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Preas, Bertha Amanda

Female 1891 - 1998  (107 years)


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  • Name Preas, Bertha Amanda 
    Born 14 Apr 1891  Cottington County, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    • According to an obituary for Bertha in 1998, she had seven brothers and sisters.
    Gender Female 
    Social Security # 518-82-4577, issued in Idaho  [5] 
    Died 24 Apr 1998  Kimberly, Twin Falls County, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 6, 7] 

    • The following is an obituary for Bertha.

           Bertha Amanda Preas Fiegenbaum, 107, of Kimberly, died Friday, April 24, 1998, at the Mountain View Care Center.
           She was born April 14, 1891, in Cottington County, S.D., to Fred and Agnes Redhauser Preas. At age 10, her family moved to Freewater, Ore. She married Rudolph Fiegenbaum on Jan. 17, 1914, at the family farm. They moved to Wendell, where they lived most of their married lives. They worked on a farm in Wendell, where they raised cattle. Rudolph preceded her in death in 1958. She was a member of the Wendell Methodist Church, singing in the church choir. She was also a member of the Order of Eastern Star. She lived in Murtaugh for many years before moving to Kimberly.
           Survivors include her daughter, Margaret (Eugene) Syverson of Twin Falls; son, Edward Fiegenbaum of Bothel, Wash.; daughter, Lois Biser of Moraga, Calif.; grandchildren, Jackie Wahl of Twin Falls, Tim Fiegenbaum of Bothel, Wash., and Rod Biser of Moraga, Calif.; great-grandchildren, Deana Sprentall and Ryan Wahl. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by seven brothers and sisters.
           A service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, April 27, 1998, at White Mortuary in Twin Falls with Pastor Dale Metzger officiating. Committal service will be held at the Wendell Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the mortuary. Memorials may be made to the Rock Creek Community Church, in care of 1139 Blake St. N., Twin Falls, ID 83301.
    Buried 27 Apr 1998  Wendell, Gooding County, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 8] 
    • Bertha was buried in Wendell Cemetery.
    Person ID I3222  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 26 Jul 2009 

    Father Preas, Fred,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Redhauser, Agnes,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Y  [9] 
    Family ID F1047  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Fiegenbaum, Rudolph Edward Dwight,   b. 9 Feb 1885, Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Apr 1958  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 17 Jan 1914  Fruitvale, Lincoln County, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11] 
    Children 
     1. Fiegenbaum, Margaret Preas,   b. 21 Aug 1916, Wendell, Gooding County, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jul 2004, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
    +2. Fiegenbaum, Edward Dwight,   b. 27 Jul 1919, Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Feb 2011, Bothell, King and Snohomish Counties, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
    +3. Fiegenbaum, Lois Evelyn
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1046  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S22] Obituary.
      For Bertha Amanda Preas Fiegenbaum. From undated and unidentified newspaper. Available on the internet on 20 November 2001 at (http://home1.gte.net/jrpreas/obits.htm). Bertha Amanda Preas; born 14 April 1891 in Cottington County, South Dakota. Daughter of Fred and Agnes Redhauser Preas.

    2. [S82] Lois E. (Fiegenbaum) Biser, Genealogical research.
      Bertha Amanda Preas; born 16 April 1891.

    3. [S117] United States. Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index (Washington, D.C.: Social Security Administration).
      Result from a search on 31 August 2003 at RootsWeb.com. Bertha P. Fiegenbaum; born 14 April 1891; died 24 April 1998; SSN issued in Idaho; last recorded residence was Twin Falls (Twin Falls County), Idaho.

    4. [S182] Find A Grave, Inc, Findagrave.com (https://www.findagrave.com in December 2017), Bertha P. Fiegenbaum.
      Memorial #38646666. (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38646666). Accessed on 26 July 2009. Record created by Robert Bailey on 22 June 2009. Gravestone photo posted by Robert Bailey.
           Birth: 1891. Death: 1998. Burial: Wendell Cemetery; Block 12, Lot 07, Plot 05; Wendell, Gooding County, Idaho, USA.
           Photo of gravestone shows: Fiegenbaum: Bertha P.; 1891-19-- [last 2 digits not inscribed]. This is a shared stone with Rudolph [D?]; 1885-1958.
           Record included information not shown on the gravestone: Bertha's full year of death - 1998. Record noted: "Although the date on her headstone is incomplete, the Cemetery Record book says she was 107 years old. Burial was April 27, 1998."

    5. [S117] United States. Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index (Washington, D.C.: Social Security Administration).
      Result from a search on 31 August 2003 at RootsWeb.com. Bertha P. Fiegenbaum; born 14 April 1891; died 24 April 1998; SSN: 518-82-4577; issued in Idaho; last recorded residence was Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho.

    6. [S22] Obituary, For Bertha Amanda Preas Fiegenbaum.
      From undated and unidentified newspaper. Available on the internet on 20 November 2001 at (http://home1.gte.net/jrpreas/obits.htm). "Bertha Amanda Preas Fiegenbaum, 107, of Kimberly, died Friday, April 24, 1998, at the Mountain View Care Center."
           An internet search in 2001 found a Mountain View Care Center in Kimberley, Twin Falls County, Idaho.

    7. [S82] Lois E. (Fiegenbaum) Biser, Genealogical research.
      Died 24 April 1998, at the age of 107 years.

    8. [S22] Obituary, For Bertha Amanda Preas Fiegenbaum.
      From undated and unidentified newspaper. Available on the internet on 20 November 2001 at (http://home1.gte.net/jrpreas/obits.htm). "A service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, April 27, 1998, at White Mortuary in Twin Falls with Pastor Dale Metzger officiating. Committal service will be held at the Wendell Cemetery."

    9. [S22] Obituary.
      For Bertha Amanda Preas Fiegenbaum. From undated and unidentified newspaper. Available on the internet on 20 November 2001 at (http://home1.gte.net/jrpreas/obits.htm).

    10. [S22] Obituary, For Bertha Amanda Preas Fiegenbaum.
      From undated and unidentified newspaper. Available on the internet on 20 November 2001 at (http://home1.gte.net/jrpreas/obits.htm). Rudolph Fiegenbaum and Bertha Amanda Preas; married 17 January 1914.
           The obituary states that they were married at the "family farm" but whether it was the bride's or groom's family is not clear. The implication is that is was the Preas family farm near Freewater, Oregon.

    11. [S82] Lois E. (Fiegenbaum) Biser, Genealogical research.
      Rudolph Edward Dwight Fiegenbaum and Bertha Amanda Preas; married 17 January 1914 in Fruitvale, Oregon.


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