CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - OBITUARY OF BERTHA POWERS JENSEN

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Last Rites for Obert Woamn
Mrs. George Jensen Dies in South Sioux
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	OBERT - Funeral services were held at Zion Lutheran church here 
Monday afternoon for Mrs. Bertha Julia Jensen, 54, who died in South 
Sioux City, May 8 [1954], after a long illness.  She had been a resident 
of this community most of her life.
	Rev. Marcus Zill of South Sioux City officiated at the last 
rites and burial was in the Obert cemetery under direction of Smith 
Funeral Home.  Pallbearers were Burdette Anfinson, John Vogle, Raymond 
Blatchford, Rudolph Peterson, Wilbur Anderson and Claude Morten.
	Mrs. Jensen is survived by her husband, George; a daughter, Mrs. 
Joy Hardy of Sioux City, two sons, Joel of Sioux City, and Harvey of 
Randolph; her mother, Mrs. Mary Powers of Newcastle; a sister, Mrs. Albert 
McCalligan of Sioux City, and two brothers, John and Joe Powers of Newcastle.
	The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Powers, Bertha Julia was born 
at Newcastle December 5, 1899.  She was married to George Jensen in Sioux 
City February 26, 1919.  She lived in the Obert and Newcastle communities 
until four years ago when the family moved to South Sioux City.
	Among those from a distance who attended the funeral were Nick, 
Pete and Nels Smith of Hurley, S.D.; Mr. and Mrs. Albert McColligan and 
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Girad of Sioux City, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beltz of
Winnebago.


MAY 1954  CEDAR COUNTY NEWS