- Date Of Birth: October 17, 1936
- Date Of Death: June 3, 2021
- State: Indiana
Bernice H. Tomkins, 84, of South Bend, Indiana passed away at 9:15 a.m. Thursday, June 3, 2021 in Memorial Hospital. She was born on October 17, 1936 in Knox, Indiana to Christopher and Bessie (Ridgeway) Kahlmorgan. She retired on March 1, 1990 form St. Joseph Care Center-West, where she was employed as a Medical Records Clerk for eleven years. She then worked in the Circulation Department at the South Bend Tribune for six years. On September 4, 1954, in St. Adalbert Church, she married Richard A. Tomkins, who preceded her in death on December 31, 1978. She was also preceded in death by three sisters, Mildred McCoy, Sylvia Deatherage, and Fern Williams; her brother William Kahlmorgan; and her dear friend, Gina McDonald. Bernice is survived by two daughters, Cynthia (Robert) Golubski and Candyce (Steven Sr.) Meredith both of South Bend, Indiana; her son, Christopher (Lisa) Tomkins of Mishawaka, Indiana; six grandchildren, Robert (Hilda) Golubski, Jr., Sarah (Joshua) Lichtenbarger, Matthew Tomkins, Steven Meredith, Jr., Allyson Tomkins and Christopher Tomkins, Jr.; and twenty one great-grandchildren, Elsa, Rosita, Tich, Gavin, Mamas, YeYa, Romio, Bella, Ava, Anastasia, Steven Lee, Alex, Olivia, Ally, Giovanni, Alila, Macy, Ava Lee, Nora, Greyson and Ozzy.
