Bernice Wiesner
Bernice "Bebe" Wiesner, 83, Ellis, died Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008, at Hays Medical Center.
She was born Nov. 13, 1924, in Hays to Joseph F. and Rosa B. (Niernberger) Wiesner. She was a 1943 graduate of Ellis High School.
She was the owner of Wiesner Department Store in Ellis, retiring in 1985.
She was very dedicated to the beautification of Ellis and the preservation of Ellis history.
Survivors include four sisters, Edna Mae Delva and Dorothy Rupp, both of Denver, Lucille Flanders, Muscatine, Iowa, and Mary Ann Crosbie, Modesto, Calif.; 22 nieces and nephews; and family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, Clarence and Alfred.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St Mary Catholic Church, Ellis; private family inurnment will be at a later date.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the church.
A vigil will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, followed by a Daughters of Isabella rosary, both at the church.
Memorials are suggested to the Wiesner Education Fund at Ellis High School in care of the Wasinger-Keithley Funeral Home or Wiesner Education Fund in care of Greg Saindon P.O. Box 108, Ellis, KS 67637.
Wasinger-Keithley Funeral Chapel, Ellis, is in charge of arrangements.
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