Birthe was named for her paternal grandmother, Birthe Marie NIELSEN Hansen. She was the oldest child out of nine (7 lived past infancy) of Niels Hansen (04 Nov 1857-16 Jul 1941) and Ottoline Dideriekke Madsen AAGAARD Hansen(26 Oct 1855-13 May 1911) both from Denmark.
Birthe (Bertha) met and married William Alvin Ward 08 Jul 1903 in Neola, Iowa. Together they would have three children (Floyd Marines Ward, Elsie Vivenia WARD O'Brien, and Eugene Alvin Ward.
Birthe was six months pregnant with Floyd M. Ward when she finally married William Alvin Ward. Niels Hansen, Bertha's father, was none too happy about that situation and never forgave his son-in-law. It was Niels who held up the marriage until just before her first child was born. They were married on Niels Hansen's front porch.
Birthe (Bertha) Mae HANSEN Ward was left a widow, early in life, her husband died in a tractor accident. She was always a hard-working self-sufficient woman. There is a story that for a short period of time she cleaned houses and took in laundry after she lost her husband and the farm in 1936. Otto Hansen, one of her brothers, and the rest of the Hansens were none too happy about the situation and decided to have a "reunion" which served as a time to place Bertha in the Harrison Street house in Council Bluffs, Iowa (which she rented some of it out ) and gave her the income of some oil wells during her lifetime. She used a "push mower" to cut her grass well into her 80's.
Obituary
Bertha passed away at the Comm. Memorial Hospital in Mo. Valley, IA where she had been a patient for 3 days. She had been a resident of the Longview Home Nursing Home since January 1970. Bertha's husband, Alvin, died early in life due to a tractor accident. Her children were left to help support her needs. The Ward house (a Sears model) off the Beebeetown Iowa exit, that had been built by Alvin and Floyd had to be sold. The farm and livestock were sold at auction. Bertha's brothers helped her purchase a home in Co Bluffs where she was able to take in boarders. She continued to do this until she moved to Mo. Valley to live with her son Floyd and wife Alice in the late 60's.
She is survived by two sons, Floyd of Mo. Valley and Eugene from Co. Bluffs, brothers Richard, Robert and Mace Hansen; 9 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren. Interment at Grange Cemetery, Loveland, Iowa.
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Birthe (Bertha) met and married William Alvin Ward 08 Jul 1903 in Neola, Iowa. Together they would have three children (Floyd Marines Ward, Elsie Vivenia WARD O'Brien, and Eugene Alvin Ward.
Birthe was six months pregnant with Floyd M. Ward when she finally married William Alvin Ward. Niels Hansen, Bertha's father, was none too happy about that situation and never forgave his son-in-law. It was Niels who held up the marriage until just before her first child was born. They were married on Niels Hansen's front porch.
Birthe (Bertha) Mae HANSEN Ward was left a widow, early in life, her husband died in a tractor accident. She was always a hard-working self-sufficient woman. There is a story that for a short period of time she cleaned houses and took in laundry after she lost her husband and the farm in 1936. Otto Hansen, one of her brothers, and the rest of the Hansens were none too happy about the situation and decided to have a "reunion" which served as a time to place Bertha in the Harrison Street house in Council Bluffs, Iowa (which she rented some of it out ) and gave her the income of some oil wells during her lifetime. She used a "push mower" to cut her grass well into her 80's.
Obituary
Bertha passed away at the Comm. Memorial Hospital in Mo. Valley, IA where she had been a patient for 3 days. She had been a resident of the Longview Home Nursing Home since January 1970. Bertha's husband, Alvin, died early in life due to a tractor accident. Her children were left to help support her needs. The Ward house (a Sears model) off the Beebeetown Iowa exit, that had been built by Alvin and Floyd had to be sold. The farm and livestock were sold at auction. Bertha's brothers helped her purchase a home in Co Bluffs where she was able to take in boarders. She continued to do this until she moved to Mo. Valley to live with her son Floyd and wife Alice in the late 60's.
She is survived by two sons, Floyd of Mo. Valley and Eugene from Co. Bluffs, brothers Richard, Robert and Mace Hansen; 9 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren. Interment at Grange Cemetery, Loveland, Iowa.
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Birthe was named for her paternal grandmother, Birthe Marie NIELSEN Hansen. She was the oldest child out of nine (7 lived past infancy) of Niels Hansen (04 Nov 1857-16 Jul 1941) and Ottoline Dideriekke Madsen AAGAARD Hansen(26 Oct 1855-13 May 1911) both from Denmark.
Birthe (Bertha) met and married William Alvin Ward 08 Jul 1903 in Neola, Iowa. Together they would have three children (Floyd Marines Ward, Elsie Vivenia WARD O'Brien, and Eugene Alvin Ward.
Birthe was six months pregnant with Floyd M. Ward when she finally married William Alvin Ward. Niels Hansen, Bertha's father, was none too happy about that situation and never forgave his son-in-law. It was Niels who held up the marriage until just before her first child was born. They were married on Niels Hansen's front porch.
Birthe (Bertha) Mae HANSEN Ward was left a widow, early in life, her husband died in a tractor accident. She was always a hard-working self-sufficient woman. There is a story that for a short period of time she cleaned houses and took in laundry after she lost her husband and the farm in 1936. Otto Hansen, one of her brothers, and the rest of the Hansens were none too happy about the situation and decided to have a "reunion" which served as a time to place Bertha in the Harrison Street house in Council Bluffs, Iowa (which she rented some of it out ) and gave her the income of some oil wells during her lifetime. She used a "push mower" to cut her grass well into her 80's.
Obituary
Bertha passed away at the Comm. Memorial Hospital in Mo. Valley, IA where she had been a patient for 3 days. She had been a resident of the Longview Home Nursing Home since January 1970. Bertha's husband, Alvin, died early in life due to a tractor accident. Her children were left to help support her needs. The Ward house (a Sears model) off the Beebeetown Iowa exit, that had been built by Alvin and Floyd had to be sold. The farm and livestock were sold at auction. Bertha's brothers helped her purchase a home in Co Bluffs where she was able to take in boarders. She continued to do this until she moved to Mo. Valley to live with her son Floyd and wife Alice in the late 60's.
She is survived by two sons, Floyd of Mo. Valley and Eugene from Co. Bluffs, brothers Richard, Robert and Mace Hansen; 9 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren. Interment at Grange Cemetery, Loveland, Iowa.
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Birthe (Bertha) met and married William Alvin Ward 08 Jul 1903 in Neola, Iowa. Together they would have three children (Floyd Marines Ward, Elsie Vivenia WARD O'Brien, and Eugene Alvin Ward.
Birthe was six months pregnant with Floyd M. Ward when she finally married William Alvin Ward. Niels Hansen, Bertha's father, was none too happy about that situation and never forgave his son-in-law. It was Niels who held up the marriage until just before her first child was born. They were married on Niels Hansen's front porch.
Birthe (Bertha) Mae HANSEN Ward was left a widow, early in life, her husband died in a tractor accident. She was always a hard-working self-sufficient woman. There is a story that for a short period of time she cleaned houses and took in laundry after she lost her husband and the farm in 1936. Otto Hansen, one of her brothers, and the rest of the Hansens were none too happy about the situation and decided to have a "reunion" which served as a time to place Bertha in the Harrison Street house in Council Bluffs, Iowa (which she rented some of it out ) and gave her the income of some oil wells during her lifetime. She used a "push mower" to cut her grass well into her 80's.
Obituary
Bertha passed away at the Comm. Memorial Hospital in Mo. Valley, IA where she had been a patient for 3 days. She had been a resident of the Longview Home Nursing Home since January 1970. Bertha's husband, Alvin, died early in life due to a tractor accident. Her children were left to help support her needs. The Ward house (a Sears model) off the Beebeetown Iowa exit, that had been built by Alvin and Floyd had to be sold. The farm and livestock were sold at auction. Bertha's brothers helped her purchase a home in Co Bluffs where she was able to take in boarders. She continued to do this until she moved to Mo. Valley to live with her son Floyd and wife Alice in the late 60's.
She is survived by two sons, Floyd of Mo. Valley and Eugene from Co. Bluffs, brothers Richard, Robert and Mace Hansen; 9 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren. Interment at Grange Cemetery, Loveland, Iowa.
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