(Photo)

Bernice A. Zobel, 94, of Blair, died Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, at Nye Legacy in Fremont.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, August 22, at Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Norfolk. Rev. John E. Nelson Jr. will officiate. Burial will be in Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery in Norfolk.Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Thursday at Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Norfolk.

Bernice Ann (Nissen) Zobel, daughter of Carl and Ella (Falter) Nissen, was born on the family farm near Osmond. Bernice was baptized and confirmed at the Eden Valley Lutheran Church. Her grade school years were spent in the District 79 country school, just down the road from the farm. Bernice attended Osmond High School where she graduated with the Class of 1938.

On Feb. 14, 1944, Bernice was married to Glenn Zobel at Colorado Springs, Colo., which is where Glenn was stationed in the Army. The couple was blessed with four children: Beth, Terrell, Mical and Julie. She moved home to the family farm while Glenn was overseas during the war.

They moved to Plainview and then to Albion where they operated a bakery with Glenn’s brother, Gordon. In 1947, Glenn and Bernice moved to Norfolk where they remained until moving to Blair to be nearer to a daughter and son. After Glenn's death in 2003, Bernice lived in Shepherd’s Village Assisted Living before moving to Nye Legacy in December of 2013, where she resided until her death.

Bernice was a member of Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Norfolk and the Mount Olive Ladies Aid. She also served on the election committee for Madison County. Being a military wife and staunch republican, Bernice loved her country and stayed keenly knowledgeable of world affairs her entire life.In her free time, Bernice found much enjoyment tending to her flower garden, oil painting, and baking (especially her rhubarb pie). Bernice was a very accomplished seamstress and quilter, working with the Love Day Quilters at First Lutheran Church in Blair. While a resident at Shepherds Village, she sewed with the Stitching Angels making pillowcase dresses for children in need in Africa. The main focus of her entire life was her family. She loved attending her children and grandchildren’s events.

Bernice is survived by her children: Beth (Gerald) Timperley of Blair, Terry (Nancy) Zobel of Omaha, Mical (Sandy) Zobel of Blair and Julie (Miles) Jenkinson of Plainview,; 11 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; sister Carlene Bowen of Fremont; sisters-in-law: Lorraine Nissen of Plainview and Eline Brosh of Norfolk; and many nieces, nephews and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Glenn; and brothers: Willis and Lyle.

Brockhaus-Howser-Fillmer Funeral Home of Norfolk is in charge of arrangements.

Omaha World Herald 21 Aug 2014

Zobel, Bernice A., Age 94

Blair, NE, formerly of Norfolk, NE. Bernice died Monday, August 18, 2014, at Nye Legacy in Fremont, NE.

FUNERAL SERVICES will be at 10:30am Friday, August 22, 2014 at Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Norfolk, NE. Reverend John E. Nelson Jr. will officiate, with burial in Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery in Norfolk. VISITATION will be Thursday, from 5-7pm at Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Norfolk.

BROCKHAUS-HOWSER-FILLMERFUNERAL HOME 901 N. 13th St., Norfolk, NE 68701 402-371-2960

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~