The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-05-04
Mrs. George Bette
OF Walnut Grove
Buried Saturday
BY Mrs. r. De Bates

buried SATURDAY
By Mrs. r. De Bates
Walnut Grove - Funeral SER
vices were held Saturday NOR
ming for Mrs. George Bette, 43, at
st. Paups Catholic church with
Rev. Cahill officiating. Burial was
in the Walnut Grove cemetery.
Pail bearers were Charles Bax-
ter, Joe Litfin, Joe Rys, Frank
Fujan, Emil Landuyt and Ed
Willie Jr.
Mrs. Bette died early Thurs
day morning. She had an oper-
alton at Rochester for cancer last
year and her condition was tenn
porarily improved until she be-
came i'll again some time ago.
She was born October II, 1895
at GAINESVILLE, MINI. and lived
there until Is years of age when
the family moved to Alberta,
Canada. She was married to
George Bette at Calgary, Alder
ia in 1915.
She leaves her husband and
four children, Mrs. Howard
Woody of Mankato, Vivian and
Maxine and a son Frayne who is
Is months old. One son died in
1924 at the age of two years. She
is also survived by five brothers,
John STAIRS of Alliance, Alberta;
William STAIRS of Forestburg, AL
berta, Robert STAIRS of Seattle,
WASH, Albert STAIRS of Ridge
field, Wash, James STAIRS of
Saco, Mont. and a sister, Mrs.
Edwin McKeonan of Galahad,
Alberta. Her mother, Mrs. Mich
ael STAIRS, lives at Ridgefeld,
Wash.
Grace Noll Crowell, noted poet
ess of Dallas, Texas, is expected
Sunday to visit her sister Mrs. T..
H. Bell. She will give an enter
tainment at the Methodist church
while here.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. N. Stearns
took their daughter Irene back to
her teaching duties at Spirit Lake,
Iowa Sunday.
Lyle and Helen Fox, Reva
Schultz and Arthur Doubler of
Walnut Grove and Walter Miesen
of Lamberton spent Sunday at the
Henry Viesselman and Alvin
Bornholt homes at Fairmont.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. M. Birkemey-
er of Morgan have moved into the
upstairs apartments of the L. j..
Aarthun residence. Mr.. Birke-
meyer plans to open a produce
station in the oil station at the
east end of the business block.
Twentieth Century club met
Monday evening at the E. A..
Hartung home. The program con-
sisted of report on American
mothers by Mrs. L. K. Schultz
and Mrs. Jessie Dahms. Mrs. Cecil
Simmons gave a book report on
Cali this and Heaven Too"
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Dudley
spent Sunday at the home of her
parents at Balaton.
Christina Engen, former
teacher in Holly, died at her home
at Westbrook Wednesday.
MI. and Mrs. S. w. Swenson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Nelson and
families, Mr.. and Mrs. Jess III
stad, Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Halsten-
son, Victor Nelson and Harry
Converse spent Sunday at the AL
fred Nelson home at Tyler.
The Trinity Lutheran church
held a mission festival Sunday.
Friends gathered at the Ernes
Swanson home Tuesday to OBJ
serve Mrs. Swanson's birthday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvester Schel-
Ter, Mrs. Schneider and Mrs.
Schmeltz of Sleepy Eye spent
Wednesday and Mr.. and Mrs.
Warren Jensen of Sleepy Eye
spent Friday at the Joe Litfin
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Birch Bell of
Minneapolis spent the weekend at
the Mrs. T. H. Bell home.
Rodney Mcguire underwent an
appendectomy at the Clinic hos
pital at Tracy Monday evening.
Luke Noll and Miss Kimmons
of Spencer, Iowa spent Monday
at the Mrs. T. H. Bell home.
Mrs. Martin Beck of Humboldt,
Iowa is visiting her son Elmer
Beck and family. Mr.. Beck is ex-
pected this week.
DR.. and Mrs. Bugbee of Min
neapolis expect to be at the Fred
Prail home Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Leonard
and Mrs. S. w. Swenson spent
Thursday at the Alfred Nelson
home at Tyler.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. S. Peterson
have moved into their house in
the east part of town and Mr.. and
Mrs. Russell Harbo and family
moved into the Peterson house on
the west side.
William Haensel and a friend
from Bronson, Mo. who recently
visited at the T. Haensel home
left for California to attend the
fair and visit his sister Anna
Haensel.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. j. Aarthun and
Jurgen and Virginia and Mrs.
Myrtle Cantine spent Sunday in
st. Paul at the H. C. Kramer
home.
Gladys Rudd of Milroy spent
Friday at the B. L. Gates home.
Mr.. and Mrs Otto Wyatt of
Ruthton left Sunday for Roches-
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