, she and N. N. Burton were united in marriage. Four children were born to them, Iona, Marguerite, Frances and Betty Jean. Mrs. Burton united with the United Brethren church and was an active member of the church and its activities. Besides the husband and family of four children, her father, A. E. McHope; two brothers, R. E. McHope and Forest McHope, and a sister, Mrs. George Schuester, of Washington, D. C. and a host of relatives and friends mourn her death. Mrs. McHope was left motherless when she was a girl of fourteen. Her eldest daughter, Iona, is left motherless at fifteen. Upon Iona rests a great responsibility, the mothering of three sisters. How fortunate that she was trained by her own mother to share the responsibilities of the home. Funeral services were held Sunday morning at 11 o’clock in the United Brethren church, conducted by Rev. Peter Jacobs, pastor of the Cambridge Union church, assisted by Rev. S. A. Fisher, pastor of the United Brethren church. Three hymns were sung by the quartet. Interment in the Cambridge cemetery. In the death of this young mother the community lost one of its native daughters, whose whole life had been woven into its church and social activities. The family ties included a wide circle. The church was filled with relatives and friends who came to pay tribute to one whom they had learned to esteem and to sympathize with the sorrowing ones so suddenly bereft of a loved one.”