Caroline M. Bertoline

CAROLINE BERTOLINE NORWAY- Caroline M. Bertoline age 85 of Norway, died Monday, July 25, 2011 at Dickinson Co. Memorial Hospital in Iron Mountain, MI. She was born April 25, 1926 on a farm in Kendall, Wisconsin, the ninth child of 14 brothers and sisters and the daughter of the late James and Marie (Langsdorf) Sullivan. When she was about 4 years old her family moved to a farm in Ontario, WI, where she helped with the chores of a large garden, milking, haying, and threshing. She graduated from Ontario High School in 1945. Following graduation, she moved to La Crosse, WI and lived with her older sister Louise and worked in the office of her sister’s husband. While in La Crosse she also worked for a local family caring for their children. In 1946 she moved to Detroit, MI and began working as a nanny for a family in Grosse Point, MI. She met her husband the late Robert C. Bertoline of Vulcan, MI in 1946 at the wedding of her sister Dorothy. They married on July 3, 1948 at St. Charles Catholic Church in Detroit, MI. They made their home in Roseville, MI, before moving to Norway in 1962, where together they ran Bob’s Standard Service for 12 years. Caroline also worked as a custodian at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Norway for five years. She then worked as a custodian at Norway-Vulcan Area Schools for 15 years. She retired in 1987 along with her late husband enjoying traveling and casino hopping. Caroline enjoyed canning vegetables from her husband’s vegetable garden and she was well-known for her homemade pasties, pizzelles, and ravioli. She thoroughly enjoyed cooking and baking for her family. Her handmade quilts have donned the beds of her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was a member of the Norway-Vulcan Senior Center, where she was a sitting board member, and volunteer. She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church of Norway. She was a member of the Altar Society and the Daughters of Isabella. Caroline volunteered at the St Vincent De Paul store in years past and at St. Mary Church. She was a loving mother and enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Caroline is survived by her children: daughters, Kathryn (Dwayne) Reath of Gladstone MI and Anna (Fuzzy) Anderson of Norway: son, Gary (Ada) Bertoline of West Lafayette, IN; her grandchildren, Angela (Jerry) Hansen, James (Stacey) Reath, Shannon (Jeffery) Stanbury, Beau (Brittany) Anderson, Bryan (Vanessa) Bertoline, Kevin Bertoline and Carolyn Bertoline; great grandchildren, Gunnar and Tannar Hansen, Hope Reath, Jakob Bertoline, Julia McKinley, and Tobi Anderson; sisters Gertrude Sullivan of the convent of Our Lady of Victory Missionary Sisters, Huntington, Indiana, Margaret Laufenberg of Cashton, WI, Jane Giese of Ontario, WI and Marie (Harold) Brueggen of Sparta, WI; sisters-in-law, Pat Sullivan of Ontario, WI, Mildred Sullivan Witt and Kay Sullivan both of Tomah, WI; one brother-in-law, Harold Brueggen of Sparta, WI along with many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Caroline was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years Robert; her parents, James and Marie; her in-laws Candido and Domenica (Pellegrini) Bertoline; brothers Daniel, Jeremias, Roger, and Thomas Sullivan; sisters, Helen Schmitz, Louise Ducke Pearse, Lucille Schermerhorn, Myrtle Thomas, and Dorothy Pipp; three infant siblings, Kathryne, William, and James; sisters-in-law, Anna Faull, Marie Barry, Norma Bertoline, Olivia Bilski, Lil Bertoline, Leona Carlson, Gena Sullivan, Eva Turben Sullivan and Rozella Bertoline; brothers-in-law, George Schmitz, Kenneth Ducke, Richard Pearse, Chester Schermerhorn, Harold Thomas, Clifford Pipp, Everett Giese, Slyvester Laufenburg, Louise, Candido, Edward and Frank Bertoline, Richard Faull, Tim Barry, and Henry Bilski; nieces, Theresa Winkler, Susan Farina, Charlene Evans, Kathy Laufenberg; nephews, Michael and William Giese,

Caroline M. Bertoline

April 25, 1926 - July 25, 2011