BAACK, Berneice Annetta (THADA)

THADA, BAACK, WEAVER

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 10/29/2016 at 11:32:43

Obituary ~ Berneice Annetta (Thada) Baack
May 06, 1921 ~ July 20, 2003

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
July 22, 2003

THORNTON — Berneice Annetta Baack, 82, of rural Thornton, died Sunday (July 20, 2003) at the Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa in Mason City.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday at the St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thornton, with the Rev. Bob Hetrick officiating. There will be no visitation. Burial will be in the Pleasant View Cemetery in Thornton.

According to the wishes of the family, the casket will be closed.

The family of Berneice Annetta Baack has requested that memorial contributions be made to Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa in Mason City in her memory.

Berneice Annetta Baack was born on May 6, 1921, in rural Thornton, the daughter of Harold and Ellen Thada.

She attended and received her education in the Thornton School system, graduating from Thornton High School. Berneice was the first drum major in the Thornton school band. After completing her schooling, she did light housekeeping for various families in the Thornton area.

She was united in marriage to Roy Baack on April 5, 1942, at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. After their marriage, they farmed together in the Thornton area.

Berneice enjoyed flowers, fishing, gardening, dancing, camping, canning vegetables, and making jams and jellies, but her great love and enjoyment was her family and grandchildren.

She was a member of St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, the church circle and was a member of the Lioness Club in Thornton.

Left to cherish her memory are her husband, Roy Baack, of Thornton; a son, Ben Baack and his wife, Vicki, of Columbus, Ohio; two grandchildren, Jeremy Baack and Natasha Weaver and her husband, Nathan, all of Columbus, Ohio; two brothers, Merlin Thada and Dean Thada and his wife, Elvira, all of Clear Lake; as well as other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and two brothers, Lyle and Stanley Thada.

Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, (641) 357-2193.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, October of 2016