Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Bertha Elizabeth Eberhart

About 1867 – Sept. 23, 1953


Mishawaka Enterprise
Thursday, October 1, 1953

A member of one of Mishawaka's oldest families died at the age of 86 last Sunday, Sept. 27.

She is Mrs. Frederick G. Eberhart, a lifetime resident of Mishawaka. She suffered a stroke Friday at the Ravines, Berrien Springs, Michigan. Her home here is at 345 Edgewater Dr.

She was married to Frederick G. Eberhart June 14, 1888. He died in 1933.

Mrs. Eberhart was a member of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, and the Mishawaka chapter of the D. A. R. She was also a member of the Garden Club, and the Antiquarian Society of South Bend.

She leaves two daughters, Mrs. George W. Blair and Mrs. Samuel Hillier, both of Mishawaka, a sister, Miss Alice Judkins of Mishawaka, and a brother, Warren O. Judkins, of South Bend.

Funeral services were held in the Blair home with Manly F. Miller, reading the service. Burial was in City cemetery.

Editor: She and her husband Frederick George Eberhart donated the site for the Mishawaka Public Library and the Mishawaka Municipal Golf Course.