Yvonne Marie Bertrand

Yvonne Marie Bertrand of Sioux City returned home to the Lord on Thursday, March 31, 2022 after a wonderful life of 101 years. The Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church on Monday, April 4, 2022 at 10:30 A.M. Visitation will be Sunday, April 3, 2022 from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. with Vigil at 7:00 P.M. at Meyer Brothers Morningside Chapel. Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery in Sioux City following this sacred liturgy of Resurrection where she will be interred beside her beloved spouse Armand H. Bertrand. 

Yvonne Marie [DeMers] Bertrand, 101, was born March 7, 1921 in Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada, the daughter of Joseph and Alice [Pichette] DeMers. The family emigrated from the city of Montreal, Canada to Southeast South Dakota in 1922 where, as a one-year-old child, they settled near Jefferson, S.D. She attended St. Peter’s Catholic grade school and public High School in Jefferson and Southern State Teacher’s College in Springfield, S.D. where she became a certified teacher. Yvonne married Armand H. Bertrand on September 17, 1945 at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Jefferson, S.D. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Sioux City, I.A., the Guild and the Catholic Foresters. She enjoyed being with her family and friends, traveling, flowers, playing cards, reading and music. She taught at Civil Bend, Lincoln and Coates country school in rural South Dakota near Jefferson, S.D. and later in Sioux City at St. Boniface School elementary school. When she retired from teaching, she devoted the rest of her life to her family, relatives and friends.

Yvonne is survived by her three children, two sons, Rev. Armand J. Bertrand, Ret. of Sioux City, IA and Rev. Dn. Gerald L. Bertrand of Marcus, IA, a daughter, Jean Anne (Bertrand) Singer and her husband, Tom Singer of Adel, IA; and a grandson, Michael Singer of Fort Collins, CO; Our extended family includes, Rev. Vernon L. Smith, Ret. of Sioux City, IA; Stacy Henke and her husband Merlin of Jefferson, S.D.; Carlene Marksbury and her husband Mike; one brother-in-law, Rodney Bertrand and his wife Diane of  Sioux City; and many wonderful and caring nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Armand H. Bertrand; her parents, Joseph and Alice DeMers; her four brothers, Johnny, Aurelian, Raymond and Albert; her three sisters, Lucille Griencewic, Yvette Backer and Pierette Titus; three sisters-in-law, Evelyn DeMers, Kay DeMers, and Ruby DeMers; and three brothers-in-law, Carl Griencewic, Clarence Backer and Raymond Titus.