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Edna Katie Haas Bertsch
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Birth: Oct. 2, 1921
Venturia
McIntosh County
North Dakota, USA
Death: Jan. 7, 2013
Aberdeen
Brown County
South Dakota, USA
Ashley, ND-Prayer service for Edna Katie Bertsch, 91, of Ashley will be 11:00 am, Saturday, January 12, 2013 at Ashley Baptist Church. The Rev. Bill Damberg will officiate.
Burial in Bertsch Station Baptist Cemetery.
Visitation will be Saturday from 10am-12 pm at the church.
Edna died January 7, 2013 at Avera St. Lukes Hospital in Aberdeen.
Edna Katie, daughter of Andrew B. and Magdalene (Dockter) Haas was born on October 2, 1921 four miles northeast of Venturia, McIntosh County, North Dakota. She had three brothers, Allan, Aaron and LeMar Haas and three sisters, Fay Haas Bertsch, LaVilla Haas Dollinger and Arly Haas Schnabel.
She attended the Albrights Valley Elementary School, District 3 in McIntosh County, ND. Edna was baptized in 1932 by Rev. August Heringerin at Hoskins Lake west of Ashley, ND and she remained active in the North American Baptist Church all her life. She was a member of the Baptist Youth Fellowship in her youth, the Baptist Church Ladies Aid and Circles, the Eureka Hospital Auxiliary and the Ashley Red Hatters. Edna also volunteered at the Ashley Medical Center Nursing Home during her active retirement years. This activity gave her great joy.
She married Aaron Bertsch on November 8, 1940 at the Venturia Baptist Church with Rev. Adolf Geunter officiating. To this union three children were born. They were partners in farming, the seed corn business and raising three children.
Upon retirement from farming Edna followed several of her interests in gainful employment, including sewing and alterations, housekeeping at the Lakeview Motel and the Eureka Hospital in Eureka, SD, Broen Nursing Home, Fergus Falls, MN, and the State Capital Building in Pierre, SD, and care-giving at the Redfield State Hospital, Redfield, SD. Edna's greatest joy was her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was an avid gardener and a wonderful cook and baker. Her grandchildren loved her cookies.
Edna has lived on farms near Venturia, ND and McLaughlin, SD; in the communities of Eureka, SD; Wishek, ND; Venturia, ND; Redfield, SD; Fergus Falls, MN Pierre, SD and Ashley, ND.
Edna is survived by a son Ronald (Ron) and wife Linda Bertsch, Plattsmouth, NE; a son Gerald (Gerry) and wife Cynthia Bertsch, Sheboygan, WI and a daughter Janice (Jan) and husband Harlan Quenzer, Mitchell, SD; ten grandchildren, Beth (Mark) Holdridge, Jeremy (Amber) Bertsch, Kari (John) Halweg, Kevin (Jessica) Bertsch, Kris (Julia) Bertsch, Jennifer (Andrew Katkin) Bertsch, Matthew (Jodi) Bertsch, Robert Quenzer/Michelle Anthony, Ann (Victor) Weinstein, Mary (Ali) Ghaffari and 16 great grandchildren; a brother LeMar and wife Jeannie Haas; sisters Fay Bertsch, LaVilla and husband Milbert Dollinger, Arly and husband Dennis Schnabel, many friends including Chris Maier, nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Aaron, brothers Allen and wife Ruth Haas and Aaron and wife Lori Haas, brother-in-law Leo Bertsch and nephew Lester Haas
The organist will be Jean Schnabel.
Carlsen Funeral Home of Ashley has been entrusted with arrangements.
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Parents:
Andrew B Haas (1894 - 1959)
Magdalena Dockter Haas (1897 - 1983)
Spouse:
Aaron Bertsch (1918 - 1996)*
Siblings:
Alan George Haas (1918 - 2012)*
Faye Marie Haas Bertsch (1919 - 2014)*
Edna Katie Haas Bertsch (1921 - 2013)
Aaron O. Haas (1923 - 2001)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Bertsch Cemetery
McPherson County
South Dakota, USA
Created by: Deborah Ridgway
Record added: Jan 12, 2013
Find A Grave Memorial# 103449625
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