Bernice Lyla Anderson was born May 6, 1927, in Ten Mile Lake Township of Lac Qui Parle County, rural Boyd, to Anker and Marie (Martinson) Anderson. She was baptized on May 29, 1927, and confirmed on May 26, 1940, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Boyd. She attended country school at District 55 in Ten Mile Lake Township.
Bernice married Harlan Jordahl on October 6, 1948, at the parsonage of Trinity Lutheran Church in Boyd. They lived in Dawson, where Bernice was a cook for the Dawson Schools for 27 years.
She was a member of the VFW Auxiliary and Sons of Norway. She was also active in the Circles of Grace Lutheran Church.
Bernice loved to cook and bake her special dishes for family and friends. She enjoyed sewing, working with her flowers, and traveling, including trips to Norway and Hawaii. Family, especially her grandchildren, were very important to her; she seldom missed a gathering.
Bernice died on Friday, September 17, 1999, at the Johnson Memorial Home in Dawson, at the age of 72.
Bernice is survived by her husband, Harlan of Dawson; children: Gary (Barb) Jordahl of Montevideo and Janice (Charles) Prestholdt of rural Dawson; grandchildren: Chad and Amy Jordahl, and Sadie and fiance, Dean Solem, Brita, Darin, and Dane Prestholdt; three sisters: Mildred Jordahl of Dawson, Gladys Winge of Watson, and Edith (Rodney) Logeland of Bloomington, MN; one brother, Jay (Doris) Anderson of Watertown, SD; other family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters: Agnes and Alice in infancy; and two brothers-in-law: Clarence Winge and Alvie Jordahl.