LEWSADER, Bertha Nicklas
Source: The obituary is from a collection by Fauniel Hershberger, saved the 1950's, 60's and 70's. She was a life long resident of Fountain County Indiana. The collection is now housed at Crawfordsville District Public Library.
Covington, Ind. (CNS)-- Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Jordan Funeral Home in Indianapolis for Mrs. Bertha Lewsader, 79, a former Covington resident who died Tuesday (Sept. 19, 1967) in an Indianapolis nursing home. Mrs. Lewsader had been living with a daughter, Mrs. Wreathe Butler in Indianapolis. The daughter of the late Chris and Emma Shoup Nicklas of Covington, she was married to Herschel Lewsader who preceded her in death. Surviving besides Mrs. Butler are a son, Kenneth of Indianapolis; two brothers, Robert and Ed Nicklas of Covington; and three sisters, Mrs. Martha Cronkhite of Greencastle, Mrs. Augusta Green of Mellott, and Mrs. Grace Warrick of South Bend. She was preceded in death by three brothers. Friends may call at the funeral home tonight. --typed by Walt W