OBITUARY: Emma Williamina F. Bartz, Mitchell County, Iowa



                  BARTZ, Emma Williamina Friedrika  

Funeral services for Emma Bartz, 95, who died at the St. Ansgar Good 
Samaritan Center, Jan. 15 were held Tuesday at the Immanuel Lutheran 
church in St. Ansgar. The Rev. Norman Betke church pastor, was in charge 
of the services, and burial was in the St. Ansgar cemetery. 

Emma Williamina Friedrika Bartz, was born March 27, 1870 in Newburg 
township, near St. Ansgar. She was baptized in early infancy and confirmed 
by the Rev. Zalinger at St. John's Lutheran church in Rock township. She 
remained a member of the Lutheran church, joining with Immanuel Lutheran 
after moving to St. Ansgar with her father and sister in 1907. For many 
years Emma worked as a seamstress. 

She remained in good health until Oct. 1, 1965, when she fell and broke 
her hip. She was confined to Mitchell County Memorial hospital until she 
was transferred to the Good Samaritan Center in St. Ansgar. 

She was preceded in death by her parents, six brothers and two sisters. 

She is survived by her youngest sister, Alreka of St. Ansgar. 





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