Bertha Knutson

FESSENDEN -- Bertha Knutson, 90, Fessenden, died Jan. 4, 2000 in a Harvey nursing home. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, at First Lutheran Church, Fessenden, with burial in Hillside Cemetery, Fessenden.

She is survived by three daughters, Helen Ewals, Rancho Mirage, Calif., Darlene Dietz, Fessenden, and Geri Lies, Detroit Lakes, Minn.; eight grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren; four sisters, Alvena Severson, Fessenden, Lora Terbest and Virginia Overby, both of Westminster, Calif., and Lillian Cossette, Quilcene, Wash.; and one brother, Fred Schmidt, Minot. (Nelson Funeral Home, Fessenden)