From Jun 19, 1952, page 12 - The Muscatine Journal at Newspapers.com:4276

Mrs. Mittman, 90, Taken by Death; Rites Saturday

Mrs. Mary F. Mittman, 90, 206 West Fifth Street, died at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Bellevue Hospital, following an illness of two weeks.

The daughter of Conrad and Barbara Berninger Asthalter, she was born on October 26, 1861, in Muscatine.

She was married on September 27, 1882, to Robert Mittman in Muscatine. The couple lived on a farm southwest of Muscatine following their marriage, and she moved to Muscatine in 1915.

She was a member of the First Methodist church and a member of the Martha class.

Survivors include: one son, Walter Mittman of Muscatine; three daughters, Mrs. Bertha Hintermeister of Muscatine, Mrs. Frank Gertz, and Mrs. Ernest Stender of Davenport; 16 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband in 1905, a daughter, Mrs. Nellie Van Zandt, in 1936, a son, Harry Mittman, in 1947, one infant daughter, a sister, Mrs. Anna Riek, and a brother, Jacob Asthalter.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Ralph J. Wittich Funeral Home. Dr. Claude W. Cooper, pastor of the First Methodist church, will be in charge.

Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery.