Bertha M. Fulkerth
November 30, 1867-April 16, 1961
Niles Daily Star, Monday, April 17, 1961, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library
Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha M. Fulkerth, 92, will be held at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon in her home at 2980 Detroit Road, Niles. Conducting the services will be the Rev. Ralph Pletcher of coulters chapel. Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery. Prior to the services friends may call at her home.
Mrs. Fulkerth died yesterday at 8:30 p.m. April 16, 1961, in the Cass county Hospital after an illness of two months. The final month of her life was spent in the hospital.
She was the wife of William H. Fulkerth, who died on Jan. 6, 1949 and a life long resident of Berrien County. She was born on Nov. 30, 1867 in Berrien Springs. Mrs. Fulkerth is survived by a sister, Mrs. Lena Bottset, Mishawaka, Ind.; a brother, Arthur Gorham, Berrien Springs; eight children 34 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.Five daughters are included the eight surviving children. They are Mrs. Cecil Hart, Niles, Mrs. William Malone, Niles Sumnerville, Mrs. Hal Davis , Niles, Mrs. William Malone, Niles and Mrs. Pauline Smith, Dowagiac; Her three sons are Roland J. Fulkerth, William H. Fulkerth and Lynes T. Fulkerth , all of Niles.