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Bertha Laura Meese Edwards

6 May 1894 – 2 Jan 1992

Birth	6 May 1894
Death	2 Jan 1992
Cemetery	Grand Island Cemetery Grand Island , Hall County , Nebraska , USA
Added by	Nebord on 03 Jul 2019
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18503434

Bio

Grand Island Daily Independent 4 Jan 1992 Ord — Bertha Edwards, 97, of Ord died Thursday, Jan. 2, at the Valley County Nursing Home in Ord. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic church in Ord. The Rev. Jim O'Kane will officiate. Burial will be in the Grand Island Cemetery at 2 p.m. Memorials are suggested to St. Mary's School. Mrs. Edwards was born May 6, 1894 at Ord to John and Minnie Waldman Meese. She grew up in the Ord area. She married John Edwards on Sept. 6, 1920 at Grand Island. They lived in Iowa for a short time before returning to the Ord area where they farmed. She had worked at the Farmers Store in Ord for many years as a clerk. After retirement they moved to Lake Ericson and later to the North Loup Community. Mr. Edwards died in 1989. She was a member of the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, altar Society and was very active in the North Loup Legion Auxiliary 285. She was survived by five daughters, one son, one sister and 30 grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, three grandsons, three brothers and a sister.

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Family

Parents

• John Cyrus Meese 1867–1947
• Wilhelmina Isabelle "Minnie" Waldmann Meese 1873–1944

Spouse

• John Orlando "Jack" Edwards 1894–1989 FaG

Siblings

• John Thaddius Meese 1896–1976
• Joseph Franklin "Frank" Meese 1898–1943
• James Adrian "Adrian" Meese 1901–1969
• Hilda Isabelle Meese Kasson 1906–1989

Children

• Cleora Evelyn Edwards Boeker 1922–2012 FaG
• Corinne Catheryn Edwards Loyd 1924–2007 FaG
• Permilla "Pat" Edwards Wubbena 1925–2006 FaG
• Melvin Monroe "Bud" Edwards 1928–2017 FaG

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