Pals, Berniece Rachel (Lamb) 1916-2003

PALS, LAMB, SCHULTZ

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 4/21/2018 at 16:16:44

April 16, 1916 -- June 9, 2003

Berniece R. Pals, 87, 305 Larch St., Thornton, Iowa, died Monday, June 9, 2003 at the Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City, Iowa. Her funeral service was held Thursday, June 12, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Thornton, with the Rev. Robert Hetrick officiating. Interment was at the Meservey Cemetery, Meservey, Iowa. Memorials may be given to the Berniece R. Pals Memorial Fund. Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, was in charge of arrangements.

Berniece Rachel (Lamb) Pals, the third child of William L. Lamb and Emma (Schultz) Lamb, was born April 16, 1916 in Poweshiek County at Malcom, Iowa. She attended school there and in 1935 she went to work for Morris and Schultz Glove Factory in Grinnell, Iowa. After four years she quit and married Stanley Pals, on Nov. 30, 1939 and moved to Thornton, Iowa. To this union were born two sons. She helped with her husband's trucking business for over 26 years, until his death in 1971. Survivors include one son, Kenneth Pals, of Thornton. She was preceded in death by her husband, Stanley; her son, Charles; her parents; three brothers and one sister.

Clear Lake Mirror Reporter -- Clear Lake, Iowa
June 2003