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Esther Marie Klinge Bertilson
1930 - 1966
Services held for Mrs. M. Bertilson
Mrs. Merle (Esther Marie) Bertilson, 36, dies suddenly Friday at her farm
home near Klemme. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, at
St. Paul's Lutheran Church. The Rev. L. G. Leonard officiated, using Isaiah
as his text.
Hymns "With Broken Heart," "I Lift My Eyes Unto Heaven Above" and "My Jesus,
As Thou Wilt" were sung by the church choir, accompanied by Mrs. Ervin
Janssen.
Burial was made in Otis Grove Cemetery, Dows, with the Johnston Funeral Home
in charge of arrangements. Pallbearers were Darwin Wille, Carrol Albers,
Leland Hummel, Calvin Goll, Marvin Schmidt and Art Katter.
Esther Marie Klinge was born September 21, 1930, the daughter of Fred and
Ella (Schwartz) Klinge. She received her elementary and high school
education in the schools at Klemme and attended Waldorf College, Forest
City, for two years. She was a teacher in the schools at Dows.
On December 26, 1951, she was united in marriage to Merle Bertilson. They
lived on farms in the Clarion, Galt and Thornton communities, moving to a
farm near Klemme last spring. She was a member of a home-makers club and of
St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Garner, where she served as a Sunday School
teacher.
Surviving are her husband, Merle; three children, Dennis Lee, Carol Joan and
Dean Allen; two step-children, Douglas Eugene and Mary Jo; her father, Fred
Klinge of Klemme, and one brother, Merle Klinge, Klemme.
She was preceded in death by her mother and one brother, Wayne.
source: Garner Leader & Signal, 26 Oct 1966, page 12, column 4
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- Esther Marie Klinge Bertilson: born 1 Sep 1930 - died
21 Oct 1966
Grave marker at Otis Grove Cemetery, Dows, Franklin County, Iowa
- Wife of: Merle Eugene Bertilson, born 1922 -
died 2013
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- source: Find-A-Grave, memorial# 155328100
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