Bertha Haverhals

BERTHA HAVERHALS, 87, of Sioux Center, Iowa died Saturday, 6/25, at the Hegg Memorial Hospital in Rock Valley, Iowa.

A funeral service will be held Tuesday evening, 6/28, at 7pm at the Bethel Christian Reformed Church of Sioux Center, with Rev. Stephen Rhoda officiating.
A graveside committal service will be held Wednesday morning, 6/29, at 9:30am at the Lebanon Cemetery of rural Sioux Center.

Visitation will be held Tuesday evening one hour prior to the service from 6pm to service time at the Bethel Christian Reformed Church of Sioux Center.

Arrangements entrusted to the Memorial Funeral Home of Sioux Center, Iowa.

Huberta Bertha Haverhals was born July 3, 1917, to Adriaan and Clara Johanna (Glimmerveen) Haverhals in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Bertha immigrated to the United States with her parents and older sister on March 12, 1919. Her family eventually settled near Hawarden, Iowa where they farmed.

As a young woman, Bertha chose to stay on farm northeast of Hawarden and live with her parents. She helped with the daily chores and provided care as her parents aged. Bertha also worked for area families by doing house cleaning for them.

After her mothers death, Bertha and her father moved to Sioux Center in 1951. While living in Sioux Center she worked in Orange City as a nurses aid at the Orange City Municipal Hospital.

Bertha was a member of Lebanon Christian Reformed Church while living on the family farm. She later transferred her membership to Bethel Christian Reformed Church in Sioux Center.

In 1986, Bertha became a resident of Valley Manor Care Center in Rock Valley where she received the special care she needed.

Surviving are her two sisters and brothers-in-law: Nellie and Marvin Huenink and Henrietta and Wilbur Huenink all of Hawarden; brother and sister-in-law, Severt and Grace Haverhals of Sioux Center along with her numerous nieces and nephews.

Bertha was preceded in death by her parents and sister and brother-in-law, Anna and Peter Vos.