Obit: Bertz, Reuben (1902 - 1971)
Contact:
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail:
dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surnames: Bertz, O’Reilly,
Bushnell, Sandford, Bogdonovich, Kraeger, Hayden, Ottoway, Koenigs, Hill, Haase,
Strathman, Eggersted, Jung
----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville,
Clark Co, WI) 11/11/1971
Bertz, Reuben (20 August 1902 - 8 November
1971)
Funeral services were to be held this (Thursday) morning at 10
o’clock in Berlin for Reuben Bertz, 69, father of Clark County’s Sheriff David
Bertz. He died in the University Hospital at Madison Monday following an illness
of several months.
The Very Rev. Lawrence A. Jung of St. Joseph’s
Catholic Church in Berlin will be in charge of the service. Burial will be made
in Oakwood Cemetery there.
Mr. Bertz was born in the Loyal area on august
20, 1902, and was a farmer there until he moved to Berlin in 1953. He was
married in Neillsville in 1922 to the late Cecilia O’Reilly, who died January 2,
1963.
Surviving are 10 children. They include the following daughters:
Mrs. Clarence Bushnell of Lodi; Mrs. Rosemary Sanford of Reedsburg; Mrs. Ed
Bogdonovich of Greenwood; Mrs. Colleen Kraeger of Cudahy; Mrs. Max Hayden of
Denver, Co.; Mrs. Jerome Ottoway of Mineral Point; Mrs. Lee Koenigs of Madison
and Mrs. Gilbert Hill of Van Dyne. In addition to Sheriff Bertz, a second son
also survives. He is Robert Bertz of Loyal. Four brothers and sisters also
survive: Pat and Jerome of Loyal; John of Greenwood; Lee of Pembine; Mrs. Alfred
Haase of Seattle, Wa.; Mrs. Robert Strathman of Colby, and Mrs. Robert
Eggersted, who resides in Florida. There are 42 grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren.
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