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Mrs. Bertha Skeels Dies Wednesday of Joint DiseasesMrs. Bertha Skeels, 72, resident here for twenty-nine years, passed away Wednesday afternoon, July 31, 1935, at one o’clock at her home on East Pine street. Suffering for the past several years from arthritis, Mrs. Skeels suffered a stroke of apoplexy last Thursday, and gradually succumbed to the ravages of the ailment.• Short funeral services : will bp-field 'Frid^jr'rtttfeh :'*t 12'15‘Vcldek at the Cobb’ funeral home, and at-two o’clock rites will take place at the Little Sioux Valley Lutheran church near Rembrandt, of which she waa a member. Burial will take place In the church cemetery.Lived In Storm Lake - Mrs. Skeels was born October 2 1862, In Wlnneshlok county, Iowa,the daughter of Arne P. and Bertha (Hanson) Brandvold. She was united In marriage to B. F. Skeels In July of 1887, and they lived for many years at Storm Lake. Mr, Skeels is deceased.Surviving are two children. Dr. W. B. Skeels of Rockford, III., and Mrs. F. R. Gleason of Litchfield, Minn., a daughter, Grace, passing away In 1922| Grandchildren are Robert and Warren Skeels of Rockford, Dortha, Donald and Barbara Gleason of Litchfield, and Marian Trenery of Los Angeles, Calif., the latter being the daughter of Mrs. Grace Trenery.There are also three sisters and a brother ,Mrs. W. H. Parrish of Sioux Falls, Mrs. Rachel Engc-bretaon of Storm Lake, Mrs. Adolph Engebretson of Granite Falla, and George Brandvold of Rembrandt. Mr. and Mrs. Parrfeh have arrived for the funeral and Mrs. GleaBon has been attending her mothfr since the stroke suffered a week ago. N.-H.-.tiI}1
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Spencer News Herald
Spencer, Iowa, US
Fri, Aug 02, 1935
Page 11
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