Edvena Bertina Martinson 
Edvena Bertina was born on November 14th, 1902 in Hilton Twp, Iowa Co., IA. Edvena Bertina's father was Knud W. Martinson and her mother was Ellen Larson. Her paternal grandparents were Martin Martinson and Annie Peterson; her maternal grandparents were Elling Larson and Berta Thostenson. She had five brothers and three sisters, named Martin Knud, Edwin, Carl Elmer, Leonard Theodore, Frank Wilmer, Bertha Malinda, Anna Mathilda and Alma Charlotte. She was the second youngest of the nine children. She died at the age of 85 on December 16th, 1987 in Marengo, IA. She was buried on December 19th, 1987 in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Conroy, Iowa Co., IA.General Notes
Cause of Death:<CAUS> pneumonia
REFN: 316
Funeral services for Edvena Hunzelman, 85, Conroy, were held at 2 P.M.,
Saturday, Dec. 19 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Conroy, with the Rev.
George Clausen officiating. She had been a patient at Marengo Memorial
Hospital since Monday, Dec. 14, and it was there she died early Wednesday
morning Dec. 16, 1987.
Casket bearers were nephews Harold and Donald Martinson, Marengo; and
Robert and Milford Martinson, Williamsburg; nephew-in-law Donald Mews,
Williamsburg; and Arnold Schnebbe, Homestead. Burial was in Trinity
Lutheran Church Cemetery. Uhlmann Funeral Home was in charge of
arrangements.
Edvena Hunzelman was born Nov. 14, 1902, at the home of her parents in
Hilton Township, Iowa County. She was the daughter of Knud and Ellen
Ellengison Larson Martinson. She attended the rural schools in the
township through the eighth grade and was confirmed at First Lutheran
Church, north of Conroy, Dec. 2, 1917 by the Rev. P.C. Birkle.
On Aug. 22, 1923, she was married to Charles Hunzelman at the home of her
parents, west of Conroy, by the Rev. M. Ericckson. After their marriage
they lived on a farm southwest of Conroy until they moved to Conroy in
1975. Since her marriage, she was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in
Conroy. She was a charter member of the Sunshine Circle and a member of
the Ladies Aid. Since moving to Conroy, she did baby sitting, having
several children in her home each day. Edvena was an avid gardener and
for many years had a large garden on the family farm. She received the
"Distinguished Citizens Award" of Conroy in 1983.
Edvena was survived by her son, Norman C. Hunzelman, Conroy; four
grandchildren, Terri, Wendy, Gary & Rodney, and one brother, Frank
Martinson, rural Marengo. Besides her parents she was preceded in death
by her husband, Charles, Feb. 25, 1978; three sisters, Charlotte
Drummond, Bertha Feemster, Anna Hummer; and four brothers, Martin, Elmer,
Leonard, and Edwin, who died as a teen-ager
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