Katie Kramer Jurgens  --  1964

    Mrs. Katie Jurgens, 63, a former resident of the Bethune community, died Saturday morning, Jan. 4, at the Memorial Hospital at Sidney, Neb.  She had been ill for several months.
     Funeral services were held at 1:30 Tuesday, Jan. 7, at the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church.  Rev.  Henry Monuich officiated at the services.  Burial was in the Weyerts Church cemetery beside her husband.
      Katie Kramer was born Oct. 9, 1900, at Bethune, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kramer.  She grew to womanhood in that community and was married May 11, 1923, at Bethune to Thomas Jurgens.
     In 1934 the family moved to Sidney, Neb., where they have resided since.  She was preceded in death by her husband and two sons.
     Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Maxine Hume of Peetz and Mrs. Bonita Hyatt of Sidney; four grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Pauline Kloeckner of Burlington and Mrs. Amelia Stahlecker of Bethune; two brothers, Bill of Bethune and Chris of Burlington; three half-sisters and one half brother.
     Those attending the funeral from Burlington were Mr. and Mrs. Chris Kramer, Mr. and Mrs. William Kramer, Mrs. Pauline Kloeckner and Dorene and Mr. and Mrs. Orvel Aeschlimann.