HARRY F. BERNS
Harry F. Berns, 59, of 1025 N. 15th St., Manitowoc, died late Saturday
afternoon of a heart attack while he was watching the Colt-Rams football
game on television at his home.
Funeral services will be at 9 a.m. Tuesday at Urbanek and Schlei Funeral
Home, Manitowoc, and at 9:30 a.m. at Holy Innocent Catholic Church. The
Rev. E.A. Radey will officiate and burial will be in Evergreen Cemtery.
Mr. Berns was born Feb. 3, 1900, at Kewaunee, son of the late Theodore
and Anna Paska Brezinski. He married the former Hazel Hagerty at Duluth
Oct. 22, 1923, and the couple returned to Manitowoc to make its home.
Berns was safety director and an artist for the Koel Block, official
publication of Manitowoc Shipbuilding Inc., during World War I, and
returned in a similar capacity during World War II, photographing the
launching, construction and sea trials of the various navy craft. His
photos of submarines appeared in Life Magazine and he took a number of
awards for photographic excellence. Berns was community chairman and
directed the March of Dimes Drive in 1949 in Manitowoc. In recent years
he followed his profession as a free-lance commercial photographer and
commercial artist.
Surviving are his wife; two daughters, (private); two sisters, Mrs.
Jack Lee of Oconomowoc and Mrs. Fred Cru???? of Auburn, Ill; and seven
grandchildren. A sister, Alice Berns, died in 1945.
Friends may call at the funeral home where the Rosary will be recited at
7 o'clock this Monday evening.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. Monday, December 14, 1959 P. 17
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[d. 12-12-1959/age 59 yrs.]
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[The lot (F-1-2) was originally purchased 7/3/1907 by J.H. Nienaber,
then quit claimed to Harry F. Berzinski on 9/28/1923. There is a note
in the lot diagram book that his name was legally changed to Harry
Berns, but no date is listed.]
Harry F. Berns, 59, of 1025 N. 15th St., Manitowoc, died late Saturday
afternoon of a heart attack while he was watching the Colt-Rams football
game on television at his home.
Funeral services will be at 9 a.m. Tuesday at Urbanek and Schlei Funeral
Home, Manitowoc, and at 9:30 a.m. at Holy Innocent Catholic Church. The
Rev. E.A. Radey will officiate and burial will be in Evergreen Cemtery.
Mr. Berns was born Feb. 3, 1900, at Kewaunee, son of the late Theodore
and Anna Paska Brezinski. He married the former Hazel Hagerty at Duluth
Oct. 22, 1923, and the couple returned to Manitowoc to make its home.
Berns was safety director and an artist for the Koel Block, official
publication of Manitowoc Shipbuilding Inc., during World War I, and
returned in a similar capacity during World War II, photographing the
launching, construction and sea trials of the various navy craft. His
photos of submarines appeared in Life Magazine and he took a number of
awards for photographic excellence. Berns was community chairman and
directed the March of Dimes Drive in 1949 in Manitowoc. In recent years
he followed his profession as a free-lance commercial photographer and
commercial artist.
Surviving are his wife; two daughters, (private); two sisters, Mrs.
Jack Lee of Oconomowoc and Mrs. Fred Cru???? of Auburn, Ill; and seven
grandchildren. A sister, Alice Berns, died in 1945.
Friends may call at the funeral home where the Rosary will be recited at
7 o'clock this Monday evening.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. Monday, December 14, 1959 P. 17
**********
[d. 12-12-1959/age 59 yrs.]
**********
[The lot (F-1-2) was originally purchased 7/3/1907 by J.H. Nienaber,
then quit claimed to Harry F. Berzinski on 9/28/1923. There is a note
in the lot diagram book that his name was legally changed to Harry
Berns, but no date is listed.]
HARRY F. BERNS
Harry F. Berns, 59, of 1025 N. 15th St., Manitowoc, died late Saturday
afternoon of a heart attack while he was watching the Colt-Rams football
game on television at his home.
Funeral services will be at 9 a.m. Tuesday at Urbanek and Schlei Funeral
Home, Manitowoc, and at 9:30 a.m. at Holy Innocent Catholic Church. The
Rev. E.A. Radey will officiate and burial will be in Evergreen Cemtery.
Mr. Berns was born Feb. 3, 1900, at Kewaunee, son of the late Theodore
and Anna Paska Brezinski. He married the former Hazel Hagerty at Duluth
Oct. 22, 1923, and the couple returned to Manitowoc to make its home.
Berns was safety director and an artist for the Koel Block, official
publication of Manitowoc Shipbuilding Inc., during World War I, and
returned in a similar capacity during World War II, photographing the
launching, construction and sea trials of the various navy craft. His
photos of submarines appeared in Life Magazine and he took a number of
awards for photographic excellence. Berns was community chairman and
directed the March of Dimes Drive in 1949 in Manitowoc. In recent years
he followed his profession as a free-lance commercial photographer and
commercial artist.
Surviving are his wife; two daughters, (private); two sisters, Mrs.
Jack Lee of Oconomowoc and Mrs. Fred Cru???? of Auburn, Ill; and seven
grandchildren. A sister, Alice Berns, died in 1945.
Friends may call at the funeral home where the Rosary will be recited at
7 o'clock this Monday evening.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. Monday, December 14, 1959 P. 17
**********
[d. 12-12-1959/age 59 yrs.]
**********
[The lot (F-1-2) was originally purchased 7/3/1907 by J.H. Nienaber,
then quit claimed to Harry F. Berzinski on 9/28/1923. There is a note
in the lot diagram book that his name was legally changed to Harry
Berns, but no date is listed.]
Harry F. Berns, 59, of 1025 N. 15th St., Manitowoc, died late Saturday
afternoon of a heart attack while he was watching the Colt-Rams football
game on television at his home.
Funeral services will be at 9 a.m. Tuesday at Urbanek and Schlei Funeral
Home, Manitowoc, and at 9:30 a.m. at Holy Innocent Catholic Church. The
Rev. E.A. Radey will officiate and burial will be in Evergreen Cemtery.
Mr. Berns was born Feb. 3, 1900, at Kewaunee, son of the late Theodore
and Anna Paska Brezinski. He married the former Hazel Hagerty at Duluth
Oct. 22, 1923, and the couple returned to Manitowoc to make its home.
Berns was safety director and an artist for the Koel Block, official
publication of Manitowoc Shipbuilding Inc., during World War I, and
returned in a similar capacity during World War II, photographing the
launching, construction and sea trials of the various navy craft. His
photos of submarines appeared in Life Magazine and he took a number of
awards for photographic excellence. Berns was community chairman and
directed the March of Dimes Drive in 1949 in Manitowoc. In recent years
he followed his profession as a free-lance commercial photographer and
commercial artist.
Surviving are his wife; two daughters, (private); two sisters, Mrs.
Jack Lee of Oconomowoc and Mrs. Fred Cru???? of Auburn, Ill; and seven
grandchildren. A sister, Alice Berns, died in 1945.
Friends may call at the funeral home where the Rosary will be recited at
7 o'clock this Monday evening.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. Monday, December 14, 1959 P. 17
**********
[d. 12-12-1959/age 59 yrs.]
**********
[The lot (F-1-2) was originally purchased 7/3/1907 by J.H. Nienaber,
then quit claimed to Harry F. Berzinski on 9/28/1923. There is a note
in the lot diagram book that his name was legally changed to Harry
Berns, but no date is listed.]
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