Galle, Bertha Meyer (1907-2005)

Newton Kansan obituary: 2005 Mar 15 p. 2

Birth date: 1907 Oct 17

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2005 Mar 21 p. 12

text of obituary:

BERTHA MEYER GALLE

Bertha Meyer Galle, 97, of Moundridge, Kan., died March 14, 2005, at Memorial Home. She was born Oct. 17, 1907, to Fred D. and Hulda Rupp Meyer in Moundridge.

She was a lifetime Moundridge area resident and a homemaker. She graduated from Moundridge High School in 1928. She was a member of West Zion Mennonite Church of Moundridge.

She married Dale S. Galle on Aug. 26, 1934, in Moundridge. He preceded her in death on Sept. 27, 2003.

Survivors include a son, Nelson D. Galle of Manhattan; three daughters, Dorothy Claassen of Thousand Oaks, Calif., Edith Dahlsten of Lindsborg and June Krehbiel of Moundridge; a sister, Marie H. Wedel of Moundridge; 10 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, Christian Meyer and Alfred Meyer; and three sisters, Esther Huxman, Elma Huxman and Elizabeth Loganbill.

Memorial services were held at West Zion Mennonite Church. Burial was in West Zion Church Cemetery.