Obituary - Bernice Sterling

Bernice Agatha Sterling, 88, of Peculiar, MO died Friday, November 19, 2010 at Cass Regional Medical Center in Harrisonville. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 23, 2010 at the Wills Cemetery in Peculiar, MO. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Monday at the First Baptist Church in Peculiar.

Bernice was born November 25, 1921 in Kansas City, MO, the daughter of Perry M. and Mildred L. (Morris) Sanders. She married Joseph Sterling on October 26, 1940 in El Dorado, KS.

Bernice owned and operated antique stores in Peculiar over the years. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Peculiar. She enjoyed antiques, spending time with family and the church.

Bernice was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Joseph on August 3, 2008, one daughter, Jo Ann Branic and two sisters, Juanita Hayden and Mary Jane Penrose. She is survived by one daughter, Judy Sanderson, Peculiar, MO; two brothers, Perry Sanders and his wife, Louise, Peculiar, MO and Larry Sanders and his wife, Sharon, Drexel, MO; two grandchildren, Robyn Bennett and her husband, Raymond and Danny Wyman and Teresa; five great-grandchildren, Daily Bennett, Aleyssa Dunsworth, Joe Miller, Hunter Wyman and Robert Roberts and one great-great-grandson, Ashton Dunsworth.