March 28, 2024

Dr. John D. Berthelsen

Feb. 22, 2018

Dr. John D. Berthelsen, 86, of Newton, formerly of Kellogg, died Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018 at Park Centre in Newton. Dr. John’s memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Friday, April 27 at the Wallace Family Funeral Home & Crematory in Newton. The family will greet friends immediately following the memorial service with a lunch at the funeral home. A private family burial will be at Slagel Cemetery in rural Newton. In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials to St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church or to the donor’s choice. The memorials may be left at the funeral home. Memorials may also be mailed to the funeral home, please add, Attn: Berthelsen Family on the envelope.

Those left to honor Dr. John’s memory are his wife, Marilyn of Newton; children, Julie Berthelsen of Syracuse, N.Y., Dr. Mark (Terri) Berthelsen of Baker City, Ore., Joel (Wendy) Berthelsen of Midlothian, Texas, Dr. Karen Koch (Steve) Palm of Des Moines and Philip (Chontel) Berthelsen of Des Moines; his 13 grandchildren, Clayton Berthelsen, Cristopher Berthelsen, Amara (Jeff) Mattingly, Stefan (Alex) Berthelsen, Philip Berthelsen, Ana Berthelsen, Hannah Koch, Lynn Koch, Marly Koch, Chris (Missy) Palm, Mike (Christa) Palm, Ashlin Berthelsen and Nash Berthelsen; five great-grandchildren, Sydney, Zach, Haley and Hunter Palm and Shiloh Koch; brother-in-law, Rod Porter of Colorado Springs, Colo.; good friend and “comic reliever,” Al Koch; and many nieces, nephews, cousins, many, many friends and colleagues.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and two sisters, Donna Wiese and Ruth Porter.