Francis Joseph Bernard 1916-1998

UMHOEFFER BERNARD

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 11/19/2012 at 21:36:12

ANTHON, Iowa — Francis Joseph Bernard, 82, of Anthon died Monday, July 20, 1998, at the Kingsley Nursing and Rehab Center at Kingsley, Iowa.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Anthon, with the Rev. David Hogan officiating. Burial will be in Mount St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery with military rites conducted by the American Legion McNiff Post 389 of Anthon, Visitation will be after 2 p.m. today, with a vigil wake service at 7 p.m. followed by a Knights of Columbus rosary at the Armstrong Funeral Home in Anthon.

Mr. Bernard was born March 31, l916, near Anthon, the son of James and Josephine (Umhoeffer) Bernard. He was raised in the Anthon area and attended St. Joseph Catholic School, graduating from Anthon Public High School in 1934. He served in the U.S. Army for two years and attended Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa for two years.

He farmed on the family farm, until entering the Kingsley Nursing and Rehab Center in March 1998.

He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus and American Legion McNiff Post 389. He enjoyed gardening.

Survivors include two sisters; Mildred M. and her husband, David Macken of Rochester, Minn., and Joan Barnes of Hot Springs, Ark.; a sister-in-law, Marguerite Bernard of Anthon; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by a brother and four sisters.