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Bernice Dorothea (Huff) Boubel

October 16, 1921 ~ March 27, 2020 (age 98) 98 Years Old

Bernice Boubel Obituary

Bernice Dorothea (Huff) Boubel, 98, of Mankato MN, passed away on Friday, March 27. Bernice was born October 16, 1921 in Phipps WI in the Township of Lenroot to Walter and Olga (Schultz) Huff. She was born again to eternal life though Holy Baptism at Trinity Lutheran Church, Phipps, WI. She spent most of her early life in Seeley, WI. Attending school in Phipps and Seeley, graduating from Hayward High School in 1939.

She moved to Chicago in 1943 and helped win WWII by working in a defense plant making airplane carburetors. She married John Jacob Boubel in Chicago in 1945. After the birth of their three children the family moved back to Seeley. When her husband’s passing in 1970, Bernice moved to the Twin Cities and later to Madison WI where she worked for 12 years at St Mary’s Hospital as a nurse’s aid, retiring in 1989. She moved to Mankato in 2002 where her son’s family lived. She had enjoyed reading, gardening, sewing, embroidering, and quilt making. She was a member of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Mankato, MN.

She is survived by three children: Margaret (Peg) Klein of Indianapolis, John Peter (Karen) Boubel of Burnsville, MN, and Mary Ann Boubel, of Racine, WI; four grand children: Peter (Alissa Shine) Klein of Indianapolis, Ann (nee Klein)(Alan) Pruitt of San Ramon, CA, Terri [nee Klein] Bailey of Indianapolis, Gregory (Micaela (nee) Brown) Boubel, of Longmont CO; five great grandchildren: Alex and Andrew of San Ramon, CA, Zach (Kearsten Sheable) Bailey, Anna and Jacob of and great-great grandchild, Zander Bailey of all of Indianapolis.

Bernice was preceded in death by her husband John, five sisters: Edna and Helen Huff, Elsie (Martin) Sjostrom, Ester (William) Bruschuk, and Arlene (Robert) Frindt: four brothers: Lloyd (Agnes), Bill (Edna), Lester (Verna), Clarence [Bud] (Bernice) Huff, 2 nieces and four nephews.

Because of the Covid-19 Virus pandemic, funeral arrangements are pending with Hayward Funeral Home and Trinity Lutheran Church. Interment will be in Riverside Cemetery, Seeley, WI. A memorial service is tentatively planned for the summer.

Memorials may be directed to Our Savior Lutheran Church, 1103 Broad Street, North Mankato, MN 56001 or Greater Mankato Area Therapy Dogs.

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