Bernetta M. Legner Obituary (1928 - 2008)

PONTIAC - Bernetta Marie Legner, 80, Pontiac, died at 7:55 p.m. Wednesday (Aug. 27, 2008) at Meadows Mennonite Home. Her funeral will be at 1 p.m. Monday at the Duffy Funeral Home, Pontiac, with the Rev. Gretchen Stinebaugh officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Meadows Mennonite Retirement Home, Livingston Manor Nursing Home, First Presbyterian Church or First Christian Church, both of Pontiac. She was born July 22, 1928, in Swygert, the daughter of Glen and Bessie Eikleberry Davis. She married Donald Francis Legner on Aug. 1, 1947, in Springfield. He survives in Pontiac. She is also survived by her sons, Dan (Kathy) Legner, Boise, Idaho, and Mike Legner, Pontiac; her daughters, Fran (Jerry) Roberts, Pontiac, and Diane (Mike) Carter, Bloomington; brother, Don (Marilyn ) Davis, Odell; nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents. Bernetta was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Pontiac. She had worked for Avon for 10 years and then as a homemaker. She was a graduate of Odell Grade and High School.