Services Wednesday for Gebke Bartell of Buckley Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at the Kelley Funeral home for Mrs. Gebke Renstina Bartell, 83, who died Sunday morning at her home in Buckley following a hine months illness. Rev. E. M. Goltermann officiated, and burial was in the Kopmann cemetery at Gifford. She was born September 20, 1866 at Spetzerfane, Germany and was the daughter of John and Gretchen Ells Duitsman. She spent her childhood in Golden and Flatville, Ill., and was married March 7, 1888, at Flatville to Bartel Bartell, who died February 14, 1941. She came to the United States with her parents at the age of two, later moving to Buckley. Following their retirement from farming at Buckley the couple moved to Gifford. Mrs. Bartell returned to Buckley in 1947. Surviving are two sons, John of Buckley and Barney of Gifford; two daughters, Mrs. Sadie Trusheim and Mrs. Gertrude Krumwiede, both of Buckley; one sister, Mrs. Tida Busboom of Beatrice, Neb., and a brother Bernhard Duitsman of Gifford; 11 grand- children and nine great grandchildren. One son and five brothers preceded her in death. Mrs. Bartell was a member of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran church at Buckley. ------------------------------------------------------------- UGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organiza- tions or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contri- butor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Loretta Krumwiede Barlow