Bernice Woodfill

Bernice Woodfill was born October 26, 1912, to William "Carl" and Maude Wilson in Malvern, Iowa. She graduated from Malvern High School in 1929. She attended Baylor College for Women, in Belton Texas and graduated from University of Iowa in 1933 with a BA in mathematics. She attended graduate college at University of Nebraska and Creighton University in Omaha.

She married Marvin Clyde Woodfill February 1st, 1934. After living and farming in Iowa, they moved to California in January 1936, where Marvin worked as a machinist. They returned to Iowa in 1942 and farmed near Strahan, Iowa, and raised their two sons, Marvin Carl, and Robert. In 1957 Bernice started her teaching career and taught at Glenwood, Silver City, Malvern, and Shenandoah High Schools, and in the Omaha Public School system. She retired in 1978, but kept in touch with many of her former students. She was a member of the Strahan Methodist Church from 1934 to the present and taught Sunday School for 35 years, directed the senior choir and served as church organist. She was a member of the Glenwood Chapter of D.A.R., Pilot Club of Omaha, and Omaha Retired Teachers, and Strahan United Methodist Women.

In February, 2001, she moved to Prescott, Arizona where she lived in Willow Winds Assisted Living Facility until she died on September 12, 2004. She was preceded in death by her husband Marvin, and three children, Carolyn, Richard, and Phyllissa, and her sister Phyllis Conner Benton. Left to mourn her passing are her sons Marvin Carl Woodfill, and his wife, Marolee, of Prescott, Arizona, and Robert Edward Woodfill and his wife Donna, of Hastings, Iowa, grandchildren Melinda Beseler, Mark Woodfill, David S. Woodfill, Rob Woodfill, Bonnie Woodfill, David N. Woodfill, Daniel Woodfill, and Stephanie Woodfill, and seven great grandchildren.