BERNICE SALZWEDEL

BERNICE SALZWEDEL

     Bernice Salzwedel, 101, formerly of Ettrick, WI, died Friday, June 2, 2023, at Grand View Care Center, Blair, WI.

     She was born July 30, 1921, in Blair to Oscar and Belle (Brekke) Olson. She married Willard B. Salzwedel Oct. 15, 1938, at French Creek, and the couple lived in Black River Falls, WI, until 1952, when they moved to the family homestead farm, which was in the family for 150 years, in Ettrick. Willard preceded her in death in 1997.

     Bernice was a kind, generous, loving wife, mother, sister, grandma, great-grandma, great-great-grandma and friend. She loved her bus trips, the color red and making pies, especially lemon meringue, that she shared with neighbors. She was a 4-H leader and good Norwegian lefse-maker. Bernice was an active member of South Beaver Creek Lutheran Church, being involved in the W.E.L.C.A. and Esther Circle, making quilts, and she sang in the choir for 30 years.

     Survivors are a daughter, Bonnie (Marvin) Tranberg of North Bend, WI; grandchildren Sheila (Tom) Wallrick of Red Wing, MN, Tim (Sandy) Tranberg of Black River Falls, WI; great-grandchildren Jordan (Jen) Tranberg, Trevor (Amanda) Tranberg, Grace Fehrman (fiance Nathan Berg), and Hollie (Max) Schafer; great-great-grandchildren Louis, Waylon and Ivy Schafer and Jeffrey and Myles Tranberg; and a sister, Helen Amundson.

     Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by a son, Wilber Salzwedel; a grandson, Jeff Tranberg; seven sisters, Ovidia, Bertha, Clara, Edna, Ruth, Irene and Betty; four brothers, Edwin, Odell, James and Norman; and brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Berdella and Elmer and Wilma and Ieval.

     Funeral services will be Friday, June 9, 2023, at 11 a.m. at South Beaver Creek Lutheran Church, rural Ettrick, with Pastor John Ashland officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the church Friday from 9 a.m. until service time.

     Zwickey Funeral Homes, Melrose Chapel assisted the family.