Submitted by Melva Taylor
The Daily Gazette, Sterling-Rock Falls, Illinois
July 24, 1958 - Thursday, pg 2 col 2
BERTHA EVELYN (Nelson) ANDERSON
Mrs. Arthur Anderson Of Tampico Succumbs After Long Illness
Tampico: - Mrs. Arthur W. (Bertha Evelyn) Anderson, 70, passed away at 10 p.m. Wednesday in the family home two miles south of Tampico after a lengthy illness.
Funeral rites will be held at 2 p.m. (CST) Saturday in the family home to be conducted by Richard Robinson of the Church of Christ. The burial will take place in Tampico Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call at the home Friday evening.
Mrs. Anderson was born in Princeton on Aug. 6, 1887, the daughter of John and Anna Nelson. She received her education in the Princeton Schools and was united in marriage with Arthur W. Anderson on Feb. 27, 1932, at Princeton. Mrs. Anderson had lived near Tampico 26 years. She was a member of the Mission Covenant Church of Princeton.
Surviving with the husband are three sisters, Mrs, Gust (Mabel) Carlson of Lanyon, Iowa; Mrs. Howard (Viola) Raker and Mrs. Reuben (Grace) Arling, both of Princeton; one brother, Roy Nelson of Princeton and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Sidney.
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