Bernice (Be) Eder, 97, passed away peacefully on Sept. 10, 2019, surrounded by her loving family.
Bernice McClaire was born on July 19, 1922 in Glidden. She married Raymond (Tony) Eder on Nov. 15, 1942 at Most Precious Blood Catholic Church in Glidden. They moved to Waterford in 1957. Tony passed away on Oct. 7, 1998.
Be was employed as a part-time beautician and as an accountant at the Garden of Eder and at Fox River School. She volunteered at church, school functions, and Burlington Memorial Hospital. Her hobbies included refinishing furniture, building doll houses and miniature villages and barns, traveling, theater, reading, playing card, knitting and sewing and displaying marvelous hospitality to friends and family alike. She was a member of St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Waterford, which she attended regularly.
Be’s seven children include Butch (Pam) Eder, Rae Jean (Paul) Dettmann, Michael (Kathy) Eder, Angela Eder, Patti Eder, Meg (Mike) Wadina and Brigid McClaire. She has 15 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren, all of whom she loved dearly. She will always be remembered for her intense love of her family and her sense of fun.
A celebration of Bernice’s life will take place on Monday, Sept. 23, 2019 at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 305 S. 1st Street, Waterford. Visitation will be from 9 to 10:45 a.m., followed by 11 a.m. Memorial Mass. A luncheon will be provided after the mass. Bernice will be laid to rest at Southern Wisconsin Veterans Cemetery in Union Grove at 3 p.m.
The family wanted to extend a special thank you to Aurora at Home Hospice and Aurora Chaplain for their wonderful care of Bernice.
Memorials are suggested to Aurora Health Care Cancer Clinic.
Integrity Funeral Services is serving the family. Well-wishers may visit www.integrityfamilies.net.
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