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Allan R. "Bic" Bertram | Visitation:
Thursday, April 6, 2006
1:00 PM until 9:00 PM
St. Paul's Lutheran Churc h
602 Main Street
Ireton, IA 51027
Service:
Friday, April 7, 2006
10:30 AM
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
602 Main Street
Ireton, IA 51027
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| | | IRETON, IOWA- ALLAN R. “BIC” BERTRAM, 73, of Ireton, Iowa died Tuesday, April 4, 2006 at the Hillcrest Health Care Center in Hawarden, Iowa, following a sudden illness.
Funeral Service will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Ireton with Rev. Marcel Kohlmeyer officiating. Burial will follow in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Ireton with Military Rites conducted by the American Legion Bertram Post 276 of Ireton. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. Thursday, with the family present beginning at 7 p.m. and a prayer service at 8 p.m. all at the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Ireton. The Porter Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be directed to the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church and condolences for the family sent to
www.porterfuneralhomes.com.
Allan R. “Bic” Bertram was born on the Bertram family farm north of Ireton, Iowa on August 16, 1932 to Lorenz and Dorothy (Nicholson) Bertram. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church and graduated from Ireton High School in 1950. He served with the US Army during the Korean War. Bic served his country from 1953 to 1955, spending 16 months in Korea.
He married Jean Hamilton on August 29, 1963 at the First Presbyterian Church in LeMars, Iowa. Together they made their home on the Bertram farm north of Ireton where Bic farmed and fed cattle. He continued his formal education by attending Sioux Empire Community College in Hawarden. Bic and Jean retired from farming and moved into Ireton in January of 2006.
Bic was a life-long member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church and a member of the American Legion Bertram Post #276 of Ireton. He enjoyed fishing, especially walleye fishing at Chamberlain and also deer hunting.
Bic is survived by his wife, Jean; 3 children, Carolyn Bertram of Ireton, Lori Bertram of Brookings, South Dakota and Mark Bertram and his special friend Hilary Stinton of Ireton; 3 brothers, Larry “Bert” Bertram and wife Joyce of Lancaster, California, Jim Bertram and wife Gloria of LaCrosse, Wisconsin and Tom Bertram and wife Dee of Sioux City, Iowa; 3 sisters, Jean Eilers of Murrieta, California, Joyce Rosenboom of Lexington, Kentucky and Karen Brockmann and husband Dick of Shelby, Iowa; also numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and a host of friends.
Bic was preceded in death by his parents; his stepmother, Harriet; and a brother, Charles.
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