Bernice E. Hohn, age 82, of Mitchell, SD died Wednesday October 26, 2005 at Avera Queen of Peace Hospital. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 AM Saturday October 29, 2005 at Holy Family Catholic Church with burial at Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Friday at the Will Funeral Chapel with a wake service beginning at 7:00 PM. Bernice E. Kozel, daughter of Louis and Anna (Kostal) Kozel, was born September 10, 1923 in rural Scotland, SD. She grew up and attended country school in the Scotland area. Bernice graduated from Scotland High School in 1941. At the age of seventeen, she moved to Mitchell and was employed at the Mitchell Produce Company. Bernice was united in marriage with Urban Red Hohn on August 14, 1944 in Mitchell, SD. After their marriage the couple made their home in Waterloo, IA where she was employed at Chamberlain Manufacturing. The couple returned to Mitchell where Bernice again was employed at the Mitchell Produce Company. Bernice then began her career at Montgomery Wards as a cashier; she was later promoted to Credit Service Manager at Montgomery Wards. Bernice retired from Montgomery Wards after 15 years of service. In her retirement, she enjoyed golf, walking, dancing, sewing, cooking and spending time with her family. She was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church, the altar society at the church and Catholic Daughters of America. Bernice was also a member of the Moose Lodge and served as the Grand Region of the Moose Lodge in the 1980s. Grateful for having shared her life are her husband, Urban Red Hohn, Mitchell, SD; Sherril Blair and her husband, Jim, Germantown, TN, Donna Van Laecken and her husband, Richard, Brooking, SD, Vickie Muilenburg and her husband, Arlan, Mitchell, SD, John Hohn, Ossel, MN; eight grandchildren; four great grandchildren; two sisters, Ella Cronin, Sioux Falls, SD, Gladys Gerlach, Mitchell, SD. She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Albina Sykora; a grandson, Shane Van Laecken; and a great grandchild, Isabel Van Laecken.