Obituary

  Bertha R. Fredrickson, 86 of Seaton, died 1:15 p.m. Thursday, June 1, 2000, at Community Medical Center in Monmouth.
  Funeral services were 1:30 p.m., Sunday, June 4 at Hoover-Hall Memorial Chapel in Monmouth with the Rev. Davey Lefler of the Little York-Kirkwood United Methodist Churches and Rev. William Morse of Biggsville presiding. Burial was in the Belmont Cemetery, Bald Bluff Township. Friends called on Saturday at Hoover-Hall Memorial Chapel where her family will be present from 5-7 p.m. A Order of Eastern Star services was held at 5 p.m.
  Memorials may be left for Community Medical Center, Community Hospices of America, Little York Methodist Church, Seaton Presbyterian Church or the Gladstone Methodist Church.
  Bertha was born April 15, 1914, in rural Seaton area, attending Belmont Grade School and graduating from Seaton High School in 1932.
  Bertha married Everett Fredrickson at the Little York United Methodist parsonage on Dec. 12, 1934, and he preceded her in death on Sept. 18, 1997.
  She was a homemaker. She was a correspondent for The Times Record and other area newspapers for many years. She taught piano, organ, accordion and guitar lessons. She enjoyed accompanying high school students at contests. She was organist for weddings, funerals, her church and Sunday school pianist for 70 years and was substitute organist for Gladstone United Methodist, Seaton Presbyterian and Little York United Methodist Churches. She loved working with the children of the Belmont neighborhood, helping produce school and church music programs.
  She was a member of the United Methodist Women of Belmont, Fall Creek and Little York, Order of Eastern Star #512 of Seaton of which she was a 55 year member and was pianist of the Seaton Chapter and Past Matron and a member of the Monmouth Order of Eastern Star.
Survivors include one daughter: LaJune Ricketts of Little York; two sons: Paul (Ruth) Fredrickson of Seaton; Donald (Judy) Fredrickson of Seaton; 12 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; and one sister: Bernice Shike of Seaton along with nieces and nephews.
  She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; one brother: Clyde Ranney; one sister: Mae Fredrickson; and one granddaughter: Diane.
(Aledo Times Record, Wednesday, June 7, 2000, p. 4)