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Bertha Adele Brunskill

(10 Jul 1881 - 20 Sep 1947)

Morning Star, Rockford, Illinois, Sunday, September 21, 1947, Page 24, Col. 4: Mrs. Bertha Brunskill Wise, about 69, former Rockford resident and missionary, died at her home in Chicago at 2 p.m. yesterday following a long illness. A native of Iowa, she lived in Rockford about 14 years, and her children were born here. She was a lifelong member of First Church of the Brethren. She also lived in Mount Morris and in Tennessee. Surviving are her husband; a son, Harlan, and a daughter, Olive, all of Chicago; two sisters, Mrs. Elsie Turner, Rhinelander, Wis., and Mrs. Ella Wilkinson, Platteville, Wis.; two grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at First Church of the [obit ended and another person's obit followed.]

Events

Birth10 Jul 1881Illinois
Marriage29 May 1917Ogle Co., Illinois - Ezra Cornelius Wise
Death20 Sep 1947Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois
BurialMonte Vista Memorial Park, Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee

Families

SpouseEzra Cornelius Wise (1893 - 1969)
ChildHarlan Wise ( - )
ChildOlive Wise ( - )
FatherGeorge Brunskill (1849 - 1902)
MotherHenrietta Fletcher Kirkpatrick (1850 - 1928)
SiblingElla Mary Brunskill (1878 - 1959)
SiblingElsie Brunskill ( - )

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