Matilda L. Bierman
Born: August 18th, 1873
Died: March 3rd, 1955
Obituary
Mrs. Matilda Louise Bierman, 81, of 911 Shields died at 5:15 pm Thursday at Burlington hospital after a long illness.
She was born Aug. 8, 1873, in Dallas, Ill., the daughter of Jacob and Christina Lung. On Mar. 18, 1897, she was married to Gustave G. Bierman at Dallas City and lived in Burlington since that time.
Mrs. Bierman was a member of the First Methodist Church of Burlington and the Quilter’s circle.
She was preceded in death by her husband on Oct. 18, 1953, 3 sisters and one brother.
The survivors include six nieces and one nephew; Mrs. Esther Gieslman and Mrs. Al C. Wullner of Burlington, Mrs. CJ Myers of Alton, Ill., Mrs. PJ Friday of Ottumwa, Mrs. Vera Belknap of South Gate, Calif., Mrs. Hazen Muir of Monrovia, Calif., and Frank Long of McCloud, Calif.
Services will be held Saturday at 2 pm from Wallen’s Chapel. Dr. Deane Chapman will officiate and Burial will be in Aspen Grove cemetery.
The family will meet friends from 7 to 9 o’clock tonight at the funeral home.