OBITUARY: Mrs. Elmer (Bertha) Myrtle Black, Mitchell County, Iowa



                             MRS. ELMER BLACK

OSAGE- Mrs. Elmer (Bertha) Black 67, Mitchell, died Friday morning at the
Mitchell County Memorial Hospital. She had suffered a stroke Thursday.

Born at Compton, Ill., March 17, 1897, she was the daughter of William
and Charity Myrtle.

In 1910 she came to Mitchell County with her brother and his family. She was
married to Elmer Black in 1917. They farmed near Stacyville until moving to
Mitchell a few years ago.

Surviving are her husband, two sons, George, Mason City; Claude, Waterloo;
a daughter, Mrs. Clem (Kathryn) Lovik, Mitchell; a stepsister, Mrs. Doris
Dean, Cedar Falls; two brothers, L. E. Myrtle, Osage; John W. Myrtle,
Rockford, Ill., nine grandchildren.

Services are set tentatively for Monday afternoon at Faith Lutheran Church
in Mitchell.

Champion Funeral Home is in charge. (Dec. 18, 1964) 





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