Obituary:
The Morning Sun, Pittsburg, Kansas, December 22, 1977
Myrtle A. Burgert, 87, died Wednesday morning at the Golden Age Lodge where she had been a resident since 1965.
She was born in Lawrence, the daughter of the Rev. Erastus and Emma Atkinson. She attended the Sabetha and Hiawatha schools, the University of Kansas aand College at Huntington, Indiana. Following graduation from college, she served both as a teacher and principal in high schools at Bradgate, Iowa and McClouth, Kansas.
She married A.L. Burgert, Sr. in 1921 at McClouth. They later lived in Sterling where he was president of the First National Bank. He preceded her in death in 1958 at Sterling.
She was a member of the United Presbyterian Church in Sterling, the Sterling Sorocis Club, the American Legion Auxiliary, the Order of the Eastern Star, and other Sterling and Rice County organizations.
Survivors include a son, Alfred L. Burgert, Sterling; a brother, Lloyd Atkinson, Sabetha; 3 grandchildren and one great granddeaughter.
A graveside service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Sterling Cemetery with the Rev. Robert Docherty officiating. Burial will follow in the family mausoleum at Sterling. The body will remain at the Brenner Chapel until Monday morning.
The Morning Sun, Pittsburg, Kansas, December 22, 1977
Myrtle A. Burgert, 87, died Wednesday morning at the Golden Age Lodge where she had been a resident since 1965.
She was born in Lawrence, the daughter of the Rev. Erastus and Emma Atkinson. She attended the Sabetha and Hiawatha schools, the University of Kansas aand College at Huntington, Indiana. Following graduation from college, she served both as a teacher and principal in high schools at Bradgate, Iowa and McClouth, Kansas.
She married A.L. Burgert, Sr. in 1921 at McClouth. They later lived in Sterling where he was president of the First National Bank. He preceded her in death in 1958 at Sterling.
She was a member of the United Presbyterian Church in Sterling, the Sterling Sorocis Club, the American Legion Auxiliary, the Order of the Eastern Star, and other Sterling and Rice County organizations.
Survivors include a son, Alfred L. Burgert, Sterling; a brother, Lloyd Atkinson, Sabetha; 3 grandchildren and one great granddeaughter.
A graveside service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Sterling Cemetery with the Rev. Robert Docherty officiating. Burial will follow in the family mausoleum at Sterling. The body will remain at the Brenner Chapel until Monday morning.
Obituary:
The Morning Sun, Pittsburg, Kansas, December 22, 1977
Myrtle A. Burgert, 87, died Wednesday morning at the Golden Age Lodge where she had been a resident since 1965.
She was born in Lawrence, the daughter of the Rev. Erastus and Emma Atkinson. She attended the Sabetha and Hiawatha schools, the University of Kansas aand College at Huntington, Indiana. Following graduation from college, she served both as a teacher and principal in high schools at Bradgate, Iowa and McClouth, Kansas.
She married A.L. Burgert, Sr. in 1921 at McClouth. They later lived in Sterling where he was president of the First National Bank. He preceded her in death in 1958 at Sterling.
She was a member of the United Presbyterian Church in Sterling, the Sterling Sorocis Club, the American Legion Auxiliary, the Order of the Eastern Star, and other Sterling and Rice County organizations.
Survivors include a son, Alfred L. Burgert, Sterling; a brother, Lloyd Atkinson, Sabetha; 3 grandchildren and one great granddeaughter.
A graveside service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Sterling Cemetery with the Rev. Robert Docherty officiating. Burial will follow in the family mausoleum at Sterling. The body will remain at the Brenner Chapel until Monday morning.
The Morning Sun, Pittsburg, Kansas, December 22, 1977
Myrtle A. Burgert, 87, died Wednesday morning at the Golden Age Lodge where she had been a resident since 1965.
She was born in Lawrence, the daughter of the Rev. Erastus and Emma Atkinson. She attended the Sabetha and Hiawatha schools, the University of Kansas aand College at Huntington, Indiana. Following graduation from college, she served both as a teacher and principal in high schools at Bradgate, Iowa and McClouth, Kansas.
She married A.L. Burgert, Sr. in 1921 at McClouth. They later lived in Sterling where he was president of the First National Bank. He preceded her in death in 1958 at Sterling.
She was a member of the United Presbyterian Church in Sterling, the Sterling Sorocis Club, the American Legion Auxiliary, the Order of the Eastern Star, and other Sterling and Rice County organizations.
Survivors include a son, Alfred L. Burgert, Sterling; a brother, Lloyd Atkinson, Sabetha; 3 grandchildren and one great granddeaughter.
A graveside service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Sterling Cemetery with the Rev. Robert Docherty officiating. Burial will follow in the family mausoleum at Sterling. The body will remain at the Brenner Chapel until Monday morning.
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