Bertha VanWashenova's obituary, Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan Copyright © 2000 by Frank Nadeau. This copy contributed for use in the MIGenWeb Archives. MIGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed MIGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the MIGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file is located at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/monroe/monroe/obituary/v52507.txt OBITUARY Mrs. John P. (Bertha F.) VanWashenova, 70, of 9750 Swan Creek Rd. here died at 1 p.m. Monday in Ypsilanti State Hospital. She had been ill five years and in the hospital two weeks, Services will be at 8:45 a.rn. Thursday in the Allore Funeral Home at Monroe and at 9:30 a.m. in St. Charles Catholic Church here. Burial will be in St. Charles Cemetery. The rosary will he recited at 8 tonight and Wednesday night in the funeral home. Born May 21, 1890, at Trenton, she was the daughter of Frank and Josephine Boudrie. She was married to John P. VanWashenova Nov. 27, 1008, here and lived here most of her life. She was a member of St. Charles Church. Surviving are her husband; a daughter, Mrs. Frank Vajcner of Monroe; 3 brothers, Frank Boudrie of South Rockwood, Henry Boudrie of Lincoln Park and James Boudrie of Monroe; a sister, Mrs. Rillea LaBoe of River Rouge; 10 grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren.