Ber­nice Clara (Worza­lla) Nitka, age 96, en­tered eter­nal life March 2, 2023 sur­rounded by her lov­ing fam­ily she passed away 45 min­utes after her daugh­ter Bar­bara. To­gether they went hand in hand through the Pearly Gates. She was born in Stevens Point De­cem­ber 2, 1926 to John and Regina Worza­lla. She grad­u­ated from P.J. Ja­cobs High School in 1945. After high school, she worked at Hart Glove and Mit­ten Fac­tory in Stevens Point and then was the book­keeper for Nitka & Son Plumb­ing Busi­ness.

Ber­nice mar­ried Harry Nitka on Oc­to­ber 29, 1946 at St. Stanis­laus Catholic Church. He en­tered eter­nal life April 8, 2003. They resided in Stevens Point and were blessed with 15 chil­dren…Barb Nitka, Ken Nitka, Colleen (Dan) Kluck, Tommy Nitka, Bev (Jim) Op­per­man, Bonita Nitka, Jeff Nitka, Jim (Garolyn) Nitka, Bar­bie (Bob) Nitka, Cheryl (Bill) Jakusz, Lau­rie (Steve) Toe­pel, Jackie (Gary) Zdroik, Lot­tie (Ken) Klish, Becki (Dean) Bubolz, Tami (Fred) Rzen­tkowski, and nu­mer­ous grand­chil­dren and great-grand­chil­dren.

Ber­nice was a very de­voted Catholic. Her fam­ily knew if they had her out for the day, they bet­ter get her home for the Rosary at 8:30. Ber­nice loved spend­ing time with her fam­ily. Some of her fa­vorites were fam­ily gath­er­ings, feed­ing the birds and squir­rels, flower gar­den­ing, game nights, pic­nics at Iver­son Park every Sun­day, cook­ing for her fam­ily and all the neigh­bor­hood kids. Her spe­cial­i­ties were shrimp salad, potato salad, and home­made kluski noo­dles.

Ber­nice’s re­cent years were at The Lodge at Whis­per­ing Pines where many won­der­ful friend­ships were made. She en­joyed daily vis­its and play­ing bingo with all the other res­i­dents at The Lodge.

She was pre­ceded in death by her par­ents, daugh­ter’s Barb, Bev, Bonita, Lau­rie, son’s Ken, Tommy, and Jeff, sons-in-law Dan Kluck and Ken Klish, brother Bobbi, and sis­ters Mar­cella and Pa­tri­cia.

We would like to thank Promed­ica Hos­pice, In­clusa, and the amaz­ing staff at The Lodge for all their ded­i­cated love and care they gave our mother. You made Ber­nice feel like she was truly at home and al­ways wel­comed her fam­ily and vis­i­tors with open arms. For that, we are for­ever grate­ful.

Mass Of Chris­t­ian Bur­ial For Ber­nice will be held at 11:00 AM on Thurs­day March 9, 2023 at St. Joseph Catholic Church-1709 Wyatt Av­enue, Stevens Point. Rev Jef­frey Hennes will be of­fi­ci­at­ing. Bur­ial will fol­low at the parish ceme­tery im­me­di­ately fol­low­ing mass. Vis­i­ta­tion will be held at the Pis­arski Fu­neral Home-703 Sec­ond Street, Stevens Point, on Wednes­day March 8, 2023 from 4:30-6:30PM with a Rosary Ser­vice start­ing at 6:30PM. Vis­i­ta­tion will con­tinue at the church on Thurs­day March 9, 2023 from 9:30- until the time of ser­vice.

The Pis­arski Fu­neral Home is hon­ored to be serv­ing the

fam­ily. For on­line con­do­lences please visit

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