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Oct 12, 2000, page 5 - The Dispatch at Newspapers.com:
[3940]Bessie MittmanBessie Mittman, 85, Moline, died Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2000, shortly after arrival at Trinity Medical Center, Rock Island.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in the main sanctuary at Moline Gospel Temple, where she was a member, with The Rev. Jerry Helms officiating. Burial will be in Greenview Memorial Gardens, East Moline.
Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. today at Trimble Funeral Home, Moline. Memorials may be given to the church.
The former Bessie Wise was born Sept. 16, 1915, in Rock Island, the daughter of Walter and Dorothy (Goene) Wise. She married Paul Mittman on June 27, 1942, in Moline.
Bessie was the personal secretary to The Rev. Dr. Charles Hollis at Moline Gospel Temple for more than 50 years. She was also a deaconess, served as the secretary of the Christ Ambassadors Society, and attended and taught Sunday School.
Survivors include her husband, Paul Mittman, of Moline; sisters and brother-in-law, Barbara and Paul Cady of La Crescenta, Calif., and Jeanette Fitzpatrick of Coos Bay, Ore.