Stroud resident Bernice Fehrle Bridges, 86, departed this life Sunday, December 31, in Stroud.

On February 11, 1920, Bernice was born in Stella to George and Nina Weingarner Fehrle.

Bernice has been a resident of Stroud since 1941 moving from McLoud.

She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Stroud and was a housewife.

Preceding her in death were her parents.

Survivors include her two sons, Jeff Burton of Santa Rosa, California; John Terry II of Aurora, Colorado; four daughters, Cathy Terry of Tulsa; Barbara Harvey of Stroud; Bette Mount of Tulsa; Mary Montague of Phoenix, Arizona; three brothers, Raymond Fehrle of Blue Hill, Maine; Phil Fehrle of Long Beach, California; Jim Fehrle of Tulsa; sixteen grandchildren, fourteen great-grandchildren, other relatives and friends.

Service will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at First United Methodist Church in Stroud with the Rev. Sara Bodenstein officiating.

Burial will be 2:00 p.m. in Sunny Lane Cemetery in Midwest City.

Published January 3, 2007.