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Bertha Ann Wiersma

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Bertha Ann Wiersma

Birth
Allendorf, Osceola County, Iowa, USA
Death
5 Dec 2016 (aged 87)
Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Bertha Ann Wiersma was born May 1, 1929 at Allendorf, IA the son of Edward and Elizabeth (Hodapp) Wiersma. Ann attended country school near Allendorf and graduated from Sibley High School in 1948. Ann started teaching country school and continued her education at Iowa Teachers College and later she graduated from UNI in Cedar Falls. She later taught in Milford and for most of her teaching career she taught for the Charles City school district. In 1994, after forty-three years she retired from teaching and in 2008 she moved to Sibley. She was involved in Alpha Delta Kappa, the Red Hats, Catholic Daughters, a gourmet cooking class and card club. Ann very much enjoyed traveling and visited many parts of the country. She also made trips to Ireland and Italy. She was an avid cat lover and had several faithful companions through the years. In her spare time she would do word searches and read many books. On July 9, 2011 she became a resident of Country View Manor in Sibley where she died this past Monday morning, December 5, 2016 at the age of eighty-seven.

She is survived by her sister-in-law, Hanna Wiersma of Sibley, IA; and 32 nieces and nephews; 76 great nieces and nephews; 79 great, great nieces and nephews; 8 great, great, great nieces and nephews and one great, great, great, great niece.

Ann was preceded in death by her parents, Edward and Elizabeth; one sister, Clara Johnson, two brothers, Bernard and Jerry Wiersma and one sister-in-law, Maryann Wiersma and four nieces and nephews.

Jurrens Funeral Home Sibley, Iowa
Bertha Ann Wiersma was born May 1, 1929 at Allendorf, IA the son of Edward and Elizabeth (Hodapp) Wiersma. Ann attended country school near Allendorf and graduated from Sibley High School in 1948. Ann started teaching country school and continued her education at Iowa Teachers College and later she graduated from UNI in Cedar Falls. She later taught in Milford and for most of her teaching career she taught for the Charles City school district. In 1994, after forty-three years she retired from teaching and in 2008 she moved to Sibley. She was involved in Alpha Delta Kappa, the Red Hats, Catholic Daughters, a gourmet cooking class and card club. Ann very much enjoyed traveling and visited many parts of the country. She also made trips to Ireland and Italy. She was an avid cat lover and had several faithful companions through the years. In her spare time she would do word searches and read many books. On July 9, 2011 she became a resident of Country View Manor in Sibley where she died this past Monday morning, December 5, 2016 at the age of eighty-seven.

She is survived by her sister-in-law, Hanna Wiersma of Sibley, IA; and 32 nieces and nephews; 76 great nieces and nephews; 79 great, great nieces and nephews; 8 great, great, great nieces and nephews and one great, great, great, great niece.

Ann was preceded in death by her parents, Edward and Elizabeth; one sister, Clara Johnson, two brothers, Bernard and Jerry Wiersma and one sister-in-law, Maryann Wiersma and four nieces and nephews.

Jurrens Funeral Home Sibley, Iowa


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  • Created by: Mark
  • Added: Dec 7, 2016
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173596240/bertha_ann-wiersma: accessed ), memorial page for Bertha Ann Wiersma (1 May 1929–5 Dec 2016), Find a Grave Memorial ID 173596240, citing Saint Andrews Catholic Cemetery, Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Mark (contributor 48867749).