Parkersburg, Iowa Eclipse
(front page)
Thursday, March 1, 1945

Mrs. B. Nicklaus Buried Tuesday

        Funeral services were held Tuesday at 1 p.m. for Bertha Nicklaus, 79,
who died Saturday at 3 a.m. at the farm home.  She had been in ailing
health for some time and last Wednesday Feb. 21, she suffered a stroke
from which she did not recover.  Services were conducted by the Rev. J.
Reents at 1 p.m. at the home and 1:30 at the Lutheran church.  Burial
was in St. Patrick's cemetery.
        Bertha Nicklaus nee Brocka, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. August Brocka was
born near Oswego, Ill., Nov. 7, 1865.  She came to Iowa with her
parents at the age of six months and resided on a farm north of Parkersburg,
where she lived until 1894 when she was united in marriage with Peter
S. Nicklaus and resided on a farm northwest of Parkersburg.  To this
union were born 6 children:  three sons, August P., William G., and Peter
E., all of Parkersburg; four daughters, Mrs. Maulie Peters,
Parkersburg; Mrs. Margaret Sinram and Mrs. Mabel Sinram, Clarksville and Mrs.
Bertha Sinram of Aredale.
        Her husband Peter S. Nicklaus as well as one brother preceded her in
death.
        Mrs. Nicklaus was a kind and loving wife and mother, a good neighbor
and friend.  Her word was good as a bond and she was almays ready to
lend a helping hand where needed.  She will be greatly missed by all.
        Besides the immediate family, she is survived by thirteen
grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.  Two sisters, Mrs. Amelia Knoche and
Mrs. Wm. Dring and three brothers, Herman Brocka, sr. August Brocka and
Edmund Brocka and a host of other relatives and friends mourn her
passing.

in the same paper:

Card of Thanks
        We wish to thank all our relatives, neighbors and friends, for their
words of sympathy as well as gifts, flowers, and assistance given us
during the sudden death of our beloved mother.
                                                        Mrs. Bertha Nicklaus family


Butler County, Iowa
Record of Deaths No. 5, years 1941-1960

Page 360

Nicklaus, Bertha M.
died February 24, 1945 in Monroe twp., near Parkersburg
female, white, widowed
spouse:  Peter Nicklaus
cause of death:  cerebral apoplexy
born November 7, 1865 in Oswego, Illinois, age 79 years, 3 months, 17
days
housewife
father:  August Brocka born in Germany
mother:  Amalia Heinemeyer born in Germany
burial in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Parkersburg on Feb. 27, 1945
undertaker:  H.W. Engelkes, Grundy Center
physician:  H.N. Bruechert, M.D.