Photo courtesy of Schumacher-Kish Funeral and Cremation Services - La Crosse
Aug 6, 1925 - Sep 29, 2018
I am so sorry for your loss. I just heard about Aunt Bernice last night from my mother in-law. It broke my heart when I read the obituary. I did not know that we lost Carol. She was always a ray of sunshine. It's so sad that we did not stay in contact. I think of all of you often. Love you. Vicki
Vicki Wason
October 08, 2018 | Vandalia, MI | Family
May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow. You have our deepest sympathies.
Randy, Kim, & Family Haskey
October 02, 2018 | Stoddard, WI | Friend
To the Celius family please accept my condolences. No matter when or how it occurs, it is always hard. God Bless all of you.
Paul Martig
October 01, 2018 | St. Louis Park, MN | Friend
Bernice Mae Celius, 93, of La Crosse, died on Saturday, September 29, 2018, at the Hillview Health Care Center.
She was born on August 6, 1925 in Fountain City, Wis., to Joseph and Emma (Schmidt) Tillman. She married Wesley F. Celius on November 21, 1945 in Winona, Minn. Wes preceded her in death on May 8, 1978.
Bernice was blessed with many talents. She was accomplished at oil painting and crafting, as well as sewing, and hosted, “Sewing Is Fun”, at 10:30 p.m. on Channel 8 for several years in the 1960’s. She was also a talented musician and played trumpet for many years with the Swiss Girls, the Jolly Swiss Boys, and the Jolly Swiss Rangers, which was her family’s band.
Bernice is survived by two children, Jim (Pat) Celius and Diana (Gene) Pfaff; son-in-law, Robert Mahr; her grandchildren, Lisa Celius, Lori (Dennis) Woods, Lana (Aaron) Stremick, Lynn (Keith) Franklin, Joseph (Angela) Pfaff, Christina (Michael) Eder, Raymond (Stephanie) Mahr, and Catherina (Danny) Novy; her great grandchildren, Hanna and Thomas Stremick, Isabelle and Noah Franklin, Harley, Drew and Ashton Pfaff, Jasmine Tarjeson, Todd (Candace) Eder, and Westley and Evan Mahr; great, great grandchildren, Marley, Eleanor and Teagan; and many nieces and nephews. In addition to her husband, Wes, Bernice was also preceded in death by a daughter, Carol Mahr, in 2015; granddaughter, Angel Tarjeson in 2008; two sisters, Sylvia Vogelsang and Marie Harris; and brothers, Harry, Alvin and Leonard Tillman.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, October 3rd, at Mary, Mother of the Church Parish, 2006 Weston St., La Crosse. Rev. Brian D. Konopa will officiate. Entombment will follow in the St. Francis of Assisi Mausoleum in the Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 9:30 a.m. until the time of Mass on Wednesday at the church.
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