9 Hartje/ Bertha Louise Abraham Find a Grave memorial

Bertha Louise Hartje died at the age of 93 on September 16, 1994.  She died in Wedgewood Manor, Cavalier, Pembina, North Dakota.  She would have been 94 in two more months and had only moved into the nursing home in February of 1993.  She was a strong independent woman.

Bertha Hartje death
The Bismark Tribune,
page 9, September 20, 19941

I found an obituary in the Grand Forks Herald. Five of her children were alive at the time of her death.

Bertha Louise (Abraham) Hartje
Grand Forks Herald, September 18, 19942

Here is the copy of her death certificate.

Bertha Louise (Abraham) Hartje
copy death certificate3

I am sad to say that Bertha is not even listed on Find A Grave.  Hopefully we can remedy this and add photos as well as a memorial.  Here is what we plan to add for her memorial.

                                              Bertha Louise (Abraham) Hartje

Bertha Louise Abraham was born November 16, 1900 in Hensel, Pembina, North Dakota to Theodore Abraham (1866-1923) and Emma Sommer or Emma Kittner(born 1871) (There is conflicting evidence, one may be her birth name and the other a first marriage).

Bertha has one step brother, Herman Kittner (born Dec 1894), one sister, Celia E Abraham (1905-1910), one brother, William J Abraham (1906-1987).

Bertha married Alfred William Hartje (1896-1969) on February 2, 1920 in Gretna, Manitoba.  Bertha and Alfred lived and worked on farms in Pembina and Walsh Counties in North Dakota.  Her grandson remembers her walking into town to work at a store for years.  I have not been able to find any official record of this so far.  Bertha and Alfred had seven children.  Harvey Laverne Hartje (1921-1999), Lloyd William Hartje (1922-1954), Ardell Harold Hartje (1924-2008), Hazel Louella Hartje (1926-1953) Pearl I. Hartje (1927-2006), Sidney Alfred Hartje (1930-2014) and Lee Edward Hartje (1932-2012).

Bertha died Friday, September 16, 1994 in Wedgewood Manor, Cavalier, Pembina, North Dakota.  Before moving to the nursing home, Bertha lived in the Corner Court Trailer Park in Grafton, North Dakota.

Happy Discoveries to you from one Ancestral Explorer to another,
Janet

Sources:
1.  'Bertha Louise Hartje', The Bismark Tribune, page 9, September 20, 1994.

2.  'Bertha Louise Hartje' Grand Forks Herald, September 18, 1994.

3.  'Bertha Louise Hartje' North Dakota Death Certificate, family records.