OBITUARY: Malinda Augusta Bartz, 1915-2003, Worth County, Iowa [Northwood Anchor online - www.northwoodanchor.com - Posted January 28, 2003] (Copyrighted) Malinda Bartz, 87 Malinda Augusta Bartz, 87, died Jan. 22, 2003, at the Good Samaritan Center, St. Ansgar, IA. Funeral services were Saturday at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Grafton, with Rev. Wayne Ellingson officiating. Burial was at the Grafton Cemetery. Malinda was born on Dec. 1, 1915 in Grafton, IA, to John and Emma (Glauwitz) Bork. She was baptized in 1916 at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Grafton, and also was confirmed on March 29, 1931. Malinda married Harvey Bartz on June 27, 1932 at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Grafton. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Harvey on Sept. 5, 1991; daughter Karen in 1944; step-granddaughter Marie in 2002; six brothers, Edwin, John, Clarence, Arthur, Walter and Roy; six sisters, Laura Krueger, Myrtle Rappath, Esther Anderson, Verna Schlotterback, Wilma Graffin and Ruth Dalluge. Survivors include one son, Richard and wife Jean of Eau Galle, WI; four daughters, Bonnie Deal and husband Virl of Grafton; Betty Jordan and husband Edwin of Grafton, Sharon Anderson and husband Allen of Northwood, Judy Hickman and husband Russell of Glendale, AZ; 15 grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; 15 step-great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; 11 step-great-great-grandchildren; three sisters, Irene Hartwig of Grafton, Elsie Kline of Grafton and Genevieve Furness of Cedar Rapids, IA. Copyright (c) 2003 by Kermit Kittleson (Note: Not necessarily related to the subject of this obituary.) This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives.