Mary Ann Grote (Nieland) 1893-1981
Mrs. Bernard A. "Ben" Nieland
Breda, November 1981
Mrs.
Bernard A. (Mary) Nieland, 87, of Breda, died at 4:25 P.m. Thursday,
November 12, at the Loring Care Center in Sac City where she has
been a resident for the past two years.
Mass of the Christian burial was celebrated at 1:00
p.m. Saturday, November 12 at St. Bernard church in Breda with the
Rev. Robert McClintock as celebrant. An honor guard from the Breda
American Legion Auxiliary attended the mass. Burial was in the parish
cemetery.
A grandson, Donald Evers, was lector. Granddaughters
Karen, Tricia and Brenda Nieland were gift bearers and Barry Nieland,
Tom and John Grote were mass servers.
Serving as pallbearers were grandsons Luke Haberl,
Bruce, Ken and Allen Nieland, John Jensen and Ed Evers.
Rosaries were recited on Friday at 4:00 p.m. (Ladies
Guild) and 8:45 p.m. and a scriptural prayer service was conducted
at 8:00 p.m. at Sharp Funeral Home in Breda.
Mrs. Nieland is survived by the following children:
Mrs. Florence Evers, Sac city; Mrs. Virgil (Irene) Bierl, Algona;
Pat, Manson; Cyril, Sac City; Paul, Wall Lake; Mrs. Bill (Joleen)
Jensen, Anamosa, and Mrs. Ken (Charlotte) Carter, Alta; 35 grandchildren
and 31 great-grandchildren.
She was preceeded in death by her parents, husband
on January 1, 1977; a son Arthur, killed during World War II; two
brother and four sisters.
Mrs. Nieland was born December 9, 1893, in Carroll
County, a daughter of Herman and Anna Rust Grote. She spent all
her life in the Breda area, receiving her education at St. Bernard
school, Breda. On February 10, 1914, she was married to Bernard
A. Nieland by the late Rev. Luehrsman at St. Bernard church in Breda.
They farmed a mile west and three and a half miles
north of Breda until their retirement in 1952. In 1969 they moved
to Breda. She entered the Loring Care Center in Sac City two years
ago. She was a member of St. Bernard church, the Ladies Guild and
the Breda American Legion Auxiliary.
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