Shawano Co, Wisconsin OBIT: SEEFELDT, Bertha Auguste Emilie (GERTZKE) SUBJECT: Obituary of SEEFELDT, Bertha Auguste Emilie SUBMITTER: EMAIL: DATE: Thurs 7 Jan 1915 SOURCE:Volkesbote Wochenblatt (translated), Split Rock News, Page 35 SEEFELDT, Bertha Auguste Emilie (GERTZKE) passed away on 1 January. The deceased was born on 15 March 1845 in Gross Benz, Pommern and reached the age of nearly fifty years. On 15 December 1864 she married Wm. Seefeldt and together they raised ten children, seven sons and three daughters. A daughter, Anna, preceded her mother in death in 1903 and is still mourned by the family. The surviving children are Otto, Albert and Emil in split Rock, Richard in Wausau, Wilhelm in Clintonville, Herman in Wittenberg, Robert in Tigerton, Martha, Mrs. Henry Kersten and Marie, Mrs. Herman Kersten both in Split Rock. Also surviving are three brothers and a sister in Germany and 47 grandchildren. They came in the year of 1879 to America and settled in Town Grant. Then in 1895 they settled in Town Fairbanks where they farmed and remained. The expensive gifts of floral arrangements testified of the great popularity and respect the deceased had enjoyed with those in her midst. Pastor Ehmke from Big Falls officiated. ----------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.