Treinen, Bernice 1918-2007

TREINEN, MINTEN, REITH

Posted By: Mary Holub, volunteer (email)
Date: 3/30/2008 at 19:55:27

REMSEN, Iowa -- Bernice Treinen, 88, of Remsen died Wednesday, June 13, 2007, at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Remsen, with the Rev. William McCarthy officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. today, with a St. Mary's Guild rosary at 3 p.m. and a vigil prayer service at 7:30 p.m., at Fisch Funeral Home in Remsen.

Bernice was born Oct. 20, 1918, in Alton, Iowa, the daughter of William and Clara (Reith) Minten. She was raised in the Alton area and received her education at St. Mary's Academy in Alton, graduating in 1937. She then moved to Remsen, where she was employed at Johnson Cafe for several years. She then attended Sioux City School of Cosmetology, graduating in 1941. That same year, she purchased Elsie's Beauty Shop in Remsen, which she renamed Bernice's Beauty Salon.

On Jan. 20, 1942, she married LeRoy Treinen at Fort Dix, N.J., where he was stationed while serving in the U.S. Army and prior to his being shipped overseas during World War II. During LeRoy's military service, she made her home in Remsen. LeRoy rejoined her after being honorably discharged on Aug. 16, 1945. In 1952, she moved her beauty salon to her personal residence, where she operated it until 2006. LeRoy died May 20, 2002.

She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and St. Mary's Guild.

Survivors include a daughter, Jolene Treinen of Ira, Iowa; two sisters, Theresa Pick of Remsen and Julianna and her husband, Clarence Langel of Alton, Iowa; and a sister-in-law, Jackie Minten of Orange City, Iowa.

She was preceded in death by her parents; three sisters, Catherine in infancy, Melinda and her husband, Richard Duits and Eleanor and her husband, Lawrence Ruppert; two brothers, Norbert Minten in infancy and Robert Minten; and a brother-in-law, Gregor Pick.

Pallbearers will be William Hanigan, Dennis and Jerry Langel, Ronald Minten, Greg Pick and Dale Beckmann.

~Source: The Sioux City Journal, June 15, 2007