Brother Hugh Martin (Arthur Stephen Bertling) was born in Chicago, Illinois, and entered the Novitiate in 1931 in Glencoe, Missouri. He died on December 18, 1997, in Romeoville, Illinois, at the age of 85 and is buried Resurrection Cemetery in Romeoville.
Arthur Bertling was born one of five children to Stephen and Catherine Bertling on May 19, 1912, in Chicago, Illinois. He attended De La Salle High School in Chicago from 1926 to 1930 and entered the Novitiate in November of 1931. Arthur received the habit and religious name of Brother Hugh Martin on April 21, 1931. He received his A.B. degree from St. Mary's College in Winona, Minnesota, in 1935 and received his first teaching assignment that same year at St. George High School in Evanston, Illinois. In 1937 he received his M.A. at Loyola University in Chicago and his Ph.D. from Loyola in 1940. He returned to St. Mary's in Winona from 1940 to 1959 and at the same time was Director of the Scholasticate there from 1952 to 1959. Brother Arthur moved to Lewis College in 1960 as Sub-Director and seven years later, in 1976, was assigned to the College of San Carlos in Medellin, Columbia, where he remained until 1969. He served at La Salle College in Rio Grande, Brazil 1969-70 and at Instituto Abel, in Biteroi, Brazil in 1970-71. Brother Arthur returned to the United States from 1971 to 1976 and served at Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois. He returned to international assignments in 1976, teaching at La Salle High School in Kagoshima, Japan, and in 1977 to 1979 at La Salle High School in Hakodate, Japan. From 1979 to 1983 he taught at La Salle College in Bacolod, Philippines, and at Biteroi, Brazil in 1983-84. He spent 1984 at St. Martin Secondary School on St. Vincent Island and retired to C.B. Center Community in Romeoville in 1986. He then volunteered at Centro La Salle, in Tijuana, Mexico, in 1987 until 1989. He retired a second time in 1989 at C.B. Center Community in Romeoville and died there on December 18, 1997, at age eighty-five, having been a De La Salle Christian Brother for sixty-six years.
We pray for God's blessing on our living benefactors and affiliated members, and for eternal rest upon our beloved Brothers, affiliated members, friends, students, family, and benefactors who have died on this day. May perpetual light shine upon them, may their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
Arthur Bertling was born one of five children to Stephen and Catherine Bertling on May 19, 1912, in Chicago, Illinois. He attended De La Salle High School in Chicago from 1926 to 1930 and entered the Novitiate in November of 1931. Arthur received the habit and religious name of Brother Hugh Martin on April 21, 1931. He received his A.B. degree from St. Mary's College in Winona, Minnesota, in 1935 and received his first teaching assignment that same year at St. George High School in Evanston, Illinois. In 1937 he received his M.A. at Loyola University in Chicago and his Ph.D. from Loyola in 1940. He returned to St. Mary's in Winona from 1940 to 1959 and at the same time was Director of the Scholasticate there from 1952 to 1959. Brother Arthur moved to Lewis College in 1960 as Sub-Director and seven years later, in 1976, was assigned to the College of San Carlos in Medellin, Columbia, where he remained until 1969. He served at La Salle College in Rio Grande, Brazil 1969-70 and at Instituto Abel, in Biteroi, Brazil in 1970-71. Brother Arthur returned to the United States from 1971 to 1976 and served at Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois. He returned to international assignments in 1976, teaching at La Salle High School in Kagoshima, Japan, and in 1977 to 1979 at La Salle High School in Hakodate, Japan. From 1979 to 1983 he taught at La Salle College in Bacolod, Philippines, and at Biteroi, Brazil in 1983-84. He spent 1984 at St. Martin Secondary School on St. Vincent Island and retired to C.B. Center Community in Romeoville in 1986. He then volunteered at Centro La Salle, in Tijuana, Mexico, in 1987 until 1989. He retired a second time in 1989 at C.B. Center Community in Romeoville and died there on December 18, 1997, at age eighty-five, having been a De La Salle Christian Brother for sixty-six years.
We pray for God's blessing on our living benefactors and affiliated members, and for eternal rest upon our beloved Brothers, affiliated members, friends, students, family, and benefactors who have died on this day. May perpetual light shine upon them, may their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
Brother Hugh Martin (Arthur Stephen Bertling) was born in Chicago, Illinois, and entered the Novitiate in 1931 in Glencoe, Missouri. He died on December 18, 1997, in Romeoville, Illinois, at the age of 85 and is buried Resurrection Cemetery in Romeoville.
Arthur Bertling was born one of five children to Stephen and Catherine Bertling on May 19, 1912, in Chicago, Illinois. He attended De La Salle High School in Chicago from 1926 to 1930 and entered the Novitiate in November of 1931. Arthur received the habit and religious name of Brother Hugh Martin on April 21, 1931. He received his A.B. degree from St. Mary's College in Winona, Minnesota, in 1935 and received his first teaching assignment that same year at St. George High School in Evanston, Illinois. In 1937 he received his M.A. at Loyola University in Chicago and his Ph.D. from Loyola in 1940. He returned to St. Mary's in Winona from 1940 to 1959 and at the same time was Director of the Scholasticate there from 1952 to 1959. Brother Arthur moved to Lewis College in 1960 as Sub-Director and seven years later, in 1976, was assigned to the College of San Carlos in Medellin, Columbia, where he remained until 1969. He served at La Salle College in Rio Grande, Brazil 1969-70 and at Instituto Abel, in Biteroi, Brazil in 1970-71. Brother Arthur returned to the United States from 1971 to 1976 and served at Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois. He returned to international assignments in 1976, teaching at La Salle High School in Kagoshima, Japan, and in 1977 to 1979 at La Salle High School in Hakodate, Japan. From 1979 to 1983 he taught at La Salle College in Bacolod, Philippines, and at Biteroi, Brazil in 1983-84. He spent 1984 at St. Martin Secondary School on St. Vincent Island and retired to C.B. Center Community in Romeoville in 1986. He then volunteered at Centro La Salle, in Tijuana, Mexico, in 1987 until 1989. He retired a second time in 1989 at C.B. Center Community in Romeoville and died there on December 18, 1997, at age eighty-five, having been a De La Salle Christian Brother for sixty-six years.
We pray for God's blessing on our living benefactors and affiliated members, and for eternal rest upon our beloved Brothers, affiliated members, friends, students, family, and benefactors who have died on this day. May perpetual light shine upon them, may their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
Arthur Bertling was born one of five children to Stephen and Catherine Bertling on May 19, 1912, in Chicago, Illinois. He attended De La Salle High School in Chicago from 1926 to 1930 and entered the Novitiate in November of 1931. Arthur received the habit and religious name of Brother Hugh Martin on April 21, 1931. He received his A.B. degree from St. Mary's College in Winona, Minnesota, in 1935 and received his first teaching assignment that same year at St. George High School in Evanston, Illinois. In 1937 he received his M.A. at Loyola University in Chicago and his Ph.D. from Loyola in 1940. He returned to St. Mary's in Winona from 1940 to 1959 and at the same time was Director of the Scholasticate there from 1952 to 1959. Brother Arthur moved to Lewis College in 1960 as Sub-Director and seven years later, in 1976, was assigned to the College of San Carlos in Medellin, Columbia, where he remained until 1969. He served at La Salle College in Rio Grande, Brazil 1969-70 and at Instituto Abel, in Biteroi, Brazil in 1970-71. Brother Arthur returned to the United States from 1971 to 1976 and served at Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois. He returned to international assignments in 1976, teaching at La Salle High School in Kagoshima, Japan, and in 1977 to 1979 at La Salle High School in Hakodate, Japan. From 1979 to 1983 he taught at La Salle College in Bacolod, Philippines, and at Biteroi, Brazil in 1983-84. He spent 1984 at St. Martin Secondary School on St. Vincent Island and retired to C.B. Center Community in Romeoville in 1986. He then volunteered at Centro La Salle, in Tijuana, Mexico, in 1987 until 1989. He retired a second time in 1989 at C.B. Center Community in Romeoville and died there on December 18, 1997, at age eighty-five, having been a De La Salle Christian Brother for sixty-six years.
We pray for God's blessing on our living benefactors and affiliated members, and for eternal rest upon our beloved Brothers, affiliated members, friends, students, family, and benefactors who have died on this day. May perpetual light shine upon them, may their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
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