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Bernice Sophie Marsh

SLEEPY EYE — Bernice Sophie Marsh, age 90, of Sleepy Eye, MN died on May 10, 2019, at the Sleepy Eye Care Center.

Memorial Service will be held at the Sturm Funeral Home, Sleepy Eye Chapel, on Saturday, June 1, 2019 at 10:00 am.

Visitation will be for one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

The clergy will be Deacon Mark Kober.

Interment will be at the Home Cemetery in Sleepy Eye.

Reception will be held at the St. Mary’s Church Social Room following the interment.

Arrangements are with the Sturm Funeral Home in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota.

On line condolences may be left for the family at www.sturmfh.com.

Bernice “Toby” Sophie Marsh Zuhlsdorf was born on July 22, 1928 in Prairieville Township, MN to William & Francis (Riebel) Zuhlsdorf. She married Lester Marsh on July 29, 1953 in Reno, NV. Toby worked as a waitress at Schultz Cafe in Sleepy Eye and bartended in Cobden. After marriage they moved to a farm near Cosmos, MN. Later Toby and Lester moved to Colorado Springs and after retirement moved to Phoenix, AZ in 1960. In the late 1970s they returned to Minnesota. She enjoyed cooking, baking, being outdoors and canning and vegetable gardening.

She is survived by sisters, Gladys Zarn and Cathy Meyers, both of Sleepy Eye and brother, Albert (Pauline) Zuhlsdorf of Sleepy Eye. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Lester, brothers, Leonard, Jerome, Donald, Richard, Bernard, Joseph and sisters, Marge Mishler, Evelyn Eckstein, Delores Eckstein and Eleanor Strong.

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