Died 2 Feb 1980; Buried in Prairie View Cemetery

Elmer Bertelsen Is Buried On Saturday

Funeral services were at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Bennington for Elmer Bertelsen, age 72 years, of Washington. Rev. Norman E. Schroeder officiated. Burial was in Prairie View Cemetery.

Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Ronald {(Charlotte) Rabbass Rapid City, South Dakota; one sister, Mrs. Chris (Agnes) Mathieson Burlingame, California; and one brother, Bertel Bertelsen of Washington, Nebraska.

Memorials may be sent to St. John’s Lutheran Church in Bennington.

Hadan-Golden Mortuary in Bennington was in charge of arrangements for the services.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~