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Bertha Wilhelmina <I>Witt</I> Mangels

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Bertha Wilhelmina Witt Mangels

Birth
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Death
15 May 1926 (aged 62)
Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Walcott, Scott County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Mrs. B. Mangels of Walcott Dies Here

Mrs. Bertha Mangels, a resident of Walcott, died at 4:30 a.m. today at St. Luke's Hospital. Her death terminated an illness of five weeks' duration.

Born in Insel, Seemann, Germany, March 22, 1864, she came to this country and direct to Davenport in 1881. Here she was married to John W. Mangels in 1885. After their marriage the couple settled on a farm near Blue Grass.

They lived there until four years ago when they retired and moved to Walcott. Surviving, besides her husband, are two daughters, Mrs. Theodore Stock of Walcott and Mrs. Herman Steffen of Davenport, and three sons, Rudolph C. Mangels of Toledo, O., and Geo. and Ben Mangels, at home.

She is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Henry Stock of Germany and Mrs. George Krooss of Brooklyn, N.Y., and fifteen grandchildren.

The funeral will be held from the late home in Walcott at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in the Walcott cemetery. The body was removed to the Runge mortuary and will remain there until Monday afternoon, when it will be taken to the home.

(The Daily Times - Davenport, Iowa - Saturday, May 15, 1926 - Page 4)
Mrs. B. Mangels of Walcott Dies Here

Mrs. Bertha Mangels, a resident of Walcott, died at 4:30 a.m. today at St. Luke's Hospital. Her death terminated an illness of five weeks' duration.

Born in Insel, Seemann, Germany, March 22, 1864, she came to this country and direct to Davenport in 1881. Here she was married to John W. Mangels in 1885. After their marriage the couple settled on a farm near Blue Grass.

They lived there until four years ago when they retired and moved to Walcott. Surviving, besides her husband, are two daughters, Mrs. Theodore Stock of Walcott and Mrs. Herman Steffen of Davenport, and three sons, Rudolph C. Mangels of Toledo, O., and Geo. and Ben Mangels, at home.

She is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Henry Stock of Germany and Mrs. George Krooss of Brooklyn, N.Y., and fifteen grandchildren.

The funeral will be held from the late home in Walcott at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in the Walcott cemetery. The body was removed to the Runge mortuary and will remain there until Monday afternoon, when it will be taken to the home.

(The Daily Times - Davenport, Iowa - Saturday, May 15, 1926 - Page 4)


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