Bernice M. Hemling, age 92, died on Tuesday, February 25, 2025 at The Meadows of Fall River Assisted Living. Bernice was born on July 17, 1932 to Otto and Esther (Henning) Lienke in Columbus, Wisconsin. Bernice was a graduate of Fall River High School. She was married to Donald Quamme on April 19, 1949 who passed away April 28, 1951. She later met Floyd Hemling and the two of them were married May 9, 1953 in Fall River. Bernice loved farming and spent most of her life as a farmer.

Bernice is survived by her children Beverly Wiseman of Cottage Grove, Denise (Dale) Schilling of Columbus, Colleen Miller of Fall River, Diane (Jeff) Miller of Fall River, Dawn (Charles LeDuff) Hemling of Sun Prairie; 11 grandchildren, Chad Markhardt, Shane Wiseman, Nick (Heather) Hanefeld, Kaylin (Brian) Moon, Kristin (Jeff) Suzuki, Lindsey (Justin) Hoffman, Amanda (Jared) Meyer, Dustin Miller, Trevor Miller; Brittney LeDuff, Addison LeDuff; 12 great grandchildren; three great-great grandchildren; brothers-in-law Gerald Quamme and Dennis Quamme; good friend Evelyn Schumacher; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Bernice was preceded in death by her parents; husband Donald Quamme; husband Floyd Hemling; daughters Debra Hemling, Sandra Hanefeld and son-in-law Donald Hanefeld; brother-in-law Merlin Quamme and sister-in-law Shirley Quamme.
A visitation will be held from 4:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. on Sunday, March 2, 2025 at Jensen Funeral & Cremation LLC, Columbus.

Funeral services will be held on Monday, March 3, 2025 with visitation beginning at 10:00 A.M. at St. Stephen's Ev. Lutheran Church, Fall River, until the time of service at 11:00 A.M.  Rev. Bill Runke will officiate. Interment will be at Hillside Cemetery.

A special thank you to the staff at The Meadows, Bristol Hospice, the fourth floor at Prairie Ridge Health and her doctors.

Memorials may be made to St. Stephens Ev. Lutheran Church in Fall River and Prairie Ridge Hospital in Columbus.

We encourage you to share your online condolences with Bernice's family at jensenfuneralandcremation.com