Bernice Mildred Noreen, age 97, of Kenosha, passed away on Tuesday, February 7, 2017, at Hospice Alliance\/Hospice House, Pleasant Prairie.<\/p>\n
Bernice was born on September 26, 1919 in LuVerne, Iowa, a daughter of the late Oscar and Hedwig \u201cHattie\u201d (Bodesheimer) Haugen.\u00a0 The family moved to Burkhardt, WI, where the family operated a farm. Bernice moved to Hudson, WI with her mother and siblings.<\/p>\n
Bernice was united in marriage to Donald J. Noreen in 1943.\u00a0 Their marriage was blessed with three children.<\/p>\n
Bernice worked many years as a telephone operator in Hudson and at the Emporium in St. Paul.\u00a0 Bernice was formerly a resident of North St. Paul, MN, where she was a member of St. Mark\u2019s Lutheran Church for 63 years.\u00a0 She currently was a member of St. Mary\u2019s Lutheran Church in Kenosha where she had been actively involved in the Monday Quilting Group and The Friendly Center.<\/p>\n
Her hobbies included quilting, card playing, knitting, board games, and reading.<\/p>\n
Bernice is survived by her children, Pamela Beth (Winchester) Sherman, Hagerstown, MD & Edwards, CO; son Robert Paul (Kathleen) Noreen, Kenosha, WI, and Debra Lynn (John) Diesch, Aurora, CO; six grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.\u00a0 She is further survived by her sisters Lila Chiconis of Bayport, MN, and Olive Brande of Scottsdale, AZ, as well as many nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Donald J. Noreen; her sisters, Alice Kordosky, Ella \u201cPenny\u201d Young and Violet Johnstad; as well as her brothers, Harold, Raymond and Daryl Haugen.<\/p>\n
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Bernice\u2019s family wishes to extend their deep gratitude to Dr. Michael Zeihen, Pastor Sheila Rawn, Bob and Kate, and the entire staff of Hospice Alliance, and the special caregivers, Mindy, Dawn, and Kayla.<\/em><\/p>\n A Memorial Service honoring Bernice\u2019s life will be held on Monday, February 13, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Mary\u2019s Lutheran Church, 2001 80th Street, Kenosha. Inurnment will take place next to her husband on Thursday, February 16th in Willow River Cemetery, Hudson, WI.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bernice Mildred Noreen, age 97, of Kenosha, passed away on Tuesday, February 7, 2017, at Hospice Alliance\/Hospice House, Pleasant Prairie. Bernice was born on September 26, 1919 in LuVerne, Iowa, a daughter of the late Oscar and Hedwig \u201cHattie\u201d (Bodesheimer) Haugen.\u00a0 The family moved to<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":14529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"service-location":[],"class_list":["post-14528","obituary","type-obituary","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/obituary\/14528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/obituary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/obituary"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14528"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"service-location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service-location?post=14528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Informaci\u00f3n del servicio<\/h3>\n