Funeral services for Otto H. Bartels, 79, Hawarden, were at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Zion Lutheran church. Burial was in Hillside cemetery at Edgerton, Minn.
Mr. Bartels died at his home Sunday. He was born Dec. 4, 1888, in Germany. In 1909, he came to the United States, but returned to Germany three years later. In 1914, he and his family came to the United States and settled in the Hardwick area.
Mr. Bartels married Martha Scheel, Oct. 18, 1916, at Edgerton. They farmed in Pipestone and Rock counties until 1954 when they retired and moved to Hardwick.
Survivors are his wife; a son, Elmer of Jasper, Minn.; six daughters, Mrs. John Brockberg of Jasper, Mrs. Raymond Brockberg of Fairmont, Minn., Mrs. Eugene Meyer of Pipestone, Minn., Mrs. Clarence Busch of Fulda, Minn., and
Mrs. Kenneth Busch and Mrs. Elbert Jessen, both of Hardwick; four sisters, Mrs. Rudolph Rieck and Mrs. Bertha Smidt, both of Pipestone, Mrs. John Smidt of Trosky, Minn., and Mrs. Margaret Herman in New Jersey; three brothers, Ernest of Pipestone, William of Edgerton and John in Germany; 10 grandchildren, and 4 great-grandchildren.
Le Mars Daily Sentinel
Wednesday, Jan. 3, 1968
Le Mars, Iowa
Funeral services for Otto H. Bartels, 79, Hawarden, were at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Zion Lutheran church. Burial was in Hillside cemetery at Edgerton, Minn.
Mr. Bartels died at his home Sunday. He was born Dec. 4, 1888, in Germany. In 1909, he came to the United States, but returned to Germany three years later. In 1914, he and his family came to the United States and settled in the Hardwick area.
Mr. Bartels married Martha Scheel, Oct. 18, 1916, at Edgerton. They farmed in Pipestone and Rock counties until 1954 when they retired and moved to Hardwick.
Survivors are his wife; a son, Elmer of Jasper, Minn.; six daughters, Mrs. John Brockberg of Jasper, Mrs. Raymond Brockberg of Fairmont, Minn., Mrs. Eugene Meyer of Pipestone, Minn., Mrs. Clarence Busch of Fulda, Minn., and
Mrs. Kenneth Busch and Mrs. Elbert Jessen, both of Hardwick; four sisters, Mrs. Rudolph Rieck and Mrs. Bertha Smidt, both of Pipestone, Mrs. John Smidt of Trosky, Minn., and Mrs. Margaret Herman in New Jersey; three brothers, Ernest of Pipestone, William of Edgerton and John in Germany; 10 grandchildren, and 4 great-grandchildren.
Le Mars Daily Sentinel
Wednesday, Jan. 3, 1968
Le Mars, Iowa
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