Pat Bierman 1935-2023 88 years of love, compassion and empathy ended when our mother quietly and peacefully left all of us who cherished her here to reunite with so many dearly missed friends and family members who had gone before her.
A rosary will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island, Ill. Memorial visitation will follow from 4-7 p.m. at the funeral home. A second visitation will be held Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023, from 5-7 p.m. at Holy Family Church in Lindsay, Neb., with a rosary following at 7 p.m. A memorial mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, at Holy Family Church in Lindsay, Neb. Burial will be at Holy Family Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Shriners Hospitals in Pat’s honor.
Mom’s life began Jan. 21, 1935, on the family farm outside Cornlea, Nebraska. All she ever wanted to be was a mother and that care giving started early. The middle of 9 children, she and her sister Erna spent their childhoods raising their younger siblings and running the home during their own beloved mother’s periods of illness; forging a bond that lasted all their lives and setting the foundation of compassionate kindness which was the hallmark of her life.
