Alverta Barten was born on August 24, 1908, in Belle View, Iowa, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charley and Sophia (Mussman) Barten. She died in the hospital in Oakdale, Iowa, on May 29, 1930, at the tender age of 21 years, nine months and five days. On October 25, 1927, she was united in holy wedlock with Emil Mohr, to which union one daughter Donna Fay was born, who besides her bereaved husband, is left to mourn her untimely passing. She also leaves to mourn, her father, Mr. Charley Barten; her mother passing away when Elverta was about 8 months old. She also leaves a host of friends and other relatives who extend their deepest sympathy to the bereaved husband, daughter and father.
About four years ago she joined the Lutheran Church and has faithfully attended, and believed in Him who doeth all things well. After some months of suffering she was taken to the State hospital in Iowa City on March 24, and a month later on April 24, she was taken to the sanitarium in Oakdale, and everything in the power of skilled physicians, specialists and trained nurses was done to restore her health but of no avail.
Her body was brought back to Manning and the funeral services were held from the Lutheran Church, Sunday, June 1st, 1930, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the Rev. Johann M. Ansorge, her pastor, officiating. The earthly remains were tenderly laid to rest in the Manning Cemetery.