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Berneice P Popchoke Whitson-Biesanz

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Birth	:	28 Dec 1925 Soper, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, USA
Death	:	10 May 2011 Hood River County, Oregon, USA
Burial	:	West Klickitat Cemetery District No. 1, White Salmon, Klickitat County, USA
Coordinate	:	45.7489395, -121.4769592
Description	:	The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., May 12, 2011, page 16 "Death Notices" BERNEICE BIESANZ A memorial service for longtime White Salmon resident Berneice Whitson Biesanz will be held Saturday, May 14, 2011, at 11 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in White Salmon. A reception will follow at the church. Mrs. Biesanz passed away on May 10, 2011, at Brookside Manor in Hood River. She was 85. Memorials, at Berneice's request, may be made to CASPE, the permanent endowment fund for graduating Columbia High School seniors. A complete obituary will appear in next... Read More	The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., May 12, 2011, page 16 "Death Notices" BERNEICE BIESANZ A memorial service for longtime White Salmon resident Berneice Whitson Biesanz will be held Saturday, May 14, 2011, at 11 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in White Salmon. A reception will follow at the church. Mrs. Biesanz passed away on May 10, 2011, at Brookside Manor in Hood River. She was 85. Memorials, at Berneice's request, may be made to CASPE, the permanent endowment fund for graduating Columbia High School seniors. A complete obituary will appear in next week's The Enterprise. Send condolences to www.coltimbiagorgefirnerals.com The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., May 19, 2011, page 18 BERNEICE WHITSON BIESANZ Berneice died peacefully on May 10, 2011, after a long battle with post stroke complications. She was born on Dec. 28, 1925, near Soper, Okla., to Edward and Viola Popchoke. Berneice was preceded in death by her husbands Hulan Whitson and Merle "BZ" Biesanz; her parents, a brother (Cletus) and her three sisters (Lillian Popchoke Harris, Wanda Popchoke Marshall and Ruth Popchoke Glenn). She is survived by her sons Hugh Whitson, Michael Whitson, her daughter-in-law Linda Whitson, and her brother Lyndol Popchoke; on BZ's side, she is also survived by his four children Brian Biesanz, Nolan Biesanz, Connie Warneke, and Meredith Owen, as well as numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren on both sides. Berneice had a long and happy life, loving and caring for her family. She enjoyed socializing with her many friends and loved her United Methodist Church family. Her early years were spent on a black land farm in southeast Oklahoma, where they raised cotton, corn, cattle and other farm animals. She attended Southeastern State Teachers College at Durant, Okla., just after high school. Because World War II was in progress and there was a need for teachers, at the age of 19, she was given an emergency teaching certificate and she starting teaching school, after attending college for only one year. After teaching for one year, the war ended and Berneice went to Borger, Texas, working for Huber Oil. There she started dating Hulan Whitson, whom she had known in Soper, Okla., but never dated before. They were married in 1946. Hulan and Berneice moved back to Durant, Okla., where Hulan attended college on the GI Bill. After he graduated in the early summer of 1949, the young couple packed up all they owned and moved to Washington. They both were hired and started teaching in the fall of 1949 in Trout Lake. With the birth of her first son, Hugh in 1951, Berneice became a stay at home mom, only occasionally substituting at the school. The couple also moved to White Salmon in 1951 and Hulan worked there until his untimely death in 1970. At that time, he was the elementary school principal and assistant superintendent. After Hulan's death, Berneice worked as the school librarian, attending college during the summers at Ellensburg at Central Washington until she obtained her librarian certification. She worked at that job in the school that bore her first husband's name until her retirement. Berneice married BZ Biesanz on Dec. 26, 1976 and they had a wonderful marriage. BZ and Berneice shared many happy days, traveling, square dancing and socializing with their many friends before his death in August of 1996. She felt so blessed to have had the love and companionship of two wonderful husbands during her lifetime. Berneice's passion in life was to bring beauty into the world by her gardening, by her love of books and education for young people, furthered through her career as an elementary school librarian. Her faith, her spirit, her love of family and community, her dedication to education, and her feisty independence will be remembered by all who came into contact with her. All remembrances can be given as a donation to CASPE, a permanent endowment that gives scholarships to graduating CHS seniors each year.

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Berneice P Popchoke Whitson-Biesanz's memorial is located at: West Klickitat Cemetery District No. 1, White Salmon, Klickitat County, USA.
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Berneice P Popchoke Whitson-Biesanz death on 10 May 2011 in Hood River County, Oregon, USA
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Latitude: 45.7489395
Longitude: -121.4769592

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Hulan L. Whitson

(1920 - 1970)

Merle Alvin “BZ” Biesanz

(1917 - 1996)

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