Burnette "Bernie" Elizabeth Ammerman

Burnette “Bernie” Elizabeth Ammerman, 82, of South Elgin, IL., passed away on Saturday, November 27, 2021 surrounded by her family at St. Joseph Hospital in Elgin, Il.  Bernie was born on July 9, 1939 in Milwaukee, WI., the daughter of Frank and Audrey (nee Burnes) Rupp. 

Bernie is survived by her two children, Wendy (Michael) Sedwick of South Elgin, IL., and Michael Ammerman of North Aurora, IL.  She was known as Gigi by her nine grandchildren; Shala, Matthew, Savanna, Michael Jr., Adam, David, Breanna, Brandon and Dylan and her 10+ great grandchildren; Autumn, Alana, Aria, Avani, Alexis, Ethan, Bella, Bentley, Elliott, Lucy and one on the way in early March 2022 (currently known as peanut), all whom she loved more than they will ever know.  She was aunt Bernie to her niece, Karen and nephew, Mike.  She is also survived by her step father Thomas Erber. 

She was preceded in death by her mother, Audrey Erber and her father. Frank Rupp; her husband, David Ammerman; and her sister, Geraldine Darling.

A memorial visitation will be held from 2:00 P.M. until 4:00 P.M. on Saturday, December 4, 2021 at Moss Family Funeral Home, 209 S. Batavia Ave., Batavia, Il. 60510.  A celebration of life service will follow at 4:00 P.M. also at the funeral home.  Interment will be private.

Memorial donations in Bernie’s name may be made to the Anderson Animal Shelter, 1000 S La Fox St, South Elgin, IL 60177, https://www.andersonanimalshelter.org.

Our mom was an animal lover who would have rescued every animal in ever shelter if she could have.  She lived her life selflessly giving to any and all animal charities.  She was passionate about the dogs we did have; most recently Molly her constant companion, before that Diesel our beloved dachshund, her best friend Buddy, our trouble maker Draco and our very first pup, Mozart.

Mom was an avid murder mystery reader and enjoyed the ones with animals in them the most. She would sometimes read a book a day and I believe single handedly kept Barnes & Nobel in Business.  When she was finished with the books, she would donate them because everyone enjoyed a good mystery.  She loved Gone with the Wind, court TV, Game shows of any kind and of course Animal Planet, Doctor Pol, and any show about animals. 

She loved going on vacations; she really enjoyed cruises but it had to be Disney, we cruised to the Bahamas several times and even cruised to Alaska but only because it was a Disney cruise.  Her favorite part of that trip was getting to hold the sled dog puppies! She loved Elvis Presley and visited Graceland several times, and each time we went to visit Adam & Rebecca in Tennessee she would say no don’t turn off keep going to Memphis.  I believe her ultimate vacation was our trip to Hawaii, she said it was like heaven and really enjoyed the surfing firemen!

She didn’t need anything fancy to be happy.  She was always happiest anytime she was with family.