Obituary Record

Bertha (Bickels) Eckel
Died on 5/5/1988

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Bertha Eckel, 80

Funeral services for Bertha Eckel were held May 7, 1988, at the United Methodist Church in Herman with Rev. Larry Orvis officiating. Burial was in the Shelby, Iowa, cemetery.

Bertha Pauline Eckel was born in Portsmouth, Iowa, November 16, 1907.

She was the daughter of Henry C. and Martha O. Kunkel Bickels.

After graduating from Shelby High School, she was employed for some years by the telephone company.

Bertha was united in marriage to Clyde A. Eckel August 9, 1939, and was confirmed in the Shelby United Lutheran Church.

Bertha died at Memorial Community Hospital, Blair, May 5.

She was preceded in death by her parents and an infant daughter, Mary Elizabeth.

Survivors include her husband Clyde, two step-daughters, Darlene (Mrs. Clarence) Cushing of Shelby, Dorothy (Mrs. Lewis) Mussy of Spring Valley, California, four grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren.

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