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Posted: Tuesday, September 8, 2009 3:01 pm
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Bernice Marie Messner, age 90, of Northfield, died Monday, Sept. 7, 2009, at Northfield Hospital.
Bernice was born June 20, 1919, to Alfred and Magdalina (Lenway) Carpentier by Kenyon, Minn., the youngest of 10 children. Both of her parents came from Quebec, Quebec, Canada. Her father died when Bernice was 12 years old and she and her mother and sister spent the following years living with Bernice’s brother, Raymond Carpentier, and his family on a farm east of Northfield.
On Dec. 3, 1938, Bernice was united in marriage to Oliver Henry Messner. She spent her life enjoying being a busy farm wife and raising their five children. She was a member of the Northfield United Methodist Church, Rebekah’s Lodge #100 of Northfield, and a neighborhood Birthday Club for over 50 years that only disbanded in the last year.
Bernice’s interests included being with her children, going to their activities, and most and first of all, playing cards. She was an avid card player and did not believe in cheating. She also enjoyed sewing, raising flowers, making apple cider in Minnesota and squeezing oranges and grapefruit for juice during winters spent in Florida.
Bernice is survived by her daughters, Darlene (Roger) Hand of Northfield, and Donna Messner of Northfield; sons, Phil (Connie) Messner of Inver Grove Heights, Ken (Anne) Messner of Northfield, and Steve (Liz) Messner of Northfield; sister-in-law, Leota (Mel) Zimmerman of Stanton; brother-in-law, Charles Messner of Fayetteville, Ark.; 14 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband of 70 years this last Easter and was the last remaining member of her immediate family and their spouses.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009, at the United Methodist Church in Northfield with interment in Oaklawn Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Bierman Funeral Home and continues one hour prior to services Thursday at the church.
Arrangements by the Bierman Funeral Home of Northfield. |
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