Franklin-Wright County IA Archives Obituaries.....Butenhoff, Bertha Willimina Korth February 24, 1917 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ia/iafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Don Hansen mushroom-1@sbcglobal.net May 31, 2006, 6:47 pm The Dows Advocate (IA) Bertha was born 10/5/1864 in Zarpen, Germany. She came with her parents to the United States in 1867 aboard the sailing ship Palmerston, Settling in WI. Later, they moved to Franklin County, IA until 1916, when they moved back to WI. On 2/23/1888, she married G. H. Butenhoff. They had 11 children. Survivors include her husband, eight children, Adolph of Dows, Mrs. E. A. Thomas of Dexter, MN; Arthur, Leo, Gustave, Hilda, Lulu and Walter, all of Earl WI, her aged mother, five brothers and three sisters all living in this vicinity. She was buried 2/27/1917 in Morgan Cemetery, east of Dows. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ia/franklin/obits/b/butenhof9nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/iafiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb