Bessie was born to Harvey and Mary Felton Sawyer, Aug 13, 1884, in Spring
Creek Township, Black Hawk Co., IA. She moved with her parents to Sioux
Falls when she was 13 and resided there until her marriage to Frank Renner
in Canton, March 2, 1911. The couple then moved to a homestead near
Renner. Mr. Renner died in 1947.From an obituary: Death occurred in a Sioux Falls hospital Sunday
following several years of illness. Survivors are two sons, Dean Renner
of Renner, and Elwood, San Francisco; a daughter, Mrs Gerald Murray, St
Paul, and two grandsons. Mrs Renner was a member of the Methodist Church
and formerly belonged to the Eastern Star.