Obit: Andersen, Bertha N.  #2 (1883 - 1955)

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Surnames: Andersen, Nelson, Jensen, McGrath

----Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 03/10/1955

Andersen, Bertha N.  #2 (9 NOV 1883 - 2 MAR 1955)

A former Withee (Clark Co., Wis.) resident, Mrs. Hans K. Andersen was returned to Withee to be place in her final resting place.  Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at two o’clock from the Nazareth Lutheran Church with Rev. W. Clayton Neilsen officiating.  Burial was made in the parish cemetery.  The deceased succumbed to a long lingering illness last Wednesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Carlos Jensen, in Pittsburgh, Pa., where she had made her home for the past several years.

Serving as pallbearers at the services were M. S. Munson, Thorvald Stigsen, V. A. Hansen, Lionel Thibert, Earl Petersen and Walter Heideman.  In charge of the floral offerings were Mesdames Walter Heideman, Earl Petersen, Andrew Olsen, Chris Beck, Grant Anderson and Owen Melin.

Bertha N. Andersen, 71, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Christen Nelson, was born on Nov. 9, 1883, at Washington Island, Wis.  On June 21, 1911, she was united in marriage to Hans Kristian Anderson in a ceremony performed at Washington Island.  After their marriage they came to Withee residing on a farm north of the village.

Her husband passed away in February of 1920.  In October 1928 she moved into the village of Withee where she made her home, enjoying the companionship of her family and friends until 1944 when she moved to Pittsburg to make her home with her daughter, Alice.

She was a wonderfully fine mother and a devoted Christian, being very active in the Nazareth Lutheran Church while she resided here.

Surviving her are a brother, Nels; three sons, Julian, Bartlett, Ill., Alton, Kenosha, Wis.; and Alvin of Audubon, Iowa; and three daughters, Mrs. Carlos (Alice) Jensen, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mrs. Joseph (Verna) McGrath, and Mrs. Arnold (Margaret) Jensen, Kenosha, Wis.