Baumgartner, Bertha I. (1878-1962)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1962 Aug 2 p. 5

Birth date: 1878 August 7, Missouri
Date of Death: 1962 July 22, Kansas

text of obituary:

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• Funeral services were conducted Monday forenoon at the First Mennonite Church of Halstead for Miss Bertha Baumgartner, 83, who died Friday, July 17, at the Bethel Home for Aged in Newton, having been a resident of the home since November 1960. The services were conducted by Dr. D. C. Wedel of Winfild. A resident of Halstead most of her life, Miss Baumgartner was a registered nurse and former superintendent of nurses at the Halstead Hospital. She is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Rachel Barnjum and Mrs. Adam Fehr of Halstead and Miss Jennie Baumgartner of the Bethel Home and one brother, Milton of Stillwater, Okla.

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1962 Aug 9 p. 8
The Mennonite obituary: 1962 Aug 28 p. 556

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MLA Personal Photos Collection

Biographical note:
Excelsior, Missouri
Daughter of Abraham D. and Barbara (Gerber) Baumgartner
Single
Nurse -- Newton, Augusta, and Halstead, Kansas

Bethel alumni note:
Bethel student 1895-1897

Photo holdings:
Individual -- Newton, Kansas (2 copies)
Individual (as nurse) -- 1909
With 9 female students -- 1896-1897 Newton, Kansas

Sources:
Alumni card
Obituary
Welty history 1926? p. 372-373
Bd Ms 3 (Halstead) p. 134-135
Grandma Online profile 815361
Find A Grave 35033389