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Hertha Matilda Mathews

Hertha Matilda Mathews

Female 1915 - 1997  (82 years)


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  • Name Hertha Matilda Mathews 
    Birth 2 May 1915  Napolean, Logan, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 13 Jul 1997  Napolean, Logan, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5823  Branches and Roots
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2026 

    Family Howard Joseph Hunkler,   b. Abt 1909, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Sep 2000, Napolean, Logan, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Marriage 27 Nov 1941  Devils Lake, Ramsey, North Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Cyril Hunkler  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Francis Hunkler  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Jerome Hunkler  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Angela Hunkler  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Marie Hunkler  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >6. Bernard Hunkler  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >7. Cecilia Hunkler  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >8. Joseph Hunkler  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >9. John Hunkler  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >10. Madeline Hunkler,   b. Abt 1878, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F1704  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2026 

  • Notes 


    • Bismarck Tribune, The (ND)
      July 16, 1997
      Author/Byline: 09A

      NAPOLEON -- Hertha Hunkler , 82, Napoleon, died July 13, 1997, in her home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Philip Neri Catholic Church, Napoleon, with Bishop James Sullivan, the Rev. James Lauerman and local area priests and deacons officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

      Mr. Jim Olig will serve as organist for the service. Pallbearers will be her children, grandchildren and her great-grandchild.

      Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. today and after 9 a.m. Thursday at Dahlstrom Funeral Home, Napoleon, where rosaries will be said at 2 and 7 tonight.

      Hertha was born May 2, 1915, in Napoleon, the daughter of Dr. Gustav A. and Marie L. (Kuhlmann) Mathews. She grew up in Napoleon and attended Napoleon Public Schools, graduating from Napoleon High School in 1931. Hertha then attended North Dakota State University for one year and Concordia Teacher's College in Seward, Neb., for one year. Before her marriage, Hertha taught school for four years in Kroeber and Glendale school districts near Napoleon.

      Hertha married Howard Hunkler , Nov. 27, 1941, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Devils Lake. They returned to establish their home on Howard's parents' farm 14 miles east of Napoleon, which they purchased in 1941, and began a farming and cattle operation.

      Hertha was a member of St. Philip Neri Catholic Church and St. Philip Neri Christian Mothers. She served as treasurer for three years and as the church CCD youth teacher for a number of years. Hertha was a member of the Highland School Districict School Board for one term. Hertha was a devoted mother and grandmother who was known for her letter writing skills and keeping in contact with her family and friends. She loved to visit with her family and talk on the telephone. Hertha's hobbies included reading, gardening and tending to house plants and flowers. Since Howard's ordination in 1983, Hertha has assisted her husband in his ministry as Deacon throughout the area.

      She is survived by her husband, Howard; four daughters and two sons-in-law, Madeline and Pius Gross, Phoenix, Angela Hunkler , Berkeley, Calif., Sister Marie Hunkler , Dickinson, and Cecelia and Rod Reetz, Bismarck; six sons and three daughters-s-in-law, Joseph and Doreen, Oroville, Calif., the Rev. Cyril, Plains, Mont., Francis, Moorhead, Minn., John and Kristi, Cape Coral, Fla., Bernard and Yvonne, Harvey, La., and the Rev. Jerome, New Rockford; 10 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and one sister, Adele Thiel, Billings, Mont.

      She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother; and two sisters.
      Record: 0F224A97D49A0C7DCopyright: Copyright, 1997, The Bismarck Tribune

      Bismarck Tribune, The (ND)
      July 16, 1997
      Author/Byline: 09A

      NAPOLEON -- Hertha Hunkler , 82, Napoleon, died July 13, 1997, in her home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Philip Neri Catholic Church, Napoleon, with Bishop James Sullivan, the Rev. James Lauerman and local area priests and deacons officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

      Mr. Jim Olig will serve as organist for the service. Pallbearers will be her children, grandchildren and her great-grandchild.

      Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. today and after 9 a.m. Thursday at Dahlstrom Funeral Home, Napoleon, where rosaries will be said at 2 and 7 tonight.

      Hertha was born May 2, 1915, in Napoleon, the daughter of Dr. Gustav A. and Marie L. (Kuhlmann) Mathews. She grew up in Napoleon and attended Napoleon Public Schools, graduating from Napoleon High School in 1931. Hertha then attended North Dakota State University for one year and Concordia Teacher's College in Seward, Neb., for one year. Before her marriage, Hertha taught school for four years in Kroeber and Glendale school districts near Napoleon.

      Hertha married Howard Hunkler , Nov. 27, 1941, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Devils Lake. They returned to establish their home on Howard's parents' farm 14 miles east of Napoleon, which they purchased in 1941, and began a farming and cattle operation.

      Hertha was a member of St. Philip Neri Catholic Church and St. Philip Neri Christian Mothers. She served as treasurer for three years and as the church CCD youth teacher for a number of years. Hertha was a member of the Highland School Districict School Board for one term. Hertha was a devoted mother and grandmother who was known for her letter writing skills and keeping in contact with her family and friends. She loved to visit with her family and talk on the telephone. Hertha's hobbies included reading, gardening and tending to house plants and flowers. Since Howard's ordination in 1983, Hertha has assisted her husband in his ministry as Deacon throughout the area.

      She is survived by her husband, Howard; four daughters and two sons-in-law, Madeline and Pius Gross, Phoenix, Angela Hunkler , Berkeley, Calif., Sister Marie Hunkler , Dickinson, and Cecelia and Rod Reetz, Bismarck; six sons and three daughters-s-in-law, Joseph and Doreen, Oroville, Calif., the Rev. Cyril, Plains, Mont., Francis, Moorhead, Minn., John and Kristi, Cape Coral, Fla., Bernard and Yvonne, Harvey, La., and the Rev. Jerome, New Rockford; 10 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and one sister, Adele Thiel, Billings, Mont.

      She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother; and two sisters.
      Record: 0F224A97D49A0C7DCopyright: Copyright, 1997, The Bismarck Tribune
      Bismarck Tribune, The (ND)
      July 16, 1997
      Author/Byline: 09A

      NAPOLEON -- Hertha Hunkler , 82, Napoleon, died July 13, 1997, in her home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Philip Neri Catholic Church, Napoleon, with Bishop James Sullivan, the Rev. James Lauerman and local area priests and deacons officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

      Mr. Jim Olig will serve as organist for the service. Pallbearers will be her children, grandchildren and her great-grandchild.

      Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. today and after 9 a.m. Thursday at Dahlstrom Funeral Home, Napoleon, where rosaries will be said at 2 and 7 tonight.

      Hertha was born May 2, 1915, in Napoleon, the daughter of Dr. Gustav A. and Marie L. (Kuhlmann) Mathews. She grew up in Napoleon and attended Napoleon Public Schools, graduating from Napoleon High School in 1931. Hertha then attended North Dakota State University for one year and Concordia Teacher's College in Seward, Neb., for one year. Before her marriage, Hertha taught school for four years in Kroeber and Glendale school districts near Napoleon.

      Hertha married Howard Hunkler , Nov. 27, 1941, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Devils Lake. They returned to establish their home on Howard's parents' farm 14 miles east of Napoleon, which they purchased in 1941, and began a farming and cattle operation.

      Hertha was a member of St. Philip Neri Catholic Church and St. Philip Neri Christian Mothers. She served as treasurer for three years and as the church CCD youth teacher for a number of years. Hertha was a member of the Highland School Districict School Board for one term. Hertha was a devoted mother and grandmother who was known for her letter writing skills and keeping in contact with her family and friends. She loved to visit with her family and talk on the telephone. Hertha's hobbies included reading, gardening and tending to house plants and flowers. Since Howard's ordination in 1983, Hertha has assisted her husband in his ministry as Deacon throughout the area.

      She is survived by her husband, Howard; four daughters and two sons-in-law, Madeline and Pius Gross, Phoenix, Angela Hunkler , Berkeley, Calif., Sister Marie Hunkler , Dickinson, and Cecelia and Rod Reetz, Bismarck; six sons and three daughters-s-in-law, Joseph and Doreen, Oroville, Calif., the Rev. Cyril, Plains, Mont., Francis, Moorhead, Minn., John and Kristi, Cape Coral, Fla., Bernard and Yvonne, Harvey, La., and the Rev. Jerome, New Rockford; 10 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and one sister, Adele Thiel, Billings, Mont.

      She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother; and two sisters.
      Record: 0F224A97D49A0C7DCopyright: Copyright, 1997, The Bismarck Tribune

      Bismarck Tribune, The (ND)
      July 16, 1997
      Author/Byline: 09A

      NAPOLEON -- Hertha Hunkler , 82, Napoleon, died July 13, 1997, in her home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Philip Neri Catholic Church, Napoleon, with Bishop James Sullivan, the Rev. James Lauerman and local area priests and deacons officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

      Mr. Jim Olig will serve as organist for the service. Pallbearers will be her children, grandchildren and her great-grandchild.

      Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. today and after 9 a.m. Thursday at Dahlstrom Funeral Home, Napoleon, where rosaries will be said at 2 and 7 tonight.

      Hertha was born May 2, 1915, in Napoleon, the daughter of Dr. Gustav A. and Marie L. (Kuhlmann) Mathews. She grew up in Napoleon and attended Napoleon Public Schools, graduating from Napoleon High School in 1931. Hertha then attended North Dakota State University for one year and Concordia Teacher's College in Seward, Neb., for one year. Before her marriage, Hertha taught school for four years in Kroeber and Glendale school districts near Napoleon.

      Hertha married Howard Hunkler , Nov. 27, 1941, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Devils Lake. They returned to establish their home on Howard's parents' farm 14 miles east of Napoleon, which they purchased in 1941, and began a farming and cattle operation.

      Hertha was a member of St. Philip Neri Catholic Church and St. Philip Neri Christian Mothers. She served as treasurer for three years and as the church CCD youth teacher for a number of years. Hertha was a member of the Highland School Districict School Board for one term. Hertha was a devoted mother and grandmother who was known for her letter writing skills and keeping in contact with her family and friends. She loved to visit with her family and talk on the telephone. Hertha's hobbies included reading, gardening and tending to house plants and flowers. Since Howard's ordination in 1983, Hertha has assisted her husband in his ministry as Deacon throughout the area.

      She is survived by her husband, Howard; four daughters and two sons-in-law, Madeline and Pius Gross, Phoenix, Angela Hunkler , Berkeley, Calif., Sister Marie Hunkler , Dickinson, and Cecelia and Rod Reetz, Bismarck; six sons and three daughters-s-in-law, Joseph and Doreen, Oroville, Calif., the Rev. Cyril, Plains, Mont., Francis, Moorhead, Minn., John and Kristi, Cape Coral, Fla., Bernard and Yvonne, Harvey, La., and the Rev. Jerome, New Rockford; 10 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and one sister, Adele Thiel, Billings, Mont.

      She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother; and two sisters.
      Record: 0F224A97D49A0C7DCopyright: Copyright, 1997, The Bismarck Tribune