Obit: Wolter, Amelia Bertha (1875 – 1963)

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Surnames:  Wolter, Miller, Corbett, Oestreich, Reindel, Rohloff

----Source: Loyal Tribune (Loyal, Clark Co., Wis.) 08/01/1963

Wolter, Amelia Bertha (05 SEP 1875 – 23 JUL 1963)

Mrs. Amelia Wolter, 87, Loyal, died about 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 23, at the Bethel Convalescent Home from a lingering illness following a stroke.  Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Myre Funeral Home with Rev. W.R. Krueger, pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Spencer officiating.  Burial was made in the West Spencer Cemetery.  

Miss Mary Krueger sand “What A Friend” and “Heaven Is My Home”.  She was accompanied by Mrs. Arnold Bruesewirtz at the organ.

Pallbearers were all grandsons, Leslie Corbett, Marvin Corbett, Donald Oestreich, Robert Oestreich, Richard Oestreich and Don Reindel.

Mrs. Wolter was born September 5, 1875 at Blue Earth, Minnesota.  The former Amelia Bertha Miller was married to Gust Wolter at Blue Earth on January 5, 1899.  They continued to live at Blue Earth for two years then they moved to Almenta.  In 1920 they moved to Spencer where they lived until November of 1940 with the death of Mr. Wolter.  Mrs. Wolter then came to Loyal where she lived until her illness four years ago when she went to Bethel.  She was a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church and its Ladies Aid at Spencer. 

Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Frieda Corbett, Hillman, Minnesota; Mrs. Everett (Adaline) Oestreich and Mrs. Edward (Gertrude) Rohloff, Loyal; two sons, Carl Wolter, Pueblo, Colorado; and Daniel Wolter, Loyal; 20 grandchildren, 50 great-grandchildren; and one brother Henry Miller, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, Canada.  She was preceded in death by a daughter in infancy, 5 brothers and 3 sisters.