Bertha Bessemer
May 6, 1867-July 22, 1934
Niles Daily Star, Monday, July 23, 1934, page 1, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library
Mrs. Bertha Bessemer, Invalid 5 years, Dies.
Mrs. Bertha Bessemer, 67, 6 South Barrett street, died at her home at 6 o'clock Sunday night. Five years ago she suffered a stroke of paralysis and had since been an invalid.
Mrs. Bessemer is survived by her husband, John Bessemer, two sisters, Mrs. L. Gulbranson, Chicago,and Mrs. Rose Persch, Niles; one brother, Leon List, Chicago.
Friends of the deceased may view the body at the Price and Kiger funeral home. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon with the Rev. Theodore Eisen, pastor of the St. John's Evangelical church, officiating. Interment will be in Silverbrook cemetery.
Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, July 24, 1934, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
HOLD BESSEMER RITES
Funeral rites for Mrs. Bertha Bessemer, 67, who died at her home at 6 o'clock Sunday night, were held at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon at the Price & Kiger funeral home with the Rev. Theodore Eisen, pastor of the St. John's Evangelical church, officiating. Burial was held in Silverbrook cemetery.