Adeline A. (Masik) Bergemann

Surrounded by her loving family, Adeline A. Bergemann, age 94, passed away Sunday, December 4, 2011, at St. Joseph’s Home and Rehabilitation Center, Kenosha, WI. Adeline was born in Racine, May 16, 1917, daughter of the late Ignatius and Mary F. (Nee: Simanek) Masik.

Adeline was a graduate of St. Agnes School of Nursing in Fond du Lac, WI. On February 2, 1946, at St. John Nepomuk Catholic Church she was united in marriage to Walter A. Bergemann, who preceded her in death on January 10, 2009.

She was employed as a Registered Nurse for many years at St. Mary’s Hospital. Adeline was a member of St. Mary’s by the Lake Catholic Church. A loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Adeline cherished time with her family. She will be dearly missed.

Survivors include her children, Edward J. (Roberta) Bergemann of The Woodlands, TX, Mary Margaret (Bill) Coppernoll of Rochester, WI, Jane Marie (Dennis) Haubrich of Pleasant Prairie, WI; her eight grandchildren, Kristine (Garth) Marlow, Lynn (Stan) Lewis, Susan Venter, Angela (Dan) Hineline, Bill (Laura) Coppernoll, Peter Coppernoll, Caroline Coppernoll, Jennifer (James) Haubrich-Giannini; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Joseph (Jeanne) Bergemann, Sr. Mary Hope Bergemann O.P. , Agnes (Peter) LaBrasca, all of Racine; nieces, nephews, other relatives, and many dear friends. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her son, Arthur; brother, Joseph Masik; and sisters, Mary Wolter, Elsie Pramer.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Friday, December 9, 2011, at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s by the Lake Catholic Church, 7605 Lakeshore Drive, with Rev. Stephen J. Stradinger officiating. Interment will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery, Hwy 32. Relatives and friends may meet with the family Friday at the church from 10 a.m. until time of Mass at 11 a.m. Memorials to St. Joseph’s Home and Rehabilitation Center, Hospice Alliance Inc. of Pleasant Prairie or to St. Mary’s by the Lake Catholic Church have been suggested.

MARESH-MEREDITH & ACKLAM FUNERAL HOME
803 Main St., Racine (262) 634-7888