Individual Details

Death

Martha Jentsch married August Bernhardt on 26 May 1906 at Wichita County, Texas. There were 13 children born to this union. They moved to their home following the marriage two miles northeast of Olney. Mr. and Mrs. August "Buddy" Bernhardt received word that his mother, Mrs. Martha Bernhardt, had died of a heart attack suddenly while visiting a daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Seipert at Vernon. Their sons, Herbert Bernhardt of Texas A&M and Allen Bernhardt in the US Army stationed at Fort Hood, both were called and came in for their grandmother's service at St. Luke Lutheran Church. Those from the Shearer community who attended the services were Mr. and Mrs. August Bernhardt, Herbert and Betty, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Bernhardt, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Foster, Mr. and Mrs. Lem Groves, Mr. and Mrs. W.B. Howard, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Boydston, Mrs. Newt Scott, Mrs. MIldred Garrett, Mrs. Joe Andrew and Miss Carrie Rushing.