Thimm, Rosa L. Bartel (1921-2004)

Newton Kansan obituary: 2004 Oct 29 p. 2

Birth date: 1921 Nov 6

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2004 Nov 15 p. 12

text of obituary:

ROSA BARTEL THIMM

Rosa Bartel Thimm, 82, of Beatrice, Neb., died Oct. 26, 2004. She was born Nov. 6, 1921, to John and Susie Bartel in Hillsboro, Kan.

She graduated from Bethel Deaconess Hospital in Newton, Kan., in 1947 as a registered nurse. She worked in Newton as a nurse for physician Eugene Enns for a number of years. In 1955, she worked at Brook Lane Farm, a psychiatric hospital near Hagerstown, Md.

She married Randolph Thimm of Beatrice on Aug. 30, 1959. Together they farmed in the Beatrice area. He preceded her in death in 1987.

Survivors include a daughter, Sheryl Stewart and her husband, Jon, of Lincoln; a son, Randolph William Thimm Jr. and his wife, Amy, of Firth; two sisters, Elda Bartel of Goessel, Kan., and Helen Bargen of North Newton, Kan.; a sister-in-law, Myrta Bartel of Hillsboro, Kan.; and five grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Randolph; a sister, Wanda Swanson; and a brother, Johnnie M. Bartel.

Services were held at First Mennonite Church of rural Beatrice. Burial was in the church cemetery.