Dubuque Bellevue Leader, IA, Thursday, April 27, 1939
Death Claims A. C. Bittner. End Came Friday Morning After Much Suffering - Funeral Monday With Burial at Andrew
A. C. Bittner, 58, of York, Penn., who had been a patient at Moulton hospital where he was brought in a critical condition several days previous, died at 5 o'clock Saturday morning.
Attalus C. Bittner, "Ott" as everybody knew him, was born Dec. 19, 1880, at Guttenberg, a son of the late Louis and Mary Bittner, who were prominent residents of Bellevue after moving here in 1881. He grew to young manhood here and attended the public school. He married Miss Gertrude Hale Miller of Andrew, April 26, 1906, the ceremony taking place in the old town of Lyons. They lived in Bellevue for several years while Ott was a valued employee of the Young Hardware Co. To better himself he made several moves first to South Dakota where he conducted a tin shop for a number of years then to Dubuque where he spent two years, going from there to Rock Island where he was employed at the Arsenal as superintendent of sheet metal construction for the Savanna Proving Grounds, and finally to St. Louis, Mo.
In 1920 he went to York, Penn., to begin his duties as erection engineer with the H. Harding Co. of that city which specialized in heavy mining machinery. Mr. Bittner was sent out over the country, including points in Canada and Alaska, installing machinery and his services were very valuable to his firm.
When in this locality "Ott" never let an opportunity go by to visit the home of his childhood.
Full of ambition and always giving his best to his employer he worked himself up to his responsible position which he held at the time of his illness.
Another outstanding quality in his life was his devotion to his wife and he never fully recovered from the shock of her death on Jan. 24, 1938.
The survivors are two sisters, Mrs. George Zentner of Bellevue, Mrs. L. B. Wertz of Dubuque, two brothers, Rep. G. J. Bittner and Chester Bittner of Bellevue.
The body reposed in the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Zentner until the hour of the funeral Tuesday morning. The Rev. J. E. Linkenmeyer celebrated the requiem mass at 9 o'clock in St. Joseph's church and burial was made in the Andrew cemetery beside his departed wife. The casket was attended by P. J. Weber, J. E. McKillip, Raymond Hipschen, Harry Doblin, Clarence Ehrhardt and H. J. Kueter.
The Harding Co. of York sent R. S. Schmidt here as their representative as soon as Mr. Bittner passed away and he remained until Tuesday noon.
Other out of town friends and relatives who came to pay their last respects were Mr. And Mrs. Oscar Niemeyer, Mrs. Ed Niemeyer and daughter, Dulia and Miss Delia Heitman of Guttenberg; Mr. and Mrs. Gus Ohsann, Fred McKinley, Harry McKinley, Clyde Baker, Misses Mildred and Grace McKinley, Clinton; Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Agaard, Wm. Trenkle, Dubuque; L. J. Streuser, Preston, Mrs. C. Pendray, Maquoketa; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Siegel, Cecil March Andrew; Mrs. Chester Hogan, Rockford, Ill.; Mr., and Mrs. L. B. Wertz, daughter Rosemary and son Donald, Dubuque.
Death Claims A. C. Bittner. End Came Friday Morning After Much Suffering - Funeral Monday With Burial at Andrew
A. C. Bittner, 58, of York, Penn., who had been a patient at Moulton hospital where he was brought in a critical condition several days previous, died at 5 o'clock Saturday morning.
Attalus C. Bittner, "Ott" as everybody knew him, was born Dec. 19, 1880, at Guttenberg, a son of the late Louis and Mary Bittner, who were prominent residents of Bellevue after moving here in 1881. He grew to young manhood here and attended the public school. He married Miss Gertrude Hale Miller of Andrew, April 26, 1906, the ceremony taking place in the old town of Lyons. They lived in Bellevue for several years while Ott was a valued employee of the Young Hardware Co. To better himself he made several moves first to South Dakota where he conducted a tin shop for a number of years then to Dubuque where he spent two years, going from there to Rock Island where he was employed at the Arsenal as superintendent of sheet metal construction for the Savanna Proving Grounds, and finally to St. Louis, Mo.
In 1920 he went to York, Penn., to begin his duties as erection engineer with the H. Harding Co. of that city which specialized in heavy mining machinery. Mr. Bittner was sent out over the country, including points in Canada and Alaska, installing machinery and his services were very valuable to his firm.
When in this locality "Ott" never let an opportunity go by to visit the home of his childhood.
Full of ambition and always giving his best to his employer he worked himself up to his responsible position which he held at the time of his illness.
Another outstanding quality in his life was his devotion to his wife and he never fully recovered from the shock of her death on Jan. 24, 1938.
The survivors are two sisters, Mrs. George Zentner of Bellevue, Mrs. L. B. Wertz of Dubuque, two brothers, Rep. G. J. Bittner and Chester Bittner of Bellevue.
The body reposed in the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Zentner until the hour of the funeral Tuesday morning. The Rev. J. E. Linkenmeyer celebrated the requiem mass at 9 o'clock in St. Joseph's church and burial was made in the Andrew cemetery beside his departed wife. The casket was attended by P. J. Weber, J. E. McKillip, Raymond Hipschen, Harry Doblin, Clarence Ehrhardt and H. J. Kueter.
The Harding Co. of York sent R. S. Schmidt here as their representative as soon as Mr. Bittner passed away and he remained until Tuesday noon.
Other out of town friends and relatives who came to pay their last respects were Mr. And Mrs. Oscar Niemeyer, Mrs. Ed Niemeyer and daughter, Dulia and Miss Delia Heitman of Guttenberg; Mr. and Mrs. Gus Ohsann, Fred McKinley, Harry McKinley, Clyde Baker, Misses Mildred and Grace McKinley, Clinton; Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Agaard, Wm. Trenkle, Dubuque; L. J. Streuser, Preston, Mrs. C. Pendray, Maquoketa; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Siegel, Cecil March Andrew; Mrs. Chester Hogan, Rockford, Ill.; Mr., and Mrs. L. B. Wertz, daughter Rosemary and son Donald, Dubuque.
Dubuque Bellevue Leader, IA, Thursday, April 27, 1939
Death Claims A. C. Bittner. End Came Friday Morning After Much Suffering - Funeral Monday With Burial at Andrew
A. C. Bittner, 58, of York, Penn., who had been a patient at Moulton hospital where he was brought in a critical condition several days previous, died at 5 o'clock Saturday morning.
Attalus C. Bittner, "Ott" as everybody knew him, was born Dec. 19, 1880, at Guttenberg, a son of the late Louis and Mary Bittner, who were prominent residents of Bellevue after moving here in 1881. He grew to young manhood here and attended the public school. He married Miss Gertrude Hale Miller of Andrew, April 26, 1906, the ceremony taking place in the old town of Lyons. They lived in Bellevue for several years while Ott was a valued employee of the Young Hardware Co. To better himself he made several moves first to South Dakota where he conducted a tin shop for a number of years then to Dubuque where he spent two years, going from there to Rock Island where he was employed at the Arsenal as superintendent of sheet metal construction for the Savanna Proving Grounds, and finally to St. Louis, Mo.
In 1920 he went to York, Penn., to begin his duties as erection engineer with the H. Harding Co. of that city which specialized in heavy mining machinery. Mr. Bittner was sent out over the country, including points in Canada and Alaska, installing machinery and his services were very valuable to his firm.
When in this locality "Ott" never let an opportunity go by to visit the home of his childhood.
Full of ambition and always giving his best to his employer he worked himself up to his responsible position which he held at the time of his illness.
Another outstanding quality in his life was his devotion to his wife and he never fully recovered from the shock of her death on Jan. 24, 1938.
The survivors are two sisters, Mrs. George Zentner of Bellevue, Mrs. L. B. Wertz of Dubuque, two brothers, Rep. G. J. Bittner and Chester Bittner of Bellevue.
The body reposed in the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Zentner until the hour of the funeral Tuesday morning. The Rev. J. E. Linkenmeyer celebrated the requiem mass at 9 o'clock in St. Joseph's church and burial was made in the Andrew cemetery beside his departed wife. The casket was attended by P. J. Weber, J. E. McKillip, Raymond Hipschen, Harry Doblin, Clarence Ehrhardt and H. J. Kueter.
The Harding Co. of York sent R. S. Schmidt here as their representative as soon as Mr. Bittner passed away and he remained until Tuesday noon.
Other out of town friends and relatives who came to pay their last respects were Mr. And Mrs. Oscar Niemeyer, Mrs. Ed Niemeyer and daughter, Dulia and Miss Delia Heitman of Guttenberg; Mr. and Mrs. Gus Ohsann, Fred McKinley, Harry McKinley, Clyde Baker, Misses Mildred and Grace McKinley, Clinton; Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Agaard, Wm. Trenkle, Dubuque; L. J. Streuser, Preston, Mrs. C. Pendray, Maquoketa; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Siegel, Cecil March Andrew; Mrs. Chester Hogan, Rockford, Ill.; Mr., and Mrs. L. B. Wertz, daughter Rosemary and son Donald, Dubuque.
Death Claims A. C. Bittner. End Came Friday Morning After Much Suffering - Funeral Monday With Burial at Andrew
A. C. Bittner, 58, of York, Penn., who had been a patient at Moulton hospital where he was brought in a critical condition several days previous, died at 5 o'clock Saturday morning.
Attalus C. Bittner, "Ott" as everybody knew him, was born Dec. 19, 1880, at Guttenberg, a son of the late Louis and Mary Bittner, who were prominent residents of Bellevue after moving here in 1881. He grew to young manhood here and attended the public school. He married Miss Gertrude Hale Miller of Andrew, April 26, 1906, the ceremony taking place in the old town of Lyons. They lived in Bellevue for several years while Ott was a valued employee of the Young Hardware Co. To better himself he made several moves first to South Dakota where he conducted a tin shop for a number of years then to Dubuque where he spent two years, going from there to Rock Island where he was employed at the Arsenal as superintendent of sheet metal construction for the Savanna Proving Grounds, and finally to St. Louis, Mo.
In 1920 he went to York, Penn., to begin his duties as erection engineer with the H. Harding Co. of that city which specialized in heavy mining machinery. Mr. Bittner was sent out over the country, including points in Canada and Alaska, installing machinery and his services were very valuable to his firm.
When in this locality "Ott" never let an opportunity go by to visit the home of his childhood.
Full of ambition and always giving his best to his employer he worked himself up to his responsible position which he held at the time of his illness.
Another outstanding quality in his life was his devotion to his wife and he never fully recovered from the shock of her death on Jan. 24, 1938.
The survivors are two sisters, Mrs. George Zentner of Bellevue, Mrs. L. B. Wertz of Dubuque, two brothers, Rep. G. J. Bittner and Chester Bittner of Bellevue.
The body reposed in the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Zentner until the hour of the funeral Tuesday morning. The Rev. J. E. Linkenmeyer celebrated the requiem mass at 9 o'clock in St. Joseph's church and burial was made in the Andrew cemetery beside his departed wife. The casket was attended by P. J. Weber, J. E. McKillip, Raymond Hipschen, Harry Doblin, Clarence Ehrhardt and H. J. Kueter.
The Harding Co. of York sent R. S. Schmidt here as their representative as soon as Mr. Bittner passed away and he remained until Tuesday noon.
Other out of town friends and relatives who came to pay their last respects were Mr. And Mrs. Oscar Niemeyer, Mrs. Ed Niemeyer and daughter, Dulia and Miss Delia Heitman of Guttenberg; Mr. and Mrs. Gus Ohsann, Fred McKinley, Harry McKinley, Clyde Baker, Misses Mildred and Grace McKinley, Clinton; Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Agaard, Wm. Trenkle, Dubuque; L. J. Streuser, Preston, Mrs. C. Pendray, Maquoketa; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Siegel, Cecil March Andrew; Mrs. Chester Hogan, Rockford, Ill.; Mr., and Mrs. L. B. Wertz, daughter Rosemary and son Donald, Dubuque.
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