Alberta Osten
January 26, 1935 — September 17, 2019
Alberta Osten, 84, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Tuesday, September 17, 2019, at Living Center West. A private inurnment will be held at a later date at Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Arrangements made by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids.
Alberta was born January 26, 1935, in Newton, Iowa, the daughter of Harley and Alberta (Watkins) Hartman. She married Charles W. Osten on March 13, 1953, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Charles died in 2000. Alberta was a life-long homemaker and loving wife and mother.
Survivors include her children, Charles L. Osten (Peter Osborne) of Knoxville, Tennessee, Terry L. (Vicky) Osten, Ray D. Osten, and Jerry W. Osten, all of Cedar Rapids, and Gary E. (Jolande) Osten of Atlanta, Georgia; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Harley and Alberta Hartman; son, Larry G. (Christine) Osten; sister, Helen Wagner; brothers and their wives, Don (Joyce) Hartman and Harley (Ramona) Hartman Jr.; and daughters-in-law, Shelly Ann Osten and Vicky Sue Osten.
Alberta was born January 26, 1935, in Newton, Iowa, the daughter of Harley and Alberta (Watkins) Hartman. She married Charles W. Osten on March 13, 1953, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Charles died in 2000. Alberta was a life-long homemaker and loving wife and mother.
Survivors include her children, Charles L. Osten (Peter Osborne) of Knoxville, Tennessee, Terry L. (Vicky) Osten, Ray D. Osten, and Jerry W. Osten, all of Cedar Rapids, and Gary E. (Jolande) Osten of Atlanta, Georgia; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Harley and Alberta Hartman; son, Larry G. (Christine) Osten; sister, Helen Wagner; brothers and their wives, Don (Joyce) Hartman and Harley (Ramona) Hartman Jr.; and daughters-in-law, Shelly Ann Osten and Vicky Sue Osten.
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