Houser, Bernice Mabel (Pickar) 1922 - 2013
HOUSER, BOEHMER, PICKAR, KRIENER, MAHER, WEBB, CLEM
Posted By: Bill Waters (email)
Date: 8/7/2013 at 14:41:58
CRESCO - A Mass of Christian Burial for Bernice M. Houser of Cresco, Iowa was held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Ionia, Iowa with Father Mark Osterhaus officiating. Interment was held in St. Mary's Cemetery in North Washington, Iowa.
Visitation was held 4-7 p.m. on Monday, July 22 at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Ionia with a rosary at 6:30 p.m. Visitation continued one hour prior to the service at the church.
Ionia Funeral Home handled the arrangements.
Bernice, 90, died Friday, July 19, 2013 at the Cresco Care Center.
Bernice Mabel Houser was born Aug. 19, 1922, on the family farm in Deerfield Township, Iowa, the daughter of Raymond and Bertha (Boehmer) Pickar. She received her education in country school in Deerfield Township in rural Chickasaw County. After her education, Bernice then worked various outside jobs until she met and married her husband, William Arthur Houser on January 31, 1944 at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Ionia. They made their home in Deerfield Township on a farm near her parents. To this union six children were born; Marilyn, Daniel, Joyce, Thomas, Janice and Michael. In 1969, William "Art" passed away. Bernice then continued her education at Northeast Iowa Community College in Calmar, Iowa where she earned her LPN nursing license. She then worked at Riceville Nursing Home and Colonial Manor in Elma until retiring in 1989.
After retirement Bernice enjoyed gardening, cooking, baking, shopping, quilting and sewing. She especially enjoyed raising her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was a member of St. Boniface Catholic Church, and was an active Eucharistic Minister. In 2002, Bernice entered into the nursing home where she resided until her passing.
Bernice is survived by her children: Marilyn Kriener of Cresco, Iowa, Daniel Houser of Elma, Iowa, Thomas (Cindy) Houser of Riceville, Iowa, Janice (Jerry) Maher of Valparaiso, Neb. and Michael (Dannae) Houser of Solomon, Kan.; 18 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; her brothers: Stanley Pickar of Garden Grove, Calif. and Mike (Edna) Pickar of New Hampton, Iowa; her sisters-in-law: Rosalie Pickar and Gertrude Houser, both of New Hampton, Iowa; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William; her parents; one daughter: Joyce (Tom) Webb; her sons-in-law: Edward Kriener and Gary Clem; her grandsons: Daniel Joseph Webb, Jeffrey Miller and Jacob Houser; her brothers: James and Bernard Pickar; and sisters-in-law: JoAnne Pickar and Joan Pickar.
Suurce: Cresco Times Plain Draler July 23, 2013
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