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Viola Bernhardt
TRIMONT–Services for Viola (Vi) Bernhardt née Breitbarth, age 100, of Trimont, Minnesota will be held 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 6 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Trimont. Burial will be in Cedar Lutheran Cemetery west of Trimont.
Viola died November 2, 2019 at Lakeview Methodist Health Care Center. Visitation will be 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 5 at Kramer Funeral Home in Trimont and one hour prior to her services at Trinity Lutheran Church.
She had the most positive spirit and was continuously involved in community activities until just the last few years. She and her husband Sief provided an example for how to live in the community and how always to show compassion and love to family and friends. One person who knew her wrote, “We remember her as a gracious, elegant, cheerful lady who was dedicated to giving back to the community. The world needs more like her.”
Viola Alma Emily Minnie Breitbarth was born July 21, 1919 to August Breitbarth and Alvina Breitbarth née Busch in Wishek, North Dakota, where they had homesteaded a decade prior. The Breitbarths moved to Martin County, Minnesota in 1938 and began farming the Harry and Minnie Bird farm in Cedar Township. Viola stayed in Wishek with her aunt and uncle Emil and Bertha Breitbarth until graduating with the Wishek High School class of 1938, then rejoined her parents.
Vi met Siegfried Harold Bernhardt at a dance at Fox Lake Ballroom. “We saw each other across the dance floor and that was it,” she told her family in 2007. Vi and Sief were married April 20, 1941. Sief entered the U.S. Army in June of the same year. After the end of the war, they built a house in Trimont. In 1950, Sief and Vi began farming her parents’ place, which they were proud to purchase in 1967. They loved dancing and travelling together. They had three children: Terry, Angela, and Kevin. Sief died May 10, 1979. When other Trimont women lost their husbands, she was always the first to arrive and offer support. In 1985, she moved from the farm into the town of Trimont.
Vi belonged to the American Legion Auxiliary of Foster-Bernhardt Post 373 for 75 years. She helped choose Trimont's American Legion Girls State participants. She was a 4-H leader, and an active member of the Minnesota Farmers Union. At Trinity Lutheran Church, she was an active member of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League and Prayer Chain, and taught Sunday School and organized the greeters. For many years she organized Daffodil Days in Trimont for the American Cancer Society. She helped start Trimont's Meals on Wheels program and delivered meals into her late eighties.
Visitors to her kitchen were always asked whether they were hungry or needed a little lunch or coffee. She was always interested in hearing how other people were doing. She loved to travel, cook, and listen to music. She treasured her adoring family, whom she was very proud of and encouraged in many ways.
Vi was preceded in death by her parents; her loving husband, Siegfried; her siblings Alfred Breitbarth, Luella Wolff, LaVera Nordby, and Estella Anderson; her granddaughter, Leah Smith née Carlson; and her many sisters- and brothers-in-law.
Vi is survived by her sister-in-law Nelda Berry née Bernhardt; her many special nieces and nephews; as well as Vi and Sief’s three children: Terence (Terry) Bernhardt (Jeanne Laqua) of White Bear Lake, Minnesota; Angela (Bob) Carlson of Sherburn, Minnesota; and Kevin (Brenda) Bernhardt of Waseca, Minnesota. She is also survived by nine grandchildren: Paul (Jolana) Bernhardt of Minneapolis, Minnesota and children Hannah and Henry; Hans Bernhardt of Bloomington, Minnesota; Sara (Gregg) Origer of Willow, Alaska and children Jessica (Adam) Kincaid, Anthony Origer (fiancée Marilena Staudenmaier), and Mackenze Origer; Tina (Wes) Carlson-Oesterich of Trimont, Minnesota and daughter Lydia; Ryan Carlson (fiancée Heather Dow) of Prior Lake, Minnesota and children Hunter, Mikaylea, and Michael; Grant (Kelly) Carlson of Trimont, Minnesota and children Ella, Madelyn, and Jack; Megan Bernhardt McDermott (Phil McDermott) of Savage, Minnesota and children Sadie Krampf and Eloise and Rory McDermott; Cassie Bernhardt (Cam Peterson) of Savage, Minnesota and their children Finley and Sienna; and Hannah Bernhardt (Jason Misik) of Finlayson, Minnesota and their son, Harvey. She was blessed to know her great-great-grandson August Kincaid.
Viola Bernhardt
TRIMONT–Services for Viola (Vi) Bernhardt née Breitbarth, age 100, of Trimont, Minnesota will be held 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 6 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Trimont. Burial will be in Cedar Lutheran Cemetery west of Trimont.
Viola died November 2, 2019 at Lakeview Methodist Health Care Center. Visitation will be 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 5 at Kramer Funeral Home in Trimont and one hour prior to her services at Trinity Lutheran Church.
She had the most positive spirit and was continuously involved in community activities until just the last few years. She and her husband Sief provided an example for how to live in the community and how always to show compassion and love to family and friends. One person who knew her wrote, “We remember her as a gracious, elegant, cheerful lady who was dedicated to giving back to the community. The world needs more like her.”
Viola Alma Emily Minnie Breitbarth was born July 21, 1919 to August Breitbarth and Alvina Breitbarth née Busch in Wishek, North Dakota, where they had homesteaded a decade prior. The Breitbarths moved to Martin County, Minnesota in 1938 and began farming the Harry and Minnie Bird farm in Cedar Township. Viola stayed in Wishek with her aunt and uncle Emil and Bertha Breitbarth until graduating with the Wishek High School class of 1938, then rejoined her parents.
Vi met Siegfried Harold Bernhardt at a dance at Fox Lake Ballroom. “We saw each other across the dance floor and that was it,” she told her family in 2007. Vi and Sief were married April 20, 1941. Sief entered the U.S. Army in June of the same year. After the end of the war, they built a house in Trimont. In 1950, Sief and Vi began farming her parents’ place, which they were proud to purchase in 1967. They loved dancing and travelling together. They had three children: Terry, Angela, and Kevin. Sief died May 10, 1979. When other Trimont women lost their husbands, she was always the first to arrive and offer support. In 1985, she moved from the farm into the town of Trimont.
Vi belonged to the American Legion Auxiliary of Foster-Bernhardt Post 373 for 75 years. She helped choose Trimont's American Legion Girls State participants. She was a 4-H leader, and an active member of the Minnesota Farmers Union. At Trinity Lutheran Church, she was an active member of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League and Prayer Chain, and taught Sunday School and organized the greeters. For many years she organized Daffodil Days in Trimont for the American Cancer Society. She helped start Trimont's Meals on Wheels program and delivered meals into her late eighties.
Visitors to her kitchen were always asked whether they were hungry or needed a little lunch or coffee. She was always interested in hearing how other people were doing. She loved to travel, cook, and listen to music. She treasured her adoring family, whom she was very proud of and encouraged in many ways.
Vi was preceded in death by her parents; her loving husband, Siegfried; her siblings Alfred Breitbarth, Luella Wolff, LaVera Nordby, and Estella Anderson; her granddaughter, Leah Smith née Carlson; and her many sisters- and brothers-in-law.
Vi is survived by her sister-in-law Nelda Berry née Bernhardt; her many special nieces and nephews; as well as Vi and Sief’s three children: Terence (Terry) Bernhardt (Jeanne Laqua) of White Bear Lake, Minnesota; Angela (Bob) Carlson of Sherburn, Minnesota; and Kevin (Brenda) Bernhardt of Waseca, Minnesota. She is also survived by nine grandchildren: Paul (Jolana) Bernhardt of Minneapolis, Minnesota and children Hannah and Henry; Hans Bernhardt of Bloomington, Minnesota; Sara (Gregg) Origer of Willow, Alaska and children Jessica (Adam) Kincaid, Anthony Origer (fiancée Marilena Staudenmaier), and Mackenze Origer; Tina (Wes) Carlson-Oesterich of Trimont, Minnesota and daughter Lydia; Ryan Carlson (fiancée Heather Dow) of Prior Lake, Minnesota and children Hunter, Mikaylea, and Michael; Grant (Kelly) Carlson of Trimont, Minnesota and children Ella, Madelyn, and Jack; Megan Bernhardt McDermott (Phil McDermott) of Savage, Minnesota and children Sadie Krampf and Eloise and Rory McDermott; Cassie Bernhardt (Cam Peterson) of Savage, Minnesota and their children Finley and Sienna; and Hannah Bernhardt (Jason Misik) of Finlayson, Minnesota and their son, Harvey. She was blessed to know her great-great-grandson August Kincaid.
https://www.fairmontsentinel.com/obituaries/2019/11/05/viola-vi-bernhardt-2/
Viola Bernhardt
TRIMONT–Services for Viola (Vi) Bernhardt née Breitbarth, age 100, of Trimont, Minnesota will be held 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 6 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Trimont. Burial will be in Cedar Lutheran Cemetery west of Trimont.
Viola died November 2, 2019 at Lakeview Methodist Health Care Center. Visitation will be 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 5 at Kramer Funeral Home in Trimont and one hour prior to her services at Trinity Lutheran Church.
She had the most positive spirit and was continuously involved in community activities until just the last few years. She and her husband Sief provided an example for how to live in the community and how always to show compassion and love to family and friends. One person who knew her wrote, “We remember her as a gracious, elegant, cheerful lady who was dedicated to giving back to the community. The world needs more like her.”
Viola Alma Emily Minnie Breitbarth was born July 21, 1919 to August Breitbarth and Alvina Breitbarth née Busch in Wishek, North Dakota, where they had homesteaded a decade prior. The Breitbarths moved to Martin County, Minnesota in 1938 and began farming the Harry and Minnie Bird farm in Cedar Township. Viola stayed in Wishek with her aunt and uncle Emil and Bertha Breitbarth until graduating with the Wishek High School class of 1938, then rejoined her parents.
Vi met Siegfried Harold Bernhardt at a dance at Fox Lake Ballroom. “We saw each other across the dance floor and that was it,” she told her family in 2007. Vi and Sief were married April 20, 1941. Sief entered the U.S. Army in June of the same year. After the end of the war, they built a house in Trimont. In 1950, Sief and Vi began farming her parents’ place, which they were proud to purchase in 1967. They loved dancing and travelling together. They had three children: Terry, Angela, and Kevin. Sief died May 10, 1979. When other Trimont women lost their husbands, she was always the first to arrive and offer support. In 1985, she moved from the farm into the town of Trimont.
Vi belonged to the American Legion Auxiliary of Foster-Bernhardt Post 373 for 75 years. She helped choose Trimont's American Legion Girls State participants. She was a 4-H leader, and an active member of the Minnesota Farmers Union. At Trinity Lutheran Church, she was an active member of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League and Prayer Chain, and taught Sunday School and organized the greeters. For many years she organized Daffodil Days in Trimont for the American Cancer Society. She helped start Trimont's Meals on Wheels program and delivered meals into her late eighties.
Visitors to her kitchen were always asked whether they were hungry or needed a little lunch or coffee. She was always interested in hearing how other people were doing. She loved to travel, cook, and listen to music. She treasured her adoring family, whom she was very proud of and encouraged in many ways.
Vi was preceded in death by her parents; her loving husband, Siegfried; her siblings Alfred Breitbarth, Luella Wolff, LaVera Nordby, and Estella Anderson; her granddaughter, Leah Smith née Carlson; and her many sisters- and brothers-in-law.
Vi is survived by her sister-in-law Nelda Berry née Bernhardt; her many special nieces and nephews; as well as Vi and Sief’s three children: Terence (Terry) Bernhardt (Jeanne Laqua) of White Bear Lake, Minnesota; Angela (Bob) Carlson of Sherburn, Minnesota; and Kevin (Brenda) Bernhardt of Waseca, Minnesota. She is also survived by nine grandchildren: Paul (Jolana) Bernhardt of Minneapolis, Minnesota and children Hannah and Henry; Hans Bernhardt of Bloomington, Minnesota; Sara (Gregg) Origer of Willow, Alaska and children Jessica (Adam) Kincaid, Anthony Origer (fiancée Marilena Staudenmaier), and Mackenze Origer; Tina (Wes) Carlson-Oesterich of Trimont, Minnesota and daughter Lydia; Ryan Carlson (fiancée Heather Dow) of Prior Lake, Minnesota and children Hunter, Mikaylea, and Michael; Grant (Kelly) Carlson of Trimont, Minnesota and children Ella, Madelyn, and Jack; Megan Bernhardt McDermott (Phil McDermott) of Savage, Minnesota and children Sadie Krampf and Eloise and Rory McDermott; Cassie Bernhardt (Cam Peterson) of Savage, Minnesota and their children Finley and Sienna; and Hannah Bernhardt (Jason Misik) of Finlayson, Minnesota and their son, Harvey. She was blessed to know her great-great-grandson August Kincaid.
Viola Bernhardt
TRIMONT–Services for Viola (Vi) Bernhardt née Breitbarth, age 100, of Trimont, Minnesota will be held 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 6 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Trimont. Burial will be in Cedar Lutheran Cemetery west of Trimont.
Viola died November 2, 2019 at Lakeview Methodist Health Care Center. Visitation will be 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 5 at Kramer Funeral Home in Trimont and one hour prior to her services at Trinity Lutheran Church.
She had the most positive spirit and was continuously involved in community activities until just the last few years. She and her husband Sief provided an example for how to live in the community and how always to show compassion and love to family and friends. One person who knew her wrote, “We remember her as a gracious, elegant, cheerful lady who was dedicated to giving back to the community. The world needs more like her.”
Viola Alma Emily Minnie Breitbarth was born July 21, 1919 to August Breitbarth and Alvina Breitbarth née Busch in Wishek, North Dakota, where they had homesteaded a decade prior. The Breitbarths moved to Martin County, Minnesota in 1938 and began farming the Harry and Minnie Bird farm in Cedar Township. Viola stayed in Wishek with her aunt and uncle Emil and Bertha Breitbarth until graduating with the Wishek High School class of 1938, then rejoined her parents.
Vi met Siegfried Harold Bernhardt at a dance at Fox Lake Ballroom. “We saw each other across the dance floor and that was it,” she told her family in 2007. Vi and Sief were married April 20, 1941. Sief entered the U.S. Army in June of the same year. After the end of the war, they built a house in Trimont. In 1950, Sief and Vi began farming her parents’ place, which they were proud to purchase in 1967. They loved dancing and travelling together. They had three children: Terry, Angela, and Kevin. Sief died May 10, 1979. When other Trimont women lost their husbands, she was always the first to arrive and offer support. In 1985, she moved from the farm into the town of Trimont.
Vi belonged to the American Legion Auxiliary of Foster-Bernhardt Post 373 for 75 years. She helped choose Trimont's American Legion Girls State participants. She was a 4-H leader, and an active member of the Minnesota Farmers Union. At Trinity Lutheran Church, she was an active member of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League and Prayer Chain, and taught Sunday School and organized the greeters. For many years she organized Daffodil Days in Trimont for the American Cancer Society. She helped start Trimont's Meals on Wheels program and delivered meals into her late eighties.
Visitors to her kitchen were always asked whether they were hungry or needed a little lunch or coffee. She was always interested in hearing how other people were doing. She loved to travel, cook, and listen to music. She treasured her adoring family, whom she was very proud of and encouraged in many ways.
Vi was preceded in death by her parents; her loving husband, Siegfried; her siblings Alfred Breitbarth, Luella Wolff, LaVera Nordby, and Estella Anderson; her granddaughter, Leah Smith née Carlson; and her many sisters- and brothers-in-law.
Vi is survived by her sister-in-law Nelda Berry née Bernhardt; her many special nieces and nephews; as well as Vi and Sief’s three children: Terence (Terry) Bernhardt (Jeanne Laqua) of White Bear Lake, Minnesota; Angela (Bob) Carlson of Sherburn, Minnesota; and Kevin (Brenda) Bernhardt of Waseca, Minnesota. She is also survived by nine grandchildren: Paul (Jolana) Bernhardt of Minneapolis, Minnesota and children Hannah and Henry; Hans Bernhardt of Bloomington, Minnesota; Sara (Gregg) Origer of Willow, Alaska and children Jessica (Adam) Kincaid, Anthony Origer (fiancée Marilena Staudenmaier), and Mackenze Origer; Tina (Wes) Carlson-Oesterich of Trimont, Minnesota and daughter Lydia; Ryan Carlson (fiancée Heather Dow) of Prior Lake, Minnesota and children Hunter, Mikaylea, and Michael; Grant (Kelly) Carlson of Trimont, Minnesota and children Ella, Madelyn, and Jack; Megan Bernhardt McDermott (Phil McDermott) of Savage, Minnesota and children Sadie Krampf and Eloise and Rory McDermott; Cassie Bernhardt (Cam Peterson) of Savage, Minnesota and their children Finley and Sienna; and Hannah Bernhardt (Jason Misik) of Finlayson, Minnesota and their son, Harvey. She was blessed to know her great-great-grandson August Kincaid.
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