Bernice Dora

Alice Hinnah

Bernice Dora Alice Hinnah, (nee' Richterkessing), 97, passed
away April 12, 2026.  She was born on June 22, 1928 at Portage de Sioux,
Missouri to Gustav and Lydia Richterkessing, (nee' Hischke).  She was
baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church, Orchard Farm, Missouri.  Her family
later moved to the Warrenton, Missouri area and she was confirmed at St.
John's Lutheran Church in Warrenton.

She graduated from Warrenton High School in 1946, and went to
work in St. Louis at the Lutheran Hour organization and then at
Concordia Publishing House.

She married Warner L. Hinnah in 1954 at Messiah Lutheran
Church in St. Louis and moved to his family farm near Marthasville,
Missouri where she raised their four children.

She was an unassuming Christian wife and mother with a quiet faith
and a gentle, humble spirit who seldom complained, lived life by the
principles of her faith, worked hard, enjoyed life and her family,
traveling (especially the trips to Alaska), looking at pictures of her
great-grandchildren on her computer and in recent years sitting by her
front window doing jigsaw puzzles and watching neighbors drive by.
She will be greatly missed and remembered for her helpfulness, her
homemade bread and rolls, her patience and unconditional love for her
family, her sewing skills, and her good attitude.

She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, and
her four siblings Mildred Boeger, Clarence Richterkessing, Dorothy
Richterkessing and Marjorie Richterkessing.

She is survived by daughter Susan Miesner (Roger),
Marthasville; son Dennis (Deborah), Madison, Alabama; Karen Hinnah,
Marthasville; Elaine Hinnah (Paul Konopacki), Eureka, Missouri; grandson
Aaron Miesner, Marthasville; granddaughters Kendall Viafore (Patrick);
Morgan Olsen; great-grandchildren Rylinn Olsen, Cooper Olsen, Zane
Viafore and Jemma Viafore.

Interment was in St. Paul's Cemetery, Marthasville.

A celebration of life will be held at a later date.

Memorial donations may be made to Lutheran Hour in honor of Bernice.

"Blessed are they who die in the Lord."