Mrs. Bertha E. Anderson, a resident of the Good Shepherd Home for the past 8 years, died there last Friday, January 24th. She was 90 years of age.
Mrs. Anderson was born at Kennard on February 22, 1884 to Mr. and Mrs. John Japp. She graduated from the Kennard High School in 1900 and later attended a School of Business at Grand Island. She was baptized and a member of the Emmaus lutheran Church in Kennard.
On June 14, 1905 Bertha "Laura" Eleanor Japp became the bride of Edward Sherman Anderson, and the couple spent their active life as farmers in the Kennard area. Her husband and a son, Nels preceded her in death.
She is survived by two sons and two daughters.
The sons are Roscoe Anderson of Kennard and John Anderson, also of Kennard. The daughters are Mrs. Elvina Helsley, of Castleford, Idaho and Mrs. Leola Kemp of Gillette, Wyoming.
A brother, Ernest Japp, also of Gillette, Wyoming survives. There are 9 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren and 11 great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at the Emmaus Lutheran Church in Kennard Tuesday afternoon, January 28th. The Rev. Joseph Myers conducted the service. Burial under the direction of the Campbell Mortuary in Blair was made in the Kennard Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Ray Rosenbaum, Loren Reining, Duane Helsley, Bill, Bob and Jerry Anderson.
Source
Printed in the Washington County Enterprise on 1/30/1975
Mrs. Bertha E. Anderson, a resident of the Good Shepherd Home for the past 8 years, died there last Friday, January 24th. She was 90 years of age.
Mrs. Anderson was born at Kennard on February 22, 1884 to Mr. and Mrs. John Japp. She graduated from the Kennard High School in 1900 and later attended a School of Business at Grand Island. She was baptized and a member of the Emmaus lutheran Church in Kennard.
On June 14, 1905 Bertha "Laura" Eleanor Japp became the bride of Edward Sherman Anderson, and the couple spent their active life as farmers in the Kennard area. Her husband and a son, Nels preceded her in death.
She is survived by two sons and two daughters.
The sons are Roscoe Anderson of Kennard and John Anderson, also of Kennard. The daughters are Mrs. Elvina Helsley, of Castleford, Idaho and Mrs. Leola Kemp of Gillette, Wyoming.
A brother, Ernest Japp, also of Gillette, Wyoming survives. There are 9 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren and 11 great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at the Emmaus Lutheran Church in Kennard Tuesday afternoon, January 28th. The Rev. Joseph Myers conducted the service. Burial under the direction of the Campbell Mortuary in Blair was made in the Kennard Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Ray Rosenbaum, Loren Reining, Duane Helsley, Bill, Bob and Jerry Anderson.
Source
Printed in the Washington County Enterprise on 1/30/1975
Family Members
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John Fredrick Japp
1869–1962
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August Hinrich "Henry" Japp
1870–1945
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Minnie Dorothy Japp Schneider
1872–1962
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Gustav Emil Japp
1873–1899
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Gustav Emil "Emil" Japp
1873–1899
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William Lansa Japp
1875–1957
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George Herman Japp
1878–1964
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Katherine Adele Japp Miller
1880–1952
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Emma P. Japp Rosenbaum
1882–1960
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Ernest Luther Japp
1889–1976
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Elizabeth Irene Japp White
1893–1955
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