Pauline Berlin

RUPERT – Pauline Berlin, age 87, of Rupert, passed away peacefully in her home on Friday morning Aug. 24, 2012.

She was born on Oct. 7, 1924, in Rupert, Idaho, to immigrant parents, Joseph and Agnes Roszman Gisler. She received her education in Rupert and graduated from Rupert High School Class of 1942. She then attended the St. Alphonsus School of Nursing in Boise and graduated in 1947 as a registered nurse. She married the love of her life Keith P. Berlin on Aug. 14, 1948, in Rupert.

Pauline lived her life saving lives, helping people and teaching people in the health care profession. Her contribution in the nursing field was witnessed and felt by many as she worked with returning wounded soldiers at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Oak Knoll, California; in the polio unit at Holy Cross Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah; the old Rupert Hospital; several doctors’ offices; and at Minidoka Memorial Hospital in Rupert, where she was night supervisor and the director of surgery until her retirement. She enjoyed gardening, sewing, and camping, fishing, and hunting with her family.

Pauline was a devout member of St. Nicholas Catholic Church in Rupert and so appreciated the lifelong friendships made through her church family.

She is survived by her husband of 64 years, Keith P. Berlin of Rupert; her children, Steven Kent (Susan) Berlin of Heyburn, and Cynthia Lei Berlin (Robert) Lantz of Rupert; her favorite grandson, Ryan (Khali) Berlin; her favorite granddaughter, Neelie Berlin (Justin) Willis; five beautiful great-grandchildren, Sophie, Chloe and Gage Berlin, and Conner and Kolbie Willis; one brother, Joseph Gisler Jr. of Rupert; her sister, Agnes (Tom) Hoffman of Boise; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, Henry Gisler; two infant sisters, Mary and Julia; and two adult sisters, Victoria Smit and Frances Linsday.

A vigil service with recitation of the rosary will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 27, at St. Nicholas Catholic Church, 802 F St., in Rupert, where friends and family may call one hour prior to the service.

The funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 28, also at St. Nicholas Catholic Church with the Rev. Father Justin Brady as celebrant. A private family burial will take place at the Rupert Cemetery at a later date.

The family suggests memorials be made to St. Nicholas Catholic School, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, or a charity of choice.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of the Rasmussen Funeral Home of Burley.