Fick, Bertha Augusta (Zechel) 1866 – 1916

FICK, ZECHEL

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 6/5/2021 at 14:43:40

Cresco Plain Dealer Oct. 13, 1916 P-1 C-3

Bertha Augusta Zechel was born in Germany, Nov. 5, 1866, was baptized in the Lutheran Church and came to America with her folks at the age of seven and lived in Milwaukee, Wis.; was confirmed there April 6, 1879. She was married to Frank Fick Feb. 24 1889, and came to Howard County, Iowa, where they lived for many years and in 1913 moved to North Dak., where she died Oct. 7, 1916, at her home at Mapleton, N. D., after a short illness of six days and was taken to Ft. Atkinson, Wis., for burial. She leaves to mourn her husband and seven children, four boys and three girls, who were all with her till the last, and three sisters and one brother and many other relatives and friends.

Transcriber’s Note: Find a Grave shows she is buried in the Evergreen Cemetery in Ft. Atkinson, WI.