Bernadette "Bernie" Linneman

Watertown, South Dakota

Funeral Mass

10:30 A.M., Saturday, January 3, 2009

St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church

Estelline, South Dakota

Scripture Service and Rosary

8:00 P.M., Friday, January 2, 2009

St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church

Interment

St. Francis de Sales Catholic Cemetery

Estelline, South Dakota

Visitation

5:00 PM to 8:00 Pm Friday at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church

Bernadette "Grandma Bernie" L. (Holzemer) Linneman, daughter of Nicholas C. and Mary (Spartz) Holzemer, was born October 10, 1923, at Kranzburg, South Dakota. She received her elementary education at Holy Rosary School in Kranzburg and then graduated from Goodwin High School. Bernadette received her teachers certificate from Notre Dame College in Mitchell, South Dakota. She then taught in rural schools in Hamlin and Deuel Counties prior to her marriage to John F. Linneman on November 6, 1946, in Kranzburg. They farmed near Dempster, South Dakota until his death on March 8, 1973. She then moved to Brookings and was employed at 3M for about three years. Bernadette continued to live in Brookings until moving to Benet Place in Watertown in 1998. She died surrounded by her family at her daughter Linda's residence in Clear Lake on Tuesday, December 30, 2008, at the age of 85 years.

She had a deep faith and was a member of St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, where she was active in the altar society, taught CCD and sang in the choir. While in Brookings she volunteered time with special needs children and the elderly. After moving to Watertown, she served as an Eucharistic Minister and lector at Benet Place. Bernadette loved playing bridge, watching every Twins and Vikings game, Trivial Pursuit, golf and reading, but most of all she enjoyed spending time with her family and friends. Bernadette also traveled internationally and collected spoons from various destinations.

Grateful for having shared her life are her children, Karen Urban and her husband Richard of Hillsboro, WI, Linda Hemmer and her husband Dennis of Clear Lake, John Linneman and his wife Lynn of New Richmond, WI, Rebecca Sinha and her husband T.J. of Spring, TX; 15 grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren; a sister, Esther Berg of Goodwin, SD; three sisters

Bernadette was preceded in death by her husband John; one son Ronald in 1976; her parents; five sisters, Theresa, Philomena, Victoria, Rosella and Rose; and four brothers, Edward, Milton, Arthur and Bernard.