Bernice Pfeiffer: 1926-2022

Bernice Pfeiffer was born on April 16, 1926 in Freeman, S.D. She was the first child of Bruno and Minnie Baer.

Bernice was baptized May 13, 1926 and confirmed on May 17, 1940 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Freeman.

Bernice attended parochial and public schools in Freeman and graduated from Freeman High school in 1944. Following graduation she attended Sacred Heart School of nursing in Yankton and graduated with an RN degree in 1947. Following her marriage to Arnold Pfeiffer on December 22, 1947 in Freeman, she continued her nursing career in Jackson, Minn.; Sioux Falls, S.D. and Vermillion, S.D. In 1962 the Pfeiffer family moved to Parker, S.D. where Arnold took over a private law practice. Bernice was a homemaker and volunteer for the next 54 years. She volunteered for Parker Schools, Turner County Fair First Aid Station and as a Poll Worker for local, state and national elections in Parker. She was very active in many activities associated with First English Lutheran Church where she was a member for many years.

Bernice passed away Jan. 27, 2022 at the age of 95.

Those who mourn her passing are one son, Richard and his wife Delora, Shawnee, Kan. and their daughter Sara and husband Ryan Walton, Olathe, Kan.; one daughter, Christine and husband Lyle Sageser, Corryton, Tenn.; their son Andrew and wife Kristin, Richmond, Va, and their daughter Beth and husband Stephen Martin, Knoxville, Tenn. She is also survived by 3 great-grandchildren, Madelyn Walton, Logan Sageser and Emma Sageser; and her brother Donald Baer, Vermillion; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was proceeded in death by her parents and husband.

There will be a time of visitation and viewing on Wednesday, Feb. 9 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Walter Funeral Home in Freeman. A committal service will follow at the Freeman City Cemetery