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Bertha May Cassel Nielsen

16 Dec 1894 – 25 Apr 1983

Birth	16 Dec 1894
Death	25 Apr 1983
Cemetery	Hillside Cemetery Wolbach , Greeley County , Nebraska , USA
Added by	Linda Berney on 10 May 2011
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61026961

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Find A Grave Contributor Michelle Setlik provided the following: Obituary - Bertha Nielsen, Grand Island Independent April 26, 1983 WOLBACH – Bertha Nielsen, 88, of Palmer, formerly of Wolbach, died Monday at a Central City hospital. Services will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Wolbach. The Rev. Elwood Hipple will officiate. Burial will be in Hillside Cemetery at Wolbach. Visitation will be Wednesday from 3-5 p.m. at Jacobsen Funeral Home in St. Paul and from 7-9 p.m. at Jacobsen-McIntyre Funeral Home in Wolbach. Mrs. Nielsen was born December 16, 1894, at Beverly, Kan., the daughter of William and Martha Rhoads Cassel. She received her early education and grew up near Beverly. On Feb. 4, 1914, she married Jens L. Nielsen at Beverly. They farmed near Wolbach. Mr. Nielsen died in July 1974. In 1975 she moved to St. Paul. In May 1978 she moved to Palmer to a care home. Survivors include six daughters, Mrs. Martha Bahensky of Palmer, Mrs. Edna Gay of St. Paul, Mrs. Elsie Wondercheck of Belgrade, Mrs. Elnora Cook of Cassville, Mo., and Mrs. Evelyn Leeper of Ogallala; four sons, Carl and Bert of Wolbach, Jens Jr. of Arvada, Colo, and Paul of Thornton, Colo; 38 grandchildren, 65 great-grandchildren and seven great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, three infant children, five brothers, two sisters, three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

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Family

Parents

• William Riley Cassel 1853–1933 FaG
• Martha Eunice Rhoads Cassel 1862–1926 FaG

Spouse

• Jens Laurits Nielsen 1891–1974

Siblings

• Lulie Lavina Cassel Gough 1885–1965 FaG
• Chester Arthur Cassel 1887–1947 FaG
• Pvt Ulysses Grant Cassel 1890–1918 FaG
• Mary Etta Cassel 1892–1948 FaG
• William McKinley Cassel 1897–1954 FaG
• Alfred Ernest Cassel 1901–1928 FaG

Children

• Infant Son Nielsen 1914–1914
• Martha C. Nielsen Bahensky 1916–2003
• Edna V Nielsen Gay 1918–2010
• Elsie Irene Nielsen Wondercheck 1920–2000
• Carl William Nielsen 1921–2002
• Esther M Nielsen Swanson 1923–1992
• Ethel Rosella Nielsen 1925–1925
• Elnora Ilene Nielsen Cook 1926–1992
• Infant Daughter Nielsen 1928–1928
• Bert E. Nielsen 1930–2004
• Evelyn D. Nielsen Leeper 1932–1999
• Jens Junior Nielsen 1935–2022

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