Berneta Toepfer

Berneta Toepfer, age 78 of Mt. Carroll, Illinois, died on Monday, November 27, 2006 at Good Samaritan Nursing Home, Mt. Carroll. Funeral Services will be held 11:00 a.m. Thursday, November 30, 2006, at the Frank-Law-Jones Funeral Home in Mt. Carroll. Burial will take place in Oak Hill Cemetery, Mt. Carroll. Friends may call from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 29 at the Funeral Home. Reverend Robert Phelps will officiate. Memorials may be given in Berneta’s name for Pleasant Valley Church of God, rural Mt. Carroll. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.lawjones funeralhome.com.
Berneta was born on January 5, 1928 in Woodland Township, Illinois, the daughter of John and Emma (Derrer) Toepfer. She was a graduate of Mt. Carroll High School the class of 1945. Berneta was a true artist with oil paint, she created scenescapes that were very beautiful.
Berneta will be dearly missed by her brother, Lowell Toepfer of Mt. Carroll; two sisters, Marcella Toepfer of Mt. Carroll, her life-long caregiver, and Opal Schreiner of Freeport, Illinois; many nieces and nephews.
Berneta is preceded in death by her parents; one sister, Mildred Coppernoll and one brother, Donald Toepfer.