Bernice J. Rude, 94, of Ada, MN, passed away Sunday, September 29, 2019 at Benedictine Care Center of Ada.

Bernice Josephine Foss was born July 1, 1925 to the late Albert and Emma (Stigen) Foss in Good Hope Township (Norman County), Minnesota. She grew up in Good Hope and Caledonia and worked in Gilmer's Coffee Shop in Shelly. She married Gilmer Rude October 5, 1946 at St. Petri Lutheran Church of Nielsville, MN. After their marriage, they moved to rural Buxton to farm his sister Myrtle Paulsrud's farm for 5 years. Then they moved to Silver Bay, MN in 1956 where she worked in the school cafeteria until retirement in 1982. They moved to Ada, MN in 1989. She was a member of the Senior Citizens of Ada, the Norman County Historical Society, Grace Lutheran Church of Ada and the VFW Ladies Auxiliary of Ada, and loved to play cards and stay busy.

Survivors include children Barbara Church of Londonderry, NH, Robert Rude of Ada, MN, Ronald Rude of Hillsboro, ND, Douglas (Nancy) Rude of Moore Park, CA, and Bradley Rude of Phoenix, AZ; sister Joanne Rude of Shelly, MN; 4 grandchildren; and 7 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Gilmer; sisters Ruby Flikka, Annie Gronwold, Verna Swenson, Amy Ihnken, Gilma Farries, and Rene Munter; brothers Gust Foss, Alvin Foss, Leroy Foss, and infant brother Alvin Foss; and son-in-law Rick Church.

Funeral: 12 Noon, Tuesday, October 8, 2019 at Grace Lutheran Church, 110 3 ^rd Ave. Ada, MN, 56510

Visitation: 1 hour prior to funeral at the church

Interment: St.Petri Cemetery of Nielsville, MN