Obituary of Barbara Pauline Berntson

Barbara (Bruget) Berntson was born in Volin, SD to Jorgen and Helena (Pfeiffer) Bruget on August 25, 1918. She graduated from Volin High School in 1936 and attended Springfield Normal and received a teaching certificate. She taught at Prospect Hill Country School, Alcester, SD for three years and at Willow Dale, Yankton, SD for one and one-half years. Barbara accepted the position of Yankton County Assistant School Superintendent in 1941 under Alma Burke. Barbara was married to Glenn Berntson on December 28, 1941 at the Volin Methodist Church. This day was also her parent’s silver wedding anniversary. One son was born to them, Paul, in 1946. Glenn died in 1997. From Yankton they moved to Mitchell, SD and later to Brookings, SD. They were residents of Brookings for over fifty years. At this time, they were active in the First Lutheran Church where Barbara directed and organized several bell choirs. She was also an active member of the Brooking’s Sons of Norway. Barbara and Paul moved to Yankton in 2003 and entered Autumn Winds. When her health started to fail, she became a resident of Yankton Care Center. Barbara is survived by her son, Paul of Autumn Winds West, Yankton, SD, four sisters: Janis O’Keefe of Albuquerque, NM, Kaija Jared and Diane Gunderson of Yankton, SD and Fern Davis of Lodi, CA; sister-in-law, Helen Berntson of Vermillion, SD and several nieces and nephews. Barbara was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Glenn, one brother, Bernard and one sister, Yvonne.