A. Bernice Frank

A. Bernice Frank, 86, of Maquoketa, Iowa, passed away on Friday morning, May 5, 2017 at Clover Ridge Place in Maquoketa. A celebration of Bernice's life will be held at 11 A.M., Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at the Carson Celebration of Life Center in Maquoketa. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 P.M. on Tuesday, May 9, 2017, at the Carson Celebration of Life Center in Maquoketa. Burial will be at the Mount Hope Cemetery, Maquoketa. Agnes Bernice Widel was born on September 15, 1930 in Jackson County, Iowa, to Jerry M. and Hilda (Atzen) Widel. She went to Jackson County country schools and graduated from Maquoketa High School. She married Jim Frank on June 12, 1948 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. He preceded her in death on August 23, 2009. Bernice had worked for Bill Frey at the Maquoketa Music Store and then owned and operated it after Bill passed away under the name B & F Music Store. She then worked for Ross River Feed, Swiss Valley as a milk tester, and lastly was a homemaker. Bernice was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Maquoketa. She enjoyed counted cross stitching, walking, had an extensive Santa Clause collect...[more]

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, and enjoyed a good glass of wine. Those left to honor Bernice's memory include a daughter, Sandra Valbert Rockwell of Des Moines, IA; 2 grandsons, Scott (John Carstensen) Valbert of Des Moines, IA, and Philip (Samantha) Valbert of Bend, OR; 2 great-granddaughters, Anna and Madison Valbert; a brother, Kenneth (Alice) Widel of Maquoketa, IA; and sisters, Frances Willey of Maquoketa, IA, and Janice (Jerry) Edwards of Camanche, IA. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, sisters Helen Meyer and Maxine Anderson, and brothers Frederick, Paul and James Widel. Online Condolences may be left at www.carsonandson.com.