Bertha O. Steinle
1917 - 2019
Obituary
Bertha O. Steinle, 101, died on Friday
(June 28, 2019), six weeks short of her 102nd birthday, at Halstead
Health and Rehab in Halstead. She was born Aug. 15, 1917, in Lehigh
to Frederick and Katherine (Weimer) Steinle.
She was employed at Bethel Home for the
Aged for nearly 40 years. Bertha was a faithful member of the First
Mennonite Church in Newton.
Bertha is survived by her niece Joan
Pjesky and husband of Halstead, and nephew John Klassen and his wife
Eileen of Wichita.
She is preceded in death by her
parents, stepmother Helena, sisters Emily Klassen and Emma Stoker;
brothers Alex, Fred, Harry and Victor Steinle; stepsisters Anna
Wheeler and Tina Gaiser; stepbrothers Nick and Jacob Becker.
Memorials are suggested to First
Mennonite Church Mission Fund in care of Petersen Funeral Home.
Funeral services were 2 p.m. Monday
(July 1, 2019) at Petersen Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Kay
Schroeder presiding. A private family burial will be in the Lehigh
Cemetery, Lehigh. Visitation was noon to service time on Monday at
the funeral home.
