Posted on: Tuesday, January 13, 2004

Services set for cowboy, canoe maker Bertelmann

Advertiser Staff

Memorial and funeral services will be held Thursday and Friday for canoe maker and cowboy Clayton Norman Bertelmann.

Bertelmann died Jan. 6 in Waimea.

The cultural programs director for Ka'upulehu Makai Venture and former Parker Ranch cowboy, among other pursuits, was 57.

A memorial will be held from 8 to 10 a.m. Thursday at the Makali'i Warehouse in Kawaihae. Friends may call Thursday at the family home in Waimea from 5 to 8 p.m.

A visitation will be held from 8 to 10 a.m. immediately followed by funeral services Friday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Waimea.

Burial will follow at Waimea County Cemetery, Mormon section.

Bertelmann is survived by his wife, Deedee, of Waimea; daughters Pomal, Laua'e Sanchez and Kekoho Ferreira; sons Keali'i and Kaleo; brothers Glenn and Milton "Shorty"; sister Lynda; six grandchildren and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.