Obit: Zickert, Bertha (1898 - 1971)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Zickert, Steinberg, Quast, Heiman, Grey, Belter, Lindloff

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 7/29/1971

Zickert, Bertha (3 December 1898 - 25 July 1971)

Funeral services for Mrs. Frank (Bertha) Zickert, 72, of Neillsville, who died July 25, were held Wednesday, July 28, at 1:30 p.m. from St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church with the Rev. Norman W. Lindloff officiating. Burial was made in the Neillsville City Cemetery. The Georgas Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Bertha Zickert, the daughter of Lewis and Anna (Steinberg) Quast, was born December 3, 1898, in the Town of Seif, where she received her education. Her marriage to Frank Zickert took place November 17, 1920, in Neillsville. The Zickert’s farmed until 1950, when they retired and moved in to Neillsville. Mrs. Zickert, who had worked for Auto-Test, Inc., was ill for the last year. She was a member of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church and of its Ladies Aid Society.

Survivors in addition to her husband, include two children, Franklin Zickert of Rt. 3, Neillsville, and Mrs. Marvin (Arlene) Heiman of Marshall; two sisters, Mrs. Helen Grey of Fond du Lac and Mrs. Gust (Martha) Belter of Eau Claire; three brothers, Henry Quast of Alma Center, Martin Quast of West Allis and Frederick Quast of Rt. 3, Neillsville; nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.