Bernadine Lukes

Bernadine M. Lukes, age 91 of Protivin, IA, died Friday, January 13, 2012, at the Aase Hagen Home in Decorah. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday, January 16, 2012, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Protivin with Rev. Marvin Salz celebrating the Mass. Her children will place the pall on the casket. Lectors will be Alyson Kramer, Angie Cress and Amanda Balik. Marlene Pecinovsky will be the organist with Laura Lukes as vocalist. The offertory gifts will be presented by Megan Lukes, Alexis Kirchert, Kayla Schwade and Abigail Riley. Interment will be in the church cemetery with Keith Lukes, Greg Lukes, Randy Lukes, Dana Svenson, Matt Cress and Matt Schwade serving as as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are Julie Schwade, Lori Lukes, Lynn Franzen, Carla Lukes, Dawn Kirchert, Andrea Riley, Amanda Balik, Alyson Kramer, Leah Larson and Angie Cress. Friends may call 3:00 - 7:00 p.m. Sunday at Hugeback’s Protivin Funeral Home, Protivin, where there will be a 4:00 p.m. rosary and a 6:00 p.m. scripture service. Visitation continues 8:30 - 10:00 a.m. Monday at the funeral home. Bernadine Marie Lukes was born January 14, 1920, on the Kalishek family farm near Protivin in rural Winneshiek County, IA, the daughter of Louis and Emma (Pechota) Kalishek. She received her education in Protivin. On October 6, 1937, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Protivin, she married Leonard Lukes. The couple were blessed with five children. The couple farmed southeast of Protivin for 32 years until 1969 when they moved into the town of Protivin. Bernadine loved her time on the farm raising the children, caring for the home and being a farm wife. She loved to spend time in her garden and canning. She and Leonard enjoyed playing cards and fishing together. Leonard died on January 7, 2010, at the age of 93. She was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church and Rosary Society. Survivors include two sons, Russell (Agnes) Lukes of Protivin and Ron Lukes (Judy Bartlett) of Decorah; two daughters, Janice (Gary) Johnson of Spillville and Shirley (John) Svenson of Webster City; a son-in-law, Dave Cress of Minneapolis; fifteen grandchildren; sixteen great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Grace (Max) Slifka of Cresco, Florence Lukes of Robbins, IA. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one daughter, Diane Cress; one sister, Ursula Wagner.