Loveland Newspaper Loveland, Colorado 06-06-02 > STOLZ: > > Bertha Katherine Stolz of Loveland. Funeral 10 a.m. Thursday at Immanuel > Lutheran Church. Interment Loveland Burial Park. > > Bertha Katherine Stolz, 90, of Loveland, died June 3, 2002. > > She was born Aug. 4, 1911, in Bethune, Colo., to Gottlieb Stahlecker and > Minnie Weiss Stahlecker. Her family homesteaded in the Bethune area. > > Bertha married Albert Stolz on Oct. 17, 1929, in Bethune. They moved to > Loveland in 1935 and farmed in the Loveland area from 1935 to 1985, when > they retired. > > She was a longtime member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church. > > Mrs. Stolz enjoyed gardening, crocheting, all kinds of crafts, and playing > the game of Aggravation. > > She is survived by a daughter, Erdeena Parsons and husband Robert of > Loveland; seven grandchildren, Terry, Jerry, Bill and Vance Stolz and Nancy > Starks, all of Loveland, Larry Parsons of Boise, Idaho, and Patty Adams of > Sonoma, Calif.; 17 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-granddaughter. > > Bertha was preceded in death by husband Albert Stolz in 1996; son Ivan Stolz > in 1981; four brothers; and three sisters. > > Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Thursday at Immanuel Lutheran Church, with > the Rev. Al Schroeder officiating. Burial will be in the Loveland Burial > Park. > > In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to Immanuel Lutheran Church > in care of Allnutt Funeral Chapel. > > > >