Funeral services for Ivadell L. Bartness of New Richland, MN, will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, December 22, 2016 at the Friedrich Funeral Home in New Richland. Pastor Charles Espe will officiate. Visitation will be held Wednesday from 4 until 7 p.m. at the funeral home and one hour prior to the service. Interment will be in the Hartland Cemetery, Hartland, MN.
Ivadell died Sunday, December 18, 2016 at the New Richland Care Center. She was 94 years of age.
Ivadell was born April 18, 1922 in Freeborn County the daughter of Henry G. and Rena K. (Kaiser) Beneke. She was a graduate of Freeborn High School and on March 29, 1947 was united in marriage to Carroll Bartness in Hartland, MN. Ivadell worked as a secretary at Wilson and Company for several years and farmed alongside her husband. She was active in the church circle and bible study, loved gardening and traveling with her husband. They would spend winters in Florida, Texas or Arizona traveling there in their motor home.
She is survived by her two sons Gary Bartness of New Richland, MN, and Del (Carol) Bartness of Buffalo Center, IA. There is one grandchild Jason Bartness, one brother Merle Bartness of Ellendale, MN, brother-in-law Eugene Worke of New Richland, MN, sisters-in-law Deloris (Howard) Sigurdson of Albert Lea, MN, and Jeannie (Elvern) Holland of Ellendale, MN.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Carroll and sister Evelyn (Sidney) Borge.