----Source: Tribune-Record-Gleaner (Clark County, Wis.) 02/25/1981

Sternitzky, Martha (1893 - 1981)

Mrs. Martha Sternitzky, 87, of Memorial Home, Neillsville, Clark County, died at 2 p.m., Friday, Feb. 20, 1981, at Memorial Home.

Officiating for the funeral at Zion Lutheran Church, Granton, was Rev. Horst Augustin, at 11 a.m., Monday, Feb. 23. Caroline Helm was the organist and burial was in the Zion Lutheran Cemetery.

Stanley Sternitzky, Marvin Sternitzky, Jerry Schmitz, Gary Sternitzky, Delmar Sternitzky, George Marco and Edward Grobe served as pallbearers. Gilbertson Funeral Home, Granton, handled arrangements.

Martha Burdick was born on Sept. 24, 1893, at Mount Tabor, Vernon County, to Alfred and Flora (nee Kiser) Burdick. She received her education at Maple Grove School in the Town of Lynn.

She married Louis Sternitzky in the Town of Lynn on Aug. 8, 1911. He died on June 21, 1965.

They farmed in the Town of Lynn until 1960. She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Granton, and its Ladies Aid.

Surviving are five sons, Melvin, Clarence and David of Granton; George of Marshfield; and Thearon of Renton, Wash.; one daughter, Mrs. Leslie (Clara) Lewis of Chili; 20 grandchildren 30 great-grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Joseph (Ann) Pernsteiner, Sr. of Greenwood.