NINA HARTLE

BERNIE, Mo. -- Nina Margaret Hartle, 71, of Bernie died Wednesday, April 18, 2001, at Vintage Villa Nursing Center in Dexter, Mo.

She was born July 18, 1929, at Dexter, daughter of Larence Eugene and Edith Opal Fields Mason. She and Troy Lee Hartle Sr. were married Oct. 2, 1948, in Piggott, Ark.

Hartle worked at Brown Shoe Factory 33 years. She attended White Oak Grove General Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband; three sons, Troy Hartle Jr. of Millersville, Mo., James Hartle of Dexter, Ronald Hartle of Bernie; three daughters, Reba Berola of Inexa, Kan., Carolyn Haney of Bloomfield, Mo., and Tammy Froeschle of Reeds Spring, Mo.

Also surviving are three brothers, Gene, Jim and L.C. Mason of Bernie; six sisters, Mildred Hampton of Poplar Bluff, Mo., Eva Tipton and Anglee Barnes of Bernie, Alma Poespeshil of Fort Worth, Texas, Wilma Burch of Wappapello, Mo., Linda O'Daniell of Bloomfield; 13 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Friends may call at Rainey Funeral Home in Bernie from 5-8 p.m. Friday.

Funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Bill Pennington officiating. Burial will be in Chalk Bluff Cemetery near Dexter.