Person:Bertha Buechner (1)

Aunt Bertha had many cats. Correction: Ruth (Hasse) Tisdall says: "No cats but many furry white pooddles living in the kitchen. Their working kitchen was in the basement--cool in the summer and warm in winter. No A.C. at that time. Correction! Ed Reisland says, no she did have cats--they were angora cats. She had a parlor that had a tapestry kind of wallpaper that felt thick. One day she went away and two of the cats got mad and tore the drapes off the hangers and ripped them to shreds. Ed also remembered that they would use their sitting room when the preacher came---all the other company would be entertained in the basement.

Cleveland Public Library Necrology File: Id#: 0095188 Name: Farres, Bertha Date: May 30, 1950 Source: Source unknown Notes: Farres, Bertha (nee Buechner), wife of the late Salim; sister of the late Frank; aunt of Mrs. Henrietta Hasse, Mrs. Christina Wetzel, Mrs. Katherine Gemeiner, Mrs. Elsie Geist, Mrs. Ella Reisland, Mrs. Bertha Pickering, the late Mrs. Mabel Dunn; passed away Sunday May 28; late residence, 4654 W. 35th. Friends may call at the G.H. Husch & Son Funeral Home, 4334 Pearl Rd., where Private services will be held Wednesday. May 31, at 2 p.m.

1. ↑ Reisland; oral history from Edwin and Arnold Reisland.