She was born August 22, 1902 at Barnard, Kansas, the daughter of James Edward (J.E.) and Hannah Jane (Jennie) Burkepile Hunter.
She was a 1920 high school graduate of Barnard, Kansas.; B.S. from Ft. Hays Kansas State University, Hays, Kansas.; M.A. from Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado. She taught school at the following: Lincoln area (Pinon, Union Four) and in the following towns: in Kansas- Brownell, Weskan, Tribune; in Colorado - Louisville, Westwood and finally at the Emily Griffith Opportunity School in Denver for 20 years, teaching adult clothing and textiles, retiring from there in 1967. She was a member of national, state and local teachers associations; Kappa Omicron Phi, Delta Zeta Sorority; Delta Kappa Gamme Society, Eastern Star, and a member of the Central Presbyterian Church of Denver, Colorado.
Bertha had many interests beyond her teaching and some were china and oil painting, reading, gourmet cooking, genealogy and traveling.
On June 25, 1950, she married Dr. Harrison Talhelm, a dentist, at Wichita, Kansas. He preceded her in death on December 28, 1966.
Out of a family of fifteen children only one sister, Ruth Hunter, of Wichita, Kansas survives her. Other survivors include many nieces and nephews.
Funeral was held on May 6, 1996 at 11 A.M. at the Hall Mortuary, Lincoln, Kansas with her niece, the Rev. Barbara Hunter-Parker presiding. Graveside service and burial was at the Highland Cemetery, Minneapolis, Kansas.
She was born August 22, 1902 at Barnard, Kansas, the daughter of James Edward (J.E.) and Hannah Jane (Jennie) Burkepile Hunter.
She was a 1920 high school graduate of Barnard, Kansas.; B.S. from Ft. Hays Kansas State University, Hays, Kansas.; M.A. from Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado. She taught school at the following: Lincoln area (Pinon, Union Four) and in the following towns: in Kansas- Brownell, Weskan, Tribune; in Colorado - Louisville, Westwood and finally at the Emily Griffith Opportunity School in Denver for 20 years, teaching adult clothing and textiles, retiring from there in 1967. She was a member of national, state and local teachers associations; Kappa Omicron Phi, Delta Zeta Sorority; Delta Kappa Gamme Society, Eastern Star, and a member of the Central Presbyterian Church of Denver, Colorado.
Bertha had many interests beyond her teaching and some were china and oil painting, reading, gourmet cooking, genealogy and traveling.
On June 25, 1950, she married Dr. Harrison Talhelm, a dentist, at Wichita, Kansas. He preceded her in death on December 28, 1966.
Out of a family of fifteen children only one sister, Ruth Hunter, of Wichita, Kansas survives her. Other survivors include many nieces and nephews.
Funeral was held on May 6, 1996 at 11 A.M. at the Hall Mortuary, Lincoln, Kansas with her niece, the Rev. Barbara Hunter-Parker presiding. Graveside service and burial was at the Highland Cemetery, Minneapolis, Kansas.
Family Members
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William Edward "Bill" Hunter
1886–1965
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Edith Rachel Hunter Little
1888–1967
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Hardin Harry Hunter
1890–1982
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Harlan Lemont Hunter
1890–1950
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Anna Mary Hunter Hart
1892–1985
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Roy Clayton Hunter
1893–1954
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Ruth Irene Hunter
1895–2000
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Neva Blanche Hunter Will
1897–1974
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Florence Malinda Hunter Parsons
1898–1994
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Cora Martha Hunter Smith
1900–1968
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Elsie Beryl Hunter Cole
1904–1994
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Arthur Milton Hunter
1906–1919
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Lawrence Elton Hunter
1909–1965
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Wayne Allan Hunter
1912–1988
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