Seymour Daily Tribune January 3, 2007 Bertha Elizabeth Rieckers March 18, 1907 - Jan. 3, 2007 Bertha Elizabeth Rieckers, 99, Seymour, died at 7:01 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2007, at Schneck Medical Center, Seymour. Mrs. Rieckers was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Sauers. She was a homemaker and loved gardening and working on the farm. Born March 18, 1907, at Seymour, she was a daughter of William C. and Mary Schuerman Mellencamp, both of whom preceded her in death. On Nov. 6, 1935, at St. John's Lutheran Church, Sauers, she married Edward Rieckers, who died Oct. 12, 1970. Survivors include two sons, Robert (Wilma) Rieckers, Crothersville, and Richard Rieckers, Seymour; a daughter, Janet (Edward) Jaynes, Seymour; three grandchildren, Ronald (Kathy) Rieckers and Kristine (Troy) Steinkamp, both of Brownstown, and Brian (Melissa) Bottorff, Seymour; eight great-grandchildren, Ross Rieckers, Katherine Rieckers, Felicia Rieckers, Amanda Barger, Nicole Steinkamp and Nathan Steinkamp, all of Brownstown, and Breonna Bottorff and Brocker Bottorff, both of Seymour. She was preceded in death by a brother, Victor Mellencamp, and three sisters, Erma Nieman and Selma Schroer and an infant sister, Wilma Mellencamp. The Rev. Craig Muhlbach will conduct funeral services at 2 p.m. Saturday at St. John's Lutheran Church, Sauers. Burial will take place at Sauers Lutheran Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at Spurgeon Funeral Home, Brownstown, and from 1 p.m. until time of service Saturday at the church. Memorials may be given to St. John's Lutheran Church, Sauers; Sauers Building with Christ Expansion Fund; Sauers Cemetery Fund; or donor's choice.