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Oliver married Bernice Marie Carpenter on 3 Dec 1938. Bernice was born on 20 Jun 1919 in Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota, USA; died on 7 Sep 2009 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota, USA; was buried in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota, USA, Oaklawn Cemetry. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Bernice Messner, age 90 of Northfield, passed away Monday, September 7, 2009 at the Northfield Hospital. Funeral Services will be 10:30 am Thursday, September 10th at the United Methodist Church in Northfield with burial at the Oaklawn Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday from 6-8:00 pm at the Bierman Funeral Home and Thursday 1 hour prior to Services at the Church.

Bernice Marie Messner was born June 20, 1919 to Alfred and Magdalina (Lenway) Carpenter by Kenyon, MN, the youngest of 10 children. Both of her parents came from Quebec, Quebec, Canada. Her father passed away when Bernice was 12 years old and she and her mother and sister spent the following years living with Bernice's brother, Raymond Carpentier and his family, on a farm east of Northfield.

On December 3, 1938 she was united in marriage to Oliver Henry Messner. She spent her life enjoying being a busy farm wife and raising their 5 children. She was a member of the Northfield United Methodist Church, Rebekah's Lodge #100 of Northfield, and a neighborhood Birthday Club for over 50 years that only disbanded in the last year.

Bernice's interests included being with her children, going to their activities, and most and first of all, playing cards. She was an avid card player and did not believe in cheating. She also enjoyed sewing, raising flowers, making apple cider in Minnesota and squeezing oranges and grapefruit for juice during winters spent in Florida.

Bernice Messner is survived by daughters Darlene (Roger) Hand of Northfield, Donna Messner of Northfield; sons Phil (Connie) Messner of Inver Grove Heights, Ken (Anne) Messner of Northfield, Steve (Liz) Messner of Northfield; sister-in-law Leota (Mel) Zimmerman of Stanton; brother-in-law Charles Messner of Fayetteville, Arkansas; 14 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband of 70 years this last Easter and was the last remaining member of her immediate family and their spouses.

Arrangements by the Bierman Funeral Home of Northfield.

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Charles married Hazel Leota Pruett on 10 Mar 1909 in Hancock, Stevens County, Minnesota, USA. Hazel (daughter of Oliver Francis Pruett and Jessie Inez Hubbard) was born on 12 Dec 1888 in Havlock, , Iowa, USA; died on 7 Jan 1988 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota, USA; was buried in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota, USA, Oaklawn Cemetry. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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