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Frieda Bartels 

1903-2000 

HEREFORD – Frieda Lena Bartels, a former resident of Scurry County, died Friday, Sept. 15, in Westgate Nursing Home. 

Funeral service for Mrs. Bartels, 97, is set for 10:30 a.m. Monday in the St. Anthony’s Catholic Church with the Rev. Edward Sweeney officiating. Burial will follow in the St. Anthony’s Cemetery. 

Born March 6, 1903 in Shawnee, Okla., she married John A. Bartels on Nov. 14, 1922 in Hermleigh. He died on April 21, 1982. 

She also was preceded in death by her parents, Joe and Anna Roemisch; three brothers; and six sisters. 

While living in Hermleigh, she was a member of St. John’s Catholic Church, Ladies Altar Society, choir and Sons of Hermman. 

She moved to Hereford in 1973 and was a member of the St. Anthony’s Catholic Church. 

Survivors include three daughters, Anita Schilling of Dimmitt, Hilda Reissig of Houston and Bernice Layman of Hereford; two sons, Leonard Bartels and Erwin Bartels, both of Hereford; 32 grandchildren; 64 great-grandchildren; and 13 great-great-grandchildren. 

A prayer vigil will be held at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Rix Funeral Chapel in Hereford.