Josephine Bernt

Josephine U. Bernt, Born June 20th,1912 Duncan, Nebraska.
At 98 years of age, Josephine's Christmas Wish was answered when she was called home to be with her heavenly father, her husband Alvy and daughter Maxine. By her side was her son Myron, son-in-law Lee and Bryan, Sue (grand
daughter) and Kali Hast

Josephine was born to Barney and Anna (Balasa) Tomasevicz. Josephine went to the Catholic school in Duncan Neb. After that she worked at the Hasselbalch Nursing home, then at St. Mary's Hospital. On Aug 12th 1930 she married Alfred Bernt at the St. Andrews Catholic Church in Rural Osceola. They were blessed with 2 children Maxine and Myron. They lived on a farm in rural Shelby in the valley. Josephine was a lovely hard working vibrant woman. She loved to garden and canned everything to share with her family. Josephine loved to sew and was a wonderful seamstress. She did a lot sewing for her neighbors and made a lot of clothing for her grandchildren. She also sewed many lap robes for the American Legion Auxiliary. Josephine was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary and Alter society. There are many wonderful memories of Josephine and special times shared with all her grandchildren having weekly summer visits on the farm. She was always there to listen, spoil and baby-sit her grandchildren. She would teach her granddaughters to sew blankets for dolls. She enjoyed fishing and playing cards with Alvy not to mention working hard on the family farm. One of her fondest memories was her Sunday dinners on the farm with Lee grilling. She moved to Shelby, Neb. in 1984 and belonged to the Sacred Heart church. Josephine moved to Columbus in 2002 where she lived at The Cottonwood Assisted Living. In 2007 she moved to Columbus Golden Living Center.She will be greatly missed by her family and friends.

She is survived by Son Myron (Janis) Bernt of Stromsburg. Son-in-law Lee Iwanski of Columbus.
Grandchildren:
Deb Adams & family Columbus
Randy Iwanski & Family of Omaha Neb
Kathy Flavell & Family of Omaha Neb
Sue (Bryan)Hast & Family of Columbus Neb
Rob Bernt & Family of Grand Island Neb
Dawnn Tucker & Family of Peirce Neb
Heather Wenig & Family of Indiana
Holli Mills & Family of Omaha Neb
Theodore Bernt of Indiana
PFC Jessie Matlock currently serving in Iraq
Matt Matlock of Denver Colorado
21 great-grandchildren
4 great, great-grandchildren

She was preceded in death by her husband Alfred Bent (Febuary 14th 1988) and daughter Maxine Iwanski (June 1st 2010) her parents, Barney and Anna and brothers &sisters, Eva Sayers, Leona Pacholski, Frank Tomasevicz, John
Tomasevicz and Rich Tomasevicz.