Bernice Jorgensen

Bernice Jorgensen, 97, of Lennox, SD, died Sunday, March 24, 2019 at the Centerville Care and Rehab Nursing Home. Bernice Elizabeth Bickett was born at Beresford, SD, on September 16, 1921, the daughter of John and Elvira (Olson) Bickett. She grew up and attended school in Beresford, graduating from Beresford high School. She went on to earn her teaching degree from Mount Marty College in Yankton. She later attended Augustana College and earned her master's degree from Sioux Falls College. Bernice taught rural school and then worked in the Lennox School District eventually retiring after teaching 2nd grade in Worthing. On December 28, 1942 she married Robert W. Jorgensen at St. Teresa Catholic Church in Beresford. The couple lived on three rural Lincoln county farms before settling at their farm near Lennox in 1950. They moved into Lennox in 1954. Husband Robert died on August 23, 2000. Bernice had been and active and faithful member of St. Madgalen Catholic Church, Lennox where she taught catechism and was active in Catholic Daughters. She was currently a member of St. Nicholas Catholic Church, Tea. Bernice was devoted wife and mother and dearly loved her family. She loved music and loved to play the piano. Besides her parents and husband, Bernice was preceded in death by four brothers: Milford, John, Bernard and Raymond and one sister, Dorothy Kirby; two great-grandchildren. Grateful for having shared her life are her nine children: Margaret (Steve) Waterman, Spearfish, Mary (Ted) Iverson, New Albany, IN, Robert A. (Cathy) Jorgensen, Lennox, Donald (Joni) Jorgensen, Broomfield, CO, Jeannette Campbell, Montrose, CO, Kathleen (Tom) Morrison, Farson, WY, Michael (Gayla) Jorgensen, Gillette, WY, David (Janice) Jorgensen, Sugarland, TX and Dolly Jorgensen, Tea; 22 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren; siblings: Lillian Biehl, Minneapolis, Adeline McIlvenna, Sioux Falls, Irene Latendresse, TN, Marie Gorman, Centerville, Robert Bickett, Centerville and Jerry Bickett, OR and a host of other relatives and friends. Services will begin at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, March 28 at St. Nicholas Catholic Church, Tea with burial to follow at Mt Olivet Cemetery, Lennox. Visitation, with the family present, at Dindot-Klusmann Funeral Home, Lennox, will be 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, with a prayer service at 7 p.m.

Bernice Jorgensen

September 16, 1921 - March 24, 2019

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