Berger, Florence G. (1910-2007)

BERGER, BERNEMANN, HYING, PANNKUK, LEMKE, CHRISTENSEN, LUKEN

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 4/3/2013 at 13:12:40

Florence G. Berger
May 4, 1910 - August 31, 2007

FOREST CITY -- Florence Berger, age 97, of Forest City, died on Friday, August 31, 2007, at the Good Samaritan Center in Forest City.

Florence G. Berger was born on May 4, 1910, in Mason City, Iowa, the daughter of Bernard and Katie (Hying) Bernemann. She graduated from St. Joseph’s High School in Mason City. On July 29, 1931, she married Sylvester Berger at St Joseph’s Catholic Church in Mason City. The couple made their home in Forest City for their entire married lives where she became an active member of the St. James Guild and Catholic Daughters.

Florence worked at several retail stores in Forest City. She enjoyed playing cards as well as cooking and baking for her family and friends. A sports enthusiast and an avid Twins fan, she also enjoyed watching the Iowa Hawkeyes and Minnesota Vikings. She always looked forward to spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She is survived by her daughter, Patricia Pannkuk, and her husband, Herbert, of Buffalo Center, Iowa, and six grandchildren and their families: Michael and Mary Pannkuk, of Bemidji, Minnesota, and their children, Sarah, of Eagen, Minnesota, and David, of Bemidji, Minnesota; Duane and Dorothy Lemke, of Bettendorf, Iowa; Bob and Patty Pannkuk, and their daughter, Kirstin, of Woodbury, Minnesota; Mark and Mary Christensen, and their daughter, Anne Marie, of Quincy, Illinois; Mark and Lisa Pannkuk, and their children, Conrad, Berger, and Ella, of Cedar Rapids; and Randy and Karen Luken, of Lee’s Summit, Missouri; as well as several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Sylvester, in 1993; her parents; her granddaughter, Paula Pannkuk, in 1999; and four brothers and three sisters.

A Mass of the Resurrection will be offered on Tuesday, September 4, 2007, at 10:30 AM at St. James Catholic Church in Forest City with Father Henry Huber officiating. Burial will be at St. James Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 6:00 PM on Monday, September 3, 2007, at Petersen Lund Funeral Home and an hour prior to service at the church.

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