Irma C. Bertelsen

Irma C. Bertelsen, 92, of Quincy, went to be with the Lord Thursday morning, March 3, 2011, in her home.

Born July 23, 1918, in Monmouth, Irma was a daughter of George F. and Mina M. Smiley Hanna. She married Orville J. Bertelsen on Feb. 14, 1939, in Burlington, Iowa. He died Dec. 17, 1997.

Irma was a member of the Lutheran Church of the Atonement in Barrington for many years and most recently of Christ Lutheran Church of Quincy. Irma used her sewing skills to make baptismal napkins, altar cloths and book bags for mission projects.

Irma was a graduate of Monmouth High School. She worked in medical records and insurance departments at Monmouth Hospital and Sherman Hospital in Elgin, where she retired in 1983.

Survivors include her children, Ann Schaefer of Griggsville, James (Barbara) Bertelsen of Coal Valley, David Bertelsen of Tucson, Ariz., and Julia Gunars Zvaners of Sioux Falls, S.D.; seven grandchildren, Julia Thomas, Deborah Wegs, Christine Arnold, Rebecca Cookson, Eric Bertelsen, Zinta Zvaners and Juris Zvaners; 12 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Bertelsen was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Orville; a son, Richard Bertelsen; and a brother, Frederick Hanna.

SERVICES: Memorial at 11 a.m. Saturday in Christ Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Chris Hale conducting.

VISITATION: There will be no visitation.

MEMORIALS: Christ Lutheran Church or Lutheran Church of Atonement in Barrington.

ARRANGEMENTS: Zehender Robinson Stormer Cookson Funeral Home.

Condolences may be expressed online at www.whig.com.