Bertha M Pifer

Bertha Pifer, 79, Bismarck, died June 8, 2011, at Missouri Slope Lutheran Care Center, Bismarck. Services will be held at 10:00 am Monday, June 13, at Cornerstone Community Wesleyan Church, Bismarck, with Rev. Keith Ritchie and Shelly Pifer officiating. Burial will be in Moffit Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1:00 pm until 8:00 pm Sunday, June 12, at Eastgate Funeral Service, Bismarck, and will continue one hour prior to the service at the church. Bertha Marie was born August 20, 1931, near Moffit, ND, the daughter of Homer and Inez Driver-Dutton Andrews. She was raised on the family farm and received her education in Bismarck, where she graduated from Bismarck High School in 1949. She attended Dickinson State College and Bismarck State College and taught school for three years in Telfer and Morton Township. On May 31, 1952, she married Clarence Eugene Pifer, Sr. in Moffit. She worked for Provident Life Insurance Co. for three years after which time she and Clarence started a family and she became a homemaker for 27 years. Once her children were raised, Bertha went to work for Missouri Slope Lutheran Care Center for 20 years. Bertha was a member of Cornerstone Community Wesleyan Church; she served as a Sunday School Superintendent, Sunday School teacher, Y.M.W.B. Superintendent, board member, Missionary President, Vice-President, and Secretary. She was also Sunday School Treasurer and teacher of Christian Youth Crusaders. In her leisure time, Bertha enjoyed reading and sewing. For the past six years, Bertha has been a resident at Missouri Slope Lutheran Care Center. Bertha was dearly loved and will be deeply missed by her family and many good friends. She is survived by her three sons and daughters-in-law: William H. and Cora Pifer, Moffit, ND, and their children, Brandon Susan Pifer, Pocatello, ID, and Carly Pifer, St. Cloud, MN; Charles H. and Shelly Pifer and their children, Katie Bryan Stramer and their daughter, Olivia, and Daniel Erika Pifer, all of Bismarck, ND; and Clarence E. and Lisa Pifer and their children, Dakota and her son, Ashton, Forrest, Bailey and Jayden Pifer, all of Bismarck, ND. Bertha is also survived by her sister and brother-in-law, Barbara K. and Vern Hoover and their daughter, Verna, of Bismarck, ND; and many cousins. She was preceded in death by her husband Clarence in 1979.

Bertha M Pifer

August 20, 1931 - June 8, 2011