Oldest Living Lutheran

Ada Berner was born in Martinsburg, Neb. to William and Alma Schaefer. She was the second child but the first daughter of four siblings. She attended elementary school in a one-room school house in both Martinsburg and later Rockwell City Iowa, by her father who was not only the teacher but also the pastor at Immanuel Lutheran church in Rockwell City. She taught school a few years before marrying Herbert Berner August 31, 1935. He was a pastor and she stayed home to raise a family of five children. As the children were growing up they heard many "momisms" from her, but one of the favorite was when we'd ask if she knew where our lost "item" (shoes, backpacks, etc.) were, she'd reply, Yeah, hanging on my ears. Today she is living in a retirement home in Milwaukee, Wisc. She has 16 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.