Bernice Marie Carpenter

1919 - 2009  (90 years)

• Name	Bernice Marie Carpenter  [1, 2]
  Birth	20 Jun 1919	Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota, USA   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Restriction Notice	confidential
  _UID	BC362633DCB449BDBDCCD9A584AEA1B26DF9
  Death	7 Sep 2009	Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota, USA   [2]
  Burial	Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota, USA, Oaklawn Cemetry   [2]
  Person ID	I4370	Larry and Jane's Family Tree
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2015

  
  

  Family	Oliver Henry Messner,   b. 14 Jul 1913, Hancock, Stevens County, Minnesota, USA d. 8 Apr 2009 (Age 95 years)
  Marriage	3 Dec 1938  [2]
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living   5. Living
  Family ID	F1587	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jul 2019

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 7 Sep 2009 - Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Bernice Messner, age 90 of Northfield, passed away Monday, September 7, 2009 at the Northfield Hospital. Funeral Services will be 10:30 am Thursday, September 10th at the United Methodist Church in Northfield with burial at the Oaklawn Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday from 6-8:00 pm at the Bierman Funeral Home and Thursday 1 hour prior to Services at the Church. Bernice Marie Messner was born June 20, 1919 to Alfred and Magdalina (Lenway) Carpenter by Kenyon, MN, the youngest of 10 children. Both of her parents came from Quebec, Quebec, Canada. Her father passed away 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 December 3, 1938 she was united in marriage to Oliver Henry Messner. She spent her life enjoying being a busy farm wife and raising their 5 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 Messner is survived by daughters Darlene (Roger) Hand of Northfield, Donna Messner of Northfield; sons Phil (Connie) Messner of Inver Grove Heights, Ken (Anne) Messner of Northfield, Steve (Liz) Messner of Northfield; sister-in-law Leota (Mel) Zimmerman of Stanton; brother-in-law Charles Messner of Fayetteville, Arkansas; 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. Arrangements by the Bierman Funeral Home of Northfield. [2]

  
  

• Sources

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