OBITUARY: Mrs. Alfred (Bertha Ferley) Halvorson, 1885-1974, Worth Co., Iowa Copyright (c) 2003 by Elaine Bergan (Note: Not necessarily related to the subject of this obituary.) This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. Mrs. Alfred (Bertha) Halvorson Mrs. Alfred (Bertha) Halvorson (79 ??) died October 30, 1974 at her home in Northwood. Her funeral was held at First Shell Rock Lutheran Church, with the Rev.Alf Merseth in charge and burial in Somber Synod Cemetery. She was a native of Silver Lake, daughter of Lewis and Josephine Ferley, having been born October 6, 1885. She married Alfred Halvorson on May 26, 1918. He died in 1954. Her son Lester died in 1967. She is survived by a son, Alton, Ames; a sister, Julie Ferley, Northwood; brother, Arthur, Woodburn, Oregon; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.