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Bertha Brocker

Female 1863 - 1944  (81 years)


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  • Name Bertha Brocker 
    Born 03 Apr 1863  Manitowoc County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 07 Nov 1944  Hilbert, Calumet Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I73450  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 1 Apr 2015 

    Family Rudolph Henry Pruess,   b. 27 Aug 1857, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Aug 1924, Calumet County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Children 
     1. Edmund Pruess,   b. 17 Feb 1888, Calumet County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jan 1953, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     2. Oscar Pruess,   b. 29 May 1900,   d. 31 Jan 1970, Hilbert, Calumet Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F28650  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • HILBERT - Mrs. Bertha Pruess, 81, a resident of this community, passed away Tuesday evening at the home of her son, Oscar, here.
      Nee Bertha Broeker, the deceased, was born in the town of Eaton, Manitowoc County, on April 3, 1863. Her marriage to Rudolph Pruess was performed at New Holstein on Sept. 16, 1884 and immediately following their marriage the couple moved to a farm near Chilton.

      Since the death of her husband on Aug. 13, 1924, she had been making her home with her son, Oscar Pruess, in Hilbert.
      Survivors include, in addition to Oscar, one other son, Edmund, town of Chilton; seven grandchildren; one great-grandchild and one sister, Mrs. Emma Broeker, Norfolk, Neb.
      Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Oscar Pruess residence here, and at 2 p.m. at the Ebenezer Reformed church, Chilton. The Rev. E. L. Hennig, pastor, will officiate and interment will be in Chilton's Hillside cemetery.

      Publication:
      Sheboygan Press - Nov. 8, 1944