Virginia Bernacki

Virginia Bernacki, 92, lifelong Superior resident, died on Saturday, July 30, 2016 at St. Luke’s Hospital Hospice in Duluth.
She was born on September 14, 1923 to E. Bill and Katherine (Dvorschak) Plachta.

She married her beloved husband Clayton on August 12, 1943 and they celebrated sixty-three years of marriage before his passing in October of 2006. She was currently a member of St. Francis Xavier Parish.

Virginia was a homemaker her entire life. She was a loving mother, grandmother and a loyal friend. She was also a great cook and made holiday celebrations special and memorable. Faith, family and friends were her priorities in life. She maintained her wit and made us smile right to the end. She enjoyed attending baseball games of family members and was a loyal fan and cheerleader. In retirement, she and Clayton liked to travel and make day trips to local casinos. Most recently, she enjoyed going for short rides and out to eat.

She is preceded in death by her husband, her parents, a sister Helen and a brother Ray.

Virginia is survived by one son, Dennis (Helen) Bernacki and one daughter, Diane (Jim) Stuart, both of Superior; three grandchildren, Pete Bernacki, Kim (Dean) Norrell and Beth Bernacki; two sisters, Lillian Sweeney, Superior, WI and Kay Nelson, St. Paul, MN. She would also want to acknowledge her special friends, Paula Greatsinger and Paula Coss.

Visitation will be from 5:00 – 7:00 PM on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 in the Lenroot-Maetzold Funeral Home, 1209 E. 5th Street with a scripture service to be held at 6:30 PM.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, 2316 E. 4th Street, Superior with Rev. Fr. James Tobolski as celebrant.

Burial will be in St. Francis Cemetery in Superior.

Pallbearers for the service will be Bernie Nelson, Mike Sweeney, Pete Bernacki, Bill Stuart, Ron Neubauer and Larry Rasmussen.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Virginia’s name to St. Vincent de Paul or the St. Francis Altar Society.

To leave an online condolence or to sign the guestbook, please visit www.lenroot-maetzold.com .