Sutter County Obituaries

Bertha Lee Dewitt

Submitted by April Hennes 1 Feb 2008

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The Appeal Democrat March 12, 1975

Longtime Sutter Area Resident dies
Bertha Lee Dewitt of Sutter, a resident here since 1888, died today in Yuba City 
Convalescent Hospital. She was 90 years old. A native of Missouri, she came to 
California in 1888 with her parents, Joseph Riley Fowler and American Jane Neel Fowler. 
She made her home on Pass Rd., Sutter. She was a member of Fidelia Chapter No 56, 
Order of Eastern Star, Yuba City; Masalah Temple No 16, Daughters of the Nile; Faith 
Shrine No 62, Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem; and 73 year member of Sunflower 
Rebekah Lodge of Yuba City. She is survived by three sons, Herbert of Sacramento, 
Clarence of Sutter and Lee of Sutter; a brother, William Fowler of Walnut Creek; and six 
grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Funeral services are scheduled for Monday at 
10 am in Ullrey Memorial Chapel. Burial will be in Sutter Cemetery.