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Keller, Bernice I. Bohnert (nee Griep)

Keller, Bernice I. Bohnert (nee Griep)

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Bernice I. Keller, 90, of Pevely, Missouri, formerly of Perryville, died Friday, Aug. 22, 2014, at Mercy Hospital in Crystal City, Missouri. A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at the home of Ethan and Deborah Bohnert, 7081 Autumn Ridge, Bloomsdale, Missouri. Burial will be at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 2 in Mount Hope Cemetery..

 

Printed in the Tuesday, August 26, 2014 edition of the Southeast Missourian, Cape Girardeau, MO


Bernice I. Keller, 90, of Pevely formerly of Perryville died August 22, 2014 at Mercy Hospital in Crystal City, MO.

She was born October 2, 1923 in Anoka, Minnesota, daughter of Bernard A. and Elsie I. (Abraham) Griep. She first married Ernest C. "Ernie" Bohnert and he preceded her in death on May 6, 1996. She then married Hubert J. Keller and he preceded her in death on May 20, 1991.

Bernice was retired from Foam Products in Maryland Heights, MO as a Die Cutter.

Survivors include three daughters and three sons; JoAn (Homer Lee) Craft of Bartlett,TN, Jannette (Michael) Nolen of Wentzville, MO, Ernest (Vickie) Borgan of Dayton, MN, Edwin Bohnert of Bloomsdale, MO, Jennifer (Charles) Baker of St. Mary, Mo, Ethan (Deborah) Bohnert of Bloomsdale, MO, one step son and one step daughter; Jerry (Cheryl) Keller of Collinsville, Il and Norma Jean Jones of St. Louis, MO, one brother and three sisters; Wayne Griep of Pelican Rapids, MN, Shirley Borgan of Brooklyn Park, MN and Rose (Joe) Fercello of California, Dorothy (Tom) Kennedy of Mora, MN, nineteen grandchildren, twenty-four great grandchildren and two great great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, both husbands, three daughters and three sons; Judith Kester, Eldon, Elbert and Erwin Bohnert, Joyce Bohnert and Jayne Hill, two step sons and one step daughter; Hubert Jr, William and Susan Keller, five sisters and three brothers; Irene Kriesel, Dolores Koller, Betty Wolff, James Steen, Alfred Griep, Mary Ann Fieg, Eva Taylor and Eugene Griep, two grandsons; Charles Baker and Eldon Bohnert, Jr and one great grandson; Cody Kester.

Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, August 30 at 3:00 pm at the home of Ethan and Deborah Bohnert 7081 Autumn Ridge Bloomsdale, MO. Burial will be held at Mount Hope Cemetery October 2 at 6:30 pm.

Memorials are preferred to charity of choice.

Young & Sons Funeral Home, Inc. in Perryville, MO provided the arrangements.

 

Printed in the Sun-Times Newspaper, Perryville, MO

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