Obit: Lamovec-Hueckstaedt, Bertha (1918 - 2003)
Poster: Stan
 

Surnames: LAMOVEC HUECKSTAEDT HAGEN WAHL KUEHNAU THOMA

Source: TRIBUNE-RECORD-GLEANER (Loyal, Wis.) 06/18/2003

Lamovec-Hueckstaedt, Bertha (10 MAY 1918 - 11 JUN 2003)

Bertha Lamovec-Hueckstaedt, 85, Rock Dam, died on Wednesday, June 11, 2003, at the Palliative Care Unit of Saint Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield. Funeral services were held at noon on Saturday, June 14, at Cuddie Funeral Home, Loyal. The Rev. Kevin Hanke officiated. Burial took place on Monday, June 16, in Arlington Cemetery, Elmhurst, Ill.

Bertha Hagen was born on May 10, 1918, in Globe, to Herman and Mary (nee Wahl) Hagen. She was raised on a farm and educated in the Globe school. As a young woman, she moved to Chicago to work. She married Albin Lamovec on Dec. 22, 1942. They lived and raised their family in Chicago. Her husband died on Jan. 17, 1977. She married William “Max” Hueckstaedt on May 20, 1978, in Chicago. They lived in Chicago until the early 1980s, when they moved to Rock Dam. She lived there until entering the Neillsville Memorial Home in 2002.

Survivors include one daughter, Marjorie (Robert) Kuehnau, Elk Grove Village, Ill.; two sons, Lawrence (Janice) Lamovec, Chicago, and Donald Lamovec, Minneapolis; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mary Thoma, Berlin.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her first husband, Albin Lamovec; her second husband, Max Hueckstaedt, on July 17, 2002; three brothers, Herman, Gus and William; and one sister, Lillian May.

Cuddie Funeral Home, Loyal, assisted the family with arrangements.