Obit: Mertens, Sylvia (1906 - 2005)

Contact: Linda Mertens
Email: mertens@wiclarkcountyhistory.org


Surnames: Mertens, Rieming, Tennessen, Meyer


---Source - Helen Johnson's Scrapbook


Sylvia Mertens (13 Aug 1906 - 5 Jan 2005)

Sylvia C. Mertens, 98, of Medford died Wednesday, January 5, 2005, at Our House Assisted Living in Medford.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Medford. Burial will be in Dorchester Memorial Cemetery.

Visitation will be from noon to service time Saturday at the church.

Sylvia was born Aug. 13, 1906, in Milwaukee to Joseph and Sabina (Rieming) Tennessen. She married Albert A. Mertens on June 12, 1929, in Milwaukee. Albert preceded her in death in August 1968. Sylvia and Albert moved to Dorchester in 1944 where she was the librarian at the Dorchester library for many years.

She is survived by her sons, Henry (Pat) Mertens and Dennis (Aggie) Mertens of Medford; a daughter-in-law, Linda Mertens, Colorado Springs, CO; 11 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, three great-great-grandchildren; and one sister, Helen (Fritz) Meyer, Oconomowoc.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a son, Lloyd Mertens, in 1997, two brothers and two sisters.