Berrien County MI Archives Obituaries.....Lagerquist, Bernice, O'Barton October 9, 2001
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Herald Palladium 10 Oct 2001
Bernice Lagerquist’s obituary was carried in the Herald Palladium of St. 
Joseph/Benton Harbor on Wednesday 10 Oct 2001 and reads: “Bernice Lagerquist 
Bridgman-Bernice (O’Barton) Lagerquist, 92, of Bridgman passed away Tuesday, 
Oct. 9, 2001, of natural causes at Jordan’s Nursing Home, Bridgman. Funeral 
services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, at Boyd Funeral Home, a Kraig 
A. Pike Family Service in Bridgman, where friends may meet with the family 
from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday. Memorial contributions may be made to the Berrien 
County Cancer Service or the Christian United Church of Christ, Sawyer. 
Friends and family may Share a Memory with the family at www.BoydFuneral.com 
Bernice was born May, 18, 1909 in Sawyer. She was the 2nd oldest of six 
children of the late Eather and Clara O’Barton of Sawyer. Bernice graduated 
with a four-year degree from Western Michigan University and became a teacher 
in 1929, and began teaching at Painter School in Weesaw Township. She then 
taught elementary school at Bridgman Elementary School and became the first 
woman principal there. Bernice retired from that position in 1974. She was 
well known in the community for her work in the school system. The Bridgman 
School dedicated a new playground in her name in 1991. Bernice was very active 
at Christian United Church of Christ, Sawyer and was instrumental in the 
restoration of its bell tower. Bernice had no children but she raised her 
nephew, William Tucker, as her own when William’s mother died when he was 
eight-years old. Bernice was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Lagerquist, 
in 1968. Survivors include: her nephew, William Tucker; a sister, Dorothy 
O’Barton Wirth; and many nieces and nephews. She was also preceded in death by 
a sister, Leadelle O’Barton Tucker; and three brothers-Floyd, Lyle and Gerald.”

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