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BERNICE  ODLE , 99, of Cherokee, Iowa, passed away peacefully Saturday, March 20, 2021 at the Heartland Care Center in Marcus, Iowa.

Private family memorial services will be held on Saturday, March 27 ^th , at 10 a.m. at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa. Pastor Jean Morse will officiate. Burial of the cremains will be in the Meriden Cemetery at Meriden, Iowa. There will be no visitation. Masks will be optional at the family memorial service.  The memorial service will be live streamed on the Boothby Funeral Home website with the assistance of Fuller Digital Solutions. The Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee, Iowa is assisting the family with the arrangements. Online condolences can be left at www.boothbyfuneral.com

Bernice was born on March 16, 1922 in Grand Meadow Township, Cherokee County, Iowato Oscar & Hilma (Johanson) Lindgren. She was baptized and confirmed in the Carmel Lutheran Church in Marcus, Iowa. She grew up in the Marcus and Meriden communities and graduated from Meriden High School in 1939. She was employed at Royer's Jewelry Store and Northwestern Bell Telephone before her marriage. On May 1, 1945 she was united in marriage to Cletus Odle at the Augustana Lutheran Church in Sioux City, Iowa. They were blessed with two daughters Lynde and Susan while living in Ponca, Nebraska. The couple lived in Long Beach, California from 1948 until 1953 when they moved to Iowa where they farmed south of Cleghorn for 42 years. She and Cletus moved to Cherokee in 1996 after Cletus retired from farming. Bernice had worked as the Credit Manager for the Sears Store in Cherokee for 20 years, retiring in 1977.

She was a member of the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cherokee where she had been a Sunday School teacher, was on several church committees, and was on the committee to plan the present church. She and Cletus also volunteered for Meals on Wheels for several years. She enjoyed playing cards, sewing, crocheting, and spending time with her family.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Cletus on September 7, 2013, a daughter Susan Odle Erickson in 2019, sister Dorothy (Mike) Bush, four brothers and two sisters-in-law Paul (Marguerite) Lindgren, Holgar (Marilyn) Lindgren, Harry Lindgren, LeRoy Lindgren, two brothers-in-law and two sisters-in-law Dado Blankenbaker, Dorinne (Bill) Schleef and Evelyn Letsche.

She is survived by one daughter: Lynde (Gary) Lundquist of Cherokee, Iowa; five grandchildren, ten great grandchildren and one great great granddaughter: Jeff (Lisa) Lundquist of Meriden, Iowa and their children Amber and Brady; David (Grace) Lundquist of Carpentersville, Illinois and their children Joshua and Jennifer; Cheryl (Jared) Hertzke of Round Lake Beach, Illinois and their children Shayla, Jesse, and Katelyn; Dan (Julie) Erickson of Des Moines, Iowa and their son Terry (Cathy) Erickson and their daughter Angel; Dr. Holly (Neal) Galles of Dodge Center, Minnesota and their children Mitch (fiancé Paige) and Brad;  three sisters-in-law and one brother-in-law: Phyllis Lindgren of Meriden, Iowa; Marcella Blankenbaker of Tucson, Arizona; Virgie (Jim) Wolcott of Cherokee, Iowa; also many nieces and nephews.