Halstad – Eva Mae Bernard, 92, died on Friday, November 5, 2021 at the Halstad Living Center, Halstad.
Eva Mae (Tucker) Bernard was born January 4, 1929 to Umria and Nettie Tucker, in Webster County, Iowa. As a child, the family moved to the Chatfield, MN area. Eva graduated from Chatfield High School in 1946. While in high school, she earned several academic awards, served on the high school newspaper, and worked at the Silver Grille. On January 15, 1947, she married Leonard Bernard at the Chatfield Methodist Church. They made their first home on the Basil Bernard farm near Pleasant Grove. In 1950 Leonard and Eva bought their farm west of Chatfield and spent time in Johnsondale, CA with the Loren and Edna Bernard family, where the men worked in a lumber camp.
Eva was a homemaker and busy farm wife in Chatfield. While living there, she did the books for the Co-op Oil Station, was active in the Methodist Church Ladies group, Christmas Tea and Bazaar, Eastern Star, Homemakers Club, bake sales, Pleasant Grove Riders Saddle Club, and a 4-H leader for the Pleasant Grove Producers 4-H Club. Combined with her years as a leader in the Halma Ideal 4-H Club, she was honored for 30 years of 4-H service. She moved to Karlstad in October 1970 and was active in the Baptist Church, Hospital Guild, and served on the Hospital Board.
After Leonard’s death on July 4, 1971 she studied and got her real estate license and continued his business for several years. She also worked and later retired from the Karlstad Nursing Home Activity and Dietary Departments. She had a talent for numbers and did income taxes for other people into her 80s.
She enjoyed going to the cafe for coffee with her friends, caring for her flowers and yard, and was an excellent seamstress. making church altar cloths, wedding gowns, and many formals. Other hobbies included her horses, fishing, reading, a lifetime of feeding and watching birds, feeding deer at her picnic table in town, and relocating squirrels with her great-grandchildren. She was always willing to give rides to church functions, Heritage School programs, or just shopping when needed. She traveled to Chatfield and Denver, CO frequently to visit family, to Medora, ND every summer and Tucson, AZ to see friends many times over the years.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Leonard in 1971; son, Wayne in 2021 and his wife Wendy in 2013; dear friend of 30+ years, Bill Nelson of rural Kennedy in 2018; and all of her siblings, Glen (& Loretta) Tucker, Everett “Eb” (& Eileen) Tucker, Leonard (& Shirley) Tucker, Violet (& Merrill) Hanson, Marge (& Ed) Bell, Lawrence “Merle” Tucker, and Leona (& Wayne) West.
She is survived by her children, Shirley (Paul) Anderson of Strandquist,  Diane (Owen) Hagen of Grygla, and Dale (Dodi) Bernard of Pryor, MT; grandchildren, Kim (Sandi) Bernard, Kelly (Steve) Talamantes, Daniel (Kimberly) Bernard, Lacey (Kevin) Martinson, Jennifer (Dave) Janssen, Kristopher (Kami) Anderson, Kenrick (Morganne) Anderson, Cindy Hagen, Katie Hagen, Laura Hagen, NiLok Wong, Brandy (Ben) Carrywater, and Nicole Bernard; great-grandchildren, RJ, Ashly, Nicole, Wyatt, William, Alysha, Angel, Aaron, Kathy, Danie, Wendy, Bethany, Nathaniel, Liam, Dillon, Jazmyn, Shayl, Shya and Jysen; great-great-granddaughters, Morgan and Aurora; sisters-in-law, Donna Tucker and Eva E. Bernard; and many nieces and nephews.
Funeral Services will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, November 22, 2021 at the Johnson Funeral Service Chapel, Thief River Falls. Visitation will be from Noon to 1 p.m. at Johnson Funeral Service, Thief River Falls.
May her memory be blessed.
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