She also was administrator at Golden Acres Nursing Center in Onaga for seven years. After retiring, Barbara and her husband moved from rural Havensville to Onaga. They moved to Topeka in March 1997. She was a member of the First Congregational Church, UCC, in Onaga. She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter, on April 12, 1999.
Cremation is planned.
Graveside services were held at 7 p.m. on Friday at the Onaga Cemetery. Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. on Friday, June 4, at the Harrison Community Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Janeva Stromberg officiating. At the age of two, she moved with her family to Irving Township, near Atwater. There she grew up and received her education at the District 2 school. Bernice was baptized in Big Lake, and was confirmed at the Zion Lutheran Church in Hawick.