Obit: Herrmann, Bernita L. (1914 - 1964)

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Surnames: Herrmann

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 10 Dec 1964

Herrmann, Bernita L. (4 OCT 1914 - 2 DEC 1964)

Bernita Louise Herrmann, 50, died at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Ill., Dec. 2, 1964, of a cerebral hemorrhage. The body lay in state at the Lulloff Funeral Home at Colby and funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the First Unity Church of Christ at Colby, with the Rev. Orval Egbert of Greenwood officiating. Miss Carol Edblom sang "The Old Rugged Cross" and "Beyond the Sunset."

The pallbearers for the interment made in the Colby Cemetery were George Kelley, Elmore Dehne, Clarence Dolan, Ed Masiewicz, Harry Karsten and Justin Gray.

Bernita Herrmann was born Oct. 4, 1914, at Curtiss (Clark Co., Wis.) and was educated in the area schools, graduating from the Colby High School. For the past 10 years or more she was employed as a bank teller in various banks in the Chicago vicinity.

Surviving her are four brothers: Alphonse of Abbotsford, Harold and Eugene of Milwaukee, and Ronald of Columbus.

She was preceded in death by her parents, William and Hermina Herrmann.

Relatives and friends from away who attended the funeral came from Illinois, Milwaukee, Columbus, Waupaca, Eau Claire, Park Falls, Milan, Curtiss, Dorchester, Colby, Owen and Abbotsford.