Celebrant REVEREND ROBERT GRALAPP
Lector KATIE THIELEN HARTUNG
Eucharistic Minister MELVIN MEIER
Mass Servers PAYTON SPORRER, SHYANNE SPORRER
Gift Bearers BERTILLE'S GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN
Music "ON EAGLE'S WINGS" "JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE" "AVE MARIA" "HOW GREAT THOU ART"
SACRED HEART CHOIR
LAURIE STEIN, SOLOIST
PAT HEITHOFF, ORGANIST
Interment SACRED HEART CEMETERY, TEMPLETON, IOWA
Casket Bearers ~ Grandchildren: CINDY JANNING, MARY BEYERINK, JOE THIELEN, JAN THIELEN-GOLDERMANN, LAURA THIELEN-SWANSON, TOM FEILMEIER, KATIE HARTUNG
Visitation and Prayers Monday January 20, 2014, After - 3:30 PM Ohde Funeral Home, Manning
Rosary 4:00 PM Prayer Service 7:00 PM Visitation will resume on Tuesday at Church at 9:30 AM
Mass of Christian Burial Tuesday January 21, 2014, 10:30 - AM Sacred Heart Church - Manning
Interment will follow mass at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Templeton.

Bertille Susan, daughter of Peter and Mary (Hoffert) Reinart of Halbur, was born November 5, 1910, at Axtel, Nebraska. She was baptized while the family lived in Axtel. After a couple years there the family moved to a farm east of Halbur, Iowa. Bertille attended school in Halbur and after completing her schooling, was hired out to other families who needed help.

On February 6, 1934, Bertille was united in marriage with Leo L. Thielen at St. Augustine Church in Halbur. They farmed near Templeton a few years and in 1940 settled on a farm south of Manning. Bertille and Leo were blessed with four children. Bertille was a home maker, but also helped with the farm work.

Bertille was a member of Sacred Heart Parish in Manning. She was a charter member of Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Our Lady of Fatima #1492 and the Altar and Rosary Society and held offices in both. In her spare time she enjoyed gardening, her flowers, especially roses and fancy work. Over the years she also enjoyed dancing. Leo died in 2000 and Bertille continued to live at home with her son Melvin until 2004, when she became a resident of the Manning Plaza. She participated in many activities there and especially enjoyed playing Bingo. After many years of good health at the Plaza her health eventually started to fail. She died there on Saturday, January 18, 2014, at the age of 103 years, 2 months and 13 days.

Preceding her in death are her parents; husband Leo Thielen; four sisters Monica Reinart, in infancy, Gladys Langel (Adolph), Mary Buckholz (Wilber 'Bud') and Genevieve Gehling (Lawrence) and sisters in law Loretta Kommes (John), Anna Langel (Henry) and Irene Lutwitze (Lawrence).

She is survived by her four children: Melvin Thielen of Manning, Raymond Thielen (Vicki) of Manning, Marjorie Feilmeier (Wendell Jr.) of Carroll and Danny Thielen of Manning; seven grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.