Background
Sisson, Bernice Belair was born on October 25, 1922 in St. Paul. Daughter of Kenneth Theodore Belair and Bernadette Josephine Cormier.
Sisson, Bernice Belair was born on October 25, 1922 in St. Paul. Daughter of Kenneth Theodore Belair and Bernadette Josephine Cormier.
Bachelor, Minnesota Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, 1986.
Maternity nurse Miller Hospital/United Hospital, St. Paul, 1966—1980. Director Region XI Battered Women's Consortium, 1980—1984. Coordinator, legal advisory older battered women's program St. Paul Intervention Project, since 1989.
Co-founder, first chair Minnesota Network on Abuse in Later Life, 2002, also board directors. Co-founder, early president Women's Advocate Shelter, St. Paul, 1974—1984. Facilitator Home Free Shelter Support Groups, Plymouth, Golden Valley, Minnesota, 1984—1987.
Tutor reading East Side Literacy, St. Paul, 2001—2003. Member of Minnesota Women's Consortium, Minnesota Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
Married John McCormick Sisson, May 8, 1948 (deceased February 12, 2005). Children: Hilde, Lydwine, John, Catherine, Angela, Paul, Kenneth, David, Marie, Joseph.