Brenda E. Vaske

Brenda Elaine Vaske was born July 9, 1954, in Algona, the second oldest of 11 children of Paul and Ersel (Bierle) Bernhard. She graduated from St. John's Catholic High School in 1972. Brenda married Darryl Vaske on August 2, 1975, at St. John's Catholic Church. She spent her whole life in Bancroft proudly raising her four children there. Brenda was an extremely hard working business woman. She started and operated Bancroft Bouquets for 20 years. In 2005, Brenda and her sister JoAnn purchased the St. John's Convent, remodeled it, and began the Sister's Inn. Brenda was a great wife, mom, grandma, daughter, and sister. She kept her life very uncomplicated. She always entertained her family and friends at her home, being the social head of many meals and gatherings. She was a member of the Bancroft Rotary Club serving as past president and was a member of St. John's Catholic Church taking care of the Church decorations for several decades. Brenda E. Vaske died unexpectedly Tuesday, January 6, 2015, at the age of 60. She is survived by her husband Darryl; four children and seven grandchildren, Adam Vaske and his wife Angela of Clear Lake and their children, Benjamin, Gra...[more]

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, and William; Katie Vaughn and her husband Calvin of St. Louis and their children, Ella and Evan; Russ Vaske and his fiancé Cassie Leon of Bancroft and their children Kael and Rosalie; and Alex Vaske and his wife Heather of Manhattan, KS; and her father Paul Bernhard of Bancroft. She is also survived by five brothers and four sisters, JoAnn Quinn and her husband Erwin of Kansas City, MO, Tom Bernhard and his wife RaeLynn of Shorewood, IL, Audrey Lampe and her husband Phil of Burt, Jerry Bernhard and his wife Angi of Mason City, Angie Dostal and her husband Jodie of Darien, CT, Matt Bernhard of Bancroft, Tony Bernhard of Chicago, IL, Chris Bernhard and his wife Cindy of Des Moines, and Sarah Thelen and her husband Tom of Alden, MN, along with many nieces and nephews; and other family members. She was preceded in death by her mother, Ersel Bernhard; her brother Kenneth Bernhard; her grandparents Maurice and Ella Bernhard and Charles and Alice Bierle and a nephew Jayden Thelen.