Bertha Amelia Samuelson, 101, of West Point, died January 23, 2007 at St. Francis Memorial Hospital in West Point. Funeral Services will be 10:30 am. Friday at Grace Lutheran Church with Reverend Don Olson officiating. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. Visitation will be 9:00 am. until 8:00 pm. Thursday with family receiving friends 4:00 pm. until 6:00 pm. Memorials may be made to Grace Lutheran Church. Those wishing to leave on line condolences may do so at www.stokelyfuneralhome.com.Bertha was February 25, 1905 in West Point to F. William and Elise “Lizzie” Pates. She grew up on a farm. On January 3, 1923 she married Arvid J. Samuelson, Sr. at a Presbyterian Church in Omaha. The couple farmed in Cuming and Burt Counties near Lyons and Bancroft, retiring to West Point in the late 1950’s. Bertha then worked at the West Point Living Center. e at Mount Hope Cemetery. Visitation will be 9:00 am. until 8:00 pm. Thursday with family receiving friends 4:00 pm. until 6:00 pm. Memorials may be made to Grace Lutheran Church. Those wishing to leave on line condolences may do so at www.stokelyfuneralhome.com.Bertha was February 25, 1905 in West Point to F. William and Elise “Lizzie” Pates. She grew up on a farm. On January 3, 1923 she married Arvid J. Samuelson, Sr. at a Presbyterian Church in Omaha. The couple farmed in Cuming and Burt Counties near Lyons and Bancroft, retiring to West Point in the late 1950’s. Bertha then worked at the West Point Living Center. Bertha was a member of Grace Lutheran Church, American Legion Auxiliary, Woman’s Club, and was a Red Cross and Hospital volunteer. She enjoyed traveling, playing cards, especially Sheep Head and Pinochle, and was a wonderful baker. Swedish Pastry was her specialty. Survivors include daughters Lucille (Dennis) Poledna of Omaha, Ina (Harold “Deke”) Welding of West Point, twin sons Arvid, Jr. “Sonny” (Imogene) of Wakefield and Arnold (Mila) of Mesa, AZ, 20 grandchildren, 34 great grandchildren, 6 great great grandchildren and 2 great great great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband, Arvid, on January 6, 1962, sisters Rose Albrecht, Ida Zahnow, and Clara Pates, brothers Edward, Robert, Arthur, Herbert, Rudolph, and Edwin Pates, 5 grandchildren, and 2 great grandchildren.