Bertha Zumbrunnen Hall, 91, of Rt. 5, a long-time Kittitas Valley resident, died Monday at Royal Vista Care Center.
Mrs. Hall, who was born in Switzerland on Nov. 15, 1892, came to the United States in 1912. On March 16 in that year, she and Victor Zumbrunnen were married on the ranch north of Ellensburg where she spent most of her life.
Mr. Zumbrunnen died in January of 1935. In 1942, she married Evert Hall in Yuma, Ariz. They lived for a time in California, Friday Harbor and Aberdeen before returning to the original family ranch north of Ellensburg to live with her daughter, Bertha Morrison.
Mrs. Hall, preceded in death by Mr. Hall who died in 1981, is survived by one son, Fred Zumbrunnen, of Ellensburg; two daughters, Bertha Morrison, of Ellensburg, and Rosa Covey, of Cle Elm; six grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren.
Bertha’s first husband was Victor Zumbrunnen. She married him March 16, 1912 in Ellensburg. Bertha died November 12, 1984. She is buried in the IOOF Cemetery in Ellensburg.
Contributed by: Shelli Steedman