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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271990
Title: Bertha A. Tello
Date: 1/2/1924-5/7/2008
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Inscription/Marks: 1/2/1924
Summary: Bertha Ann Tello, 84, Bismarck, died May 7, 2008, at her home. Funeral services were held on Saturday, May 10 at First Baptist Church in Bismarck with Pastor Steve Wisthoff and Pastor Gary Cole officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery. Bertha Ann Reynen Tello was born on January 2, 1924, in Kellogg, Iowa, to Cornelius (Case) and Cobia (Coby) Reynen. She was raised on the family farm near Hollandale, MN, and attended the Dutch Reform Church. Bertha was a music major at Central College in Pella, IA, where she met and married Francisco Tello on January 30, 1945. Bertha had a great love for music which she passed on to her children and grandchildren. She was active in the choir, Women’s Circle, Friend’s Birthday Club, and White Cross Missions at First Baptist Church, and cared for babies in the nursery at Bismarck Hospital. She also enjoyed gardening and baking with her grandchildren. She loved stitching and lovingly shared her work with her family. Bertha is survived by Francisco, her husband of 63 years; her daughters and sons-in-law, Judy and Paul Grinager of TX and Kathy and Ritchie Bibelheimer of CO; her foster daughter, Carmen Rodriguez of Bismarck; her sons and daughters-in-law, Bob and Becky Tello of Colorado, Rick and Vicki Tello of MN, Ron and Joyce Tello of Bismarck, Francisco (Chico) Tello of Bismarck, Tony and Janet Tello of Bismarck, John Tello of Texas, and Tim and Julie Tello of Bismarck; eighteen grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; four sisters, Anne Engebretson, Weise Uhlmstad, Tillie Peterson, and Dorothy Emery; and one brother, John Reynen. She was preceded in death by her parents and one sister, Cornelia Reynen.
Red ID: FND_I_79485 Image ID: 547511 Image Notes: FND001 271990

Collection: FND001 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Date: -

Summary: The North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program is sponsored by the North Dakota Funeral Directors Association. The life stories of deceased North Dakotans are featured in an archvied collection. Current partners in the project are Eastgate Funeral & Cremation Services, Bismarck Evans Funeral Homes, Carrington and New Rockford Everson-Coughlin Funeral Home, Williston Fulkerson Funeral Home, Tioga Fulkerson Funeral Home, Watford City Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home, Williston Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck Springan Stevenson Funeral Home, Stanley Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson These funeral homes provide recent obituaries to the Foundation, where staff and volunteers format, edit and archive each memorial. The memorials are posted, and copies are sent to the family for their input and approval. The listing currently features more than 13,000 memorials, and is constantly updated as new memorials and histories are received.

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