Obit: Karsten, Bertha #3 (1882 - 1952)

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Surnames: Karsten, Kraut, Horn

----Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 06/19/1952

Karsten, Bertha #3 (3 MAR 1882 - 13 JUN 1952)

Friends of Mrs. Bertha Karsten, a pioneer resident of the Curtiss (Clark Co., Wis.) community, were grieved to learn of her sudden death on Friday, June 13^th, 1952.  She was taken ill suddenly while visiting at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Franklin Kraut, route 1, Owen, late Thursday and passed away while enroute to St. Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield, early Friday morning, suffering from coronary thrombosis.

Funeral services were conducted at two o’clock Monday, June 16^th from Christ Lutheran Church at Abbotsford, Wis.  Rev. F. H. Sprengler officiated and burial was made in the Green Grove Cemetery.  Serving as pallbearers were Ernie Boss, Harold Horn, Glenn Horn, LaVern Karsten, Charles Stout and Adolph Wessel.  In charge of the floral offerings were Mrs. Wm. Kaffarnus, Mrs. Donald Armstrong, Mrs. Gilbert Grambert, Mrs. Herbie Meyers, Mrs. Milton Meske, Mrs. Eugene Steinke and Miss Jerry Bowen.

The deceased was born on March 3, 1882 at Greenwood, Wis. and was 70 years, 3 months and 10 days of age at the time of her death.  Her aged mother preceded her in death, passing away on Jan. 22^nd of this year at the age of 97 years.  On May 10, 1902, Mrs. Karsten was united in marriage to Christ Karsten at Greenwood.  The couple then moved to a farm near Curtiss where they had made their home until 1940 when they sold their farm and moved to Abbotsford, Wis.  One year later Mr. Karsten passed away.

Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Martha Horn, Greenwood; two brothers, Alfred, Abbotsford and Harry of Curtiss, and one daughter, Mrs. Franklin Kraut, Curtiss.