Lillian died Sunday morning at the Manning Plaza Nursing Home.
Visitation after 9:30 AM Wednesday at Church
Funeral Service Wednesday, January 21, 2009 10:30 a.m. United Methodist Church Manning, Iowa
Officiating Reverend Marshall Brown
Music "How Great Thou Art" "One Day at a Time"
JoAnn Karsten and Helen Wiese, Vocalists
Janet Myer, Organist
Casket Bearers: Franklin Mohr, Russell Mohr, Larry Hansen, Roger Hinz, Ray Thielen, Marlin Kahl
Interment Manning Cemetery, Manning, Iowa

Lillian Bernyce, daughter of James and Bertha (Silverwood) Spear, was born October 17, 1910, on a farm near Irwin in Jefferson Township, Shelby County, Iowa. She grew up on several different farms including one near Turton, South Dakota. Lillian graduated from the eighth grade in South Dakota, and then in 1923 the family moved back to Iowa. She began attending high School in Irwin where she graduated with the Class of 1927.

After attending summer school in Normal Training she received her teacher's certificate and taught in rural schools in Shelby, Audubon, and Carroll Counties. Lillian retired from teaching in 1959 and later began working for Manning Heating and Sheet Metal. She retired in 1987.

Lillian was a member of the United Methodist Church in Manning and the United Methodist Women's Society. In her spare time she liked to read, watch television and work on word puzzles. She enjoyed the Senior Citizens Center as long as she was able to go.

When she was no longer able to remain at home, she became a resident of the Manning Plaza Nursing Home on February 6, 2007. She died there on Sunday, January 18, 2009, at the age of 98 years, 3 months, and 1 day.

Preceding her in death are her parents; sister, Leola Gray McConnell; brother-in-law Raymond Gray; an infant great-niece and cousins Earl Armentrout and Mae Pries and her husband Joe Pries.

She is survived by her niece Loyce Gray of Manning; nephew Donald Gray and wife Mary Lee of Lowell, Oregon, and their children Tania and Andy Ross, Isaac, Justin, and Eileen Gray; other relatives: Alvin and Betty Lou Armentrout; Dianna and Tom Gaer and family; LuAnne and Hal Younkin and family; Charlene and Billy Gehring and family and many friends.