Marienthal—Marguerite Berning, age 90, passed away on April 1, 2022, at Wichita County Health Center in Leoti, Kansas. Marguerite was born May 4, 1931, at the Biel Family homestead near Marienthal, Kansas, the daughter of Albert B. and Ida (Kreutzer) Biel, Sr. A lifetime resident of Wichita County, Kansas, Marguerite lived and loved her life as a farm wife, mother, grandmother, and homemaker.
Marguerite was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Marienthal, Kansas, and was a member of the Daughters of Isabella and Altar Society. Her lifetime love of music found an outlet in being an organist for her church.
On November 21, 1951, Marguerite married her love, Eugene Berning, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Marienthal, Kansas. He passed away on December 5, 2015.
Marguerite’s surviving family includes: five children, Duane and Leta Berning, Leoti, Kansas, Larry and Debbie Berning, Sussex, Wisconsin, Gary Berning, Lakin, Kansas, Mark Berning-Leoti, Kansas, Suzanne Nix, Beaumont, Texas; twelve grandchildren; eleven greatgrandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild; brother, Eugene and Billie Biel; sister, Kathryn Berning, both of Leoti, Kansas; sister-in-law, Johanna Biel of Scott City, Kansas.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; daughter-in-law, Ramona Berning; son-in-law, Charles Nix; sister, Doris Mayer; brothers, James Biel and Albert Biel, Jr.; brothers-in-law, Edwin Berning and Charles Mayer; and sisters-in-law, Judy Biel and Bennie Biel.
Vigil Services will be held at 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 6, 2022, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Marienthal, Kansas.
Funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, April 7, 2022, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Marienthal, Kansas, with Fr. Tim Hickey presiding. Services will be livestreamed on the Western Kansas Catholic Facebook page.
Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, and 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Wednesday at Price & Sons Funeral Home, 4th & J Street, Leoti, Kansas.
Interment will be in the St. Mary Catholic Church Cemetery in Marienthal, Kansas.
Memorials In Lieu of Flowers can be written to the St. Mary Catholic Church or the Marguerite Berning Memorial Fund in care of Price & Sons Funeral Home, PO Box 161, Leoti, Kansas, 67861.
